The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1884-09-20
Diplomatic Courtosles,

A very interesting article might be
written on the rights Of diplomatfsts,
and on the rights of the governments
sending and receiving such representa-
tives. But only o few general princi-
first place, the diplomatists sent by
each of two countries to the other
should be of the same rank. Great
Britain sends an Ambassador to Tur-
key, and Turkey sends an Ambassador
to England.
The highest rank of American for
eign Ministers is that of Envoy Ex-
traordlnary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary, and. accordingly, no Ambassador,
which is the highest rank in diplomacy,
is sent to Washington by any govern
ment.
Again, the government to which q
Minister is accredited has right to re-
fuse to receive him, and, if the reason
be personal one, the government
which sends him need not take of,ense.
In 1861 the Austrian Government re-
fused to receive Mr.. Arson Burlingame,
who afterward did good service as
Anne, lean Minister to China, but no Of
fense was taken, and the historian
Motley was appointed Minister to Vi
enn2.
Moreover, if Minister has been re-
civeed, it is the right of the govern
ment near which he is serving to ask
that he be recalled. at any time. The
United States Government has more
than once taken this course-the most
notable case having been during Wash
ington's administration, when N.
Genet, the French Minister, had be-
haved himself with intolerable inso-
But. on Ae othr h,a1 3fssa, GOV
ernmsnt sxAose Mhi4ter j thn6 writ
ally sent home regafdY th6 reasons 81
his Dismissal = insumid1t, ~ 1stsli-
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So long as : 1Guffter rsaains at i
comt, and ths relations betveen hia
own government and that TO which he
is accredited are friendly, he i entitled
to allthe official oourtesies which are
extended to the representatives Of any
government To withhold one Of these
would be more than slight Il would
be an Insult to the government from
which the Minister came.
Yet, outside Of the purely formal
cou1tesies, there are offered opportuni.
ties to sovereign or q foreign Ministe,
to show special friendliness, or the re-
verse. For example, Prince Bismarck
was forced, by diplomatic usage, to in
vito Mr.. Sargent to the dinner which
he gave to all the foreign Minister'S at
Berlin on the Emperor's birthday.
But, while he shook hands with all his
other guests, he put of Mr.. Sargent
with o courteous bow.
The late Emperor Napoleon was an
adept at this sort of business. At his
New Years receptions he graded his re-
ception of the different Ministers &C
cording to his disposition toward theil
respective governments, and his smiles,
mods. and frowns were reported by tel.
egraph all over Europe.
Prince Bismarck seems to have sue.
ceeded him in this trick, but it would
be absurd for any one in America to be
angry simply because testy old mar
shows , lack of good-breeding.-
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