The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-27

the tariff: having failed in the row thev raised
about the fisheries; having failed in their at
tempt to destroy President Cleveland with their
opposition to the Chinese exclusion bill, these
men, in the last days Of the canvass, in the go
ing down of the sun over this political year.
these men. nav when | say these men do net
understand me rs alluding to any senator of the
United States of any pontical party, or to any
man of distinction or character IN that party.
for | should be ashamed OF my country IL l
could make such an imputation upon such
man.
MARES NEST.
But the mean men, or some OF the mean men,
of that party have all at once discovered
another mares nest merrmentl which they
think will hatch an offspring that may destroy
the Democratic party. They want to get rid OF
the discussion of the tariff; they want to get
rid of the discussion of the fisheries; they want
to get rid of the Chinese question, and yet they
have started new dodge; invented new
scheme which you may have seen by the Gin
cnnati papers of to-day. They pretend that an
Englishman by the name of Murchison
living in California, wrote a letter to the
British Minister at Washington to inquire of
him whether naturalized Englishmen in Cali
fornia ought to vote for President Cleveland or
vote for Gen. Harrison, and that British min
lister made him reply, and this letter, which 1t
is alleged Murchison wrote, boils over with
mean insinuations against president Cleveland
and the Democratic party, as II they were hire
lings of Great Britain, and bolls over with full
some praise of Gen. Harrison as if he were the
incarnation of American virtue and patriotism.
Laughter and applausel.
DOUBTS ITS AUTHENTICITY.
Now, my friends, want TO say word to YOU
about that not that am at all satisfied that
this so-called Murchison ever wrote any such
letter, or that the British minister ever replied
to it as pretended, for should say, looking at
the correspondence and, especially at Murchi-
sons letter or socaed letter, that it bore on its
face such evident marks of downright
shameless forgery that might be at liberty at
once to denounce it as forgery and
then say no more about It. lCheersl whether
have to say, that be it a forgery or be IL a
genuine letter, be it letter written by Murchison
or be it a letter written by some cunning repub-
lican partisan to which Murchison has lent bis
name; be it one or the other, it is the production
of a deliberate villain, who deserves to be
scorned by honest men. IGreat applause.l
WHY HE Is VEHEMENT.
Why do say this? Why, this man writes to
the British minister that he Is q naturalized
Englishman in California; that he is inclined to
vote for President Cleveland, but he don't know
exactly whether President Cleveland is honest
in his free trade doctrines las he calls IT. or
whether he is a safe man on the subject of the
fisheries and he wants, therefore, to know
from the British minister whether he thinks that
President Cleveland is safe man, not for
Americans, but for the British. Applause.
That is what he wants to know, and he tells
him. (Now, l don't pretend to give his exact
words, for cannot stop, when | am speaking,
to read; it tires me too much, although have
the letter rlKilJ mere on my IADle.)
A BR KEN PROMISE.
He tells him that that letter is written in the
most profound confidence; that nobody is to
see 1t but himself but that whom he gets correct
information then he can advise his fellow
Englishmen in California who have been natur-
allied or mean to be naturaliZed, how they can
safely vote, and he pledges to the British
minister that not only shall that letter that he
writes to him be kept secret. but that the
| answer of the minister shall also be kept secret
NNxn- fria dc vhln ~ n
letter Itself, you see that it never
| was written by a mon who for one
moment thought of voting for Grover Cleve-
land. On the contrary, ID is written by some
skillful, as he thought, cunning republican
politician, who thought to entrap the British
minister aud get from him some reply that
could be used Against President Cleveland in
the presidential election.
DELIBERATE FALsEHooDs.
So that when that man professed to be
friendly to President Cleveland and only seek
ing out correct knowledge, he was lying with
every breath that he uttered, with every word
that he wrote [applausel. When he stated that
the answer of the British minister should be kept
a profound secret he was lying, for he never
intended it should be kept a secret If he were
fortunate enough TO get one unless that letter
il that man intepded TO do what he said, how
does it come that that Letter of his TO the
British minister which was marked private
and the letter OF the British minister to him
never see light. how comes it that those letters
are in public press to-day?
PUBLICATION DELAYED.
But that Is not all. Just look at IT, This
letter of Murchison's processes to have been
written the 4th OF September last, and the Brit
ish minister's answer processes to be written on
the 18th of September, and yet for more than
one mouth-yes, considerably more than
one month-no man ever heard one
word of there being such correspondence
except the men who are in the conspiracy
Last week there was to be great meeting, u
it was called, of Irishmen, although l do not
think that very many honest, thoroughbred
Irisbmen were In the gang. Laughter and
applausel
SPRUNG ON THE MEETING.
But it was announced that there was to be
such meeting as that at Madison square,
in the city of New York, and that
James @. Blaine was TO address that meeting,
and accordingly the meeting was held. When
was it held?
Speaker Carlisle-Last night.
Judge Thurman Last night. Only then, for
the first time, the terrible correspondence comes
out which IL 20 prove that the sworn President
of the United States, the sworn Secretary of
State, the sworn cabinet of the President,
were an set Of conspirators against the people
of the United States. 1t comes out just then on
theTeSe Of Blaine S meeting, the Irish meeting
in the city Of New York. and among the first
things that Blaine does is TO hold up bis hands
IN horror on this theme of Official depravIty
was it that this correspondence did not come 20
Light sooneri Why is II that IL was kept back
intf the eve OF Blaines Irish meeting, and is
then brought forth TO prejudce the American
people against their honest. upright,
faithful and patriotic President and
Secretary OF Statef Now, my friends, ] am not
going 20 say more about that, because If we're
TO say more it would only look as If thought
there was something in the correspondence
that was terribly damaging to the
democrats. l DO not think so at
all How can the administration
and party suffer by what Murchison, of whom
nobody ever heard, shall write out In the state
Of California; And as TO the letter of the British
minister, II he ever wrote II at all there is moth
ing in II whatever of a damaging character to
the administration. All that can be said about
1t is that the British minister expressed his own
opinion OF the administration, and not only Of
the admipistration, but of the Democratic party.