Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-11-03
WASHINGTON.
The Sackville- West Letter -Cleve-
lands Craftsmanship Exhibited
Again.

w AShlNGION3 OCl. %jln, 1000
Mr.. Cleveland has once more proven
himself equal to the occasion, and
the occasion was most eXtraordin-
airy one. For the first time in the
history of the United States, the
representative of foreign nation has
attempted to take part in a political
intrigue in this country. Lord
Sackville- West, the British Minister,
wrote letter under date of Sept. 10,
to an alleged correspondent in
which he took occasion to say that
the President did not mean a word
of his recent Canadian retaliation
message, and that after his election
he would prove himself a true
friend of England and English
interests. He further advised his
alleged correspondent to vote the
democratic ticket in the interest of
England. The purpose of this letter
is very clear. 1t was written for the
express purpose of being made
public on the eve of the election in
the hope of driving the Irish vote
from Mr.. Cleveland. In this city,
where it is well known that the re-
lations between the administration of
Mr.. Cleveland and the British
Minister have been strained from the
first, there is no difficulty experienced
in arriving at the cause of this action
on the part of Lord Sackville. He
had given up all hope of controlling
Mr.. Cleveland, hence his desire to
defeat him if possible. There was
also another inducement; Lord
Sackville and Mr.. Harrison, the re-
publican candidate for the presidency,
are warm personal friends, and have
been for many years. When Mr..
Harrison was in the Senate they were
constantly together. When the letter
was first published, few people
believed it to be genuine, SO very
foolish did it appear for a man in
Lord Sackville's position to have
written such a letter, but its
authenticity was fully confirmed by
Lord Sackville, and to make matters
worse he allowed himself to be
interviewed for publication, and the
language he used was just about as
obnoxious as it could possibly have
been to patriotic Americans. AS
soon as Mr.. Cleveland ascertained
that Lord Sackville admitted having
written this audacious meddling
letter, he instructed Secretary Bayard
to cable a demand upon the English
Foreign Office, through the American
minister in London, for the immedi.
ate recall of Lord Sackville. That
such a thinly yelled fraud as this
letter will have any effect upon the
Irish vote is not for moment to bt
believed by any one at all familiar
with the leading characteristics O
that race. They are practically solit
for Cleveland and will remain so
AS for Lord Sackville, he will be eX
tremely fortunate if he gets out Oft
scrape with no worse punishment
than recall by his government. II
any other country but the United
States his impudence and audacit!
would have put his life in danger
Mr.. Cleveland, by his prompt actor
in resenting the insult to himself anC
the American people, by this Englisl
meddler, has shown that he is TIN
right man in the right place, and tn
people will show their appreciation
before long by giving him anothe
term.
Mr.. Cleveland reviewed the mon
ster democratic procession in New
D York city Saturday afternoon, ant
Immediately afterward returned t.
this city. He received perfec
ovation, and what is more to tn
point at this stage of the campaign
he was assured by the local manager
that New York State was certain t
give him plurality of not less thai
10000, and that the British minister
letter, instead of carrying Iris
voters to the republicans, ha,
actually driven many Irishmen, VIII
saw through the badly put up job
away from Harrison.
: Time, it is said, evens all things
;, 1t would certainly seem so, when tn
: republican Supreme Court is almos
y constantly handing down opinion
| upholding the doctrine of estates
Rights" to greater extent than wa
/ ever claimed by its most radica
e adherents previous to the late wal
q If these decisions were being made b,