New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-09
MR. B4YARD AND HIS COCNTRYuEN.

II IA not only the privilege but the duty or
Mr. Bayard TO make himself agreeable in all
anpropriate ways to the people among Who"
ba is officially stationed His readiness TO de-
uver sneech whenever he Is invited to lend MS
nraseuce and his voice to a social, chari'aple
or educational enterprise may be reckoned
legitimate means Of popularity In England, peins
Indicative of a courteous temper and an alnaDle
inclination 10 employ for the pleasure OF others
q talent which appears to be more highly valued
abroad than at home Inasmuch as Enelishmen
like TO hear Mr. Bayard speak, 1t is to his credit
that no &c willing to speak so often. But, unhap-
pilv. he does not always make wise and be-
coming use of the opportunities which he en-
braces. Neither on his own account nor on ac-
count Of those whom he is supposed to repre-
sen, is he 10 be congratulated upon his frequent
oxnressions Of dislike and contempt for the
American people and their institutions. differ
ent tone would probably be more acceptapie 10
Enclishmen whose applause Is worth having
and II assuredly would be more sauSi"c'o'! !"
his fellow -countrymen.
Even in the days when they surmised that
Mr. Bayard might be statesman Americans
never were infatuated with his KIND OF states
monshp. and they have not revised Their es'i-
snbere Of activity If his views Of their char
actcr and policies actually resembled 'hose WHICH
they themselves now hold, they would neverthe-
less not be altogether pleased by his description
Of the degradation and imbecity in which they
were lately walowing. But inasmuch ms theE
have repeatedly and by enormous ma1orl'ies &C.
clared. during the period Of Mr.. Bayards resi-
dence In England, that they approve ana mean
TO uphold the protective system, they seriously
object 10 his telling the British people that the
Unsuitable growth" of that system has done
more to corrupt public life, TO Danish men or
"jndnnendent mind from public councils ana 10
Clover the tone OF national representation than
"any other single cause; that II Is IAN engine
for selfish profit" and that 1t has been the means
of replacng statesmen with "jobbers ana
chafferers." This Is the picture OF leading
American policy and Of American public life
which Mr.. Bayard has just drawn in Edin-
burgh. 1t is radically false but II 1t were essen
tiollv true. Mr.. Bayard ought TO be the last man
TO put it on public exhibition in the country to
which he Is accredited as Ambassador from the
United States.
When NJ. Bayard few weeks ago in Lincoln
shire in order to convey faint Impression OF
the mental and moral grandeur OF Mr.. Cleveland,
announced that "he stands in the midst OF a
"strong. self-confdent. and oftentimes violent
'people." and that sit takes a real man to gov
ern" such a headstrong, stubborn and turbulent
community he was generally conceded to have
gone quite as far as the requirements OF
panegyrc would warrant. But he has now gone
considerably further in giving Englishmen TO
understand that the citizens Of the United States
are not only "oftentimes violent" but by large
majority deliberately devoted 10 selfshness, job
berry and corruption. 1t might be advisable TO
send him an official intimation that while con-
tinuing to eulogze President Cleveland he
should try To conceal his opinion OF the rest Of
tho American peOple