The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-08
BRITONs REUSED.
sharp Criticism OF President Cleveland
In the sackviile Matter.

New YORK, Nov. THE London cable
to The Herald says All the Sunday pa
pers pay more or less attention to the eve
of the Presidential election.
Subject matter arises from the Sackville
incident and the great Conservative meet
ing held on Saturday night, under the
craftsmanship Of one member Of Parlia-
ment and with various speeches by other
members OF Parliament TO enliven II, TO
say nothing of a rafting letter from Lord
Randolph Churchill.
The leading orator said that Parliament
would next Tuesday have to consider the
insult President Cleveland had put on
England in order to win Irish support,
The United States Government had
stopped TO nm act OF gross vulgarity and
barbarous insolcnce TO her Majosty's Min
lister which placed it beyond the pale Of
civilized politics, and this it had done for
the low and paltry purpose OF catching the
Irish vote.
The President Of the United States mad
turned Her Majcsty's representative out oil
doors with rs little ceremony M n publican
might use in cjccting drunken potboy
"What | wish you 10 mark about the
incident" said the speaker, sis that in
America the short, plain way to get the
| Irish vote IN Ia assume foaming hatred
toward England and to load England with
insults"
The Obserrcr il 10 the church day news.
paper public what The Times IL TO week
Iu, In Inf /
therefore, select It's editorial as "a perfect
echo OF the general sentiments Of English
men on the Presidential question. IL be-
gins is principal leader thus
at is just as well, perhaps, in the inter.
est ot Anglo American amity, that next
| Tuesday determines the Presidential con
test Between now and then there il
scarcely time 10 develop fresh occasions
for twisting the tail OF the British lion
with view 10 proptiating the Irish vote
"Once the quadrcnnial saturnalia Of the
| professional politicians are over the com
mon sense OF the American nation liz sur
| 10 assert itself, and all the sooner, perhaps
because OF the sorry spectacle which ia
iirst magistrate has presented within the
last few days
After reviewing tho Sackyille incident
The ObSrnr continues
There smoothing that pleascs tho Amer.
lean public better than Tor "a Secretary oil
State 10 take down tho BritishcT peg Oi
two; and, paradoXical IN Il may scon, the
feeling IL not uncomplimoniary 10 us.
There IN no nation for whose opinion
the American cares straw IN compared
with that Of the mother country. II this
be- a sentiment We ought to know nothing
about, the Americans have themselves IA
blame, ~ any Englishman who has en-.
joycd the unbounded hospitality of our
cousins on the other side Of tho Atlantic
can testify.
"Bui there is nothing that an Amer
hates worse than for his country 10 be put
in tho wrong with us-it matters not
whether through official zeal or stupidity
or more interested motives"
Referring 10 English interest in the
Presidential contest, the editorial remarks
III there was anything Of moment in
the words Lord Sackyillc used, IL would
be the implication that the American
Democratic party favored England moro
than the Republican party
"As matter OF fact, this country has
had nothing 10 choose between them.
From President Buchanan's time 10
that OF President Cleveland our Foreign
Oricc had 10 do with United States gov
crnmcnis drawn exclusively from the Re
publican pariy, and, barring the episodes
connected with the War OF Secession and
the Fcnian raids ON Canada, wo had
nothing whatever 10 complain OF during
this long Republican asccndancy.
"Our relations with the United States
were most amicablc. aud even M regards
a
time being In the most friendly way by the
Washington Treaty Of 1871.
"Nor must " hc forgotten that u was
Pcsidcn, Auhur-a Republican OF tho
Republicans who first suggested in his
Presidential message the formation Of an
International commission Ia determine
the rights and wrongs OF tho fisheries
matter.
Tho evidence Of an opon mind which
/ the Cleveland administration manifesto
during tho negotiations identified will
| Mr. Chamberlain indicated rather ia,
iairmindcdncss OF the American Naiioi
/ than the policy Ut a political party II !
IN that light certainly that We Ia thi
/ country accept II, nor IL thcrc anything &,
| show that Americans, whether they chnusi
/ MIR Cleveland for their next President o
Mr.. Harrison, moan 10 depart from IN,
/ common sense couuo which they ha,D
/ pursued during such time a. w have In
/ dicuicd.
"Thc idea of the British Government
seeking Ia take up n party side in Amer
lean domestic politics II w absurd M &
make Us mcrc,iulOus OF the whole accuse
/ ton.
II cannot b. too distinctly undcnlool
N.Nt
| triumph at next Tuesdays election, We II
| this country shall still expect that ih
| American Nation will deal with iuWir'
matters rs u people and not ne iactipn.
/ learn from tie Foreign Office that
/ Blue Book, containing correspondence oI
! TIE Slrkyillo incident, h nov in counsc q
| rapid preparation aud will bo laid bCior
! Parliament a. soon ~ pusahlc after the ~
sumption of the session next Tuesday.
\ iulm. dispatch ~ rctablcl to ~
Duly hGu stating that Gorl salisbury "a
Furvd Mt. Phelps ho would not resent
di,mis nj ct Lord Sackyillo, and that thci
| Cleveland acted
have the best authority Tor stating TIA
! Lord Salisbury gave absolutely nothiu
definite m tho WAY of assurances one wa,
OF the other 10 Mr.. Phelps. and the orig
100 NfA'iAf % ''tAANNAN "hANt lNlNiHA w NllN
the iaIy taiCi which sometimes anus
| luudonrrs.
/ HaaHs
FLASHES.
II Is stated that the CGr will como &,
Berlin in tho spring.
\ ferry steamer WIS sunk Ia collision
r., Calcutta yesterday and sixty person
| were drowned.
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