Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-01
GNEN THE SACK.
Passports Furnished Ford Sack
Tille By Mr.. BaJard.
He IS NO LONGER OFFICIALLY REC
SoeNIzEo BY UNCLE SAM.

tary Of ssats Gives the .Geasons There
for-His Lordshir Rsfnsss TO BE Inter
viewed--Press Comment.
WASHINGTON, Nov. TUESDAY the sec
rotary of state, by the direction OF the presi.
dent, informed Lord Sackville that for
causes heretofore made known to her ma
jestys government. his continuance in his
present official position in the United States
4 Is no longer acceptable TO this government,
and would consequently be detrimental to
4 the relations between the two countries.
, The grounds Of this action on the part OF
( the INnired States are stated in a report OF
, the secretary, of state to the president dated
, Oct Is, in which the entire case is reviewed
\ and the reprehensible character OF Lord
4 SackviIle's conduct Is emphatically stated.
The following is Mr.. Bayard's letter TO tine
president:
"DEPARrMENT or STATE,
WASHINGTON, Oct. 70, loSo
TO the President:
1.-The undersigned has the honor to submit
for your consideration the following state
! ment, with view to receive your direction
thereon. On tho 4th of September last a
letter purportng to be written by one
/ Charles II. Murchison, dated at Pomona,
4 Cal, was sent from that place to the British
minister at this capital, In which the writer
solicited an expression of his views in regard
to certain unsettled diplomatic questions be.
twtan the United States and Great Britain,
stating at the sauna time that such an e1
preston was sought by him for the purpose
OF determining his vote at the approaching
| presidential election. He stated that he was
a naturalizcd citizen OF the Unitel States, OF
English birth, but that he still considered
England the motherland, and that this fact
led him toseek advice from the British rep
resentativos in this country.
Ike further stated that the information
he sought was not for himself alone but to
enable him to give certain assurances to
many other persons in the Same situation as
himself, for the purpose Of influencing and
determining their political action as citizens
Of the United States of English birth but
who still regarded their original obligations
of allegiance as paramount The letter also
contained gross reflections upon the conduct
OF this government in respect to questions
noNk IN controversy and unsettled between
thePUnited States and Great Britain, and
both directly and indirectly imputed in
sincerity III such conduct.
'To this the British minister at once re-
piled from Beverly, Mass, under date of the
18th Of September last. In this reply he
stated that any political party which openly
favored the mother country at the present
moment would lose popularity, and that the
party In power Is fully aware OF that fact;
and that in respect to the questions with
Canada, which have been unfortunately re-
opened since the rejection OF the fisheries
treaty by the Republican majority in the
senate, and by the presidents message, to
which you allude, ALI allowances must there
fore be made for the political situation as re.
CARDS the presidential election
1.-The minister thus gave his assent and
sanction to the aspersions and imputations
above referred TO. Thus under the CORES
pondsnt's assurance Of secrecy in which the
minister concurred by marking his answer
'pr1vnte,' he undertook to advise a citizen Of
the United States how to exercise the fran.
chise of suffrage IN an election close Mt hand
for the presidency and vice presidency Of the
United States; and, through him, as the let
ter suggested, TO influence the votes Of many
others
''Upon this CORRESPONDENTS being made
public, the minister. received the representa-
ttves of the public press and in frequent in.
terviews with them, intended for publica-
ton, added to the impugnments which he hai
already made of the good faith OF this gov
eminent IN its public action aud internn-
tional dealings, although ample time and OPP
portunity have been afforded him for the
disavowal, modification or correction of his
statements to some of which his atten.
tion was called personally by the under
signed, yet no such disavowal or modiRca-
riou has been made by him through the
channels in which his statements first found
publicity
zine question Is thus presented whether it
is Smpauhle with the dignity, security and
independent sovereignty OF the United
States to permit the representatives of for
eign government in this country not only to
receive aud answer without disapprovai, and
confirm his repetition as persons upon its
political action, but also to interfere in its
domestic affairs by advising parsons, for.
merly his countrymsn as their political
course as ctizens Of the United States.
"As between this country and Great
Britain there can be no controversy rs to the
complete severance of the ties of original
allegiance by naturalization. Disputes on
this point were finally put at rest by the
treaty Of naturalization concluded between
the two countries on the 18th of May, 1870
Therefore, it will not be contsnded, nor was
such contention ever admitted by u', that
citizens of the United States OF British origin
are subject to any claim of the country of
their oyiginal allegiance
'srhe undersigned has also the honor to
calL4attention to the provisions of Section
$50 a the revised statutes Of the United
States, by which severe penalties are visited
upon the citizen Of the United States, who
without the authority or permission Of this
government commences or carries on any
verbal or written correspondence, or inter.
course with any foreign government, or OF
any officer or agent thereof, either with an
intsEt to influence the action OF such govern
ment or its agents, in relation to any dis
nutes or controversies with the United
States, or with an intent to defeat the meas
ures Of the government Of the United States
Those penalties are mada equally applicable
TO every citizens OF the United States, not
duly authorized, who 'counsels, advises, or
assists in such correspondence with similar
unlawful intent
"The undersigned respectfully advises that
tho ,ttenlion of the attorney general OF the