Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-22
- nm. Y. Herald. Of yesterday.
f.sm m Old Time Diplomacy
so"S6 S6odern Progress and Frank

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Frsn ;as Old Time Diplomacy
W. Modern Progress ana PRANK
moss.
MI. ~. mind dwells in the past. He believes
ent -. ~. a,plomacy. Though the Cabinet Minis
III rsuublic, where everything should be open
u. , ~ .hovs board and where the sentiment OF me
snu s1,s should be consulted and followed in All
p"s ops Of public policy. he thinks the govern,
W .houd hide its proceedings from the people
he". .o, independentiy of them. lie Is indignant
a.. m 80 publcation of the proposed supplemental
~ a1 Il England aud the whole correspondence
uos: ...gssn the British and American governments
Wa;.h led to it by the Herald. and would, no
~nS Na.M. nunsh all concerned i'll the exposure II he
aouu. nower. 1t is a dreadful offence i'll the
,ss a" Of this old fogy Secretary to cnlighteh me
.yyh,,c on the doings Of the government In En-
p"ns there is naturally n remnant OF tins ancient
.,,sm Of secret plomacy and DISCUSSES rehai'l-
~ hut even there statesmen begin to feel the iii-
as,ce s of modern progress and to deal more frank
u, 18th rho people Mr.. Fish Is behind the Euro
20, monarchial statesmen even i'll this respect
th;s free country State secrets and diplomatic
.h;csnerv arc entirely out of place. Everything
honld bs made known, and an expression OF pub
lie opinion invited on all matters OF great lii'si-
80, For the President or any member OF ms
Cabinet to act otherwise is All assumption OF uh-
.r,antsbe authority The executive officers OF
tha government in this republic are the servants
nf ,hs people, and not their masters.
aII through this deporabe CONTROVERSY with
England about the Washington Treaty and the
claim for consequential damages the Secretary OF
state has studied his own will and views and PAID
little regard to the public; and, now that he mas
brought himself and the country INTO the worst
kind of ENHANCEMENT, he is more desirous than
ever of Disgusting his conduct. He Thought, no
doubt that he was doing a remarkably clever
thing when he left the treaty Ill an ambiguous
form. and then. for popular effect, made claim
which was subject to dispute. But the British
statesnen proved too much for him. Then, to
extr,cate himself from the dilemma, and to save
his net treaty at all hazards, he continued to pur-
sue a tortuous policy. Contemplating surrender
to British buster, even while protesting that the
United States could not and would not recede
from the position taken, he tells our Minister IN
London to suggest to Lord Granville the terms OF
cnpitulaton. The proposition to withdraw the
claim for indirect damages came from Mr.. flsh,
hut it did not accord with his bewilderiuS dlplo-
macy to avow that. He wanted 1t to appear anu
tried to make it appear that the proposition orlsi.
nated with the British government. Inc nex'
stan was to invsigle the Senate into an expression
Of opinion in favor OF his plan OF surrender, wh'l.
he kent the people ignorant OF what he was doing
He brings all the power of party and admnlstra
tive influence to bear upon the Senate, ana get
the Stats Department lobby, the Alabama Claim
lobby aud ali the stockjobbing interest he can 20
at TO urge that body to adopt the supplemental
treaty. He has had no regard for public oplnlol
or the honor OF the nation. With these facts II
view w ask the President If it be not time to rt
move this incubus from his Cabinet and to retuil
to the manly. straightforward way OF conductln
affair, with foreign nations which characterHo
the republic in former times and which Is Ill Nc
cordancs with our popular institutionsf