New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-13

LEGIsLATIF.
IFRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
PARIS, JAN 29.-Since Great Britain has retired
from the business the United States s the only pur
chaser of any account that deals in wateros stone
quarries, and second hand islands Greece has an
island or two ON hand that she will sell at
q bargain; terms easy, guns, war vessels, etc,
taken in part pay. She naturally looks to our coun-
try for purchaser not necessarily to our country
the purchaser in the first instance. Her agent. Mr.
Cassntati may for instance, be empowered to sell it
to Messrs Brown d Jones' or other private parties,
in New-York or elsewhere, whose business it will
then be to advertise it in the newspapers and tho
lobby TO the attention Of the Cabinet and Congress-
For with Alaska ia essc, st. Thomas in posse, and
SANTANA Bay in fltarO it may be supposed that Uncle
Sans appetite is something clOyed for the moment.
But when he has once digested the icebergs and
earthquakes and yellow feyers Of those acquisitions
it is not doubted that he will readily pay handsome
profit to Brown & Jones, or other purvoyors for the
stone-Quarry and naval station they have in their
private pantry. There will be trouble about the
Trojan Horse full of Greeks who inhabit tho rock.
They will not need to be canvassed by the Rev.
Mr. Hawley and a war ship before voting themselves
out Of their glorious Hellenic into barbarous Yankee
nationality. Indeed they could probably DO bought
off with the stones OF be bought off cheap and as the
contracting parties could agree And, for my part.
as one of the 100000 shareholders without
dvdends) of this Eastern extension OF our country,
should prefer not to buy the people of the iet with
or without their votes. AS an old Aboltionist pro-
test against this purchase of human beings: and
q thrifty Yankee, l protest against paying good
money (foI mind that however we may fob off our
American creditors, not Mr. Johnson nor Mr.. Butler
himself Will have the GOODNESS offer grecnbacks TO
the Greeksl for so worthless goods as purchasable
Mr. Cassntatl's secret mission to tho Cabinet of
Washing ton" is hardly less of secret than that
OF its objects Is to make S0mo sort OF dcher IKE what
is above ntmated. with some American party or
other IL is openly talked OF here and getting to be
printed OF in the newspapers. Our known greed and
pulbty in land spcculations, our otteR-Inanitested
desire for a naval station in tho Mediterranean
waters our supposed vain.glorious ambition to
parade great naval display there usolessy or, what
is worse 10 Ih.Gdle with that Turkey business which
is none of ours and III which quite too many powers
are already engaged, these considerations and our
osteutatious fOndness for Russia, lead some clsAt
lautic folks to attribute much RfaVer sgnlnCancc
TO Mr. Cassntatis mission than-et us hope-properly
belongs 20 10.
Another Greek on his way to America on an open
mission to the American people, is Constantine
Volondaki President Of the Provisional Government
of the brave Crotan insurgents lie goes to present
the of his people TO ours enlis pubic sylh-
pathy and if possible, obtain solid proof OF the SYM
patby in the shape of volunteer loan. lie Is also.
perhaps empowered by his constituents 10 offer by
Way OF security something III the shape OF n naval
mort when they get it. He is tall naturally rather
me Hooking man and being so much better dressed
than Western Christians. n very hne-lOoklng man IN
comparison with the walters ana guests In the plrlor
of the Grand Hotel His courtesy, and dignity. and
modesty his intelligence. and the quiet eloqnence of
his patriotic lervor, WIZ III nm 10 Pead ior TN, the
three wears is Just awakening q late echo IN your
city. Here he is q hardly-noticed lion. Historian
Michelet and one two other old PhiheDcnos have
paid him due attention Victor Hugo from bis place
of exile has occasionally written word that should
have been. but has not been, shining word IN honor
e., Of fnl al hort Ing
also written from his sick-ro0m that his early SYM
patbies for Greece-which IN the generous Catholic
are closely kin 10 his antipaihies 10 the unChrstian
Turks-are unwcakencd by-age. But there are 10
Schefcrs and Delacroix To paint, no Delayigncs 10
sing for the struggling Greeks now. parliamentary
orators mo free Parliament alas TO speak for them.
Greece has gone out of fashion with these hcklo
French rs Poland has gone out of fashion with GER
tain other peOple-vhO are not tickle. Let Us be
humbly thankful that not a. those French
men. What. if freedom did shrek when kosciusllo
fcllf What II Polish Jews and Catholic Christians
are rs hardly entreated by Russia as Greek Chris
tians are by Iurkeyf Alas! IA; turkey nas no
lands 10 sell And the Isles OF Greece, the isles Of
Greece'-are they not in the market
The latest accounts from Constantinople still rep
resent the last Of the numerous suppresslOns Of the
Cret1n instruction rs staying repIessed inns lar
and there il likelihood OF these accounts being true,
for in the last suppression the Turks were effectively
aided by the French, through the action OF tho
French Consul at Canea. NJ de ChampOiseau backed
the friendly advice 10 surrender, which he urged
upon Petropoulakis by representations which must
have had all the moro weight with the insurgcnt
chief that they came from one who had hitherto APP
reared 10 DO friendly TO hs cause. That the French
Consul did not act In this way without authority DIS
tinctly conveyed however phrased, from the French
minister, does not need argument That France al
one time encouraged the Insurgents by moral and
even material aid, is also apparent. II advised the
Porte TO refer the matter 10 an interna-
tiona aTbitTauon-at least to an International
examination and consultation. to consult the wishes
Of the Cretan population by some form of vote. In
agreement with Russia Austria, Prussia, and Italy,
France made 10 the Porte the declaration OF the 18th
October, 1861, disengaging her responsibility and
leaving Turkey to meet alone the possible cOnse-
quences of its acts. By thus declining III advance to
meet the claim for moral support which France fore
saw that Turkey was, by refusing good advice,
making excellent preparations to soon stand IN need
of, the Imperial Government gave serious encourage
ment 20 the Cretans.
Why at a quite recent date France should have
changed all this, and again taken up the Turkish
cause-at least frowned tho Cretans I Why, at
ab0ut the same date. France should so readily accept
tho PTussian proposition, inspired by Russia for
conference and yet again, in that conference while
seemingly favOring Turkey really favor Greece, If
not the Crctans The very simplest explanation IL
that France sincerely desires 10 svc or war at any
price short of open loss Of honor The next simplest
and nearly-Telated explanation Of such vacatOn is
that the Emperor has no foreign policy except no,
policy Of eXpedents provisional hakesnllh, ana
unTbythInicA dancings on Providence. or all mem
beers of the Conference the Russian representative,
StackelberR passes for being the best satisfied thus
far He is the only one who shows his content by
large inner-giving. Mr.. Rhangabe, perhaps from
temperament seems IN cheerfnler mood than Dlcnil
pacDa. Another explanation WHICH iHt ncN5-
mOngers risk is, that Russia and Franco are draw
ing into closer alliance, favored by LaValette,
in which case they could manage together not only
the actual TurkO-GIeek business, bnt the Eastern
Question business generay-say arrange tho
Roumanian. servian, and other Austro.Prusso-
furlo-G Greco Christian taDglemen;s to their salts
faction, and keep down the revolutionary tendency
of the people on the Austrian and TuIklsh
marches. Neither of these great powers IL ready
for a dynastc war AS Bismarck wrote There
will be no conagration Russia has stirred the Goals
too soon" But dynastic powers are never ready for