, 1874-04-09

party test:
Much as + am pRiuotl in making this state
ncnt with regard to tho Proslont, infinitely
more pn!'fnl to mo Ia what must Erosont with
remark TINT I min
DRIVEN TO THIS EXPLANATION.
| Ilia strange mud unnatural conduct toward mo
aud llih prompting Of scnators., WHO. ono aftcr
another, hnyo not up my alleged rotations with
| linn rs ground Of complaint, nnko IL necessary
for mo 10 proceed.
AS far back aa 1861, and from TINT tllstant tinlo
woro friends. until tho Snnto Domingo business
interyoncd. Nothing could exceed our kindly
relations In tho past, On Ahe evening Of Tho
wan at my house With Mr.. Motley in frionaly
! communion, md all uniting IN aspirations for
| tho now Administration Littlo did Mr. nIotloy
or myself inagine In that social hour that ono Of
our 1ittlo circle WAS 30 Boon to turn upon us
both.
Shortly afterwaril Mr. Fish became Secretary
Of State and hegan hH ressponstblo duties BY ap-
peGling to nc for holp.,. l need not say that
/ did what could most sincerely nul consoion-
| tious1y to mid him. OF mucll, from his arrival
down to Ills alienation Oil tho Santo Domingo
business, possesa the written record; For
| Bomo. tmo ho showed sympathy with tho
achome almost 81 little aB my own. But as tlo
| President grow IN oarnostncBB the Secretary
| yielded, until tarilily llo became It's attorney.
hepeatolly ho cnmo 70 t9 my l,osyo, p,oa9.dlng tor
times at my house and sometimes ut his own.
was astonised that ho could do so md OK
pressed my astontshmeut with tho franknoss OF
old friondship. For apology l1o announced that
than do this thing" This 1 could not refrain
| from remarking on discovery from dspatoles in
the State Department that tho usurpor. Daoz waH
tfo}, IN 1txr
| act OF wrong required instant rodrosB; but tho
| Secretary astonshol mo again by his
| Ho maintained tile President, as tho President
At last, sono time iii juno. 1870, fow wooks
| boforo tho Santo Domingo treaty was finally re-
| jected by tho Senate, the Secretary cano to my
| house about O'Clock in tho evening and ro-
whole protractod visit beiug occupied In earnest
| and reiterated appeal that should ceaso my
! opposition to tho Presidential scheme, aud hero
! ho urged that tho election which malo Gou
! Grant President had boon carried by him and
/ not by tho Republican party, SO that his dosirss
woro entitled to especial attention. Iu his pros-
euro MO he complained TINT had opposed
| other projects OF tho President. III roply to my
! inquiry he namod tho repoal of tho Tenuro-of-
Qnico Act and tho nomination Of Alr. Jones as
Minister to Brussels, both Of which the Presl-
don't had much A.. honrt, aud he concluded
with tho santo Domingo Treaty. ! assured
| tile latter M 1 did with all its surroundings, my
duty was plan aud that must continue to OPP
| poso it go long as 1t appeared to me wrong. He
was not satisfied, and removed his pressure in
various fornls returning to the point again and
| again With persovering assdulty, thai would not
bo arrested, when at lost, finding mo intloxiblo
ho changed Ills appeal, saying, .'Why not 60 to
London7 offer you tho English mission, It
yours" OF his authority from tho President
know nothing. I speak only Of what ho snid
My nstouiBl,ment WIS heightened by indignation
at this too pa1phble attempt to
TAKE NE FROM Mr POST OF DUTY;
but suppressed tue feeling which roee to Tho
lips, and, rejecting TINT he was an old friend aud
IN my house, answered gently, "We have Min
lister there who cannot bo bottored." THUS al
ready did tho mission to London begin to pivot
on Santo Domingo.
I mako this revelation only because it is i'm
portant to correct understanding Of the onso.
md because the conversation from beginning to
end was official III oliaractcr, relating exclusively
to public business, without suggestion or al1u-
sion Of a personal nature, and absolutely with
ont the slightest word Oh my part loading in tho
most remote degree to anv such overture, which
was unexpected as undesirod. Tho offer of
kindness, but in tho strict limo Of Ills ondeavor
to silonce my opposition to the Snuto Domingo
scheme al Is too apparent from the facts, whtlo
It was plain. positive, and nncQnivoca', making
boom merely all inquiry, 1t wero bad enough un-
der the circumstances, but 1t was direct and
complete aB by plenipotentiary.
Shortly aftorward, being tho day Immediately
following the rejection of tho santo Domingo
Treaty,
s1n. MOTLEY WAS sUstMAR1LY REMOVED,
according to present pretonso, for TN offending
not only trivial aud formal, but condonea by
Raleigh, after being released from tho Tower to
conduct distant expedition as Admiral OF the
!! teot, was at his return beheaded on Judgment
Of fifteen yoars' standing. The Secretary, in
undertook to explain tho removal, insisting tor
long timo that ho was tho friend Of Mr. Mot
Ioy;" but be always mado the matter worse,
while tho heats Of Santo Domingo enterod INTO
the discussion.
At last, in January, 1871, fornaa1 papcr iusti-
flying tho removal and Rgnod by tho Secretary
was laid before tho sonato dlancing IL this
document found, to my surprise, that it's most
toward Mr.. Motley, with effort to wound his
feelings. and this WAS signed by one who had sas
with him ut my house i'll friendly communion
and common aspiration Oh tho evening OF the i,-
sisted that llo was ''tho friend Of Ill., Motloy;"
while as it it was not enough to insul tono Mnssa-
chusotts citizen In tho public SERVICE the snmo
document, nftor n succession OF filings and Hneors
makes a kindred assault on Inc; and this III
signed by one who 30 constantly called me
| 'sfrend, and asked mo for hep. The Sonator
from Missouri (Dlr.. schurz) has aready directed
! attention to this assault, aud has expressed his
| 1uubfnGnt upon II, CuHleHsInE t1aI n0 - HnC1liQ
not 'have failed to feel tho insult" and then OK
cai.niug with just indignation, "wllcn such
things arc launched against my member Of this
hody it becomes tho American Sonate to stand
by him, aud not to attempt to Disgrace md de-
graAe him because ho showH the Bonsitiyonoss
OF a gentleman" Congressional Globe Debate
Of March 10, 1919 It is easy to zee how this
| Senator regnrtled the conduct OF tile Secretary.
Nor is it's true character open to doubt. especially
| when VIC consider tho context, and how this full
blown personality naturally tloworod out Of tho
! wlo1o document.
Mr. Motley. in his ynlcdictory to the State Do
| partment, Ind alluded to the rumor that ho WIS
removed on ACCOUNT OF my opposition to tho
Banto Domingo Troaty. The document aiyucl
| by tho Secretary, whio mineling
| MOST OEFrSB1yE TENss6
with regard to Ills " friend " in London, thus
! turns upon hiB u friond" :" III Washington:
It reu,us only to notlco A1r. fotley'a aaoptIon OF
ruinor which had lis origin III this city III bit