Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-10-11
BLAINE BLASTED.
HIS COWARDLY POLICY TO-
WARD AMERICAN CITI-
ZENS.

HIS COWARDLY POLICY TO-
WARD AMERICAN CITI-
zENS.
Another Letter From Daniel Nc
| Sweeney.
Statements-lmpri Four.
| teen Months, and GUILT
less of Crimc.
| From the San Francisco, (Cal.,) Examiner. |
To THE EDITOR OF TIE EXAMINEi,-
DEAR SIR:-Somc kind friend in Cali
fornia forwarded to me i; copy of the
Examiner of July 9th, in which ap-
pears letter from me dated Dundalk
Jail, December II, 1881, to my daugh-
ter in San Francisco, and also extracts
of letters written by me from my cell
in the same dungeon to Mr.. j. II.
Lowell, U. S. Minister at the court of
st. James. l have also received COM
munications from other friends in San
Francisco, intimating that the Blaine
party have raised some questions with
regard to the gennineness of the letter
and extracts referred to. In reply, l
will say that every line published in
the Examiner of the above date,in con-
nection with my case, is strictly true.
1t is also alleged that my American citi-
zenship is disputed. My answer to this
allegation is that was naturalized in
San Francisco, and that l am still in
possession,of my certificate of American
citizenship. Any person who disputes
this fact can satisfy himself by calling
at the United States district court for
the Northern District of California,
where the record of said certificate,
dated November. 5, 1860, can be seen.
AS my letters to Mr.. Lowell and Mr..
Frclinghuysen and my wife's letter to
Mr.. Blaine have already been publish
ed in the United States, there is but
little for me to add 10 the history of
my illegal Imprisonment and detention
by the British government.
WHILE IN FAILING HEALTH,
BY the advice of my respected physici-
an, DIR. William Jones, of San Fran
cisco, came temporarily to reside in
this country. Mr.. Blaine will hardly
dispute that this was on a ''lawful
errand." 1t is true, took part in the
land league agitation, which broke out
here Immediately after the great famine
of 1879 and 1880, and which has result
ed i'll the partial emancipation of the
unfortunate serfs of this country from
servitude more odious than the worst
form of African slavery. But in so
/ of lo Nf nf,.y
Immediately after my arrest commun-
icated with Mr.. Lowell, forwarded to
him my certificate OF American citi-
zenship and put him i'll possession of
all the facts connected with my case.
That gentleman answered, in effect,
that it was absurd for naturalized
citizen of the United States to claim
American protection; or, i'll his own
words, "it is manifestly futile to claim
that naturalized citizens of the United
States should be excepted from its OPP
Grafton" the Coercion Act). Lest [
should labor under any misapprehen-
sion with regard to his meaning, he
adds: "The only case in which could
intervene would be-whore an Ameri-
can citizen should be-arrcsted, it
would be proper to appeal to the cour-
tesy of the English government for the
release of the prisoner, etc. have
communicated these views to the de-
partment of state, and have n seofifraGry fiji GH
spirit"
BLAINE RESPONSIBLE.
At the time this correspondence took
place-and, in fact, during the first six
months of my imprisonment-James
G.. Blaine was secretary of state. That
Mr.. Lowell "received no instructions
in contrary spirit" from that depart
nent proves conclusively that Mr..
Blaine indorsed ''thcse views," and
consequently he is, beyond all doubt,
responsible for the outrages committed
on American citizens i'll this country.
In my correspondence with Mr.. Lowell
during my Imprisonment, that gentle
man took pains to inform me that he
was led to believe that American citi-
zens who were imprisoned in Ireland
did not meet with Exceptional treat
ment." l was among the first i'm
prisoned and the last released, and as
there was not even shadow of FOUL
dation for suspicion that l had COM
mitted any crime, | have no doubt
whatever but l would have been re-
leased after few weeks Imprisonment,
had l not raised the question Of my
American citizenship and claimed
American protection-proving, at least
in my case, that American citizens did
meet with exceptional treatment. This
was, undoubtedly, owing to the fact
that Mr.. Blaine refused to recognize
me as an American citizen; and the au-
thoritics here, being aware that l re-
nounced my allegiance to Queen Vic
toria and had no country to claim or
protect me, felt at liberty to imprison
me for an indefinite period. The gen.
cral impression in this country is that
the British government would not have
dared to condemn and
SENTENCE AMERICAN CITIZENS,
Without trial, TO eighteen months i'm
prisonment, had they not had an ul-
dcrstanding with Messrs. Blaine and
Lowell beforehand. The fact of their
refusal to intervene on behalf of na-
tive-born American citizen proves that
this impression is not altogether ground
less. A young man named Cannon was
imprisoned in this country under Buck
Shot Fosters "PrOtection to Person
and Property Act" He also appealed
to the great American Minister for pro-
lection. His appeal was accompanied
by an affidavit subscribed by his moth
CT, giving day and date of her sons
birth, the town III New England III
which he was born, and the name of
the clergyman by whom he was bap-
tized. But this did not appear to salts
fly the republican ambassador. lie af
fected to discredit Mrs. Gannon's
statement, made under oath. He de-
clarcd that he had been led to believe,
on information furnished by the Irish
police, that Mr.. Cannon appeared to
be too young to be Of the age his molh-
er represented him, and therefore he
"did not think it proper to intervene"
From this, and other circumstances
connected with the imprisonment of
American citizens i'll this country, l
have arrived at the conclusion that
Messrs. Blaine and Lowell had been
tampercd with; nor do | hold Mr..
Frelinghuyscn free from blame in the
matter. Having satisfied my self that
Blaine and Lowell were subsidized,
communicated with Mr.. Frelinghuysen
as soon as discovered that he succeed
ed Mr.. Blaine as secretary of state; but
he, like his predecessor, treated my
communication with silent contempt. |