The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-01
A DIPLOMAT WANTED.

A DIPLOMAT WANTED. |
Afr. Johnson and the Radical Sena-
tors are at loggerheads on the appoint
ment of an Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Aus
trian Empire. The place has become
vacant by the removal of Mr.. John
Lothrop Motley, the Historian Of the
Dutch Republic and the United Meth
erlands. That gentleman, who proba!
bly, knows better how to write history
than to manage the intiieacies ofdiplo-
macy has recently been guilty Of Using
his "unruly member" in such a manner
as to make his immediate removal me-
cessasy. But whether the allegedsco'-
daluw snsgnatam relates to Mr.. johnson
and his Cabinet, or ID the aiirpowerful
Radical party, west'idnot pay sufficient
attention to the<sabJect at the time to
speak advisedly. Atany rate Mr.. Mot
ley is to 60 overheard, and as his va
cant sseat' is "a ssplehafa sinecure with
twelve thousand dollars per annum, it
is natural that the competition for'it
should be quite lively. Mr.. johnson,
wio'ias the appointing power, wants
| it for one of his friends, while the SEN
ate, which has the right to confirm,
wants it for some died-m-the-wdol
Radical of the modern Reconstruction
school,. The consequence is that the
names of many gentlemen have been
seht'in, bit they have all been hither-
to Indignantly rejected, and so the ap-
pointing and the confirming power are
at a deadlock. The 'cause' Of the CON
fict is simply political one and has no
reference to the merits of the individ-
uals who have been appointed. Wheth-
er or not Mr.. johnson has appointed
the best men, we cannot say, for we
have no means of ascertaining the num-
Der 'efeualifed men belonging to his
party. MIR. tcowdn, of'fenusylvania,
was: appointed, but, while Mr. Cowan
made very good Senator, we cannot
say whether he would make as gdsd a
foreign minister. Mr.. Henry J. Ray
mond, the 'shuttle-cock, was also ap-
pointed, but what particular reason
there exists fdrsenaing him to Austria
we do not exactly see, unless it is to
, give Francis Joseph a few less5fls in
the rudimthts of trimming, hypocrisy
and table-turning. A recent letter
writer says the mission had been offer
; ed successfully to the courteous Mes.
NTH, the profound Stecktdh and the
accomplished Blair,n all of whose
claims were very stimmarily disposed Of
||'by the refractory Senate. We do moi
know how courteous" Mr.. Nesmith is
but his qualifications end with lhs
|.courtesy IL his literary 'sttainuHehts are
as limited as those of his predecessor
in the Senate, who spells certain very
forcible Anglo-Saxea word with tw'
, is. If Mr.. Stockton is "pr6found" h
. must have picked up considerably sine
he left college. And lbs for Rrahl
. Blair, ifhe ever was accomplished
i'm anything except political wire-work
ing and demagoguism, which lie learn
0 ed from dis old daddy, Colonel Bento'
and Martin Van Buren,, those who know
him best have certainly failed to dis
J. cover it. One very necessary "accom
: plishment" would seem to be a knowl
edge of thfe German language; bu
y Frank, who lives in thorough Dutc
It town, could not speak any more Gel
S man than "s,cei glas bier" if it were t
e secure his saavation.
Il But the best Joke about this Austria
d mission is a report started by sonse
e the penny -a-liaers about Washingto
e that Mr.. Seward, after surveying tn
II whole field, sent for Judge Durell,
d Louisiana, formerly President Of tf
b iayhawker's Convention, and ofFere
him tire position as the very man abos
all others who just fills the bill. Jul
o think of it, i. II. Durell, represents
j. tive of the best government in tt
81 world at the Court of the descendal
of Rodolph, Of Hapsburg, and the occ'
y pant of the "throne of the Caesars
70 Doesn't the "world n,ove7"
= We suggest a compromise. Mr.. Joh1
'S son cannot hope to get one Of h
70 friends confirmed, neither can the Sci
y. ate expect to get one Of its friends a
~ poiuted. Why should they not DO
1t unite on some one qualified for the p
sition, who would reflect honor on |
IN government, aud appoint him witho
IS regard to bis political sentiments !
.s What objection have they to Cal
~ Gushing, for instance, who has bra,
=. n ough for any position in the wor
a. and can speak all the languages IN
n. polyglots He would do credit to a
p. country as diplomat, and if he shor
g, occasionally be caught blowing his o.
horn through the columns of the Sta
Zeitang, as he tried to puff himself il
ed Congress when q much younger ma
he why this might be overlooked as
on idiosyncratic consequence of his BIZ
tie among the Yankees, who always ha
n an eye to the main chance: What
nd politics are we cannot tell, as
he changes SO often, but presume that