The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-15
Greeley and Genet.
From the N. Y. World.

We are not of those who seem to find some
thing comical in the potion that Mr.. Greeley
should be sent as our Minister to Great Britain
We own, indeed, that it surprises us Mr.
Greeley should be willing to accept such
position. But, after the subsidence of Mr..
Oakley Hall into the cast-oH municipal shoes
of Governor Hoffman, and the az pearauce of
Mr. Charles A. Dana in the character of an
applicant for the succession of st. Matthew
and Mr.. Smythe at the ''receipt of customs, "
what could we expect? When Mr.. Greeley
made friends with the "blockheads" of the
Union League, and for political oonsidera-
tion became fugleman OF ''pipe-layers," We
began TO fear that the unique editor was really
about to collapse into an average envoy. The
catastrophe, We understand, was consummated
over bottle of blue seal and couple of
Upmapn's ne plus ultra cigars at Delmonico's
And SO, the thing being done, and Mr.. Greeley,
like Balkis, 'being willin'," who can tell
where better or a more fitting representative
of the radical party and of a radical President
can be found?
Mr.. Greeley going to England at this mo-
ment as the envoy OF American radicalism is
just as much and just as exactly the right
man in the right place as was Citizen Genet
coming to America in 1898 as the envoy of
French Jacobinism. A curious historical
parallel might be drawn between the two mis-
sions and the two men. Genet came from
France to America at the moment when we
we're passing through the critical first stages
OF great political experiment in the change
from the Confederation to the Union. Greeley
will 60 from America to England at the
moment when England is passing through the
critical first stages of great political expert
ment under the new Reform bill. Genet be-
longed heart and soul to a party in France
which worshipped Reason and Humanity
(both with capital letters), and which insisted
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on pain finstant death to every Man who did
not instantly become a Brother also. Greeley
belongs to party in America which worships
Freedom and Progress (both with capital let
ters), and which insists that all men, black
and white, shall be equal, on pain of disfran-
chisement to the whites. Genet looked upon
American politics as mere tender to French
politics. Greeley looks upon British politics
as a mere tender TO American politics. The
enemies of man hated Genet. Likewise, the
enemies of man hate Greeley. Genet had no
sooner landed at Charleston, April 8, 1898,
than he Immediately proclaimed himself a
Tribune OF the American people in the name of
humanity, began to issue letters of marque
against the 'en7mies OF mankind" " and called
upon the citizens of Carolina to expel
all sympathizers with the reac ion and with
oppression from their State. Greeley, we
have no doubt, if he be appointed on the 4th
of March, 1869, will make his appearance
long before the Sth of april, say at Cork or
Dublin, proclaim himself q tribune (Which
every body knows he s) and procoI sui of Ire
land in the name of universal Justice, issue
letters of marque against the commerce of
Liverpool (Which is the home of that mon
| ster, Laird of the Alabama), and call upon
the people of the United Kingdom to eXpel all
| sympathzers with TOryiSm and the Cvnstitu-
tion. Genet, tramplng on the puny letters of
| diplomatic red-tape spoke his mind freely
| about the miserable conservatives who, at the
capital of the Union and elsewhere, threw
themselves blindly athwart the path of the
new era. He boldly denounced Washington
as a wOuld-be 'liberticide," who was aping
the ambition and deserved the doom of the
sc, Institutional King of France, )" and he fear
! lessly exposed him to the contempt of Ame-
rica and of mankind as 'the plaything of an
English monarchical clique, without root in
the country and without influence upon public
| opinion"
Greeley, we may bs sure, will not be less
candid in dealing with British functionaries
and the minions OF an eiiete aristocraoy. He
| will tell that most dszed and drowsy of diplo-
matte smokers, Lord Clarendon, to his face,
! that tobacco has softened his brain and hard
ered his heart. He will not hesitate to de-
nounce Gladstone, on the slightest provoca-
tion, as a tind and scholastic trimmer; while
the utmost mercy that Disraeli can expect
from him will be q reproduction of Grants
famous Order No. IL, expeling all Jews with
their families from the realm within twenty
four hours. Believing, with Parton, that the
drinking OF beer led directly to the British re.
cognition of the Southern Rebels as bellige-
rents, he will demand the passage Of au act OF
Parliament making it felony to drink beer,