The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-03-18
MANY SOUTHERN DIPLOMATS.
Large Proportion Of Foreign Minis
ters From the South

ters From the south.
The appointment of Matthew w.
Ransom, United States senator from
North Carolina, as American minis
ter to Mexico, has not only given
great satisfaction to his as. ociates in
the senate, " tn whom he is very
popular, says the New York SUI, but
it has also been satisfactory to south
ern democrats generally, who greet
with pleasure the selection OF for
eign minister from their ranks. The
south is now represented in the
diplomatic service OF the United
States by Mr.. Eustis, OF Louisiana,
ambassador TO FIance; 10y Thomas
+. Bayard, Of Delaware, ambassador
to Great Britain; by Mr.. Mckenzie,
OF Kentucky, minister to Peru; by ex-
Congressman Breckenridge, Of Ar
bansas, minister to Russia; by Mr..
Taylor, of Alabama, minister to
Spain; by Mr.. Terrell, of Texas,
minister to Turkey; by Mr.. AIexan-
der, OF North Carolina, minister to
Greece; by Mr.. Young, Of Georgia,
minister to Guatemala and Hon
duras; by Mr.. Smy the, Of Virginia,
minister to Hayti; by Mr.. Mcdonald,
also Of Virginia, minister to Persia;
by Mr.. Carutb, OF Arkansas, minister
to Portugal, and last, but by no
means least, by Mr.. Willis Of Ken
lucky, minister to Hawaii.
This list does not take into &C.
count Paramount Blount, OF Georgia,
the cracker. dust diplomatist, who
represented Mr.. Cleveland in Ha-
wall. Southern men take very readi-
ly to Offices in the diplomatic SER
vice Of the United States. During
Mr.. Cleveland's first term the Amer
lean minister to France was from
Mary land, and these other diplom-
attic offices were divided among
southern states as follows: Minister
to Brazil, North Carolina; Japan,
Texas; Mexico, Louisiana; Peru,
Kentucky; Spain, Virginia; Bolivia,
Louisiana; Persia, Alabama; Greece,
Louisiana; Switzerland, Kentucky;
Venezuela, Alabama. Under repub-
lican rule the representatives OF the
southern states did not, OF course,
fare SO we'll, though they had a rea-
sonable proportion OF ministers
abroad. Under the Harrison Admin
istration the minister to Argentina
was from louisiana; to Belgium,
from Texas; to Paraguay, from Ten
nessee, aud there were those two
ever distinguished southern repre-
sentatives of the United States
in foreign lands, Sempronius Boyd,
OF Missouri, minister to Siam,
and William Sapodilla Scruggs, OF
Georgia, American envoy extraordi-
nary and minister plenipotentiary to
the free and sovereign Republic Of
Venezuela.
For retired governors or United
States senators places in the diplo-
matte service have many charms.
The pay is generous, the expenses Of
the minor Offices are small, and the
American minister is welcome in
every civilized country. A change
OF climate is often conducive to the
future political benefit OF an Amer
lean politician, especially il there are
troubles in the ranks OF his party at
home or an important faction has
arrayed itself against his continued
prominence.
Senator Ransom has been for
many years closely identified with
the politics OF North Carolina. He
was Encouragement OF the state in
1852, and he served in the confeder-
ate army up to the surrender at APP
pomattox. He was elected United
States senator in September, 1872,
and has been in Office for twenty
three years. North Carolina is now
in control OF the republicans and