New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-11-16
QUE DIPLOMACY.

J We hope that our Secretary Of State,
| in his Iisavowa! of The accuracy Of the
speeches implied to him by his interview
ers, included the rather distinct assertion,
: that even the Intervention Of humanity in
Cuban affairs might involve money La
| bility. The decisions at Geneva may pos
sibly have restricted the discretion which
the United States has been accustomed 70
apply 20 her continental policy, but We
hope not 70 the extent apprehended.
Z. is with The bes. motives that We ap.
proach the subjec: which heads this arti-
Gle. II can not De denied that the West
has :acitly conceded 20 the Eas: :he .lirec-
ton Of our foreign relations. There has
been no Western Secretary Of State s.nce
the day Q: Clay and Cass. now abou. a
quartz. O: century age. The term Of
Office has been abou: seven years in the
century OF national existence. Not only
have New York az! Boston alternately
taken thar department. bu: az present,
while New York il, Philadelphia heads
the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs.
This. then, Las degenerated into section.
a!isM. ]. is obvious tia. the fisheries,
the shipcwneYs and the capitalists o: the
Eas. have had an almost exclusive consii-
GRAFTON at the hands o! cur ministers Of
State. The limitation on the sigh: Of
discretionary construction cs QUE metz
stali:y las. !: !: Las grown
GU. Of :le Geneva decisions. shows
the supe:;o. influence Of these Eastern
interests. The ship owness. as . class.
eSaded the responsibilities Of the Amer.
lean flag and took shelter under tina. OF !:
neutral nation The reciprocity treaty
with Canada. now sought to be reinstated,
compreLends almost exclusively Eastern
interests. and even impai,s the home mar
Ike: 0: the Western farmer by the effect Of
foreign competition. In like manner the
freedom o: the European markets attracts
Western produce over Eastern ways and |
70 the Eastern ports 20. shipment, while I
the heavy inpediments u2oa QUE trade !
with continental countries has almos.
closed the natural ports o: Che West. l.
may be especially added tina. che postal |
Intercourse Between :he United States and !
other countries is exclusively co1asc:e! !
from. the yosts o: the East.
1t :nay haze been the case .has il, tie
pas: The West did 40: attach 3 jus: i'm.
po,.ance 90 she diplomatic relations @! |
the G1..on. GIs when il is remembered !
:ha: the West: as t:le gsea: seede. and
tighter OF .le Union. mag be called on to |
execute sle policy prescribed exclusively !
by another ssctioH-GLeH j: is Yemen. |;
tered that the Hears o: The Union snUst |
inspire with its impulse she animated ac- J
fion of Ike government becomes eve |!
dent that the West should have 8 voice in !!
the adoption ofmeasures which il may be |;
called on TO enforce. We wish TO desec- I
tioualize the government III this respect.
Should not The Western people remind the
government Of their claims to direct in
turn the diplomatic action Of the nation:
Ought not the farmers Of the West to
make inquiry whether one cause Of their
depressed industry be not the heavy rate
Of taxation Oh their provisions imported
into the adjacent countries on this con-
tinent? Let them make this inquiry.
Let Morton or some other Western states
man be placed in control of our foreign
diplomatic relations. The Western farm
ers may, perhaps, find new markets for
heir produce now passing exclusively to
European markets over Eastern railways