Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-12-07
LOLLIPOP.

It was mentioned the other day in the
MORNING APPEAL that President Hayes had
appointed one John Welsh, sugar boiler of
Philadelphia, to the place of Minister at the
Court of st. James. Also the bard of this
family journal gave vent to his DER charged
feelings in song, ON that occasion. The harp
that once thro Taras halls the soul of music
she'd was hauled down from Tara's walls and
made to do duty on the occasion. Mr.. Welsh
has since been confirmed. His Philadelphia
friends have been feasting him, as is their
fashion when one of their number gets set up
on another and higher pedestal. The new
Minister spoke piece to his assembled broth
erly lovers. 1t is just the sort of thing that
one has right to expect from distinguished
white sugar man. Nothing more saccharine
has fallen from any lips since the days when
fond innocence stole its molasses through
straw out of bunghole. The sweet, good
man, in the blandest Chadbandry that ever
oozed out of a rhetorical refining pot, took oc-
cason to catalogue his own charities and pub
lie performings in the following extraordinary
the cause of charity, did not know that the
shifting scenes of time might soon require it
to be outstretched as a suppliant? When |
have labored for the fallen or tried to reclaim
the erring, was | not familiar with the power
of temptation, or was ignorant of theassail-
ing perils bp which l was surrounded? When
| aided to provide an asylum for the destitute,
or hospital for the sick and wounded, did [
not know of "the unnumbered ills that flesh
is heir to-, and that the bed which is provided
for others might serve for me? When have
furthered the cause of education, and striven
to give to our institutions of science and learn
ing commanding position, have [ not been
stimulated to it by a consciousness of my own
need When l united with others to improve
the sanitary condition of our soldiers, was |
not aware that they were being exposed in be-
half of an imperilled nation? When have
forwarded plans for the improvement and ad
vantage of my native city, did [ not realize
that its welfare was my happiness? When |
have advocated and urged measures in which
the good of my country was concerned, was |
not quito sensible that it's flag is my protec-
ton When put years of labor and anxiety
at the command OF my fellow countrymen for
their centennial commemoration, was it not
because / was too weak to resist the call that
l heard coming down to me on the wings of
time, through century of years, to honor
those who had secured to us so much that is |
of imperishable valuel And now that de- |
mand has been made upon me by the Presi- |
dent of the United States, sanctioned by the
Senate, bearing upon it the impress of duty,
my weakness has again put responsibility
upon me, and | am going forth in the service
of my country. Thus it is that through life
my weakness may have led me into paths
which the many avoid, and, my friends, it is
for that which you here and now applaud me.
Was this infatuated sugar-tongs drunk, that
he was thus maudlin and silly, past all com
parison2 1t is not an infrequent thing for a
vain, purse-proud ass thus to vaunt his deeds
among his fellows, over his cnps but this was
4 prepared speech. The reporters who were
present had copies of it, in type, before it was
delivered. And this man is the Minister of
the United States at the Court of St. James
One sympathises with the utterance of the
Sun when it says:
The speech of Mr. Welsh, the newly ap-
pointed Minister to England, which we pub
ish in another column, is a remarkable speci-
men of egotism and nonsense. A more silly I
piece of defamation can hardly be found in {
he English language. Nobody but Phila- :
lelphian could have made it; none but Phila-
lelphians could have applauded such twaddle.
The Administration of Mr.. Hayes seems to be /
doomed to disgrace in its representation r
broad, as well as IN its conduct at home. +
We trust the English people will not judge
America by the Minister Mr.. Hayes now sends
o them Fools are plenty in this country a
tut we have not many such fools as John a
Welsh proves himself in this silly speech. d
HE SILVERADE SHOOTING ARRAY.