The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-11-03

lOIclSh uuuOH mas HUUempUeu tU
take part in the political intrigue
in this country. Lord Sackville.
West, the British minister, wrote
a letter. under date of Sept. 13, to
an alleged correspondent in Cali
fornia, in which he took occasion
to say that the Prsident did not
mean word of his recent Canad-
ian 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 pur-
pose of this letter is very clear. 1t
was written for the express pur-
pose 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 relations
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 ac-
tion on the part of Lord Sackviile.
He had given up all hope of CON
trolling Mr.. Cleveland, hence his
desire to defeat him If possible.
There was also another induce
ment; Lord Sackville and Mr..
Harrison, the Republican candi-
date for the presidency, are warm
personal friends, and have been
for many years. When Mr.. Har-
rison was in the Senate they were
constantly together. When the
letter was first published, few peo-
pie believed it to be genuine, so
very foolish did it appear for a
man in Lord Sackville's position to
have written such 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 ii could pos
sibly have been to opatriotic Ameri-
cans. As soon as Mr.. Cleveland
ascertainei that Lord sackville adj
mitted having written this audaci-
ous meddling letter, he instructed
Secretary Bayard TO cable u de-
rnand upon the English Foreign
Office, through the American min
lister in Lond0n, for the Immediate
recall of Lord Sacl>Ville. That such
Il thinly veiled fraud as this letter
will have any effect upon the Irish
vote is not for a moment TO be be-
lieved by any one at all familiar
with the leading characteristics of
that race. They are practically
solid and viii remain so. AS for
Lord Sackville, he will be extreme
~ fortunate if he gets out of the
scrape with no worse punishment
than a recall by his government.
In any other country but the Uni
ted States his imprudeuce and
audacity would have put his life in
danger. Mr.. Cleveland by his
prompt action in resenting the in
suit to Himself and the American
people by this English meddler,
has shown that he is the right man
in the right place, and the people
will show theirappreciation before
long by giving him another term.
Mr.. Cleveland reviewed the mon
ster Democratic procession in New
York city Saturday afternoon, and
afterward returned TO
this city. He received a perfect
ovation, and what is more TO the
point ut this stage of the campaign
he was assured by the local man
ayers that New York State was
certain to give him a plurality of
not less than 10000, and that the
British minister's letter, instead of
carrying Irish voters to the Re-
publicans, had actually driven
many Irishmen, who saw through
the badly put up job, away from
Harrison.
Time, it is said, evens all things.
1t would certainly seem so, when
the Republican Supreme court is
almost constantly handing down
opinions upholding the doctrine of
Estates Rights" to Il greater extent
than was ever claimed by its most
adherents previous to the
late war. If these decisions were
being made by Democratic court
the Republican editors of the
county would all be calling it re-
volution, but now they hardly re-
fer to the decisions, except as
items of news.
Senator Morgan, who, as the
Democratic member of the