The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-06-27

Laurel tDel,) Guzette.
The newspapers say every few days:
"Bnyard made speech In Lon
don" Bayard has been niakinga goo d
many speeches In London. lie ap-
pears to he popular and Is In evidence
at all the leading English functions
and he is being treated with great con-
sideration by the royalty. The Poet
Lowell was popular and so was Bob
Lincoln, but neither received the go.
ciai attention from royalty thatis &C.
corded Bayard. But then Bayard new.
er missed an opportunity while In the
please the English. lie has an un-
qualified admiration for the English
Institutions and Is most profuse
apologist to the English for all those
little acts OF aggression which free
and self respecting nation will con-
stantly commit.
Bayard is not one of those AmerI.
cans who. believes that his country is
all good and other countries largely
of doubtful character and quality
Hence he is never offensive to the
English, unless 1t be through the pro-
fuseness OF his admiration or the
subseryency OF his views us an Amerl.
can. His Americanism like his ability
he's long been under suspicion at home
and II every word he utters at these
royal feasts abroad were reported here
the suspicion OF the former would be
confirmed Just as his acts as Secretary
OF State confirmed the Suspicion OF the
latter.
At a banquet recently at the Man,
sion house, London. on St Georges
Day, u yard uttered words which
Lincoln could not have uttered.
Nait I'M a \ QUAIL ho ~ -,
of such snobbish un-Amerlcanlstn. 1t
Is doubtful II any man that ever rep.
resented the United States at the
Court of st. James except Mr.. Bayard :.
could have made such foolish
spce ch, however liberal the potations
OF wine might have been. He was
there among lot of representatives
from Australia, from ravlshed India
and from Canada, and he spoke of til o
assemblnge as "a gathering Of clans;'
= q when the chickens came back TO
roost and found hospitable place. =
= the mischievous boy was general
ly the favorlte OF the house hold" . .
" there was mischievou5 boy who
broke away from home something
moro than century ago: but let them
(English) not suppose that b. cause he
left the home he or his descendants
could ever come back home without a
strong feeling that 1t was the home"
The report adds: Loud cheers or
course.
And so Mr.. Bayard looks upon the
greatest act In human history, upon
the mighty and undying labor of John
Hancock. Samuel Adams. Alexander
Hamilton. benjamin Franklin and
Caesar Rodney as II bad boys escapade
aud as the folly OF the Prodigal Son
What other American thinks of 1t in
that light? Other Delawareans than
Bayard have made speeches In
England. Mr.. Higgins addressed
Eng lish banqueters before and since
he hae become Senator but he didn't
slop over In this un-Amerlcan fashion.
Bob Lincoln never made such "bf eak"
and James Russell Lowell In the low
est state of mugwump malaria had
enough pride, patriotism and strength
OF mind left to abstain from making
such humiliating declaration.
Aud now they talk again of noml.
mating Mr.. Bayard for the Presidency.
There Is no knowing what the De-
mocracy may do In 1895 when one re-
fleets over the atrocious blunders 1t
has made since 1892 1t Ia apparently
capable Of nominating Senator Allen
OF Nebraska or Ambassador Bayard of
Delaware. The opinions of Its candi-
But 1t is not likely that the Democ-
rGcy will repeat the blunder of 1876
aud nominate and Old man for the
place. In addition to his age Bayard
has the further disqualification of de-
crepitude in that he 10 becoming very
deaf. Iu Their than this he belongs to
the Cleveland Quilt, which ths De.
m oeracy will, no doubt, try to wipe
out in 1896.
While the Irlsh-Americans OF Now
Castle county continue for some un-
accountable reason to furnish the
Democracy OF Delaware with bralne
and workers, and thus remain the
sole cause and force which keeps
Bayard In office, tho Irish.Americans
Of the rest OF the United States are
not so generous and forgiylng and
therefore Mr.. Bayard could carry
neither New York, New Jersey, Con
nectlCut nor Indiana, Finally tina
which defeated Bayard In the National
Convention OF Cincinnati in 1880 would
defeat him again.
1t was the late Willard Salisbury
who furnished tho New York Sun in
June. 1880. with copy OF MIR. Bayard's
dlsloyal speech of 1861, wherein he
blamed Lincoln for the war. ard the
reaction from that publication WAS SO
great that the convention named Gen.
Hancock, n Union soldier, for Its can
didate. As for the Delaware Republi.
cans they would like to see Bayard
nominated in 1895. They could we'll
AFT ord to raise fund for him with
which to make his campaign for the
nomination. They would gladly CON
tribute towards such a magnificent
funeral for the great Pro.Englisn Dis
tranehiser OF Delaware.