chanan)
subordinates abroad copies of the President's Message, accompanying it
with a score of terse and sparkling paragraphs regarding the rebellion;
yet, in those few paragraphs, demonstrating the illusory and ephemeral
advantages which foreign nations would derive from any connection they
might form with any 'dissatisfied or discontented portion, State, or
section of the Union.' In this connection, he refers to the
'governments' of J. Davis, Esq., as 'those States of this Union in whose
name a provisional government has been _announced_;'--which is the
happiest description yet in print.

There is apparently a fortnight's interregnum, during which a procession
of would-be consuls and ministers marches from the State Department to
the Senate chamber to receive the _accolade_ of diplomacy. The Minister
to Prussia, Mr. Judd, first finds gazette, and on March 22d the
Secretary prepares for him instructions suitable to the crisis. There
are 'stars' affixed to the published extracts, showing _coetera desunt_,
matters of _secret_ moment perchance! And here we may fitly remark, that
whilst the labors of the diplomatist which came before the public for
inspection display his industry, it is certain that quite as voluminous,
perhaps more, must be the unpublished and secret dispatches. 'The note
which thanked Prince Gortchacow through M. De Stoeckl was reprehensibly
brief,' the leading gazettes said; _but are they sure nothing else was
prepared and transmitted, of which the public must remain uncertain?_
Are they ready to assert that Russia has become a convert to an _open_
diplomacy? Or does she still feel most complimented with ciphers and
mystery?

So early as the date of the Judd dispatch, the text of the Lincoln
administration appears. 'Owing to the very peculiar structure of our
federal government, and the equally singular character and habits of the
American people, this government _not only wisely, but necessarily,
hesitates to resort to coercion and compulsion to secure a return of the
disaffected portion of the people to their customary allegiance_. The
Union was formed upon popular consent, and must always practically stand
on the same basis. The temporary causes of alienation must pass away;
_there must needs be disasters and disappointments resulting from the
exercise of unlawful authority by the revolutionists_, while happily it
is certain that there is a general and profound sentiment of loyalty
pervading the pu