Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-01-20
OUR MILITARY BUDGET.
IMPoRTANT DOCUMENT

"The Diplomatic Correspondence" for 1883
was yesterday laid upon the decks of the mem
bers of the two Houses of Congress. Few doc
uments of1equali Interest and importance ever
came from the press As a history of the war
1t 10 altogether the best yet written for it gives,
in, the dispatches of the Secretary OF State to
cur Ministers abroad, the inside view OF all
great military and political events as they
transpire, and so forms an interesting sDiary
Of the War" International law Is discussed,
and stated with q clearness and ability sur.
passing the best treatises. The philosophy of
Republican Government, as held by Mr. Sc VI.
ard, appears In almost every dispatch, and is
BY no means the leastimportant feature of the
work. So much for Mr.. Stewards part Of the
volumes. In addition we have the letters Of
our Ministers and Consuls General, and when
we give the names of Adams, bay ton, Motley,
Marsh, Perry, Cerwin and others, the ability
with which many Of them arr written will be
readily inferred. These dispatches also afford
ms An insight into foreign affairs of no ordi.
nary interest and moment. Mr. Adams, for
instance, puts on record the most startling and
1rrefutable evidence Of completely Of British
subjects tn rebel privateerng and piracy. This
portion Of the document we are sure will con, .
mand unusual attention, especially in certain
quarters, The faithful labors OF MIR. Adams
as well as the vigilance of Mr. Dudley. orr
Consul at Liverpool, will not DE o yer,ooked.
another subject in the English correspondence
OF singular interest is the com plete series of
addresses to the President adopted In Eng.
land, Ireland, Wales and Scotland, on the
uh1ect OF our war, sla gery, and the proc!a-
mauon. The proceedings, and resolutions of
all the meetings at which the addresses vera
ADOPTED, are given with fidelity We doubt if
an M mob on 10,
IN any one book ever published at home or
ABROAD. 1t was wise thought OF the Score .
tary OF State to give this official record to those
important meetings of our friends ia Great
brltaIn. 1t is a just and courteous recognition
OF tIeir manift stations of friendship in onr
days OF adversely and tri4i. J''.. ',''1 FL. SO
From Belgium, Fra ace, Austria, Spaia, THO
Netherlands, and Russia, we, have lettess of
varied character an d Hislue. Those of Bayard
Taylor, while he was aJhdrge de Afairss at st.
Petersburg, are interesting, OF course. Scarcely
less SO are the dispatches of cur Consul ieu-
eral at Alexandria. in Egypt, AIR. Thayer Mr.
Burlingame. in China, writes a very a attractive
account of affairs intfat Oriental EN- pire Bal
probaply the most interesting pages are those
devoted 10 Japan. Events OF great Importance
nave happened there during the past year Our
minister tRobert II. Pruyn) has had trying
and responsible task, and has perform ID it
with striking fidelity, ability and courage. We
say courage, for few circumstances are found
On the battle field than Mr.. Pruyn displays
amid the assassins and n dpight in "a ID ..ries
of Yedo-his only resort for defence benz the
treachsrous guards and officials of the Jana.
nese Government. Much Of the fo- abou
Mexican affairs is dispelled by the hght of ne
correspondence between Mr.. Sc ward and bir.
Corwin, and from the dispatches OF the Mexi-
can Minister, Mr. Romero. ,. s4"-f. -s.