New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-05

Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from tns
shoulders of the Honorable Bayard Taylor. am gen
tlemen, yours very truly ,vv, wrxnp,r. HOLMES.
| MR. wHIPPLE.
Boston, March 1s. 1873
GENTLEMEN 1t Is with great regret tna. IL a ,e e DIM
PEELED to decline your TO DC Rxord Tay
or on the OCCASION Of bis being confirmed Minister to
30 enjnenty 1T to be made y Wss there before
nomination 80 quickly Endorsed by public opinion anu
one man in the country exactly fitted for the post and
by some sagacty Cabinet councils not very
and intimate knowledge OF European aairs-the KNOW
edge which is specially demanded in person VINO rep
rpsents our country abroad-is unquestOneu;
and he is also an accomplished man OF letters,
who has not only never written wpr pro- wn nal
sacrificed opportunities for cnoulnent III oruer 90
devote to the translation OF tb te f@U mas
made 10 the literature Of Europe He knew tnat ~
oH any prospect that there would be the slightest return
his conscientious labor in the current com OF papr
pure and simple he has long been engaged on lie or
Goethe The appointment he has received VIII ebaDe
II may safely be predicted that the work when published
will the best the most accurate, the most lnterpre
There can be no question that he will faithfully dis
charge all the diplomatic duties OF hs posi- ana ms e
cheney Minister will he increased by the iact that ne
Is known in Germany as one or the most %
American OF letters who have undertasen te Nope
and serewarding task OK interpreting inc "er"n "
the American mind. . -
Renewing
an occasion where Bayad Taylor to be honored re-
man, gentlemen, very sincerely yours, - n v,,,,,,n,,
MR. FIELDS.
have received the circular with reference to the
public dinner be given TO our friend Taylor on the
18th OF April and panied that lecture egaBelnSh
will compel me to be absent rom AN occasion asS w Mn
ter Our Government never selected a better son
foreign court or one whose learning fifty entities
him to be sent ambassador TO country 50 renowned
for its intellectual supremacy as Germany S "ear
sir, yours, etc. 'AiH' - AiNN'''
NIB. BANCROFT DAVIS.
WASHINGTON March 10. 1873.
SIR: should certainly avail myself OF the opportunity
ward his field of duty cheered by tne n,loise-
good wishes OF his country men II IL were POI
me in Washington on the day named for the proposed
dinner If | could be there, should feel that nave
in Berlin win he as warmly welcomed by the Germans
as his appointment to that important mission is received
when he leaves Berlin he Will take with him memories
OF many happy hours, and the fragrance OF many last
Wishing him in his abors, the success he has en-
joyed in the past which Is nj MS me-
"iii' Si'' 'Ou' O''"''A' j, c. BANCROFT DAVIS.
MIR. EMERSON.
A." Though we have rarely met, l have owed to Mr.;
TAYLOR many valuable Of kindness, and have shared
with the country the mass OF Intelligence which nls
gladly come to meet this OCCASION II some decays
OF age had not strictly forbidden it,
DONALD e. MITCHELL
al cannot forbear sending from country corner a
hearty God-speed and all good wishes To Bay ara Auyo
His true kndlines his resOlutc uupretendingness ana
his sterling drOtUre OF character nave mace MN euus
everywhere.
I'd. ALDRICH.
"My regrets not Of the conventional KIND of IL IS
not every day that one has offered hlh the 9bpoT' tt
honorable 1t is, must ever give precedence 70 tha
which he bears poet, traveller ana man OF leIers
Nort [
varied and distIL gusbed gs seem smaIlef tAln9s 70
who know him best than the loyal open nature o.
DR. r. SHELTON MACKENZIE.
"yauing Mr. Taylor as friend Of twenty-ive years
standing am proud his high merits a. journalist
ana man OF letters aud rejoice that in this instance e
United states will have the right man in the rsht
'''''' COLONEL T. W. HIGGNsOY.
It would have gwen pleasure TO bear testimony,
with others, to the honesty ndehty ana tnorosness
OF his literary labor aud to the good udgment SHOWN
by our Government IN appointing him to his present po-
THE REV. EDWARD EVERETT HALE.
look with great pride and interest on his appoint
men and truly glad that We are TO Dc SO wen rep
resented IL Germany"
GEORGE CARY EGGLEsToN.
Z" Every journalist must feel that HIS profession Is
houOred not so much by the selection OF member OF u
for the nigh representative position TO which the guest
worth Of the particular journalist Mr.. Taylor. which
eral rejoicing among men OF al parties.
THE HON. JOHN DIGELow.
AT an epoch when the offices Of Government have
come commonly regarded as perquste Oh the A
ecutiye or Congress and assets for the discharge Oh
private rather than public obligations IL Is gratifying 10
discover in the nomination OF Mr. Iay 20
respect the obligations well the requirements Oh
the Nation
MURAT UALSTEAD.
The universal appreciation OF his appointment rs the
nomenclature OF Nation at the Court OF the greatest
of Empires Of the bapplest recognons OF literary
fame and "A compliment almost without "a parallel
Reference also made TO letters OF regret from the
Hon. Vim. Dorsheimer, John Hay, +. L. Church, Parke
Goodwin r. H. stoddard. Horace White, Stewart L. Wood
ford avid Gray, W. W. Aston Professor Willard Fisher,
Professor Jno. F. Weir, Edwin Booth, Richard Grant
White T. c. Browne jr, o. b. Bunce j. j. Patt, Thomas
G. Appleton. s. Coleman, X. NJ. Hunt, L. r. Marsh the
Rev DR.. W. NJ Taylor. the Rev. 5. H. Tying, IT,, and
many others.