The morning call., 1893-04-01
THE AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND.

All good Americans will be pleased with
thu appointment Of Thomas i. Bayard TO
the court of st. James. especially as he will
be the first American who will be presented
to her Majesty under the full title of En-
bassador, and not Minister Penipotentiary
and Envoy Extraordinary. For he is gen.
tleman of high degree, and though he is one
of the Blue Hens chickens. and is proud of
the fact. his demeanor on all occasions has
proved that the hen was wel-bred fowl.
lie can boast of two centuries and half
of American lineage. The first Bayard set
tied in New Amsterdam about 1850, and
eVinced at an early age his willingness TO
sacrifice himself on the altar of public duty,
which has marked the family He rose to
be Mayor and n-chief of the
militia. Other Bayards, descendants of
his. left their mark on history; everybody
remembers James A., who held the balance
of power in the election of 1900 made JEFF
ferson President, and signed the treaty of
peace with England in 1914 His son, also
named James A, was Senator from Della
ware when the war broke out; his feelings
were so hurt when the irOn-clad oath was
administered to him that he resigned his
seat, and was with difficulty induced TO re-
sumo it. in order to deliver a series of ven
omously cOpperhead speeches. 1t is the
son of this James A. who has just been ap-
pointed ambassador to England He and
his father sat side by side in the Senate,
concentrating in one family the Senatorial
representation of Delaware.
Seventeen years ago. after Mr.. Tiden's
defeat at the hands of the Electoral Com
mission, Mr.. BRyard became a candidate
for the Presidency. Southern Democrats,
however, were unwilling to stake their
hopes gu the chances of a Southern man,
and Hancock and Cleveland were success
lively preferred to the Delaware Senator
He had pressed the latter so closely in the
convention that before his Inauguration
MIR. Cleveland felt bound to offer him the
leading post in the Cabinet, and he never
ceased 10 be sorry for the act. Mr.. Bayard,
though a man Of ability, possesses defects
which gravely impair his usefulness. He is
afflicted with rig dity of the spine which
beggars the old simile Of the ramrod at the
State Department he was DOmbey and
Iurveydrop rolled into one. 1t is pretty
difficult TO do business with a man who is
a corporal embodiment OF dignity. Add
to this that Mr.. Bayard felt it duty to i'm
press the world with his views Of policy,
and never missed an opportunity of pro-
claiming them al length. While he was in
NuIGH lLt L rune AlulSltT Ol GEtht bIildln
cabled to his Minister at Washington an
inquiry regarding the policy of the United
States on the BerIng Sea question, and di-
rected the Minister to cable reply forth.
with. The Minister called at the State De.
partment and met Mr.. Bayard; spent two
hours with him in fact; but In all that time
the Secretary of State never iutermitted
for moment his exposition of my policy
on matters in general, and the Englishman
never had an opportunity of saying what
he wanted. Three or four days afterwGrd
he called again, by appointment, but again
Mr. Bayard talked . increasingly that he
was unable to get N a word. At last he
was compelled 10 address the Secretary in
writing TO transmit his message.
The chances are that the new ambassador
will suit the English very well. If not
brilliant he is copious speaker, and the
English like iker whom they don't have
TO listen TO. He is far too much of a gem
tleman to want to twist the hons tail: he
will discourse sweeuy about the brother
hood OF the two branches of the Anglo
Saxon race, and when he makes the regula-
ton pauses people will clap him aud say he
is fine fellow. worthy of being a member
of the House of Lords When his kindly
enter tanners refer to his Huguenot an
cestTY, ana 10 MS ancient Dutch blOOu, with
occasional references to the CheYaIier Bay
ard. without fear and without reproach,
the Embassador Will blush becomingly
that is. as far as Blue Chicken can blush
He will not efface the tender and admlring
"reminiscences which the English cherish of
James Russell Lowell; but he will proba-
bly, make more noise in the world than Mr..
Phelps or Mr.. Lincoln did. In these days
of talapranhs and M mare ho
lar utility of foreign ambassadors Is not
Immediately apparent; but whatever there
may be 10 do. MIR. Bayard will probably do,
and do N ell