Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-31

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~ q to-day informed Lord Sack
TX n vile that for causes here o
8CA fore made known 10 bel
III Me esteJ's government, hi.
| M "a continuance In his presen
| IA b official position in the uuite-
"a States is no longer iccepts
CA bic to this government snc
| would consequently be
detrimental 20 the relations between the
two couatries.
TIE grounds Of this ac.ion en- the par
OF the L 1ited States are stated In the re.
port OF the Secretary Of S ate to the
! President, dated ths 90 b inst, which is
! IS follows:
DEPARTMENT OF 7TArE, Z
WA&HISGION. o u. %, ISIS
! To the President:
! The undersigned has the honor to sub
nit fer your consideration The following
statement with q view TO receiving your
direction thereon:
On the n Of Septem Der last a letter
| puIportiDg to be written By one Charles
+. Murchison, dateC 3. Pomona, Cal .wsg
sent from thst place TO the British Min
lister at the capital, in which the writer
solicited an expression CT his views In
certain unsettled diplom stic qul stlons be.
tween the Uui:ed States and Great
Britain, stating at the same time
that such an expression wa
sought By him for the purpose
I, OF determining his vots in the spprosch-
ing presidential election, lie stated ne
WAS naiurslzed citizsn OF the Un.ted
INates CT English birth, out
Fahat he sim considered Elg-
land the mother country, an
this fact led hin to seek advice from the
British representative in this country He
further stated that the information he
sought Was not FOR himself alone, but 10
senhole him to give certain assurances to
Ffsny other persons in same sisustion SIS
himself f~r the purpose CT Influencing
nd determining their political scticI
citiz ms CT the Uailed States OF English
b, but who Sill regarded
original obligations OF al!egIances 6.
Mount. The letter also Contained
rosa reflections On the condu t OF this
government in respect to questions now
In controversy ana unsettled between the
United States and Great ris.ip, sad
both directly spd indirectly imputed the
sincerity of such 0nduct.
To this letter the British Minister at
once replied from Beverly, Mass under
date Of the 18Th OF September LAST. In
this reply he stated THAT sny political
party which openly
F-YORS THE MOTHER COUNTRY
st the present N 1men5 would lose popu,
larity, and tnat the party il power is fully
aware OF that fact, and that n respect to
the q1estio1s wilh Csnads which have
been unfortunately Ie0penGd Since the re-
,ction OF the Il .haries treaty By the Re- |
pu5lical majority IN the Senate sid by I
The Presidents Il ,fssge TO which you |
s l1de, allowances must be made for the |
political situation as regards the Dresi- |
Dental election The Minister thus gave |
his assent aad sanction 10 the aspers on5
xnd lW2utstioLs sblVe referred to
Thus under his correspondents assurance
Of secrecy in which the miEis:er
coLcur ed by marking his ans yer "pii
vate," he undertook TO advise citizens Of
the United States how to exercise tie
franchise OF sufcsge II sn cleo Ion close
at hand for the Presidency and Vice.
Presidency CT the Uai.ed States, end
through him, as the letter suggested, to
pfusQce the votes Of many others
Upon this correspondence being made
public the Minister received representa-
lives of the pu die press, and In frequent
interviews with them, intended for publ
cation, sd led 10
THE IMPCGNATRN1S
which he had already made Of the good
sith OF this government in Its public
Iction and international dealings. AL
lc u n ample time and opportunity have
,eel Afforded him for dslyowsl, modif-
~ @ a 1 MI ~ 70
oIIe OF which his attention has been
:slled personally by tae undersigned, yet
10 such disayo wei or modification has
,een made by him III Sea the channels
q which bis slater first found
ented whether 1t is compatible with
overe' gnty Of the Uaited States to per
rnment in this country not only to
nd COZ firm Dy his imputations aspersions
pom its political action, but also to in
erfere in its domestic Affairs, advising
ersons formerly his countrymen as to
heir political course as citizens OF the ,
United States. AS between this country
I'd Great Britain there can be no con-
rovsrsy as to the complete severance Of
Ne ties Of
THE ORIGINAL ALLIANCE
y naturalization. Disputes OF tbis point {
'ers finally put at rest by the treaty Of {
concluded by the two ,
ountries on the IN of May, 1870 I
therefore, it will not be contended, nor
as such contention ever admitted by the
nited States, thst citizens Of the United 7
D-sk y
aim on the country Of their original .
llegiance. h
The undersigned slso has the honor to {
Ill attention to the provision of section i
335 OF the Revised Statutes of the Z
nited States by which severe penalties t
Re visited on citizens Of the United 4
tates who without the authority or per- q
issIon Of thisigovernme nj" commences F
! carries on any verbal or written cor n
.sponderce or intercourse with any for. =
Ga government or sEy eff ce. or agent