The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-02-08

The WeGracken Iettef.
The following is the letter of the crawling
eayes-dropper, the pepper through key-holes,
ON whose information Mr.. Seward forced the
resignation of Mr.. Motley:
PARIS, HOTEL MEURIcR,
October %, 1886
Mfr. President: Ihave travelled good deal
in Europe during the past year, and had occa-
sion to see something of our ministers and
consnls IN various countries. A large major
ity Of those whom / met with were bitterly
hostile to you and your administration, and
expressed that hostility in SO open and ofien-
slye. manper as to astonish American trav-
ellers, and to leave very bad impression
upon Europeans. who were present H Hnrs
was particularly true of those from Ne~ W
England States, of whom large maloii. cor W
our foreign representatives seem 10 po "a;
vidually and collectively. Mr. Motley, ml,i us:
ter at Vienna does not preteno " o'noear n's
disgust as he STYLES it elegantly, at your
whole conduct Having been appointed ex-
clusively by Charles su,l ann ne appiands
Amer;can democracy and proclaims loudly
that an English nobeman is the model of
human perfection. There is not in all Europe
a more thorough turnkey, or more un-Ameri-
that Sumner is entirely justified; and that YOU
have deserted your pledges and princi-
pies in common with MIR. Seward. who he
says is hopelessly degraded. At Frankfort
the consul, Murphy, who is said to have
cleared more than 100000 through his office,
declared repeatedly that the threat of his
friend Zach. Chandler would be made good
and ought to be, by your impeachment This
Is notorious and public scandal The fellow
nimself IS vulgar, ignorant and unworthy, and
some OF Chambers tools. Hale, at Madrid,
condemned your course in a malignant man
ner to Various Americans, and so did Morris
at Constantinople. Some of my friends VINO
went to Morocco heard McMath, at Iangier'
rail violently and shamefully against you say
ing he was ready to retire from such concern H.
Perry, at Tunis was equally offensive III MS
language. There are many others IN tne same
boat, and it is time that better men were ap-
pointed; men who will at least respect the
President and the dignity OF MS once. hadl,
calsm of the worst sort makes war on you and
your friends under every pretext, and yet the
Instruments of that action are blatant all over
Europe in condemnation OF both. 1t is a
shame and stigma to permit this longer
Massachusetts seems to mOnopolize lions
share of the consulates, and Boston has no less
than three of the best missions-Messrs Ad-
ans, Burlingame and Motley Is no other
part of our country to be considered, or worthy
Of notice? Must Sumner, Butler, Phillips,
Chandler and the like engross all the honors
for their satellites? I want nothing at YOUR
hands of any sort, but fit and decent men
should be sent abroad who will not Islander the
chief executive and the government. Wheel
er, consul at Genoa, is common drunkard
and disgrace to the country. When sober he
abuses the President in the hearing of every
body. Respectable Americans are very mnch
mortified by the presence of such unworthy
persons in places of trust and responsibility,
and few like the task of letting their expert
ence be known as I have done. There are
hundreds who know much more, but prefer to
remain silent.
Most respectfully,
GEO. w. McCRAoKEN of New York.
A friend will deliver this note personally.