Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-07-10
Gen. Fut,er and the foreisn consuls

Ei. hteen titular Consuls unite in d protest 2sanst General rutl,r'- procedure with the Con -uate of the Nethera dS, selzing under his flr nearly q million of Spscie belonging to the Couiedeta V, and placed there for tie shelter of !; foreign flag. The trick of Mir Eumund Forstal' in placing it there was transparent, and General Butler is not the tO be i0o.ed by sams o that kind. The censuIs of every petty statg in Europe, enter their solemn protest. How many men Il takes to constitute eighteen cUnsuls in New Or eaus we do not know, anu as they give only title, not name, We cannot count by the protest
 But in one of our cities as large as New Or leans We can find twenty consuls aJ least in two persons; excellent, clever gentlemen both, who represent officially most of the duchts, arch duch;es, principalities and kingdoms of Europe, with Imperial France in the bargain. In Clncin nati for example, Mr. James E. Nj cline represents a dozen, and Mir. Carl F. Adae, another dozen or so of European states These gentlemen can sir and seal consular protests for cYelylhn s from the Bay of Biscay to the Danube, and with their two autographs represent, numerically at least, two thirds ot Europe. l he weighrot the protest must depend of course upon it's subject matter ninety nine of every nundred, for that reason, are waste paper, ink and notarial impression.
 In New Orleans, Noble art Charleston, the foreign COT sus, acting under the erequatur Uf the United States, have been the active agents Of the rebel coniedcracy From first 10 last they have
 
 and. made themse.v the busy partisans Of a do- mestic rebellion. The deposit of a million so, in the case Ot the Net ieriandS consul, was mani festly an attem t to foreign flag to the funds actually etO ien from the Branch Mint Oi the Unted States. Gen Butler wouid have forfeited all claim to Yankee shrewdness, had he permitted them thus to abuse the confidence of his govern ment in behalf Of its enemies.
 Ihe British Consul has his grievance also, against Gen. Butler Determined to find or feisn a fault, after pei hitting hundreds of British su T.
 ects to be i'm reesed into the rebel armies--they were only Irish, not Auglo-Saxons, and of course had no rights which born Bff0n was bound to respect he is shocked at Gen. 8utlei's treatment of British brigade, hich had disbanded and rent their equipments to Beauregaid's army, for thelr sustellance and comfort. lis protest, with all Tor mal so emnitv, will, no doubt, be transmitted to his govern u,ent, b, n. Butler saw Ill their C nduct, a forfeiture Of ali claim to the reatmet of neutrals. The consular representative oi Great Britain, IS vastly indignant.
 Out of tiis or these, We have no doubt there will at least arise diplomatic wrath To a minister seexinr cause of o,nse with fore gn govern n,ent CfIense will come certainly sunrise.- The lay of direct iute, ventlOn, co H1fntGe on be- half of the rebels of France or Eng land has gone bv " tn the regular progressive succesS of the federal arms. But the temper remains. Nothing would be more acceptable 10 at least one, ii not both, Of the great pdl JleS III Gieat Drllah lhaH eIIp omatic quarrel with the government or the United s ates. Tine hery rishnmn at Dom, brook fair was hardly more anxious os some one to mo- le.t the tails ot s coat than Gts ut Britain to dis cover pro ovocation Oil our part towards her.
 " ith thee dispositions on the part of almHst every government ill Europe towards Us, Russia heinz the conspicuous exception, diplomatic dis nutes, even serIous may be looked for from the straight forward proceedings ot Gen. Butler III New Orleans. These must be counted oiI, because we know that in the present state of relations, things the most frivolous will be made things of magnitude Gen. Jackson enuBciated the true nrineipe for all his Atlautic diplomacy, to ak for nothing but what is clear right, and submit to nothing WIT rln Standing. on that, as MT. Lil coln and Mr. Seward will, the cjnsuS at New Or leans may .otest to their hearts content. It Is purely D. oie>slonai.
 Ourrels, if qu; rrss des red, we can afford 10 encounter. But Europe will leain rom he results to understand and to respect the on cyuf Amt rjca, based upon clear, recoghlIvn oi all just clam, to redress, and npJn proupt denial, no less ready and resolute, of sham demands and sham 
 There is no party sympathy between Gen It. Ter q, | the ahmnis:ra ion and cabinet of Mir. cpIn. Yet ilis ceterm ned coure owards tl.e ul- copsuis of lorelgn couau.e,, vii. be sus.