No. 6.
Lord Sackville to the Marquis of
Salisbury.—(Received
November 11.)
I have been accused by the United States Government of having, as a foreign representative, endeavored to interfere in the domestic politics of the country by writing the letter copy of which was inclosed in my dispatch of the 26th instant.
That letter was, as your lordship is aware, written under the impression that it was to be considered a private communication, and can not, I venture to think, be construed in the sense which has been given to it by unscrupulous political wire-pullers. But I submit to your lordship that the action of the United States Government in the matter can scarcely be justified under the circumstances of the transaction, which are well known to them and admitted by them.