The New York herald., 1877-10-28
,s,sed his removal OF Mr. Motley published In
The Sxw YogK HERALD OF September rs, ls77

snsed his removal OF Mr. Motley was published In
The Ngw YogK HERALD OF September 20, 1877.
GRANT AyD SUMNER -
A glance at the relations between sumner ana the
President in 1870 may assist us 70 undersssno row
Notevs retention dismissal Minister 10 ED siand
came TO depend upon summers attitude on Inc San
Domingo annexation. -
mittee Foreign Affairs aud his approval WAS essen
tia to success Of shs treaty "a which the rresi-
dent took an unusual PER enn Interest," sppeA,s ps.
delphia Press that Sumpvg one evening Ia MS pres
ence used tho following words 10 answer TO GRANTS
entreaties for aid In the scnemo ior anneAins Dan
aWeii. Mr.. President l am q republican and an ad-
mnslration man, and will do all can properly 20
make your ADM nistration success; VIA give the
subject my best thought and VIII do AL can 70 aiu
you" .,,,c
ner 20 support scheme, and that ~ the time was
Colonel Forneys impression Also Bot whatever con-
sent summer might possibly nave noe soea or in' psr
with population foreign IN origin language and In
stitutions, II IL we're TO be accomplished u an honest
way his .'best thought did not allow MN, on thc
pr.iminary and Independent question OF the method
OF annexation approve the scheme by which ~ WAS
airem n,cd and which he regarded az crooked, cow
ardly and immoral violation OF international law
and oil the constitutions alike oi 81 Domingo ana INC
United States The efforts OF the President
10 overcome the scrupss OF the Senator seem 70 have
continued until within month Of the rejection OF she
treaty. the 3oth OF June, 1870 as IS shown oy
conversation with the Secretary or state, which ou-
ner records IN hts ''ProtesL' -
oyYRRISG \ DRIBK
In this conversation the Secretary made an ouer Of
tho English Embassy TO summer in the words "Why
rot 90 to London2 offer you the English mission II
is yours" Mr.. Jay says IN commenting OF The whole
conversation .--"Anong the notable points ~ .ns
and it's seeming acceptance, by members OF his Cabi-
net that the election which made him President was
carried by him and by the republican party That
assumption goes lar to explain the Grant policy and
clear in the conduct toward the party OF the
President and his Cabinet things hitherto nexpicaoe
Then again. the opinion expressed by General Grant
O.. Summers character and his pronounced dislike OF
the late Senator invests the tender 10 Sumner of the
English mission in Juno, 1870 with unusual interest
Mr. Sumner evidently regarded the offer as part OF
the ST Domingo scheme; but as the despatch 10 Mr..
Moran denies the slightest connection between tue
treatment Of Motley and the ST. Domingo question,
ana II we accept That DENIAL II Is not easy 10
understand the offer TO Mr.. Sumner.
General Grant refers with satisfaction 10 the
negotiation ai Washington with the British MIN
lister which resulted In the JOINT High Comms-
sion and the Geneva award; and y appears thai u
was in August, 1869, two months after the
determination to dismiss Mr. Motley for holding
Mr. Summers views, that Mr.. Sumner advised the
renewal OF the discussion; that that advice was
adopted by the government OF General Grant. aud
that Sumner was himself invited 10 write the de-
spatch, bat thinking II best that u should come from
another, he named gentleman who did write IT, And
the secretary writing 70 Mr. Sumner, and describing
the despatch So written by his nominee as "calm.
~ hope 1t will meet your views; think u
will" II was OF this oespatch that Lord Clarendon
SAID, "It is Mr.. Summers speech over again and
another Engishman said, ''It out-Sumners sumner
Still Motley dismissed, as Grant says In his IN
tervew with the HxRALD reporter, 'fallins In limo
with Sumner and thus adding insult 70 the previous
injury"
Condemned according TO General Grant In June,
1862 and his removal then decided upon, but retained
In Office until July, 1870, Motley was left in ignorance
OF alleged dissatisfaction on the part Of the gov
eminent an and % was aul,s onawars ra ana, '0r
TO the lear entertained by tho President and nis
that his rocall would the dspleasure
OF Mr. sumner, until the tme arrived when the gov
ernment had no longer any motive for 'not wishing
STIR him up and that time the next day after
the defeat Of the 81 Domingo treaty by summers ex-
posure Of the immortality Of the scheme. When Ut
last dismissed Mr. Motley wroto:-"During thirteen
months succeeding the incidents Of June, 1869, the
governments has employed me in the most serious
matters that can occupy an envoy IN the negotiation
OF treaties and other important and confidential busi
moss up to the moment when In three lines you IN
formed me that tho President for no reason what
ever, would permit me TO resign" Mr sumner was
kept in similar ignorance Of the fate that awaited
Mr.. Motley, ana the continuing appeals for his
advice in shaping and formulating the policy
of the President the English question
little calculated to open his eyes the fact that
Tor harmonzlng with the views that subject per
sstcnly sought Tor by the Cabinet and embodied IN
It's instructions, Motley had been condemned. Nr.
English mission, showed IN his protest that wnen tho
adoption by tho government OF his suggestions IN
August 1859 two months alter It had been resolved to
recall Motiey) for renewal Of the negotiation, had
resulted IN the British government asking tue signa
cant and comprehensive question, "Wnat we would
accept" the Secretary under dato OF Washington
November 8, 1859, expressed TO Mr. sumner their un.
willingness TO act on II without consulting him, and
wrote:-"will you either note what you think will be
sufficient to meet the views OF the Senate OF the
country, or viii you formulate tho propositionY"
INTRODUCING DUPLCIrY.
In our Republic tho example OF lis earliest cnvoys
and the feeling that our foreign policy should DO
truthful and straightforward thought 10 have mod
eratod the disposition sometimes observed in our
diplomacy to ruse and dupiicty. But Motley had the
misfortune TO learn by double lesson that u was still
deemed sale by the government 10 practice the art Of
Inessc without stint toward Is agents at foreign
capitals. Whether at London al Vienna, under
Johnson or under Grant, Motley found hmself the
victim OF intrgues TO which he o stranger, unex-
pectediy assailed from Washington by manufactured
charges and premcdated insults by the very govern
ment which he was faithfully serving.
The attempt, from whatever motive or in whatever
guse 70 conceal those and that example should
not prevail; Notey's appeal to the justice OF his
countrymen ought not to DO ignored II cannot be
regarded as fair to Motley, or In accord with tho
dignity o! the Historical Society, with the
OF good morals, the policy OF excluding from tribute
10 his memory the facts which he based his
"Appeal to history" The improperly or such cx-
cusion seems equally clear, whatever the apology,
whether to shield the johnson and Grant adminisra-
tions from structure, or 10 protect the iamc OF Motley
from reproach.