American Diplomacy And the Furtherance of Commerce
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By taking the proper ground, if he possesses the necessary qualifications and is fur- nished with adequate means, he will become acquainted with all that passes, and from the highest and most authentic sources. Inspiring confidence by reposing it in those who deserve it, and by an honorable deportment in other respects, he will have much influence, especially in what relate to his own country. Deprive him of the necessary means to sustain this ground^ separate him from the circle to which he be...longs, and he is reduced to a cipher. He may collect intelligence from adven- turers and spies, but it will be of comparatively little value ; and in other respects he had as well not be there." * An investigation of the salaries needful to diplo- matic officers was made by our own Government in 185 1. Among the replies from our ministers abroad was one from Mr. Schroeder, then charge d'affaires at Stockholm, who said : '' In the late examinations ordered by the British House of Commons concerning diplomatic salaries, it was stoutly, al- though somewhat ludicrously, urged by several of the witnesses who had served as ministers on the continent of Europe, that the giving of dinners was really an important branch of their duties.
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