New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-03
josiah OUTNCY-NAROONED.

This Is strange news We hear from Massachl-
satts relative to Mr. Quincy. We refer. OF
course 10 Josiah Quincy. lately bouncer for the
state Department at Washngton-the same
Quincy Of whom the President, shaking his
head with great solemnty. Is wont 10 say n
wonderful man. Sir; a most extraordinary per-
son" They tell us now that Quincy has not
found favor with the Mugwumps Of his native
State and that the springs Of Democratic cam
paisn politics have dried up AZ their sources.
sherman IIoar looks askancc he goes by.
and George Fred, with trembling lip and in
Prospective gaze. dwels on nothing but his own
inwarducss and marvcs nj its beauty. They no
longer Josiah the other side of The street,
and the lush wallet that formerly turned wrong
side ont for the cause of ccstacy and consecrn-
| ton now shuts tighter than the rich first fruits
Of Mumforl Cove. and Quincy holdcth not the
Oyster-knife that opens II.
We trust that even a rank outsider in this
eclectic scramble may be permitted To express
his respectful amazcmcnt ut such state Of
things We had always understood that Quincy
had been torn from The clinglng arms Of the
Administration despite the Presidents tears
and Mr. Grcsham's loud complaining because
the Massachusetts Democracy demanded him
rs the one thing Indispensable II was given
out when Quincy left that aching void in Wash
ington that he went at the risk Of the general
Government TO save his State from dcsOlaton.
We had been led 10 believe that these crowds
sometime surging in the corridors OF the state
Department and breaking with much foam and
sizzle against the reef Of Janitors and Door
keepers was not composed of patriots anxious
to serve IN imperillcd country Ina foreign lands,
but of wild-cyed messengers calling Quincy
home to help and rescue We had supposed.
indeed until this last news came that he had
gone 10 Massachusetts much as Napoleon after
Elba did TO France to receive the homage of Il
grateful and united people. and to lead the
charge of Irresistible battalons. We put It
mildly when we say that we are surprised.
Shocked would be better wOrd-much better.
We protest that II was not fair 10 lure Josiah
Quincy from his opulcnt dcbauch Of consulntes
ut Washington to this Barmecldc mockery of II
feast in Boston. Here is the bright young man
Of the Administration marooncd upon barren
shore He is. as Mr.. Cleveland fatty murmurs.
"a most extraordinary persoD }" but how Is he
| to achicp great Democratic results far from
the source Of Democratic energy, and bereavcd
Of the only means Of Democratic fcrvor? Talent
goes Il long way. and Quincy Is loaded TO the
gunwalcs with It: but talent does not speed the
| torchlight march, nor does il fill the foaming
growler to the brim. 1t may be- the lever that
moves the world. but what boots It to have n
lever without f,lcrum-Of what avail is
Quincy without the Niugwump contribution
which gives him grace and power?
n,;p Inns hno MI No
might almost say h. has been whpsawcd. The
most remarkable young man Of his time has
been raising great DUST but now the Mugwump
rain has descended upon him, and his name
| for cvcrmorc Is Mud