New-York tribune., 1867-03-13

Pope adrnires Mr.. Johnson, according TO Mr..
Rufus King. In Brussels Gas Mr. Sandford
sends word) Mr.. Johnson was toasted rs wise
and moderate Christian patriot Mr.. Bigclow
sends from Paris eight pages of newspaper
puffs and every puff is in honor OF Mr. john
son, except one from tho ultramontane lie
Monde, which blows him up (singuarly enough)
for his "radical and philanthropic theories"
Mr. Adams (Jnne 81, 1869 reports that the pol
icy of the President is much more warmly ad-
mircd in England than it seems to be at home;
and we think that Mr. Adams is right. In
Florence (according to Mr. George z. Marsh)
the veto of the Freedmen's Bureau bill was
universally approved; while the wisdom and
"dscreti0n" of the President have cheercd the
exile of Mr.. K. Joy Morris, who under the
shadow Of the mosques and minarets OF Con-
stantinople, read Mr.. Johnson's Message and
was proudly glad.
We can imagine the contented complacency
with which Mr.. Seward perused these letters,
and congratulated himself upon his well-disci-
plined and obedient band of diplomatists.
Alas thore is no pleasure in this world upon
the perpetuity of which mOrtals can safely
reckon. There was "a citizen of the United
Estates in Paris, who had been peeping and
smelling about the different legations, and who
had written to Mr.. Seward that our Ministers
abroad didn't reverence Mr.. johnson half so
heartily as the contents OF their dispatch boxes
would seem TO indicate. The moment OF re-
ceiying this decorating information must have
been dreadful one and the feelings OF the
Secretary, we can easily imagine, were sort
of compound of the cravings of the serpents
tooth and the operations of ipecacuanha.
Without losing a moment, he constructed cir
ouar letter He asked Morris at Constantine
pie, Murphy at Frankfort Hale at Madrid, Perry
at Tunis, and McMath at Tangiers-he asked
each of these gentlemen if they could possibly
have been so lost to all sense Of decency,
dignity, godliness, propriety virtue, pat
riotism, and prudence as to speak disrespect-
fully of Andrew johnson. Honest John Z.
Hale was the first to answer from Madrid,
with the bravery and bluntness of Spanish
bull, giving Mr.. Stewards Peeping Tom the lie
direct, and courting and soliciting the very
fullest investigation. Mr.. Murphy at Frankfort
pleads not guilty, and sends an affidavit to
back up his plea. In the extremity of his dis
tress he forwards a supplementary letter TO Mr..
f. w. Seward, asking that mercy of the son
which he might fail to obtain from the iRexor-
able sire. Mr.. McMath at Tangiers is quite
oriental in tho ferver of his disclaimer. Mr.
Perry at Tunis says with simple dignity; 1t
ais enough for me TO declare my loyalty TO the
Government and my uprightness as a
subordinate officer under the President"
Thank you. Mr. Perry! We were getting
little qualmish and your reply is invigorating.
Morris at COnstantinople vindcates himself
tells. with tears in his eyes, how he has de-
Tended the President in The Levdnt Herald,
and gives a speech which he made to
deputation, in which he declared Dir. johnson
to bo man of exemplary habits and life
:" of striking propriety of demeanOr and con-
duet "" possessed of extraordinary energy
and fortitude of SPIRIT equal to any
emergency" of a high order of talent and
/" chalacterr-" Of broad and statesmanlike
spirit But we need not quote any more. OF
Mr. Morris's adjeotives. He is entitled TO the
praise Of eating the very largest toad, and OF
making the fewest faces over it.
But we think that we have said enough of
this somewhat unpleasant pamphlet. The diplo-
matte service of the country in former years
has suffered sadly in its reputation abroad
through the ignorance, the vices, and the clown
ishness of few of our representatives. We
hope and believe that the days of such men are
over; and that we shall never again have q
Minister bawling, half drunk, from tavern
balcony, or keeping harem under the very
nose of royalty. There are moral vices which
are less disgusting but not less dangerous. Very
respectable men may have spines Of fatal flexi-
bility; and gentlemen so afflicted had better
stay at home to be doctored and to be nursed.