New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-13
AMERICAN ISSUES ARRoAn
MIR. BAYARD AND COLONEL.
son AT THE CONSULAR Drvv,.n :
COLONEL HAYS DEFENCE
OF MKINI.Ey

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."' on.'ed "'"'eS cohsuis on the evening !.
Decoration Day. AS there were thr.o "'''.
leaders present who had presided over v..,
conventions In America there was M 1.
oratory. In addition to General Collins c."
Hoar and Mr.. Henry Watterson ~.
! included Mr. Bayard Mr. Haunt. euesu
ard other wel-known orators and ,no 'T
themselves. who were the hosts Of Tho "'an
were not without experience and talent az A.
dinner speakers. twas a good disn,sv =, ~"
| lean oratory
The most striking effect Of the evs,,.-
tertainment at the Hotel Cecil was thu 900
in tone between Mr.. Bayards and Mr. wv
sons references 10 international ag,,u
Bayard made what may be described u,...-.
disrespect as his usual conventional s,o... '
favor OF peace In the Anglo Saxon y,ru.
spoke more deliberately and laboriou,v ~.
his wont; possibly he was embarras.aa
presence Of an almost exclusively An...''
audience In place Of the English comn.,v 80.
ne usually addresses; and with so larg.
ering Of Democratic politicians and Official. -.
fronting him. 1t may have been difficult "a, 49,
to repress his free-trade poemios II va. 49,
ever good speech and was well delivered. m.
1. was brought TO a close with a ouo,.,,. -
one Of Washington's letters which n. ~, ,.
IN an Engleh cOuntry-h0use. cor,.,,.s !.
usual references TO the common s,oct a. -.
Saxon blood. traditions Language. ltpr.,u,.s ~,
| history. and also the pathetic not 10 cav ,.,-
! tive, appeal which ne Is In the habit az ra,,.-
for the maintenance OF friendly and cordial ri.
lions between the United States and (,r,a, a.,
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the German. French. Russian and italian A.
bassadors are not in the way Of making o.so.
addresses In England. They are old-fasAbo.a
| ilplomatists who choose 10 assume that the,t
no imminent danger Of European war and m
transact the business Of their Offices withm
being IN a constant state Of mental perturbaim
oyer the possibility of the outbreak Of frathciM
conflict Mr. Bayarf IS the most timorous q
diplomatiste. The red spectre Of war seems 10
10 constantly floating before his eyes, and out q
thc depths of his anguish he cries aloud iee
! peace in the Ang,o-Sax1n household
AN AMERICAN SPEECH
nr. Wat:ersOn arose bout midnight 10 respond
20 tho toast 4 Memorial Day" which had been
proposed by Mr.. Claude Meeker. Consul q
Bradford. "reminiscences Of the war period
and reflections upon Southern loyalty 10 the
restored Union Seemed 10 fire the eloquent
/ XsntugA laHs blood Speaking with brilliancy Of
1.ction and intensity Of earnestness he was fol.
I owed with breaihless interest by a spelbound
/ holy II auditors. who were impressed with the
/ contrast between his robus; patriotism and the
caution anl tmdty OF Mr.. Bayard do not
/ believe thar Mr.. Wajterson had any intention
] rid ha ms
an Au.ha doris peace homilies. but uncon.
scously ne condemned them with fine irony and
+ emphasized the necessity for a more vigorous
and ser-respecting diplomacy. He was not
/ ashamed :, describe himself American
! lingo. With the lucidty Of common-serse he ex-
plaineI WIZ the interests Of international peace
,,uld he promoted by hgh-mirded. aggressive
patriotism rather than by the exchange OF mean
lngless compliments obseQuious hattery ana
! rhetorical phrasing over arbitration. what ne
! believed in was the Anglo-Saxon instinct which
,c,npell.d an Englishman to defend English Id
,aras,s and an American with equal force 70
cbonnion American rights. The common soa
~ Language. traditions and history had not p
vented the outbreak Of two wars between Wv
| r.rIted states and England: nor In the fusuN
could peace be maintained in the Ehs0snspea.'
ing family BY sentimental appeals 10 race lee''
INK nor by servile displays OF hunke!''n a"a
craven tlrnorousness The true friends OF peses
were the aggressive patriots VINO conpeiss W.
! nation 70 respect the other
! am not attempting 20 present su'nA'.,
this admirable speech. nor 70 repfoda'e ."
the argument or the phrasing. but mercy
contrast IT'S tone with that Of the AmefNsA
Ambassador There was not an honest se"S'.'
American r,ne obou, Mr.. Bayards speech
vas the address ~ an Ambassador WV
lost touch with the resou'e hHnhe'' U.s..
! vlncible courage Of American charao'e' -
| gotten the glorious traditions OF Na''0"a'
pendcnce HIS nervous eXcitshility on Wv
| tect Of Impending trouble In the A'S" :.
| ,,n,irv ,s not American. for II betokens a.
| ,,,,,c,o,,s r,,,.r and self-respect MI "s''"'
49,, .o,ro.s.,ts the real forces Of National c"'
arter which make for peace at nome anu 800.
II IS not necessarily an Aner1canish '""'
usals IN the sight ~ the world, but II IL 10
ous s.lf-rellant patriotism that co"mA A.
| ,.r,,op and inspires respect. War can NV"
| ,vor,oa nv rhapsodles on the finer nar"'
Ar,,o-saxo, fraternity The best nope
II
the Anglo-Saxon Instinct of natlonS"" ..n.
the enlightened selt-in,erest and lumn0~
! nonsense that go with H. .-ouu
GEN. COLLINS on CIVIL. sER'loH
General Collins made some )oeos, 80. -. ,a
- CIVIL Service reform which proos'" -, ,hs,
meant TO be taken seriously. he o.. md d
he was rs good a Consu-Genera' ~ - ;. ms
his first month OF official service IN. I'm.
when his term was drawing to q c.0'. A. . coz.
| pliration was obvious-that the uu' LII about
sui were easily learned ana that inc .a..rauoua
reformed. non-partisan service we s.'., but hs
The Consul General is a capao. ~. acauisi-
overrates his intuitive faculty 'H ..as mat he
ton Of routine knowledge II he sup, r.,,on Of his
has learned nothing since the e,pn =, bs Jest
first month His associates lsusnea proofs
bat they had received too many =. work aae
OF his intelligent supervision OF 'a m.,.rcv soh
Of his own steadily increasing e", rn. cosk
| imposed upon by so idle '"'e =. ,,,,, tods
General from Paris. who sat oes,D. 80, psno
h,,, ra,inae1 him that the o'ie" A Nsn