Rough on the Administration
February 22, 1896
Summary
A featured snippet from a contemporary paper, Maryland Afro-American, discusses the American foreign office’s attempts to have John Waller released from French Custody.
Transcription
[Baltimore, Md. Afro-American]
The controversy, between the United States and France, respecting the imprisonment of ex-Consul John L. Waller has terminated in true Cleavelandesque style. That our foreign office is lamentably and inexcusably weak must be apparent even fawning sycophants of the administration; such a pitiful capitulation, as appears in this message to congress in this case, was not expected even from so weak a premier.
It is how very evident that Wetter, Eustis and Olney have for the past six months been more actively engaged in the discovery of evidence to sustain the findings of the drum-headed tribunal that convicted Waller than in investigating the charges and the evidence upon which he was sentenced.
Summary: A featured snippet from a contemporary paper, The Alabama Weekly Press, discusses the US’ efforts to free John Waller from a French Prison.
The controversy, between the United States and France, respecting the imprisonment of ex-Consul John L. Waller has terminated in true Cleavelandesque style. That our foreign office is lamentably and inexcusably weak must be apparent even fawning sycophants of the administration; such a pitiful capitulation, as appears in this message to congress in this case, was not expected even from so weak a premier.
It is how very evident that Wetter, Eustis and Olney have for the past six months been more actively engaged in the discovery of evidence to sustain the findings of the drum-headed tribunal that convicted Waller than in investigating the charges and the evidence upon which he was sentenced.
Summary: A featured snippet from a contemporary paper, The Alabama Weekly Press, discusses the US’ efforts to free John Waller from a French Prison.
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Upper Left Quadrant
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Liam Eynan
Citation
“Rough on the Administration,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed April 27, 2025, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/1779.