New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-05
SUNDAY EDITION.
DEC. 8, 1886. ,

felt themselves excluded from the society to which
their Minister was admitted as their represents.
tive. also urged Motley II he wished TO pieaee
the President TO make much of the repre-
of the Central and South American Republics
thought II he woul& form democratic coterie
and put himself at the head of 10 In London society
il would make him more of power enhance the
consequence of the republicans and be an zdvant
age 20 himself &c home. He invited the repu aican
ministers little but bis heart was not Win tnems
He preferred ambassadors aud rcval add ar,sto-
cratic connections in every way. Still be asked me
to write to the President what he was doing and
compiled.
But 1t was of no avail In July be read in the
newspapers rumOrs OF his recall. and of the appoint
men. Of Mr. fTeIinshuysen in BIS place for
had thought from the delsv that the Presidents
feeling might have been mitigaiei. Motley him
self acknowledged that be bad erred The year boz
fore bnt he held that his offence had been con-
oned. Bat Grant did not often contoue. The crisis
finally came.
Motley was living in Lord Yarboro uohs house.
in Arlington-st QUE of the most -nmptuous 10 Lon
don he entertaining sovereigns. hts halls very
iled with Tiiisns and Snril's and Van Dykes I
recollect dinner Just before he fell at which Dit
rael the Duke of Dey oDshire, the Rothschilds ana
thirty or forty others Of the highest rank In Lon
don were present, and the grace and urpanlsy Win
which he received and arranged tbe splendid COM
psny were remarked by all. Tie held no memoran-
dun IN his hand but stood at the centre OF ls long
table which was cleaning with silver and lights
ana pointed to each arlsfocratIc guest where ne
should sit and whom he should place beside MN.
His handsome. intellectual face was ighted uP
Win DleasUIt duu ulSlluOOAOh. aht hc t'N AtH'~'@
at home.
Poor mani The next day his post was required
of him. He was requested 10 resign anh unfyssu-
nately for bis dignity refused The Tenure oil once
act was then in force under when stanton nan
held on in spite of johnson. and Motley ayai'ed
himself of 1t now. After Frel'nghnysen decioed
the place II wasOfered TO Morton, OF Ind ana. who
was also unable to accept II. but Motley renamed
against the wishes of bis own Government OF course
dscredited both in society and at court Win DO
business whatever entrusted TO him presenting
the un ted spectacle of represeutltive OF
country which did not wish him TO reprHsentt;
dipomatlst defying instead OF supporting nus 1ov-
eminent: a gentleman retaining position In
service that sought 10 discard him. ne even com.
planned in 8 cetv of his reament and TINS injured
his country instead of benefiting 1t. Ii was sup
posed In English society that he had been DIS
placed because of fis preferences for Eng'and
whereas the fact was directly he contrary. Tho
British Minister for Foreign Affairs said 70 Nj.
Moran about this time and Moran told IL TO me-
that be would not have retained suooriinatc
day after the first letter that Motley had written
in d.sobedience Of his instructions.
Finally as the tune approached when Congress
would meet. and the Government could report IT'S
action. the First Secretary. Mr. Moran, was drect-
ed 20 assume charge Of the Legaf01; aud as Mr
Motlev still refused to resign. be subjected himself
to the indignty from which the Administration had
sought to save him-he was expelled IN
he never recovered from the effect OF all this on
his health and spirits. He renamed short whilo
in England. visiting his numerous friends, VINO
strove in every way to soften the bitterness OF ne
situation, though | never met one who approved
his course holding office after he had been re-
onested TO resign. zone of them thought from
what he rold them that he had been harshly
treated but ey all admitted the right OF a Gov
eminent TO se.ect its own Minister saw nIm
occasionally. but our intercourse vas of conrse
painful. We reminded each other too much OF tho
past He soon went 70 Holland, where tho
Queen offered him a villa IN which he wrote DIS
Volume of John Of Barneveld Then he returned
to England and went about little IN the world,
but his strength and vlvacIty were gone. 10 have
been repudated and dism lssed by ais own Govern.
meut was a blow from which bis proud spirit could
not recover In 1873 he had neural gc or paralytic
fit from which he rallied for while. Then ms
wife died of cruel and lingering maiady.
This crushed him more completely stili;
and in the spring of 1877 he passed
away suddenly at the last. Two days before his
death General Grant arrived in England. and was
fold by an intimate ald mutual friend that when
Motley was in formed of the extraord nary recep.
ton of the ex-President he replied: Il an glad of
it; Grant is a great man and a representative
American" -
The frst Sunday that General Grant spent IN
London he was invited TO a service at Westminster
| Abbey Dean Staney preached the sermon snd
| spike tendery Of tho loss to literature and 70
English society OF the graceful and eloquent MS
torlan mo had been his intimate friend and then
turned In the same discourse 10 offer welcome 90
! that other American who had been General aud
President in rne country which Motley had repre-
sented in England. ADAM BADEAU.