The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-07-27
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BRncroft Davis in Charge Of The. state de-
partment-He will Lose no Money by IL.

Bancrof Davis in Charge Of the. state de-
pnrtment-Ue will Lose no Money by IL.
Correspondence Of The sun.
WARRINGTON, July 90 There is hardly any
hipg like Government here just now. The ma
chine runs itself The President, after repeatedly
swinging round the circle, has settled down for the
3unimif at Long Branch. No former President was
much absent from the cfpinl az Gen. GrNnt,Iof
ever regularly established bimsclf at a watering
place. Mir Buchanan was in The habit Of passing
short time at Be clifford springs, she had done for
inanv years before being President. Gen. Pierce,
Mr.. Fillmore, Mr.. Lincoln, Mr. johnson, always re.
NAMED At their pos g. and were content vita very
brief nbsenc. from Washington.
Gen. Grant is indifferent to public afIirs has no
taste fot and no kno Wedge OF them and dclightsiia
roaming aoont, smoking presented cigars, and draw
Ing his salary lie seems to treat the Presidency as
personal property, and tho pnblic Offices and hon
matters to BE- appropriated for his individual
Interest ana convenience.
One might suppose that the great events which
aio on the eve Of happening ia Eufope. AID which
may ssibly involve our interests, would attract
-omc little attention from the President; and so
they would II he realized the situation appreciated
h1 claims Of position which he occupies, bat does
not oil.
Contingencies OF n serious character may como
to pass from hour 10 hour in Europe demanding
the promrtcst action on the part OF the Exccu.
tive. Yet at such time az this he q amusing him
sel at tnc shore aud the Secretary OF state has
taken cogs. hgring ne Departmental ch Irge Of
BqRern Darts, lc,o gH not acglec, hs oprogiuai!y.
That is the way we do business hero. In England
Minister Of Foreign Affairs would be hootod out OF
Office with popular Indignation who deserted his
post at such crisi5 Bat there is some difference
!, between the public men tho two sides OF the
ocean.
Mr. Frellnghuysen, warned by the brief tenure Of
the two last Ministers to England thinks II better
to stay at home than TO spend his money for
grateful republic Johnson and Motley Az
| lowed about year Of diplomacy each-onc for
speaking too much, and the other for writing too
| little Motley s very much taken down. and Is not
consolcd with the leisure 10 write more socaled
history. Although he lonyed for an Ambassadors
| rank, he would very chcerfully have compromised
| on the Envoy Extraordinary. How quickly our go-
rios departi The chosen orator who most gIoriaed
Grant, who lifted him up to the height Of William
the siient who found In him the virtues OF Wash.
iagton aud the valor Of Crsar, who tuned the his.
| toric muse to sing his pgans, and who pronounced
him the Grandost Roman ofthcm all, is now only an
ex public funtonary Nat johnson left him az
Vienna. Motley supposed, In the Innocence OF his
historic heart, that sumner turned the crank OF the
universe, and therefore addressed dispatches 20
him instead OF the illustrious Fish. This went very
| well until the days Of ST. Domingo, whcp Grant
shouted In his wrath, tho expected gains Of tho
lob disappeared, "On with his hcadr In similar
am Sr be cried out against Fenton when told he was
Intriguing for the Presidency, and newspapers were
produced - prove IT, Its written as a condition OF
loyalty that norman must ASPIRE TO the Irt sdcnc y
or int witSthc pctquisitcs Of tho Executive Ia
st Domingo or elsewhere
| Bancroft Davis hls had gold suulrbos studded
fvffh H. Uig nl IA
vices during a recent arbitration In the Department
of State. quiet Application was made " Congress
| 10 permit It's aceep tsnco but II was luit over h
| next session, aud Viii be yeAi.laled
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