New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-23
ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES.
THE EARL OF DUNRAvEN's SPEECH ON THE
sACKvILLE MATTER-A PLEA FOB


CORDIAL RELATIONS.
London, Dec. 22.-In the House Of Lords last
night the Earl of Dunraven, speaking on the
Sackville incident, said: Il do not propose
to 60 into details the sooner the episode is
buried, to my mind, the better but l must
express regret that the papers have not been
presented TO Parliament. | trust that this Will
be done before Parliament is prorogued Whether
the circumstance is correctly described by the
Prime Minister as an episode in electioneering.
whether our Minister entirely to bam,,
whether he technically or unintentonally COM
mitted a blunder, whether the United States
Government was fully justified under any cir
cumstances by the peculiar circumstance OF
the moment, are all matters beside my point,
which is, whoever is to blame or whether any
one is 10 blame, surely it would have been
more dignifed on our part, and more worthy of
our position to have taken no notice OF the mat
ter, which, as the Prime Minister early remarked d,
is no matter affecting the two nations.
In the case of some foreign powers different
considerations would affect us but our relationsl
with the United States are peculiar We use
the word foreign toward them because there is
no other suitable expression but am loath to use
the term toward the great Republic The United
States is automatically speaking, q foreign power
but she can never be a foreign land TO u.s. Her
citizens are mainly men of the same race and
lineage as ourselves ha ling the same names
speaking the same tongue, worshippng under the
same form of religion, and living under the same
common law Their institutions though differing,
are very similar in their integral respects to our
own and are founded on the same love Of liberty,
law, and capacity for self-government IL is I'M
possible to look upon such people as foreigners,
though one is obliged TO speak of their country as
foreign power. OF all the civilized
matt rs we alone can understand the United
States and she alone can understand us IN respect
TO the di1hcuties inseparabie from the. system OF
party government Any misunderstanding arising
between us would be held TO be most depioraDle
by vast majority of all thinking men on ooth
sides Of the Atlantic.
longing TO the history OF electioneering may have
had an irritating effect upon public opinion In
America. BE that AS II may, IT is certain that
any longer delay in filing up Lord SackyliIes Ic S
can people hold 1t TO be our
first duty to avc!d the possibility OF anything that
NAV lead to a want of sincere friendship between
the mother country and the colonies, and after
that consider it our second duty to avoid any
such possibility between the United States snu
Before long another Minister will be accredited
TO the Court Of ST. James. All who know Mr..
Phelps personally, and all who recognize the dig,
nity and courtesy with which he has discharged
his duties, will anticipate it with regret. IL
we hesitate and delay 10 accredit Minister at
washington the United States may retaliate by
delaying 10 accredt Minister to us. Two great
international questions awaiting solution
fishery and eXtraditon-and these we cdnnot nope
10 settle except under conditions OF real fren'l-
ship between the two countries. therefore ask
the Prime Minister whether the Government IN
tends 10 appoint Minister TO succeed Lord Sack
vile at Washington? Z?