Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-31
NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE.
Secretary Bayard's Report of
 the Murchison Affair.
ENGLAND HAS TAKEN NO ACTION.

Demand for His Recall by Mail-Writ- ing the Murchison Letter Was Crime Under tho Revised Statutes-Reward Offered for the Detection of the Author. WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-By the direction of the president, the secretary of state informed Lord Sackville that for causes heretofore made known to her majestys government, his continuance in his present official position in the United States is no longer acceptable to this government, and would consequently be detrimental to the relations between the two countries.
 The grounds of this action on the part of the United States are stated in report Of the secretary of state to the president, dated the 29th inst, which is as follows:
 DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 20, 1888. ,
 To the President: The undersigned has the honor to submit for your consideration the following statement with view to receive your direction thereon.
 On the 4th of September last letter pur- porting to b. written by one Charles F. Mur- chison, dated at Pomona, Cal, was sent from that place to the British minister at this capital in which the writer solicited an ex pression of his views i'll regard;to certain un- settled diplomatic questions between the United States and Great Britain, stating at the same time that such an expression was sought by him for the purpose of determln- ing his vote at the approaching presidential election.
 He stated that he was a naturalized citizen of the United States, of English birth, but that he still considered England the mother land and that this fact led him to seek ad vice from the British representative in this country. He further stated that the infor- bo bimca1f a 1opn 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 on the conduct of this government in relation to questions now in controversy and unsettled between the United States and Great Britain, and both directly and indirectly imputed insincerity in such conduct.
 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 "any political party which openly favored the mother coun- try at the present moment would lose popu- larity; and that the party in power is fully aware of that fact" and that in respect to questions Wllll Sdlldul WHICH nave D6Su unfortunately reopened since the rejection of the (isheries) treaty by the Republican ma jority in the senate and by the presidents message, to which you allude," "all allow ances must therefore be made for the polit- ical situation as regards the presidential election
 The minister thus gave his assent and sanction to the aspersions and imputations above referred to.
 Thus under his correspondents assurance of secrecy, in which the minister concurred by writing his answer ''private," he under took to advise a citizen of the United States how to exercise the franchise of suffrage ill an election close at hand for the presidency and vice presidency of the United States and through him, as the letter suggested, to influence the votes of many others.
 Upon this correspondence being made public, the minister received the representa- tives of the public press, and in frequent in terviews with them, intended for publication added to the impugnments which he had already made of the good faith of this govern. ment in its public action and international dealings. Although ample time and oppor. tunity had been afforded him for the dis ayowal, modification or correction of his statements, to some of which his attention was called personally by the undersigned yet no such disavowal or modification ha. been made by him through the channels il which his statements first found publicity.
 The question is thus presented whether ii is compatible with the dignity, security apc independent sovereignty of the United States to permit the representative of a foreig1 government in this country not only to re ceive and answer without disapproval, anc confirm by his repetition aspersions upon it political action, but also to interfere in it domestic affairs by advising persons, for merly his countrymen, as to their politica course as citizens of the United States
 AS between this country and Great Britain there can be no controversy as to the com plete severance of the ties of original ale glance by naturalization. Disputes on thi point were finally put at rest by the treaty of naturalization concluded between the tw, countries on May 13, 1870. Therefore, it vii not be contended, nor was such contention ever admitted by us, that citizens of tn United States, of British origin, are subjec to any claim of the country of their origina allegiance.
 The undersigned also has the honor to cal attention to the provisions of section 1885 O the revised statutes of the United States by which severe penalties are visited upo the citizen of the United States who, with out the authority or permission of this gov ernment, commences or carries on an verbal or written correspondence or inter course with any foreign government an officer or agent thereof" either with an il tent to influence tbe action of such goverr ment or its agents, in relation to any dispute or controversies with the United States, c with an intent ito defeat the measures ( the government of the United States" Thos penalties are made equally applicable t every citizen of the United States, not dul authorized, who ''oounsels, advises or assist in any such correspondence" with simila unlawful intent.
 The undersigned respectfully advises ths the attention of the attorney general of th United States be directed to these enac nents in order that an investigation may made, with view to ascertain whether the