The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-21

| states to mark their consideration for each
other. | will abstain from comment upon CON
siderations not OF an international character, to
which you refer as having dictated the action of
| the President; will only join with the govern
ment OF the United States in expressing my re-
gret that a personal incident of this character
should in any degree qualify the harmony
which for a long time past the enduring sym
pathy or the two nations has impressed upon
the mutual relations of their governments.
CLOSE OF THE CORRESPONDENTS.
The correspondence closes with a letter
from Secretary Bavard to Minister Phelps,
dated Jan. 80, 1889, acknowledging the re-
ce p of the reply of LOrd Salisbury to
Minister Phelps note of Dec. 4, 1888. his
letter is a review of the entire subject.
Secretary Bayard restateS for the purposes
of reply the points Of contention on the
part of Great Britain. Secretary Baya
says that while he concurs in his lordships
opinion that the general principles ad-
mitted by the practice of nations upon this
matter are of more importance than
particular case, he deemed it essential,
| however TO state to her maJesty's govern
ment more fully than heretofore, the views
of this government in respect to the grounds
| of Lord Sackvilles dismissal, not however,
with the purpose of inviting discussion of
their sufficiency on this subject, Of which
| this government has entertained no doubt,
| but in a friendly way, to acqualnt her
| majesty's government with the views of
this government i'll regard to the miscon-
duct of their envoy.
RECEIPT OF THE LETTER.
After reciting the fact of the receipt by
Lord Sackville of a letter signed by Charles
| r. Murchison, from which he literally
| quoted, the Secretary SAYS:
| Such was the letter addressed to and received
! by Sackvile as representative OF her Britanic
majesty. Whether it was obviously fraudulent
or a thinly veiled fraudulent scheme, is now
e sG,., ~ v,vb,
fictitious or fraudulent or no; there are
ce tain facts indisputably and indelihly
stamped upon its face. 1t declared
the writer to be actuated by motives of
manifest perfidy to the United States. II
| grossly impugned and aSpersed the m olives OF
the President. IL solicited from the official to
whom it was addressed an authoritative con
firmatlon or denial of those impugnments and
| aspersiOns, upon information which his Official
| relations to this government were supposed to
| supply, aud thus to abuse the confidence be en-
joyed.
PRIVACY OF sACKvILLE'S REPLY.
Lord Sackville's reply to Murchison is
quotei, and Secretary BAyard proceeds:
1t is true that the letter of Lord SacSville was
| marked private and that his correspondent
| stated that it would be kept secret In relation
| to this the Marquis Of Salisbury observes:
| Private communications. made by an am as
| sador, in good faith, have never, believe be-
! fore been made the subject of international
| complaint The precise force of Applicability
of THIS observation in the present case Is not
| presented. Lord SacSYllle mas stated that ms
| correspondent was unknown to him. The
request for his advice could not therefore, rest
upon personal relations of intimacy. duty, or
| confidence.
SOLE BASIS OF IHE APPEAL.
The sole basis of the appeal for his counsel
was declared by the correspondent to be bis
preference as native EnglishmaO, for the in
terests of England, as against those Of the
| United States. On behalf of the 'motherland. 5"
he made his appeal. The assurance of secrecy
was palpaby an invitation to the representa-
| tive OF that country to commit act OF i'm
| propriety inconsistent with mis- duty and wholly
outside the scope Of his functions He plainly
| informed Lord ackvil that he sought MS ad
vice not only in order TO learn how to determine
how to cast his own vote, but alsoi order TO in
tiuence the political course Of many Of our
| countrymen, i'll an election which he averred to
| be critical; referring by tnat design 3tion to
persons who, like himself, had by the hundreds
| yes, by the thOuSands-becomeA American citl
ze with the intent to favor England's inter
| eStS.
SECRECY NO EXCUSE
The character of Lord Sa ,kville's act, the SOC
| retary declares is not altered by the fact that
| another purpose than the one avowed may
have been and probably was contained in the
application Nor am / able to perceive" ne
adds ''taat any dmnution of his offense can
| be argued from the suppos tion that his reply
| would be treated as entirely secret" Had
the Objectionable conduct OF Lord Sack
| vile ended with his reply to the Murchison let
ter the situation would have been sufficiently
| serious; but in various statements made by him
| to representatives of the public press, the i'm
pugnments of the action Of this government
were emphasized"
RULES OF DISMISSAL.
The secretary then proceeds to considera-
tion of that part of the Marquis of Sails
bury's note laying down the rules, which in
his opinion, governs the dismissal of diplo-
latic agents, and which, Lord Salisbury
| bnl lJC To al Iai1
down by Lord Palmerston on the occasion of
Sir Henry Bulwer's sudden dismissal from
| the court of Madrid in lS48, the circum-
stances of which Secretary Bayard sets
forth at considerable length. The secretary
contends that the case Of Lord Sackvile is
wholly dissimilar to that of Lord Bulwsr,
and saws:
In Lord Bulwer's case the objection Of Spain
was to the action of Lord Pa merston aud pre-
| sumptive of the ministry Of treat Britain, Of
which Lord Bulwer was but a channel of cOmmu
nication; and throughout the entire transaction
| Lord Buwer received the entire approval Of his
| lordship.
The offense of Lord Sackville consisted in per
| sonal misconduct, wholly inconsistent with his
! official duty and relations, of which no sugges-
| tion of approval by his government has yet
been minated
THE PRESENT ISSUE.
| Thus the present issue is not whether it is req
| uiste that q sovereign asking the recall Of a
foreign minister SnOutu give reasons Tor the dp-
| plicatlon, but whether as in the present case.
| such recall has been asked on the ground OF
inter erence in t1e politics of the country in
| which he is accredited. The question OF cul-
pabllity or degree of such interference Is to be
| left not TO the decision of the offended
| sovereign, but to the determination of the
sovereign by whom the offending minister was
| accredited.
AN ENvoY's DUTY.
In concluding, Secretary Bayard says:
An envoy is intended to be confidential
| intermediary between two government pro-
| Tossing friendly relations and in reliance upon
| his good faith the best assurance of continued
amity aud good understanding will b. found
IL cannot. therefore, be Justly regarded as a
cause OF International oifense to request the
! recall Of an envoy whenever IL is
| discovered that bis conduct has been such as to
unsettle the confidence Of the receiving govern
| ment; nor for that government to dismiss when
! ever In its Judgment, circumstances have
arisen, o Fing TO his misconduct, which endan.
/ ger its own safety and welfare, or tend to jeop.
ardlSe the good relations OF the two govern
ments.
BILLS PASS THE HOUSE.
One Ia to Establish Customs District
| at Tampa.