, 1874-04-09

thought tllat for yoars liad bcen Ills friend,
Tint Ind novor spokon or linn except with kind
1,rosont dlttpB lio hail turned to mo for l,olp.
This WAS moro inoompyehonHi6io when consitl-
ercd how utterly groilnloss wore NIL Lis imp11ta-
tions. have lived III win II ), sucl an attompt
Not lightly would I judge mn ancient fr1ond.
For . tiino said nothing to anybody OF tho oilt-
rage, hoping TINT perhaps tho Secretary would
opon lis eyes to tho true character OF tho doon-
explanation. Meanwhile n proposition to resume
negotiations was roootvod from England. mud
tho Becrotary 1t soolnB Desired to confor with
mo Oh tho aubjoct; but thoro was evident coli-
HoiouBnosa Oh LIS part TINT
He HAD DONE WRONG,
for, instead Of coming to tho 1t onco, ho Hant
for Mr. Patterson OF the Senate, aud; telling him
that ho wHhod to confer with tho, added Tint ho
with mo and how should rooeivo him. Within
q brief fortnight I had boen III conference
With him At tho State Department and Ind
dincl at his house, beside about tho snmo
aas in doaSt auout his so roaons osa with mo pa
y because, since tho conference, tho dinnor, aud
tho call, tho document signod by him had boon
communicated to tho SonRto, mud tho conscience
struck Secretary did not know how I should
talte 1t. Mr.. Patterson hHkod mo what he should
report. rcpiiod that should tho SECRETARY como
to my house, he would be received as an old
friond, mud TINT at any titno I should 10 ut hiB
aorvlco for consultation OH public busnoss but
that could not conceal my doop sonBo Of por-
out roason or excuse. Tint this message was
communicated by AIr. Patterson, Icannot doubt,
for tho Secretary cn1ne to my honBo and thoro
waB FREQ conference. How frankly spoke OH
things, the Secretary knowa* Flo will remember
ii any inquiry rolnnr}, or Rlltlsiou escaped from
me except in roferonco to public buainess. Tho
interview WAS Of business a1d nothing clao.
that, while meeting tho Secretary officially, 1t
would not be
CONSISTENT WITH srLr-nEsrEor
for mo to continue porsonal relations with one
who bud put hin name to document, which,
q studied Insult to mo, whore tho fury il in
tonsiicl rather than tempered by too obvious
reconciliation. Public business must not suf-
Tor; but, III such case, porsonal rolations
naturally ceaso; aud this rulo 1layo followed
since. Ia thoro any Senator who would hayo
done less? Arc thcre not mnny who would
have done moro7 nm at q loss to understand
how the Secretary could expect anything beyond
roadiueas Mt all times to maintain aud which.
oven after his assault on mo, he was willing to
sock ut my own louso. To expect moro slowa
on Lis part grieyouH inBonnlbility to tho things
no had dono; WLatoyer ono signs he makes
his own, and tho Secretary, whom ho signed this
document, adopted Il libel upon hiA iriend, nnd
when ho communicated it to tic Senate ha pub
lishod the4ibel. Nothing like it Gun ho alowu
in tho history, Of our Government. i atauds
aone.' Tho Secretary ia alone. Liko Jean
Paul III Gorman literature, his Just tttlo will be
:" tho only one." For years layo known
Sccretarios OF State, and often differed from
them, but nevor before did roeeiya from ono
anything but kindness. Mover bufoxo did q
Secretary Of Slate sign document
L1pEL1Ea AN ASSOCIATE
iu tho public SERVICE aud publish it to tho world.
Never before did o Secretary of Ssato no Oh
tirely act at doia1ce every sentiment Of friolld
ship. 1t il impossible to explain this atraugo
alteration except from tho disturbing influences
OF Snnto Domingo. But whatever its origin, itH
true charactori ii beyond question.
Az nothing like this State paper can bo shown
in tue history Of onr Govornmont, 80 also not1-
ing like it eau DO shown in tho history Of othor
governments. Not au instance can bo named i'll
any country where parsonage IN corresponding
American Secretary Ia alone, not only in hin own
country, but in Ill countries; ''nono but himsolf
can be his parallel" Seneca, in tho Hercules
Furcns," Inns pictured him:
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