Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-11
R0ASTS ALL AMERICANS
Lord Sackville West the Au-
thor Of an Extraordinary
Publication.
Our Public Men, Living and
Dead, Made Targets for
His Abuse.
Pamphlet Intended as De.
Tense of the "SaCkVille
Incident"

NEW YORK, Oct. GA World cable.
gram says: An extraordinary, and in
many respects unprecedented, publica-
ton by British or other high dlplo'
mat, has been discussed during the past
few days among the foreign representa-
tives to the court of St. James.
This is a handsomely printed pamph-
let marked "for private circulation
only" and entitled my Mission to the
United States, $685." and has just
been issued by Lord Sackville, who as Sir
Lionel Sackville Sackville- West, K. G.
M. G., was the English minister to
Washington for the period named.
It will be remembered that President
Cleveland, almost on the eve Of the
election of 1888 sent Sir Lionel his pass.
ports because Of q letter written by him
to an alleged Englishman in California,
commenting upon the approaching cleo
,ion. This pamphlet is Lord Sackville's
defense and explanation, after seven
years, Of that incident.
A Slap at Minister Bayard.
But the unprecedented part Of it, and
the part which has aroused very excited
comment is; first, the freedom OF his
structures upon the American people
and American public men; and second,
his own expressed Indignation that the
British ministry should have accepted
Mr.. Bayard as ambassador to that coun'
try, while, asssecretary Of state Of the
United States. Mr.. Bayard had wanton-
~ insulted in person its accredited repre-
sentative. The pamphlet consists Of 81
pages, 10, 900 words, and is Of very linn
tied issue, not more than 100 copies.
They have been sent under seal only to
leading foreign diplomats, the higher
English officials and few personal
friends.
Chester A. Arthur was president and
James G. Blaine secretary Of state when
Lord Sackville came to New York in
November, 1881.
Fenians Control the Government.
He says he entered upon his duties with
great solicitude. II was well aware Of
the difficulties should have to contend
with in combating the influence the
Fenian organization exercised over the
government, and which was so power
full in both houses of the Legislature"
Lord Sackville quotes private letter
he wrote to Lord Granville, then for
eign minister, in April, 1882, in regard,
apparently, to request or demand
made by Secretary Frelinghuysen for
ioto nf 1rio
suspects. In this letter Lord Sackville
distinctly states that Assistant Score.
tary Bancroft represented to him that the
secretary felt embarrassed by the action
of congress in the matter and ''that he,
the president, trusted to the courtesy of
her majesty's government in enabling
him to avert it,"
The Irish After Him.
Lord Sackville here deliberately states
that Lord Granville, upon representa-
tons Of Lord Spencer, then lord lieu.
tenant of Ireland, and lately in Lord
Rosebery's cabinet, telegraphed the
first assistant secretary Of state saying
that his Lord Sackville's) life was in
danger, and asking for protection. Sec
retary Frelinghuysen, he says, declined
to take any step officially, but sent him
to General Sherman. The latter in
vited him to a trip in ''the presidents
yacht" All preparations were made in
secret and they spent 10 days cruising
in the James river, after which lit was
deemed that the excitement caused by
the Irish executions had abated."
Blaine Wanted Votes.
Coming down to the time when
James G. Blaine was secretary of state
he says:
''It was at this time that Mr.. Blaine
spoke to me in the most cOndemnatory
tones of the conduct of her majesty's
government in dealing with the Irish
question. They had created such hos
tile feeling in the United States that he
felt convinced that il the population
was polled the result would be an al
most unanimous expression of hatred
towards England. This language
clearly indicates his intention to trade
upon this hostility to England in order
to gain the Irish vote for his election"
He notes Mr.. Blaine's defeat with not
greatly repressed exultation and says he
looked hopefully to the new Democratic
administration and Mr.. Bayard. The
latter, he says, deprecated to him ''the
influence which the Irish party had OBJ
tanned in the constituencies and ex-
pressed himself as determined not to
allow his action to be dictated by it,
The Murchison Letter.
Referring to events prior to the renom-
ination of President Cleveland he says:
ut was necessary for him to show
himself more anti-English than his op-
lonents."
He then quotes the Murchison letter
and his reply, which he refers to as Gin
cautious" both of which, to his amaze
ment, were published in the New York
Tribune, organ of the Republican party,