Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-06-07
TRYING TO DEFEND BAYARD.


TRYING TO DEFEND BAYARD.
At the dinner which was gotten
M to gIOrity Grover Cleveland
Congressman William @. Breckin-
bridge of Kentucky undertook to
defend the shameful foreign policy
adopted by Bayard with the ap-
proval of Grover Cleveland. Bay
ards disgraceful subserviency TO
England in all things was describ-
eel in this manner -
"Under the Administration OF
Thomas f. Bayard the Republic
bore itself in all foreign negotis
tions as a gentleman, claiming
nothing that it was not right to
claim and cOnceding nothing that
il was not right to cOncede. Had
bis course been met by a Republl-
can Senate in the same spirit we
must have closed the Administra.
tiOn not only at peace with all the
world, but with no question open
tor dispute"
Let US bring this statement face
to face with cold facts. 1t is true
that the State Department under
Bayard made very few claims. II
was m the cOncedIng business and
had no time to make claims upon
England or any other first class
mower. The one notable exception
was the claim It made on poor little
, Hayti, which was bullied in way
that made the cringlng OF the State
Department in its dealings with
Germa0y and England more con
spIcuous than 1t otherwise would
have been. The vigorous policy
adopted towards Hayti was not
intended as a precedent to guide
the Department in its relations
with other countries, as was shown
By the way In which the Samoan
difficulty was handled. H
SO long as Bayard had anything
to do with the Samoan question
Bismarck felt perfectly safe in car
rylng things with a high hand. 1t
was only when Bayard&eIired aud
Dir. Blaine came upon the stage
that the Iron Chancellor began to
- that be had gone too far in
~ OF brow.beating the Sa.
Under Mr. Blsine's able
&management the Sa-
80 n, which at one time
Il 60 ptecipitate war,
sc 5ttled by Germany con.
~ s@E This eountry demanded.
Z ge seen how Bayard acted
4 10 Samoa. II be display.
weak uess Of backbone in his
e6ealiug with Germany, how shall
We characterize his condact 10 the
negotiations be carried on With
EngIand The Extradition and
fisheries treaties and the safe
goarding of our interests In Behr.
ing Sea afforded him splendid
opportunity Of displaying states
manship. How did he avail him
self of this? he practically allow
ed England to run the State De-
partment. nls
EngIand wanted an extradiuon
treaty that would serve as sort OF
supplement to the Coordion Act.
Bavard did bis best to have such
A. treaty ratified. England wanted
the United States to surrender
Hshery rights that this country 10
The DAYS of its weakness was Will
ing to fight tor rather than sur
render. Bayard zeaIously cooper
sted with Joseph Chamberlain
when the latter endeayored 70 hsve
the United States Senate adoTt
( Englsads views on the flshers'
qnastssas 4
England wanted to get possession
of the valuable seal fisheries pnr
cbased by us from Russia twenty
two years ago. Bayard had not the
aadaclty to opeply advocate tie
free admission of English ships
into Behrng Sea. He, hOweibr,
did all be could 70 obiieo EngAthd.
he seat an invitation to the diner
ent nations inviting them 70 a con-
terence Tor the purpose OF placing
Behrine Sea under a sort Of inter
national control, thereby inyalidat-
ing, the claim OF this country toI
exclusive iGrisdictlon ia these
wnters. Tothoroughly appreciate
thas act OF Bayard all that it is
NECESSARY do is TO compare 1t With
the policy adopted by Mt. Blaine,
who has let 1t be known that every
EagIish or other foreign ship
found In Behring Sea viii be seiE-
cd and confiscaIed.
It may seem like wasting time TO
dwell upon the shameful record Of =
man who is politically dead. But
it is well that that record should be
kept before the public, as It serves
a good purpose, showing, as 1t
does, what may be expected II the
Anglo-nianiac faction that were
behind Cleveland and Bayard
should ever get into power.-N y.
Irish World.