St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-02
JERSEY DIPLOMACY.
Cen. E. Burd Gpubb EeIinSed
by the New Minister to
Germany,
sf!lo Appears at Court in the
Dress Of a Militia o.
ficaP.
--ow William L. Marcy Crap
pies With the Gold-Laee
Diplomats.
----pPasidaut Ruehanan's Ex-
papien3e at the Court Of
St. James.
: oecial to the Glohe.

IL
-ialrid. tickled the vision of royalty,
and at the same time caused a smile to
latter over the c0untenance of Uncle
sam, by appearing ut an official Iecep-
;ion dechri oat in the gorgeous uniform
II an officer OF Philadelphia militia
lHpany. has been eclIpsed. Another
ersey diplomat has set at naught the
. lie rrgar ling the CARDS to be Worn by
. representatives. Of this government at
{ 'reign courts. IaiL down by old Gov.
= larcy. OF New York, when he was
: 'cretary of state in the cabinet of Pres
ilent Frank Pierce, forty years ago:
and now the gold lace ana plumes of the
.Enbekpn Rifles entrance the aristocracy
%! the court OF the Hohenzollerns, while
lie Philadelphia Home Guards are no
.onyer known at Madrid.
First Official Dress.
Seriously, however. the unexpected
vanity displayed by Minister Runyon at
:5prIin has done more than cause smile
1T the state department. and it is not
unlikely that Secretary Gresham will
i.aVe something TO say regarding the
matter later. In the early history of
he diplomacy of the United States an
official dress was prescribed by our
state department that would today be
Utmost gauly enough for either of the
wo DISTINGUISHED New jersey states.
men, Gen. Grubb or Minister Runyon.
Beginning with our mission to Client.
ihe dress recommended was as follows:
'TyVas Very Candy.
~ blue coat, lined with white silk {;
straight standing cape embroidered with
gold: buttons plain, or. ii they can be
had. with the artilleriStS eagle stamped
upon them; cuffs embroidered i'll the
manner of the cape. White cashmere
hreecheS. gold knee buckles; white silk
-!nckingS, and gold or gilt shoe buckles.
! tiiree-cornered chapeauhras; Il black
.-cckadg, to which an eagle has been
attached. Sword, etc, corresponding"
But. lest the dress described above
wight not he gay enough for the Grubbs
nd RunyonS of eighty years ago, the
department made the following eXcep-
,.un Tor gala days and state occasions:
On gala days the uniforms may be
made more splendid with embroidery,
ana the hat decorated with a white
ostrich feather"
Changed by Jackson.
Thus this matter remained until Pres
tent jackson came into the White house.
Ills plain.0utSrOken Democracy and love
:nr simplicity rebeiled at the thought of
i representative of the republic appear
:!g 1T il foreign court in such tOggerv.
nd he was inclined not only to abolish
he official dress. but also the ministers
no had been accustomed to appear in
>uch garbS. He was finally prevailed
anon 10 make only A few CHANGES in the
ia" OF cheapness and adaptation to the
simplicity of Our institutions. The blue
rOal was directed changed TO black, the
ape vas 10 be omitted altogether, the
,ruuscrS could be either white or black,
: gold star was to be affixed TO each
side of the coat collar. and the chapeau-
;raS with the cockade and eagle, and
The sword were retained. This was a
considerable change, and was much
protested against in some quarters al
The time, bat it greatly pleased the
supporters of Old Hickory" and was
.ndUrsed by the people of the country
generally.
TEaE cy's Circular.
One of the first subjects considered
" Gov. Marcy, Pierce's secretary OF
tate, when he took charge of affairs in
81. T&S this matter of dress, and he
ludlytl it just lis he did the distribution
/ patronage. He believed that Ito the
vctorS belong the spoils," and he car
r;ed ont his theory or belief. He also
believed just as firmly that the plain
Earb OF an American citizen was the
proper attire for a representative OF
Ills government to wear in the tranSac
lion of his duties, and quite gool
-hough to be worn with pride in the
presence Nf royalty at any and all Euro
pean courts, and he promptly said SO in
his famous circular of June l, 1853. Ii
fhi5 all the ministers to European coun.
tries were directed to appear at The
-olrIs TO which they were a ccreditet
lin the simple dress of an American
citizrH.'
This circular excited little adverse
comment at any of the European CAPT
;alS except London. August Belmont
vas at the Hague. and at once pro-
rPe:ied tn carry out his instructions. He
Was told that it would be more salts
factory if he wore uniform, but ht
stated his instructions and went to the
audience i'll plain black clothes. Ii
Speaking of Mr.. Belmonts success
Rhodes says:
BeIsnont's Success.
"In his dispatch he described his ap-
pearance as singular, for the king. his
aidede-camp, and the minister of for
eign affairs, the only persons who as
sisted at the ceremony, were in full
uniform and covered with stars anc
decorations. Belmont had more anX
icty about the presentation to the queer
mOlECr. for at her court ceremony
was Weightier matter than at thar O
the king. HIS brother diplomats. who hat
wondered at his previous temerity, were
concerned about the result. for they
knew that size had often resented Will
rudencSS any infringement of etiquette
The presentation, however, took place
without incident; and after seyera
months residence i'll Holland, BClmon
could report that he and his family haC
been treated by the royal family OF
every occasion with the utmost court
eSy. Indeed, ut a casino ball, the queer
paid him honor above any of the diplG
mats present by asking him to dance
quadrilla, and at court ball the kim
shook him most cordially by the han(
and entered into an interesting an,
animated conversation with him o
more than half an hour"
Never Required In swift erIan d
From Switzerland came the rep0r
that ian absurd and expensive uni
form" had never been required. Tn
king of Sweden was satisfied with tn
change, and John 7. Mason, then at Paris
was severely censured by Secretar
Marcy for disregarding the circular an
douning 'monarchical dress when, sal
the latter, 1.-THE plain black clothes ha
been almost universally commended b
public opinion in the United States.
The only serious difficulty was encount
cred at London. where the Englis
papers took up the matter and made
great deal out of it. James Buchana
was then minister to Great Britain, an
as soon as he received the circular h
stated III letter that he had made up hi
mind Ito wear neither gold lace nor EN-
hroldery." but how TO avoid doing s
without exciting comment was no cas-
matter. In letter to Secretary Mare,
written after an Interview with Sir Ed