RUPTURE BETWEEN FRANCE AND AMERICA. "New York, September 19.
" One of the most startling events which I have to record is the dismissal of the French minister, who has received, in diplomatic phrase, his passport from General Taylor. You are aware that in this country no such things as passports exist ; and we have some standing jokes upon foreigners, who often conceal themselves for several days before they find out that in this country one needs no such documents. M. Poussin was formerly a captain in the United States service, at the time that the famous General Bertrand was at the head of our engineer corps. He was considered a man of talent, and his return to the United States, in diplomatic capacity, was taken as a compliment to our country. The real cause of offence may be traced to his having pressed in a very indecorous manner the claims of some French merchants in Mexico for property taken by General Scott, while occupying that country. This is General Scott's opinion, who was undoubtedly consulted upon the subject. M. Foussin is at present in this city, and on Monday evening made a speech at the opening of the Art Union Gallery. He affected to be ignorant of his dismissal ; but the intelligence comes to us in such a shape that I cannot doubt it. " I have in a former letter alluded to the general feeling of disgust which prevails in this country against the French ; and if the French government should give evidence of any hostility in consequence of the dismissal of M. Poussin, there will not be a dissenting voice against appropriate action on our part. Our navy would put to sea immediately to attack the French West India Islands, and to capture French merchantmen wherever they could be found. We have tried the metal of French seamen in 1798-99, when they got the worst of it in several naval rencontres, and we imagine they stand no chance with us now."
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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VI, Issue 473, 13 February 1850, Page 4
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332RUPTURE BETWEEN FRANCE AND AMERICA. "New York, September 19. New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VI, Issue 473, 13 February 1850, Page 4
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