History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . impress thoughtless voters that Mr. Cleve-land was un-American. The incident wasdramatic and farcical to a degree. TheMurchison letter, which interested the en-tire country for two or three weeks,purported to come from a perplexed Eng- 42 EXPANSION [i8 lishman, addressing the British Ministerat Washington, Lord Sackville-West. It sought counsel ofHer Majestys repre-sentative, as the fountainhead ofknowledge, uponthe mysterious sub-ject how best toserve England invoting at the ap-proaching Americanelection.
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . impress thoughtless voters that Mr. Cleve-land was un-American. The incident wasdramatic and farcical to a degree. TheMurchison letter, which interested the en-tire country for two or three weeks,purported to come from a perplexed Eng- 42 EXPANSION [i8 lishman, addressing the British Ministerat Washington, Lord Sackville-West. It sought counsel ofHer Majestys repre-sentative, as the fountainhead ofknowledge, uponthe mysterious sub-ject how best toserve England invoting at the ap-proaching Americanelection. The seek-er after light re-counted President Clevelands kindness toEngland in not enforcing the retaliatoryact then recently passed by Congress as itsultimatum in the fisheries dispute, his sound-ness on the free trade question, and his hos-tility to the dynamite schools of writer set Mr. Harrison down as apainful contrast to the President. He was a high-tariff man, a believer on the Ameri-can side of all questions, and undoubtedlyan enemy to British interests Lord L. S. Sackville-West. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1888 43 But the inquirer jDrofessed alarm at Cleve-lands message on the fishery question whichhad just been sent to Congress, and woundup with the query whether Mr. Cleve-lands policy is temporary only, and whetherhe will, as soon as he secures another termof four years in the presidency, suspend itfor one of friendship and free Minister replied : Sir :—I am in receipt of your letter ofthe 4th inst., and beg to say that I fullyappreciate the difficulty in which you findyourself in casting your vote. You areprobably aware that any political partywhich openly favored the mother country atthe present moment would lose popularity,and that the party in power is fully awareof the fact. The party, however, is, I be-lieve, still desirous of maintaining friendlyrelations with Great Britain, and still de-sirous of settling questions with Canada
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