No. 32.
Mr. Lowell
to Earl Granville.
London, March 28, 1882. (Received March 29.)
My Lord: I have the honor to acquaint you that I have to-day received a dispatch from Mr. Frelinghuysen, instructing me to inquire into the circumstances attending the arrest of Mr. James L. White, a naturalized American citizen, who has been for some months imprisoned in Naas jail, in Ireland, under the so-called “coercion act,” on a charge of being “reasonably suspected” of offenses against this act.
Mr. N. P. Hill, a Senator of the United States from the State of Colorado, has represented to the Secretary that Mr. White was for two years a member of the city council of Denver, in that State, and is said to be a peaceable, quiet man, well-disposed toward [Page 255] good government. He left Denver about the 22d day July, 1878, and returned to Ireland for the purpose of visiting his aged father, and staying with him the remainder of his life. Very respectable persons in Denver offer to vouch for the intelligence, sobriety, and integrity of Mr. White.
I have the honor to ask your lordship that inquiries may be made into the circumstances attending the arrest of Mr. White, and if it shall appear that there has been any mistake or undue severity in his case, that he may be released or granted a speedy trial.
I have, &c.,