The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-01-10
2IFHE8aoT1EY GoRREsPoNT
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WAsnNGToN, January 4.

In the letter Of Mr.. Motley, datet
December s7th, he says, after allgdipl
70 his recaIl:nyl iishr ilu gi = .ioi.
ait would be impossible for an
Diplomatic ageht 10 IibelieVe D shimsel
more thoroughly possessing the confdenc,
OF the government which he had tn
honor TO serve than ] supposed myself Il
enjoy. AT that moment no intimation o
the contemplated change chad been mad
to me; no shadow OF difference Of opln
ion existed between the President ant
myself rs 70 Our relations with Grea
Britain or any other power, or as 70 tn
general policy of his NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.; ant
! was at that very period engaged n a
delicate and confidential diplomatic cor
tespondehce withyourself and the Brltisl
Government, upon several as impottan
matters Is could we'll be conflded BY. tn
Government TO It's foreign agent. There
port In the newspapers that Yas dismiss
ed thefeIore Is an idlelTumor. The Ppesi
deat n the pnitetf stdtes sbeing incafiRbie
as believed, of. thus dealing with Q pub
lie servant, whomlhe had himself 30 re
Gently appointed. Had 10 change been con
templated felt certain should have
BEEN Z privately Informed Of n i Gfrs
anylS charges DIagaihst -iihs y %
derilection from duty been possible,
was sure they would have been preferred
to my face so that | might have an oppor
tunity of answering them. No man has
q right 10 doubt that In such case
would have at once, offered my, resigp9
At the end of MotleY's long letter
he says: II have thus, recorded ipmy
last official act 0 SOLEMN protest against
the Outrage las believe, entirely witbou!
precedent, Of my peremptory removal"
The Motley correspondence, is down Il
December 80. al thal date Secretary
Fish addressed q letter to Mr.. Moran, Sec.
retary Of Legation, saying: "Mr. Motley
having closed his mission asks no permis'
sion, but assumes the righttOp place hisstate.
ment on record, Questioning the taste and
denying the rightoftbis assumption" ahd,
nevertheless, allows a place In the diplom.
attic records Of the country to ALolleys
history oil the end OF his mission. Slr.
Fish remarks that Motley saysit has been
fum6rel that, he,YRs rembYedl from ihe
post Or Ministers u England Oh aecdddt Oi
opposition to the San Domingo treaty
made by ,anIeminent Senator who honors
him with his friendship. Secretary Fish
says "men are arc apt TO attribute the
causes of theif own iailhre, bftheit Own
to others, than themselves,
and to claim association, or seek as
partnership with yalor, and imaginary
greatness, with which to - divide
their sorrows or their mistakes. There
can'lbe moi question I fRs 10 the idepti-
ty Of the eminent Senator, at whose door
Motley Is waiting 10 deposit the cause Of
his removal hnt be istenIirely mistaken in
scultine 4 Sicati6 6ts cause d q liislbs ID con-
fdence and favor. andit Is unworthy Oi
Mr. Motley's real merit and ability, and
an inlusticeto The venerable Senator ll-
ludcd to, whose influence and urgency lie
was originally indebted for. his nomina-
tiOn, 10 attribute TO him any part In the
causeooF his.removal!A MIR. Fish states
among the reasons for the recall OF Mot;
ley, that shortly alter his appointment,
and before he left this country for his post
Of duty it,became apparent, that upon a
question Of controlling interest, ut that mo.
ment occupying the attention. ol the
thoughtful and the prudent to restrain tie
passions (which I halLt been e1citcd by
eloouent declaration and 81 powerful rlei.
oric. Mr.. Motley accented views upon
{shIc6 (he popular GScitGnehtI liSdfOeEh
aud wrought toI tie yerks ID
dangerous irritation, rathet than those
which the President claimed 10 be sound
and based upon thu true principles of pub.
lie law.
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