The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-11-07

exclude any allusion to which Engshman mich,
sensitive whether the British sovereign ought To be
ored by the company before after the Chief Magstn
OF the United States and whether application 10
officials at the palace for the loan OF the Queens and Pr
Alberts ikenesses would be authorized by Mr. Buehan
&c.
demonstrated earnestly with Mr. Somerby aOsi,
the English that be given occasion NM
above all Others ought 10 be American besought him
urge upon you that it in vain for Mr. Peabody or any,
else TO attempt TO bury the revolution that this Ma
not American idea that the great object of CELEBRATE
the 4th of July, lTT6 keep alive forever the hat
of tyrants and the love of lberya the passions of M
conflict in which the republic came into existence and
that besides nothing erroneous than the poo
that this sort OF diluted nationality would command M
respect of Engshmen for if they did not suspect il 10
insincee they would certainly regard il contempt
Nor did fail to Mr. Somerby that il could no,
expected that Mr. Buchanan and the members of the lena
ton would consent by their presence 10 eounenanc such
mode of celebrating the anniversary Of American n
pendence.
The result of these interviews was that program.
agreed upon at the legation The proposed mutaOr
of our national songs the ndiscree attempt to give pr
denee the of George Ill the
Washington; the British tone to he given to the affair
Difference TO Sir Emerson Tenant and few English gentle
whom you had iuvited--a these Objectionable ea
lures distinctly abandoned by Mr. Somerby, in your
name, and be declared, with your sanction although
with reluctance your part Then, and not until then
did the American minister and the members Of the legation
formally accept your invitation to be present These cir
cumstances the negotiation the agreement the comprehen
sve plan of invitation the day, the presence Of the rp
sentative Of the United States at London, all impaired TO
the occasion the attributes of n national celebration
Bearing these facts in mind my surprise at the Dime
can be imagined when, besides listening TO fragments
American patriotic observed in the order Of toa
not the Chief Magistrate of our nation, but The
sovereign of another accorded precedence The next
demonstration was the performance Of God the
Queen during which it seemed to be expected that every
body would stand up Nor was my surprise at these VIC
laons of the agreement made at the legation ut all mpa
ted by nsnuated in your speech for the ovation
IN bar MaiaS she hQI
herself and her spontaneously and without So
Iicitation grace the occasion for knew from Colonel
Lawrence that at the urgent request of Mr. Someby your
agent the colonel had with difficulty succeeded in obtain
ing the pictures for you through an express application
made to Colonel Phipps
Then it was that deemed it right and proper in view Of
all that had occurred to mark my dsapprohaton of what
going Whether to do this in the Of some
observations to be addressed to the company
by Mr. Buchanan, to remain seated while toast was
being drunk which considered out of place. the only
alternative left to
The next incident is which introduces another Of
your agents whose participation in this matter has con
rbuted much to place you in position hostile to the le
gaonI allude to Mr.. Adams the writer of the reports
the celebration for the London journals For these you
believed to be responsible That they gotten W
under your patronage assured by evidence which
excluded every doubt. They contained gratuitous in
suit th President of the United States in the false
ment that some Americans reluctant rise when be
was proposed; and as the individuals were not designs
ted this calumny involved reproach upon all the Ame
cans the table The sketch of Mr.. Buchanans remarks
mISrepresented what he SAID manner that Often
sve to him. 1t was of course expected that you would at
these reports to be corrected What then,
astonishment learn that only had you done
So but that you procured and circulated several hundred
copies of them here and in the United States These facts
upon authority you will not be inclined to dispute
to which may be added yet more startling that Mr.
Adams ayowed to you that his motive in making the allie
cation in regard to the President in retaliation for
emitting to rise when "The Queen was drunk anticipating
that the impression might be conveyed Washington thai
of those who were slow to rise in response 10
the presidential toast
Here then, sir, you have rapid outline of the ccpm
stances which preceded and prompted my letter to Col
Greene-a private letter. not intended for publication
written vndcae the President and the legation from
aspersons which you had sanctioned and to enable Col
Greene to correct misrepresentation that might find their
way into the American press That such the chGrac
ter and object of my letter appears from the context and
that it regarded by the gentleman to whom it
addressed manifest in the Introductory remarks of the ed
accompanying the letter. He says We have received
private letter from gentleman in London giving
PLANTATION of the proceedings at Mr. Peabodys dinner
the lth and which have been grossly and malicousy mis-
represented by the English press Although the letter
intended for publication, venture to print portions
of it the best means of apprzng the public Of the truth
in relation the circumstances referred to- and Of guard
ing them against imposition by false reports"
am not aware that my letter contained any inexact
statement except that said Rule Britannia" played
after the loyal toast whereas turns out to have been
"God Save the Queen Your greater familiarity with
these airs has enabled you to correct the mistake This
discrepancy is not however, perceived TO be material
both, in my Judgment equally inappropriate to the
occasion; ana 1at error lnadfertent
vious.
You question my statement that several gentlemen did
not rise when the Queen proposed and you assert
that person only continued in his seat In this You
have been msed Mr. Hooper, who sat at my left, did
rise informed there Others not including the
who you, and whose reluctance to stand up
only yielded to your repeated and pointed efforts.
Not content with your fundamentally in promugang
reports of your entertainment dsparagng to the President
of the United States and compromising tho legation YOU
have disclosed phase of your hostility by giving the
most extensive publicity to gross attack upon me in my
official character under the gnise of reply to letter to
which my not affixed, and which you went far
out of your way to assume to be mine.
Throughout your communication you appear to have
COMPOUNDED the plain distinction between differences Of
opinion and those deliberate perversons of truth which
mpeach the yeracy of Thus, for instance in refer
ring opinion of your speeches proposing tne Iesl
dent and the Queen whilc you deny that the was
which, if designed he ofensive,arc most nfeicit-
ously chosen.
Tho careless of language has led you in several
other passages to raise apparently issues of geraciy with
upon points ia regard to which had only the mis-
fortune to think differently. " ?" =
controversy thus forced upon without provocaion
cannot be declined without dishanor And in your lepla1
ration that you responsible for all ypu say in ylut
letter, and you more of deeds than words"
happy TO discover ntmaton in advance that your
Of justice does not prompt to make me the repa
ration to which conceive myself TO DO entitled you hold
yourself ready to afford the redress which the occasion
warrants and my position exacts.
1t now only remains for to demand from you dis
tnct avowal of any intention mpugn my yeracity in
ything You have said in your letter
This note will be handed to you by my friend George
Sanders
Awaiting your reply, have the honor to be- sir your
ID T. SICKIES