Semi=weekly graphic., 1895-12-14
10 -LnPE1aH llR. BAT4RD


House Tuesday impeaching Hon.
Thos. f. Bayard, United States Am
bassador to Great Britain, Of high
crimes and misdemeanors. The
basis of such action is Mr.. Bayard S
address before the Edinbarg Philo=
sophical Institute in which he said
'In my own country | have wit
messed the Unsuitable growth Of that
form of State Socialism styled pro.
lection. which | believe has done
more to foster class legislation and
create inequality of fortune, to cor
rupt public life, to Danish men OF IN
dependent mind and character from
the public councils, to lower the tone
of national representation, blunt
public conscience, create false stan
cards in the public mind, to famil-
iarize it with reliance upon State aid
and guardianship in private affairs,
divorce ethics from politics, and
place politics upon the low leYel of a
mercenary scramble than any other
single cause.
"Step by step and largely owing
to the confusion of civic strife, It has
succeeded in obtaining control Of
sovereign power of taxation, never
hesitating at any alliance or TO re-
sort to any combination that prom
ised to assist its purpose of perYert-
ing the pnblic taxation from its only
true jurisdiction and function Of ere
ating revenue for the support of the
whole people into an engine for q
selfish private profit Ola crowd OF
beneficiarfes and combinations, called
trusts.
nUnder its dictation individual
enterprise and independence have
been oppressed and the energy OF
discovery and invention debilitated
and discouraged. 1t had unhesitat-
ingly allied itself with every policy
which tended TO commercial isolation
dangerously depleted the treasury
and sapped the popular conscience
by schemes of eorrupting, favor and
largcsse to special classes, whose
support was thereby attracted.
Thus it had done much TO throw leg
islation into the political market,
; where ibbbers and choppers took the
place of statesmen.
Ga was incorrect to speak Of pro
lection as national policy, for that
it could never be, because it never
could be other than the fostering Of
special interests at the expense oil
the rest, aud this overthrow the
great principle of equality before the
law and that resultant sense of JUS
tice and equalityin the administra-
ton of sovereign powers which was
the sense of domestic tranquility
and human contentment.
''The enfeeblement Of individual
energies and the impairment OF
many self-relianees were necessarily
involved and the belief in mysteri-
Gus powers of the State ana a reli-
ance upon them took the place OF
individual exertion, fostered the
growth of State socialism and per
sonai liberty ceased to be the great
end Of the government.
The resolution, after repeating
the above rem marks, says:
Whereas, Such reflection on the
government policy and people OF The
United States in a foreign country,
and before a foreign audience, is
manifestly in serious disregard of
the prophecies and obligations
which should be observed by an Off
cial representative of the United
States abroad, and calculated to in
jure our national reputation; be it
Resolred, BY the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes, that. the committee on
foreign affairs be directed to ascer-
tain whether such statements have
been publicly made, and, if so, to
report to the House such action by
impeachment or otherwise as shall
be proper in the premises. For the
purpose of this inquiry the commit
tee is authorized to send for per-
sons and papers"
However true Mr.. Bayard's state
ments are, it must be admitted that
considering his lofty position, they
were out Of place. An Ambassador
should not indulge in partisan rail
ing before foreign audience. But
the resolution is equally outof place.
Its merely an exhibition of Repub-
iican yindictiyeness, and was intro
duced for the purpose of affordinq an
opportunity of making partisan
speeches and will of course amount
no nothing.
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