The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-02-02
new NEWS Of YESTERDAY
One Great Sorrow Of Noted
American Author.
Den suffer contrivsd % Have pana's
Appointment as Minister to Gn0-
land Rejected and Blow to
Latter Was Lasting.
D. Z. J.. EDWARDS.

Richard Henry Dana Jr. WILL %
longest remembered % the author OF
that great sea classic, TO Years Be
fore the Mast" the nrst American
work to be widely translated. But
among the lawyers Of his time. and
among those who made .
specially Of international Law. Dana's
v a lawyer was even
greater than that which he popularity
enjoyed ~ the author Of one OF the
most popular books Of the day.
When Dana was at the height Of
his fame a. the master of interna-
tional law. President Grant found 1t
necessary to remove John Lothrop
Mitley from his post - minister to-
Great Britain on account OF insubor.
dinati6n. The cause Of the removal
was generally known; nevertheless.
both the president and his secretary
of state, Hamilton Fish, were evere
ay criticised for removing Motley, the
general esteem in which he was held
a. author and historian causing the
Administrations critics to overlook
the fact that Motley had hatly refused
TO obey the instructions Of his imme-
date superior, Secretary Fish. Bspe.
cially in Massachusetts. Motley's own
state, the people were indignant. they
taking 1t, apparently, al an a6ront to
the state because Motley had been
removed from his post Of high dis
tinction.
0}O Svaoan lo&nu {n nNAoP IN nINfAf tina
hostile feeling in Massachusetts to-
wards the administration. when the
president received the resignation OF
General Robert G. schenck Of Ohio.
Muuey's successor - minister to
Great Britain. he determined to nomi-
nate a Massachusetts man for the
post. Secretary Fish recommended
the appointment Of Richard Henry
Dana Jr.. urging that he won fame
both az an author and . master Of In.
ternational Law. The president ut
once warmly approved the recommen-
dalton. and In due course sent Dana's
name to the senate. fully believing
that confirmation Of the appointment
would follow within n day or two.
That WaS IN 1876.
But the next day" said the late
Col. George Bliss. for many years an
| intimate friend of Richard Henry
Dana Jr. and long a Republican par
ty leader in New York state. lone
Of the Massachusetts congressman
called upon the president and report.
ed that Ben Butler, who had a per.
sonal grievance against Dana, and
one OF two other prominent men Of
Massachusetts had begun an intrigue
with the avowed object Of prevailing
upon the senate not to confirm Dana'a
appointment. In view of this fact,
the presidents caller limited, It per-
haps would be: the better part for the
president to withdraw the nomination
Of Dana.
"I will not. withdraw &C. President
Grant replied, grimly. II Massachu-
sets. through the intrigues Of Butler
and others. 10 able to defeat the nom
ination Of Richard Henry Dana ~
minister to Great Britain. then ! want
that record made. I want 1t known
that, II Dana's nomination 10 rejected,
Massachusetts did it.
We'll. the intrigue was successful;
Dana's name was rejected by the sen.
ate. But that made no difference IN
his position with the public. They
knew that he had richly deserved the
honor because Of, his legal learning.
his patriotism. his character. The
fact that the public stood BY him con
sofed Dana greatly. but the blow that
Ben Butler and his intriguing asso'
states induced. the senate to give
Dana was one from which Dana never
fully recovered to HE dying day Sc
cretly, he ever grieved over II. and
often to his most intimate friends be
would speak in sorrow Of this chaptel
:of his career. II was the one great
sorrow Of his life"
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