The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-27
Il DIPLOMATIC UNDERER.
The In1any OF nan siollcs' Career Sin
spnin-Hc Makes the United States a
Laughins-st6ck for all Europe-The
Wicked Work OF n Single Month
Ignominious Diplomatic Death ofthc
Notorious Dan.

"
Tho New York Evening POST n,blishe es some
ext-acts from tho 1etter M n ah,c,al cores
pondent writing from Spain, that are uecided-
csn oaofoas lney nave sole relep tsD. Il 'n ~
'oteei vi oichies, ny WHOSE aF 10
minister tn that ""nntv~t,.' aaeof infamy was
writes as follows:i'
s,,S,,A. I.- ! - .a.;a,a,n r,osa h.s. -,
General siCkles has certainly m made @ hase to fall
etorm sf indiSnant feeling aaainst our yoVern.
ment which General Grant and he might Nst ras
well have avoided. None Of the stories about
General Sickles' past life had been published here
and the Spnnierds were 20 little pleased with Mr..
pesatef 1Yor Gsyathls ysn ccsss ~,
marked Tc6rdialtty. IN iAGssInss leeling Df.the
spantaris TOW arcs tneS ISu Heyer
been 50 friendly aimee 7 fnayeNtnowntnem, tVyn.e,
Vi IN Ans "a. bhGa isIien into the
1sania erf6f With most 81 onp public men WHO Come
out I here TO try thejE ARd at diplomacy ia Spain,
Netpohsoua nottons about spain .ands ssaiasSs;
andn total want OF diplomatic lnatInrt or prevfs
4oaa sy t. az
thing. Thosewho attempt eaething and simply
lie down to eat their salsrles,| fddrse do not
seem to imagine that there is some strange vir-
tue in diplomatic note-that something can be
anything to be done by diplomatic note.
HIs UTTER INEPPIcIBN0Y ANp.UsHI1ssNKss.
II international husiness could he 40 transact.
ed. what need OF dipIomatid apentsYI Why moi
S NV Ie mali T6ey WonT S he a t6e
ibie and efrectiye In that way. In fact. a minis.
ssI VIC has no other means Or resoares for doing
a nth wheel in Coach. OF no sogt Of nae what.
ever. and besides useless " positIyeiy " pseiSd%ai.
IKE ke sone and not
stone wall, or get Themselves into an ineStricable
he MAKES ALL EUROPE LAUGH AT THE UNITED
sTArRs
of herGps
Spain to rid themselves or the Bourbon dynasty;
the aspiration Of this people to found Federal
freedom; the steady payment Of four or nve mil.
lions Of dollars every month towards the reduction
Of our national debt, whilst a monthly dencit Of
the motives for admiration and popular sympathy
towards us were 80 great; that It seemed to me
anythIng.,anything, no matter what-could be
and It was 30. We had only to take hold OF the
means at our disposal, know what they were and
Nov Nov 70 n use a tmem ana 40 anytnng we pleased
choice choice Of an agent at home-what ignorant, mls.
sb,s n nmo monp % eMmergy All aereN& cnnnge an
one storm Of indi9nation and aHt,natSw 10 ns a
nsI as 'e' MI Su'ope ou's'ue oi Spain Laughing AT
uv.uusN arnc.iiy;n
!, ss h.on.hnD'
him, and made it impossible, at least temporarlly,
S9d ruined himself for the transaction OF my
nu.iness whatsoever with Spain now or hereafter.
ne ma. got himself into bad odor with the people,
auG ~ tis same time into such ridiculous and
plt!apie dlpiomatio position, that amy business
put into mis- lands hereafter, or confded 70 hs
advocacy, az must 1aii simply because he has hold
OF IL: Ine spaniards arc thus conaltuted: argu.
meft o1 no ays with a
don't; and II they DON'T II you were Il oer r. them hem
mamma fromtheaten they would not takeit from
lead them almost anywhere. Violence is no nse
threats are always productive or precisely the,
opposite effect from that intended, Ii you Under.
take to crnsh then after they can resist no lnger
they will lie down. and let themselves be whF,ned
and kicked bYtthey will not Yield. You can get
you are tired ont and are gone about somethine
else they will spring up and come back ON YOU
as unyIellIng and rs unreasonInr AS ever. You
must know this people; know tie springs which
move its government and move It's newspapers
aSe ana know eT noT roanSe f