The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-20
The removal Of Mr. Mor1ST from the
,.;,sson To England must have been very

Thu rcnooya OF Mr. MoTIsY from the
m;s.son 20 england must have been yer.
nrs.;rvino to all intelligent and bberal-mind
Cd nersons. He is a bigot. lie unaei
took to write history, and only nsrreo \
nth his Observation-Disclosures and concert
Hc is Of the worst type Of M~assachuset.
nhilanthropfsts, and much below the can
hrn or the more distinguished OF the tfiDe'
The wonder was that he evcr should nave
boon appointed to so important q post as
th,t If Minister to England. But Genera'
Gn,sr,s acts are often inexplicable, us ne
seems to have discovered himseh, ior nc
has. we believe, removed more OF nus omn
.nno;ntees than any other President IN inc
same period of time that he has hileo Inc
office Of Chief Magistrate. He hao ehe
.ar,o;,v soon to discover that ne "
made,a very great mistake in the appo,ns-
menttof MIR. MOTLEY, and haVihs nl'u. 'ns
discovery, we rather X the oe'ei
manner in which he proceeded 10 "turh
him o,,tn The Minister didn't want 10
leaye. hung on in spite Of hints, and seemed
70 have determined to avail himself OF the
nrotection of the tenure-of-of1ice aw. But
the President went frankly TO the Senate,
and it may be supposed suggested such ar
c1,nents to the members rs led to the
PROMPT confirmation of the nomination OF
Mr.. sFRELINGnuYsEN, and that gentleman
viii almost kick out his predecessor. A
more humiliating dismissal Of an ambassa-
dor has never before taken place. There are
a great many people who will not at all re-
rret that it has fallen upon Mr.. MOTLEY
the least fitted of all public men for the very
important position to which he had been
assigned.
General GRANT is a strange man. tie
seems to be without method, and often
takes the party which elected him SO much
by surprise and so much to their dlssatls-
faction that men do not know what to make
of him ; and the Republicans are more per-
picked than other people. 1t is notorious
that he has frequently so vexed ana lretteo
them that privately some of the more pro-
minent amongt them have heaped upon MI
curses not loud but deep. There Is a smack
of independence in these things that Is 70
the credit of the President.
The new Minister, Mr.. FREL1NGHUYsEN,
former Speaker OF the House of Representa-
tives and since a Senator from New Jersey,
is a pretty tolerable statesman. lie Is a
nephew and the adopted son OF THEODORE
FREL1EaHuYsEN, who was upon BIZ. CLAf,s
ticketas candidate for Vice-Prcsident. Inc
elder FRELlNaHUYsES was q man OF IRE
proacbable character, but too good-too
good in the philanthropic sense-too sane
timonious. The twang of Puritanism in his
fame was not c%ongenial with the free
heart and noble, spirit of independence OF
HARRY OF THE WEST, and he hung as dead
weight upon the ticket. CLAY was the true
representative of the glowing and intrepid
nature of Young America in his most heroic
and generous days. Puritanism and he
were antipodes, and when his friends sought
to combine incompatible elements they
helped to weigh him down, and contributed
to the final defeat for the Presidency of one
Of the noblest Of all distinguished Amerl-
cans. -.,