Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-07-16
IN. Y. Trlbune.l
The Lost Kelley.

Has anybody seen anything of Kelley A.
Nj. Kelley, statesman. diplomatist, philoso-
pher and reformer citizen of the sovereign
State of "Nirgeenyer," but owning conde-
scending and casual allegiance to the FEEDER
al Union who was lately irradating the So
ciety of Washington with his mild, benig-
nant presence, but now loosed like Noah's
ark-bound dove with dispatches of the high
est Importance tied round his leg, flies all
abroad, the Lord knows where? Has any
body seen Kelley? Kelley, the white
winged district messenger of peace, TO whom
Thomas +. Bayard some days ago-alas, how
YEARLY they drag opened the window of
the ark and said with inherited impressive
ness, "Shoo,"? Kelley, who, with faith of
the most touching character that he would
be able to get in somewhere, fiuttered forth
! upon the bosom of the deep? Kelley,
whose return with a six-foot olive branch
this pacific Administration with its elbows
on the window sill anxiously awaits ? Awaits
tire more anxiously because Higgins reports
that Shem, Ham and Japhet threaten mu-
tiny unless they can have foreign appoint
ments. and places must be found for them
somcw here Moreover. Secretary Whitney
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absolutely necessary for the safety Of the
cargo that some place be found where she
can be hauled up and turned inside out, so
that the harnacles shall all be inside.
Seriously, though, to drop metaphors
which are utterly inadequate to the occasion,
the mysterious disappearance of Kelley Is
not only beginning TO excite the horror Of
the civilized world. but is actually embar-
RAISING The Administration. Were Kelley
a mere Postmaster or Internal Revenue Col
lector sent out by Higgins with a commiss-
ion in blank to find an offensive partisan"
10 Geeapitate and supplant, the case would
have only local and personal interest. 1t
would not arouse the attention of the civil
lied world. Nor would it embarrass either
the Administration or Higgins. With so
ample a supply on hand it might be relief
Bat Kelley i unique. Probably the Nd
mini>iraiion could not in searching the
world over find so fl an instrument TO test
the temper Of foreign Governments and
their disposition toward Us as a people. Not
ONLY 81. but willing. For unless We entire
~ miSapprehend the facts in the case X eIley
has no objection TO being tried on all the
Courts Of Europe IN succession N this ca
paclty. provided. of course. that he retains
continuous hold on the pay roll. In this
view Kelley Is rather a commanding figure
IN The worlds history at the present mo-
meut Il j, hardly too much to say that he
is actually somebody in particular. notWIth-
standing the fact that lie was nobody in par
tcuaT only q >hor, time ago. No wonder
then that 50 profound a feeling should be
excited BY his disappearance. In the midst
Of the general depression, however. it is
comtor, TO know that Higgins. unmoved-or
only slightly moyel-kteps right on IN the
great work Of turning The rascas out. So
that We may say with the poet. Leaves
have their Time TO fall, and Kelley his, to
disappear from round the 'diggin>'; but
ell. thou hast all seasons for thine own, q.
Higgins"
Kelley ut last accounts had taken a
header INTO Continental Europe. The Al
min,tratlan stood ~ pkng on, much as
tho bold Sir BediyeIe watched The surface
Of the mere when he flung the brand Excal-
bur. 1t was a question whether an arm
emerging from the mere, clothed in white
sam,te, mystic. wonderful" would grasp
him hl the leg and make an end Of him, or
whether a little later he would rise 10 blow
Ike stoTm-toesod and weather beaten
whale, an! wiInG the DEVELOPS from hi,
brow. shake his gauntlet al the towers Of
some imperial court. and demand rccogni-
non 4, 4 citizen Of "Nirgecnyer." incident
ally connected with the diplomatic service
Of The uited States. y. b. This figure
seems q iltte mixed, bat it can't be helped:
We are too much a.itatcd over keieys dis
appearance 10 be as particular as Milton
was ID writing Iyc;ds,.l And stli there