The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-18
Grants Diplomatic Appointments.

FTom Brick" Pomeroys ~ Y. Democrat.
The true object of General Grants recent
visit to this city became accidentally known
only day or two ago. He came to consult
with the leaders Of the radical party on the
subject Of the selection of ministers to repre-
sent the new administration in Europe.
Nearly all the important missions were de-
cided upon and Messrs. Sumner, Forney,
Wetmore, Butler, Greeley, and Sckes are the
fortunate men who are to ornament the Euro
pean Courts for the next four years.
General Sickles goes to England. II has
long been the custom to send to the Court OF
st. James not only statesman, but a man OF
unblemished private character. The Queen,
who is the model British matron of the period
would probably refuse to receive an ambas-
sador on whose reputation restsd any serious
stain of dishopor. General Sckes is univer-
sally recognized as man whose integrity as
q statesman is commensurate only with the
purity Of his personal character. Add to this
the fact that, on a memorable occasion, he
vindicated the sapotity of his happy home at
the cost of violating the merciful impulses of
his noble and unselHsh heart, and the fitness
OF his appointment to the Court of Victoria be-
comes at once apparent.
Mr.. Sumner had been promised the Spanish
mission, 1t being maxim with American ad-
ministrations that, in view Of the dangerously
affectlonate character Of Queen Isabella, ths
ambassador to Madrid must be man of Roman
virtue. Obviously Mr.. Sumner was designed
by nature to reside with impunity at the
Spanish Court; but unfortunately for him,
Queen Isabella has ceased to reign, and almost
any man can now be- trusted at Madrid. The
Massachusetts statesman will therefore be sent
to Greece, where he can brush up his Grecian
antiquities little, and Mr.. Stanton, whose
experience in "walking Spanish" is regarded
as almost equivalent to a knowledge of the
language, will visit the land of Don Quixote at
the national expense.
Mr.. Greeley is to succeed General Dix at
Paris. This is an admirable appointment; for
not only will Mr.. Greeley's courtly manners
and fascinating personal appearance reflect
honor upon the country which he represents,
but he will have an opportunity to relax his
overtaxed brain by joining in the pleasures Of
the Jardin Mabille and the Closerie des Lilacs
| Mr.. Greeleys fopdness for the dance and his
skill in the execution of its most intricate
| figures have long been familiar to the public,
and we feel confident that his appearance in
| the cancdR will give the Parisians O new idea
of the progress of refinement in America.
The Austrian mission has been assigned to
General Butler, who, however, takes it only
for the opportunity Of visiting the grave Of
| Hsynau. The Austrian empire is too much
impoverished to afford long residence to HIM
who sighs for new spoons to conquer.
Mr.. Forney will 60 to Turkey, where he
hopes to reside permanently, and to find en-
ployment congsnal to his tastes in superin-
tending the affairs OF the Sultan's seraglio.
II the Sultan should at any time desire to
prove the infdelity of any of the inmates OF
his harem, FOrney is just the man for him to
employ.
That lifelong Democrat, General P. More
Wetmore, as the Lea6er calls him, has given
General Grant a good deal of trouble. He has
insisted upon receiving a foreign appoint
ment, but no place Of sufficient Importance to
be worthy Of the man could be suggested.
Luckily, General Grant thought OF the republic
of San Marino, with which we have heretofore
had no diplomatic relations. General Wet
more at once saw that San Marino was just
the place for him, and he promptly consented
to become the American Minister at that i'm
portsnt post. The territory of the Sar
MaIino is quite large enough to hold both
General p. More Wetmore and his inevitable
nosegay; and, we trust that, irrigated by his
genial presence, the broad acre-aud- ahaf O.
the republic may blossom forth in perpetual
| foWers,