, 1874-04-09
How tito President Sought to Wrcak
Vengeance upon Him by ncmoy-
ing Minister Motley.
The Part Played by Secretary Fish in
That Vindictive Proceeding.
A Sorry Record Of Official Meanness
and Injustice.

.t, A. ,o,,,, fron, ,yl;c, rim 15.;l,,ne ronro.
AN 3~f' @
ouces:
To the Reader: This statement was plopared
in March, shortly aftor tho dobato in tho Senate,
bnt was withheld at that time from unwlllingnoss
~ .,Lo rort In +ho controvorsv. w|,lo nh1o
~ sano ra .,a ,,,ns.,o, ~ rr;,,cnlo ~
1rionaa fegardoo the question: u la'n.ap'o ~
yolvod as above ovory porsohal 1ssuo. 1lelaing
ut Inst to various pressure, MIR. Sumner cor,-
o)ulod to present It at tho recent called session
~ tho sonoto hit TIN Troaty with Groat B1itain
=. ~ ..' so ~ t,sa a,.a~,,,an aorrosn,n,,onta
wcro 10 ongrosRing aB to leave no time for nny-
thing else,
WAsu1so1oy. juno, 1871.
ta eSsta arfees pe
Mnn T ororo he es tau@ ony to n.rt n tha e.te
ovon = raniu to niicGatiGns aaserted to la of
decisive imr,ortance. x touc!ing nv relations Will
tho President mud Secretary of Slate. All tLlB
Mas trivial onourh but numerous ~ appeals to mo
from on,,nsito n9rta nf lie con,,t1v sS,ow tint
pooii nennin havn hoon diyortel bv these alle0n-
ff;nna fh fTon thn ouestinn ~ nrine;nle jnyolyeJ.
Without VIII W intond}ur 5 in INV way to royiyo the
~ 49,, 60. .,,,,r,., ~. r,,ra
flAis oiA,EAHsf oF fAot''
10 tnat tng precise Gh5racIct ; oI tnoso rolan9ns
. shall 10 Known: 10 1nis WIN nnspoakhMie p,io
duty where tLo claims Of patriotism are above
even those of self.dcfc1so. The Senate aud tho
country haso IN INTEREST IN Kno"lng 1no tfa.h OF
purity, which cannot be indifferent to protennons
In it's uamo: nor will ANYTHING but the completest
1f4nAnesa ~ pe ptopet 4or tne oecas1on. :,o,
~ oSefe9nlng thls leluosanco IN a'aou W
T satr mnJ fra.,, nau Wsnnui ~,
nv aua"sut oat;s 1roan mtssostn t'S Si u"e1i Mno
lheeao personal relations as the grauamen Of ac-
cusatiou asainst uo-,1ak;ng tic iHsuo pointellY
on this floor mud actually challenging reply-pot
content with tho opportunity Of this Chamber,
h,,rrinl to tt,e pubfio nroAs p1oro In repentoA
t]lo nccusation. mud now cIrculatcs il, as I am
toId under lis frank, crcdittng 1t in formal
:orms to tho literal paper in which it appeareI
hmt withont nl{usion to tia aditor;nl
ref,,tnton Which accompanied It, On
still another occasion, appearing still
,s prosecutiup officer. tho samo senator
volunteered out OF Ills own invention to do
;his no did. with infinite personality OF language
md manner. in tl,o yery face Of nv specGh to
Nhich he was renlying. whore, iu positive words.
I declare tllat sneak . for tho sake of tho Re-
fnonnih;tity far wrongful acts: and thon. in
,thor words. making The whole ASSUMPTION Of
Mn Senator an in,posBibility auuouuco. that in
lnoaAipg for tho Iopublican party it is 'boca{so
rom Tic beginning / have been tho faithful
,eryaut Of tat marty and aspire to SOC it strong
md triumphaut." In the faco Of this declared
lspiratiou. In harmony with nv whole 1ifo. tlo
Samator delivered liz nttnck. and assu1n,1,c to
10 nothing less than pope. launched against me
lin
q mil or Excoysruy1car1os.
Than. again payiuc Pono. he took back bis
h,indar. Will tbo anolory Tint others thourht
To- md Ibs ailoeod nulerstandinr Of others te
id not hositnte to set aboyo nv nositiyo md
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. language that aspiro to eco
;Lo i1ap,,blican marty strong and trinmpLaut.
rhen ca,,,a thn Sonator from Ohio iMr. Sher-
mau1. VIM. takinr IN bis vacation nan. addod to
;ho articlcs Of im6enrh,nent. by d sunplomontary
litigation adontad by tic Senator Under q mis-
.nnrohcnaion nf feota. Hero was smother chal
:ence. During Ill this time lave been silent.
senators haye gnokon aud then rushed into
5rint int havo aaid nothing. They lave had
;Ic;r n,yn waw w;th re"ar.3 IL me. Il II they
Sho 1caya ma no alternative.
IT, ~ o,1aaaa that hava M nersonx, relations
viii, tha psesi;ant Mnro Iho nns,yor H. aasv
wv wv W" rrao;aen tnn raiationa wa', In haa roa-
~'' va Hle1. 1n resnSnn Wasnnton IN Decomher inst
..a W aa,,raI tEo,o uar;o"a nnorters int tho