The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-26
Lord sackville's Letter.

The republicans are trying to make politi-
cal capital out of letter written by Lord
Sackvil!e. the British minister to this coun-
try. in answer to a correspondent who al
legged that he was anaturalized Englishman,
and who wanted to know which party he
and other English American and Canadian
American citizens should support in the APP
proaching election. Lord Sackvile, in his
letter. said that it wouldn't be popular for
any political party to openly favor England
at the present time in any matter, but
! that he thought that the party i'll power was
DESTROYS of maintaining friendly relations
with Great Britain, and of settling all diff
ferences with Canada amicably. He also
said that he would not pretend to say what
course President Cleveland would pursue if
he were reelected, but thong that he
would be disposed to manifest a spirit of
Cancellation.
The republican organs say that Lord
Sackville has done very undiplomatic
thing, and that he ought to be Informed
that he is no longer acceptable as a minister
to this country. He has, they declare, taken
sides in the present political contest, and
has advised a certain class of voters to OPP
pose the republican party.
Lord Sack vile admits that he wrote the
letter in question, but denies that he has
been guilty of an uudiplomatic act. Tho
letter was a private one, ard not intended
for circulation nor to influence voters. He
gave no advice, but simply stated his i'm
presslons, which he gained from reading
the newspapers of what he believed TO be
the feeling of the Democratic and Repub-
lican parties relative to the settlement of
the differences between this country and
Great Britain.
1t is probable that Lord Sackville acted
incautiously, but there is no reason to think
that he intended to influence any class of
voters against the Republican party. He
thought that his correspondent was hon
estly seeking information, and he answered
him frankly. But was the letter which he
received an honest one? There are grounds
for thinking that it wasn't. There is a
probability that it was written for the pur-
pose of entrapping the minister. 1t is be-
lieved that it was written at the
suggestion of shrewd republicans
who wanted the minister to say
something that could be used to influence
the Irish vote against Mr.. Cleveland. The
republicans are certainly making that use
of it. The New York Tribune, in COM
menting on the letter, says that it is IAN
official certificate that the President is the
English Canadian candidate, and is worthy
of receiving the suffrages and unbroken
support of naturalized citizens of English
or Canadian birth"
The republicans will not make much CAPT
tai out of the letter The Irish American
citizens will hardly be led away from their
support of Mr.. Cleveland by anything the
British minister may say. They know very
we'll that the British minister does not know
anything of the purposes of the President,
but they do know that the President sent a
message to congress asking for authority to
retaliate upon Canada if Canada were
guilty of unlawful acts in dealing with
American fishermen, and that the republi-
can Senate refused to grant the authority
In the face of that message and the Senate's
course the British minister's letter will not
be of much assistance to the republicans