The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-20
An Opportunity Tor the Unappreoiatsd,

An Opportunity Tor the Unappreciated.
The accepted fact that the Mayor is really
going to London is full of compensations.
Governor Tilden has cheerfuly expressed
his willingness to perform the only
duty that now devolves upon the Mayors
Office, that of reviewing Irish PROFESSIONS in
the City Hall Park. He has purchased q
beautiful suit of orange, trimmed with blue,
in which he will review the Protestants on the
anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne. He
has q fine rich emerald suit cut in the latest
style, embroidered with shamrock, in which
he will review the Sons of st. Patrick on the
festival day of that saint As these are the
only two undisputed functions now left to
Mayor Wickham, and as Governor Tilden is
m expert horseman and instead of standing
on the stone steps holding o pole in his
hands would canter up and down upon the
space to the admiration of the admiring
thousands from Greenwich street and Five
Points, the change will be even for the better.
Therefore the Mayor can 60 to London with
On easy mind We can give him such
retinue as has never been seen in the histor-
ical streets of the old city. The Mayor, with
magnanimity and foresight, has indicated the
character of the men who will compose his
retinue. New York, he says, is filed with
unappreciated intellect There is no city in
the world perhaps where there are SO many
men OF genius and worth and experience
willing to sacrifice themselves for their
country-even to make a sacrifice as great
as that which General Grant recently de-
plored-as in New York. New York is
like q forest after storm. The ground is
strewn with the trunks of many majestic
career. Appreciation, like gratitude, IS
no longer virtue of the Republic.
We can scarcely walk up Broadway
of morning without seeing the
remnant of some mighty influence,
lttls bit battered, the hat carefully
adjusted, somewhat seedy, expectant, under
the influence of cosmetics and chemical prep
arations. Mayor Wickham has pondered
over this circumstance and has resolved to
make his visit to England the means OF reviv-
ing the dormant genius that has been trodden
under foot by the rushing, hurrying crowd
and the rude, thoughtless mass who are in
power to-day, and who may be digging on the
public works tomorrow.
Mr. Wickham will, therefore, be escorted to
London by retinue of unappreciated states
men. 1t would not surprise us if Tweed
would be the head of this staff, as
circumstances have rendered it possible
chief Tweed informed q contempt
rary reporter that he has spent o
half million of dollars on his lawyers,
and that most of his fortune has been
wasted by blaokmailers and adventures. Con-
sequently what would have been gratifca-
ton to the ex-Boss-namely, the payment of
the expenses Of this party-will be impossible.
But, as we before remarked, the benefit at all
the theatres, with the subscriptions from the
Custom House and city departments, and
those voluntary contributions from the peo-
pie, who would be glad of an opportunity TO
express their JOY at the departure of the
Mayor and his retinue, might net a COM
petent fund that would enable Mayor Wick
ham to enjoy all the pleasures Of his London
trip and not dishonor America. There are
the four bosses, neither of whom is appreci-
ated properly-Boss Kelly, of the Swallow
tailed democracy against whom the tribes
are rising in mutiny; Boss John Morrissey, OF
the Short Hairs, who is now sitting on the
ragged edge in Tammany Hail. Boss Tom
Murphy, OF the Beet Eaters, whose mind is
more or less concerned by the revelations OF
corruption and fraud, and Boss Tom Crea-
mer, OF the Plug Uglies, who is said to have
earned vast sums of money in Wall street
speculations.
The truth is that none Of these bosses have
an easy time Of it in New York. We are
rushing along in our madcap way so
rapidly that the appreciation Of for
eign audience would be comfort and
peace. Then there is Disbecker, the
compounder Of the garbage balm Of thou
sand flowers, and Green, the watchdog Of
the Treasury, now suffering from hydrophobia.
We do not know any two statesmen who lack
appreciation more than Disbecker and Green
and whose departure for London would be
looked upon with more rejoicing. Then
comes long line of greatness under
cloud" which, like the vision of Macbeth,
might be said to extend to the crack of doom.
These are precious opportunities, and We
thank the Mayor for his resolution not only
to 60 to Europe, but to give the Old World an
opportunity to honor our unappreciated
statesmen.
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