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Show A HIHT TO THE DEMOUBACY. We are glad to aeo that one New York journal is taking a sensible American position in regard to our diplomatic service. This Hekald 1 l,n nnw ornrpHHed a nimi. lar opinion, contending that the diplomatic branch of the civil service miUt bo largely curtailfed or altogether alto-gether dispensed with, so far as ministers min-isters plenipotentiary, etc., at foreign courts are concerned. The New York Sun commends the policy of the democratic house in curtailing this expenditure, and thinks the abolition abo-lition of the entire system, with the exception of tho consular aervico, would be beneficial to the country. Wo quolo a paragraph, which would mako the basis for a popular plank j in thu Cincinnati plutform : Steam and tho oc-an t' lfgroph have c honif' d ' h" TBtlical dutio (diplomacy a- iji'-y (Vrn'-rly x stod, and tiavo left only an otli'iul fur id rititmirijr wilhut real hub-Unce. If Ihu whole i-ystTn wan aliAnd jfied, fpid special n (rents substituted sub-stituted when nedeed, anil o.:Jy then, a u-e-le-s expenditure would bo cut otf, and a r'-tuin lo llm simplo lnliu of truo re-pubii re-pubii an f iyrnmT)l woubJ follow. As it is, mo k'C C"iitanlly ftruvmg into the JitMis of im iierili'ri arid monarchy, and fullowu.ff in tb"ir (oilitepg at Ijeit With a very i-or imi'.mioti. |