The New York herald., 1876-02-02
Castelar, on European Topics.

To-day we print the second letter of Senior
CASTELAR, 1t is a brilliant and lucid survey
of Europe from the standpoint of social
and political philosopher, who goes just
! deeply enough to touch the marrow of the
great topics of the day and to indicate those
relations of great problems to one another
which give the subject what unity it pos
sesses From the Herzegovinian revolt, and
an account of the Servians, he glides natur-
ally to an appreciation of the condition of
Turkey and from the Gordian knot of
Oriental complication turns easily to the rela-
tions ofEpgland to Russia and Turkey. and so
comes to consider the respective attitudes of
English parties in foreign politics related to
England. As was inevitable, he regards the
tories as always identified with the vigorous
conduct of British foreign relations and the
! liberals as failing in this respect by their COM
mercial spirit, which has made them unable
to comprehend any rational advantage of
which it was impossible to state the cash
value. In conceding that one act of Mr.
Disraelis has maintained the prestige of his
| party in this respect he does not notice the
/ droll circumstance that this one act of the
| great party Of the non-commercial spirit was
a commercial act. 1t is rather queer that a
downright bargain like that of the purchase
of the Suez shares should give occasion to
trumpet the aristocratic spirit of the tory
party over the commercial spirit of their
opponents, particularly as this act the more
closely it is regarded appears the more likely
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canoe. Senior Castelars account of Ferdi-
nand Lesseps is felicitous portraiture of
one of the notable men of our time
AN ADvHRTIsEAIENT-AND COOP ONE
George Stadly has advertised himself very
neatly in a Paris paper lately. He printed
in the Figaro his card, with the right hand
lower corner turned, and with note to
''the two hundred and sixty-four French
officers of the Army of Metz" who had fire.
quented his American restaurant" in Ham
burg during their captivity in Germany, in
forming them where they might see him in
Paris throughout the month of February. In
explanation of this quaint advertisement the
Figaro states that while at Hamburg the
officers in question boarded at this restaurant
and were often very short of money, but
never got short commons on that account
that when they left they all owed more or
less to Stadly for meals or for borrowed
money, and that since they have sent for
ward their cash from garrisons in all parts of
France and Algeria and paid the last cent
4 Everybody this way will be very glad to
/ hear that there was that sort of restaurant
I in Hamburg and will admire the good
memory Of our countryman's gallant guests
RoscoE CoNKLrNa AS A CANDIDATE The
SIN says -
Is nere any good reason ,cEy Roscoe contling should
not be he cdndldaor President of Ne republican party
I Of Neic York;
No, we cannot see why he would not be o
good candidate for the republican party.
ABOUT Those UNoN So1Dmns.-A num-
Der of disabled Union soldiers have been re-
moved from the little places they held in the
Post Office of the House of Representatives
We gave a list of their names the other day.
We have not heard that they have been re-
appointed VIII not Mr. Speaker Kerr
make haste to tell the Postmaster of the
House that he must put these men back
There is an indecency in this summary kick
ing out of these petty places of the poor fell
lows who spoiled their lives in the service of
the Union. We do not suppose that the
democratic leaders would like to be held re-
sponsible for it, but if the men are not put
back soon the public will put the failure
I upon them.
COUNT ANDRAssys NorE has been pre-
sented to the Porte, and a speedy answer is
promised. The Sultan will have to succumb
to the demands Of the great Powers, and in
the end a reform of some kind will be at
tempted Andrassys scheme may be ac-
copted, but whether it will be carried out is
q different matter,