The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-07-06

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pesaon hollin BE Taa 9 .iEnl
bhean minis eAipoi 4 NJ
nabii5siEfrH
1yate easegprlee - tI;s ny .9ors ~ T.
This mission, q - ~
lfh5 .le Portps
iBt sh cdaiEl
+ hash 10 only .ease R,hich
hefaf sSchenck has been able, to.
sdte in justification or extenuation 81
his conduct, andit was that preceI
dent which, as he says, led him into
the grave error which is the subject
of our examination. But even thai
case, if it were a precedent worthy Of
notice, differs in many essential parl
ticulars from the Emma Mine enter
prise. The concession to construct
the Lisbon Steam Tramway Compa-
ny was an exclusive concession made
by the Portuguese government to the
Duke Of Saldanha himself, its minis
ter; he was made in his own country
thu president of that company; and
the sole purpose of his prospectus was
20 solicit capital TO construct an en-
terprise Of great utility and of no
hazard in his own country. But
this solitary departure from diplo-
matte usage cannot excuse the ex-
trcme impropriety Of such acts and
nhould not for moment have been
rnlied upon by General Schenck as a
precedcni to guide him III the course
which lie adopted in the Emma Mine
enterprise.
believe that no case has ever be-
fore occurred in the history of the
nited States where one of our dip
lomatjc agents has been charged
nth III. imp'opriety similar to that
now asayiD1d to the late minister at
.ondon. This may we'll account for
The fact that neither Congress by its
Legislation nor the State Department
hy IL personal instructions to the
diplomatic agents in foreign coun-
tries has ever deemed it necessary
70 guard against such an evil by pos
ltiv instructions for It's prohibition.
Ali are familiar With the wide DIS
tinction recognized oy International
la2 between diplomatic, agents and
10 9a. They ore o., ,merc;oI ogents
Tbm Io not rcnrocC r @ ,,t tho;r conntrw
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