Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-11
MINISTER POUSSIN.
A French Representative Who Was
Dismissed by President Taylor.
DIPLOMATIC DIFFICULTIES
which This Government Has Experienced
I'm the Past That Are Recalled by the Recent
Italian Incident - RecaIcitrsnt Diplomats
Have Always Been Promptly Dealt With.
Written sor The Evening S.l-.


HNHE RE,-EST ..FLARE-CP' IN DIPLO-
Il EIatic circles which caused such excitement
here and spread rapidly through the country,
aid the threatened destruction OF our coast
cities, has ceased to disturb their inhabitants.
Tine kindly suggestion Of the italian minister Of
foreign affairs t. our minister. Mr. Porter. that
we shor,d alter the Constitution to meet the
views o. the Italian government recalls som.
past experience We have had in our foreign re-
la:iOns. particularly in the Of the French
minister, POussir. His insolence in con m mi
cation addressed to the Hon. John VI. Clayton.
Secretary of State under the administration Of
Ge2. Taylor WAS so marked that no direct
reply was made TO Mr.. POussins note. The
whole correspondence was sent 20 Mr.. Rush,
our minister - France, with instructions to
bring it TO the attention OF VI. de TocGueville,
che French minister Of foreign affairs. without,
however. asking PREPARATION or an apology. In
about month De TOcqueville informed Mr..
Lush that his government saw no occasion for
dong anything ard intimated very strongly
that our government and their minister had
had quite enough Of rec i.aInation and fault
finding. thus holding our government incul-
pated for tine correspondence which was so
offensive.
FRENCH MINISTER DIs,ussED.
This reply. exceeding all diplomatic COM
Ilsisauce. aroused Gen. Taylor's indignation.
AMI Mr.. Rush was instructed to inform N. de
Tocqucville tina: his opinion upon the conduct
OF tire United States government had not been
asked and Tot desired. At the same time
Gen. TAYLOR ordered the state Department to
prepare the passports of Monsieur GUillaume
TEL Lavallec POussir. ard on the 18th of Sep
teinber. lSi9, this ,liplOmatist received his
walking papers. cOuched OF course. in the most
Gigl1.n-ts, STYLE. thus: The President has de-
yoivet m M the lf.tv Of an n
that the government Of the United States will
hOij no further intercourse with you the
minister OF France. and that tine necessity
vLich has lmpelled him TO take this step has
been made known 10 YOUR government"
The Secretary said he also instructed by
the President 10 say thst every proper facility
for quitting the United States would be
promptly given at any moment So Gen. Tay
l5r. without any clrcumlocution. dismissed Mr..
POussln and gave Mr. lie 1Ocqueviile qUletus.
Lord Sackvile = offcuse WAS of the same ma
ture and was promptly resented
The reply Of the Secretary Of State to the
italian prenie-'s letter is awaited very
anxiouslv-
These diplomatic episodes have been quite
frequent since the formation of the COVE n
ment and several Of those diplomatic duckI."
as Don Piatt irreverenty called them. have
been requested TO leave cur ho pitable shores
One of them unGer Nr. Jeffe --oa's admiuistra-
tOn. Genet. refused to go after he had been
dismissed by the President and remained sew
eral months. defying the government. until the
President caiied upon the Trench government
TO remove him
REcALcITKASc DIPLOMATS PROMPTLY DEALT WITH
Our Department OF State has always dealt
very promptly with these recalcit-ant diplo-
mats Chew. Hulseman the Austrian minister
addressed Mr.. Marcy a very sharp letter on the
kOsta case. and the reply was of such caustic
nature. setting forever the question Of citizen
ship, that the Austrian minister left for home.
and retired from the service, of which he a
very distinguished member.
The recall OF Sir John Champion, or i. might
be said To be 2 dismissal, was in consequence
% an infringement OF the law regulating the
enlistment % soldiers for the Crimean war
His recall. al the request OF our government
was very much regretted here. as he was a great
favorite IL society and very generally esteemed
After his return he sent to Naples think
and there married Victoria Balfe, the daughter
OF Bile the composer and author of The
bohemian GIRL ard other operas. She was on
the operate stage when he married her. Il was
not IA happy union and they soon separated.
Under Gen. Jackson our minister 10 France
demanded his passports. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. from
"Old Hickory" who had demanded the settle
ment OF certain claims.
TIE OREGON BOUNDARY QUESTION
We have had frequent warlike troubles with
England. principally since 1872 on the bound
airy question II 1S45 the Oregon question
assumed a very threatening aspect Gen. Cass,
then in the Senate. made a speech that alarmed
the country. II so full of fight Fifty
four. forty. or fight. was the cry which rang
through the coGrtry. but at the time GEN
Cas- was delivering his speech. declaring that
nothing would be Welded beyond those Iines
OF latitude and longitude. the British minister
ami the State Department had settlsd the war
like controversy on the 10th degree The the.
minister from England was Nr. Fox and "
Buchanan was Secretary Of State. For a Will
Gen. Cass exhibited toward the administration
a degree OF hostility and opposed with great
bitterness the ratification of the treaty. which
yielded, "a he claimed. our rights 10 all that
territory beyond the i9Ih degree.
De BAcoUEr. VINO LIBELED wAsBrSGro=.
i am sure yoIr readers who considered them
selves aggrieyed by the hbelous book on WASH
ington Of De Baco1rt. another French minister
who was socially very disagrsesble and unpop-
ular. will not regret he is having his memory
pretty freely besprinkled with charges of dis
honesty IN connection with the TallevrauC
memoirs. which we're left to his care executor
OF That statesman They were 10 be published
as directed IN Talleyrand's Will, at such period
as De Bacourt might decide. after a certain
number Of years had passed. The time he
extended, BY authority OF cOdicil. but neither
gave him any authority TO do aught but publish
the psperE left In his hands, exactly as
written Instead Of complying with these
directions he handed over to the
Due de Broglie. who is the sponsor for
these memoirs. now being published, comics
of the yapevs Of 1aileyrand. and the Question,
u asked where are the originals. One Of the
1rst reviewers III this country has published an
article on this subject and saws OF our HbeIer
DE bacOurt, thai his reputation in the literary
world Is net siOtless-iI-deed. Is full o. flaws
He once prUfesssC 70 edit some letters Of Mira
beau. but II Wa proven he suppressed a good
deal Of the matter left by Mirabeau and inter
pOlated idsrs o; his Own, and the belief i very
generally entertained he has dealt in the same
-sy VIII tAe papers let by 1sIeyrand III
surviving relatives OF Talleyrand dcncunce N.
memoirs a. spurious ard profess TO be In pos
session o: tna TallevrSnd manuscripts All ".
are interested IL i 20 see how our hbeler is d.,
credi.cd n the literary world.
RES:NIscEScx OF COZ SKINNER
TIE STAR published week or two ago sn
article on Mint iuleps. their concoctiop." &c.
! recognized IN tine article tho author. whom
though. dead. and who Will be SO well AMI
kirdl remembered here. Col. Fred q. sin
ner, IL lac Is alive and think from that article
he nTst be, was = resident here in the ante
bellgfa days. contemporary Of Beverly Tuck..
Phil FeIdietOn, hObt Ould Hugh Capertor,
Gen Pike, Alexander liInitry and that host Cf
be.liai spirits who n:sie he a long enio;lnert
by diving away dull care. Col Skinner, =
fatne- was John 5 Skinner Of Baltimore for
wears postmaster there, and an editor az
ability. and Ucder Gen. Ha-riso1's hri.f
reign Was asSisfSn. uOstllaste- PenaraI Tot