| Show THE FIRST ambassador As aa a nation we progress variously but in no respect have we exhibited a greater degree of advancement than in our intercourse with foreign powers it was wan once the cue case that what the united states did or desired to be done in a diplomatic way was looked upon by those who wear crowns and high sounding titles as simply the act or expression of an organized mob too strong to be overcome and tuo too brave to submit to lu in sult suit but yet possessing nothing of the grandeur gran Jeur that should characterize a nation they all think differently now and in no respect to is this difference more marked than in the recognition given by great britain to the recent act of congress authorizing the president to appoint an ambassador amba asador to any nation that shall so 0 o recognize us u or propose propone to do so A few days ago her majesty Is go government with all due formality raided julao sir julian fote from the rank of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the lofty station of ambassadors ambassador and germany prance france russia and austria will probably bollow suit in a short abort time in of the act of victorias victoria s cabinet president Pre eident cleveland Clevela pd yesterday sent gent to the senate the name of thomas p tr bayard of delaware to be or to great britain thus comity upon a new and higher than it has ever occupied before in this connection it may be said t that the appointment of mr M bayard la is in line with the ot other r depla dipaol matio assignments of president preside t jlove bev land first class and to have hava bt en improved upon the title tite is ia about all there to is of it if go far as our government is concerned but not dot so ao abroad the enactment by bv congress was because our re represents presenta tivee at foreign courts have h had ad to yield precedence in official station and social matters to the agents of 0 other t h er J countries who ho held the commission t of r ambassador and it mattered not how small or insignificant such nation were our representatives had to tr take e A back seat figuratively spes speaking I 1 ind and this was always embair embarras arra aiu L sometimes humiliating and do never r in Z accord with the rule of pro rt BL all that is over now and henc henceforth efort our agent at the court of st j jaine will occupy as lofty and conspicuous is a position as that of any other nat nation on although the constitution pl alid I 1 that the president shall appoint ambassadors etc elo we think the term in that connection is generic and while it comes down to us that tile president in the earby days appointed appoint 4 such officers without authority nf t congress it is still more or low lea the functions aa ax powers of the government were not aa distinctly defined soon boon after t divorcement from england E angland gl and E english customs as aa they are tod and it may be that the execute executive ve occasionally assumed ruyal irao tives unconsciously unconscious lys acing them ambassadors when in realia they were simply sim ply ministers certainly Certain lr no do one in recent times has hag done ao with the exception of presidents cleveland and as above noted in doing it he has done well |
