Bradford Republican., March 09, 1882, Image 2

beautiful, with, possibly, something of
hjs superabundance; and in his faith and
his magnanimity, in his power of state
ment, in his subtle analysis, in hie fault
less logic, in his love of literature, in
his wealth and worla of illiistratiod, one
is reminded of that great English states
man of to-day, who, confronted with
obstacles that would daunt any , bat the
dauntless, reviled by those whom he
would relieve as bitterly as by those
whose supposed • rights he is forced-to
invade, still labors with serene courage
for the amelioration of Ireland and for
the honor of the English name.
Garfield's nomination 'to the Presi
dency,while not predicted or anticipated
was not a surprise to the country. His
prominence in Congress, his solid qual
ities, his wide reputation, strengthened
by - his then recent election las Senator
from Ohio, kept him in thepublie eye
as a man occupying the very highest
rank among those entitled to be . called
statesmen. It was not mere chance that
brought him this high honor. "We
must," says Mr. Emerson, "reckon sue
'.cess as a constitutional trait. If Eric
is in robust health and has slept well and
is at the top of his condition, and thirty
y6rs old at his departure from-Green
land, he will , steer west and his ships
will reach Newfoundland. ißut take
Eric out and put in a stronger and bold
er man and the ships will sail six hun
dred, one thousand, fifteen hundred
miles farther and reach Labrador and
New England. , There is no chance in
results.
As a candidate, Garfield steadily greiv
in popular favor. He was lint [with a
storm of detraction at the very hour of
his nomination, and •it continued with
increasing volume and momentum until
the close of . his victorious campaign:
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; backwounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes; what king so
strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
Under it all ho was calm and strong,
and confident; never lost his self-posses
sion, did no unwise act, spoke no hasty
or ill-considered word. Indeed, nothing
iii his whole life is more remarkable or
more creditable. than his bearing
through those five full months of vitu
peratioa--a prolonged agony of trial to
a sensitive man, a constant and cruel
draft upou the powers of moral endur
ance. The great mass of these unjust
imputations passed. unnoticed, and..with
the general debris of the campaign fell
into oblivion. But 'in a few instances
the iron entered his soul and he died
with the . injury Unforgotton if not lin
t
forgiven. '
One aspect of Garfield_"s candidacy was
unprecedented. Neiref before, in the
history of partisin contests in this coun
try, had a successfulyresidential candi,
date spoken freely on passing ev4ts
and current issues. To attempt any
thing of the kind seemed novel, rail],
and even desperate, The older dais of
voters recalled the unfortunate Alabama
htter, in which Mr. Clay was supposed
to have signed his political death war
iant. They remembered also the 'hot
tempered effusion by which Gen. Scott
lost a large share' of his popularity be
fore his nomination, and the unfortu
nate speeches Which rapidly consumed
the remainder. The younger voters had
seen Mr. Greeley in a series of vigorous
and original addresses, preparing the
pathway for his own defeat. Unmind
ful of these warnings, unheeding the
advice of frien is, Garfield spoke to large
crowds as he journeyed . to and from
New York in. August, to a great multi
tude in that city, to delegations and
deputations of every kind that called at
Mentor during the summer and autumn,.
With innumerable critics, watchful and
eager to catch a phrase that might be
turned into odium or ridicule, or a sen
tence that might be distorted to his own
or his party's injury, Garfield did not
trip or halt iu any one of his seventy
speeches. This seems all the more re-
I markable ' when it is remembered that
ho did not write - hat he said, and yet
spoke With such logical consecutiveness
of thought and such admirable precis
ion of phrase us to defy the accident of
misreport and the malignity of misrep
resentatiOn.
In the beginning of his Presidential
life Gartield'sexperience did not . yield
him pleasure'or satisfaction. The duties
that engross so large a portion of the
President's time were distasteful to him,
and were unfavorably contrasted with
his legislative work. "I have been deal
ing alr these years with ideas," he im
patiently exclaimed one daY, "and here
am dealing only with perions. Ihave
been heretofore treating of the funda
mental principles of 'government, and,
here I am considering all day whether
Aor B shall be appointed to this or
that_office.,' He was earnestly seeking'
some prsetical way of correcting the
evils arising from the lidistribution of
overgrown and unwieldly patronage—
evils always appreciated . And often dis
cussed bY him, but whose magnitude
had been wore deeply impressed upon
' his mind since his accession to the Pres
idency. Had he lived, a comprehensive
improvement in the mode of appoint
ment and in the tenure of office would
have been propoied, by him, and with
the aid of Congress no doubt perfected.
But, while many of the executive
ditties were not grateful to him, he was
assiduous and conscientious in their
discharge. From the 'very outset he
exhibited administrative talent of a high
order. He grasped the helm of office
with the hand of a master. • In
_this
respect indeed be constantly surprised
many who were` most intimately associ
ated with him .in the Government, and
especially those who had feared that he
might be lacking in the executive
faculty. His disposition of business
was orderly and rapid. His power of
analysis, and his, skill in classification,
enabled him to dispatch a vast muss of
detail with singular promptness and
ease. His Cabinet meetings weic
admirably' conducted. His clear pre- .
sentation of official subjects, his well
considered sugeeition of topics on which
discussion was invited; his quick de
cision when all had been heard com
bined to show a thoroughness , of men
tal training as rare as his natural ability
.and his facile adaptattion to a new and
enlarged field of labor.
With perfect comprehension of all
the inheritances of the War, with a cool
calculation of the obstacles in his way
impelled always by a generous enthu
siasm, Garfield conceived that mp oh
. might be done by his Administration
towards restoring harmony be tween
the di ff erent sections Union.
He
the
He was anxious to go South and lipeak
to the people. As early as April he
had ineffectually endeavored to arrange
for a trip to Nashiille, whither he had
been cordially invited, and he was
.again aisapointed a few weeks later to
find that he could not go to..,§outh
Carolina to attend the centennial cele
bration of the victory of the Cowpens.
But for the autumn he definitely count
ed on,being present at thrite memorable
amembliea in_ the South, the celebration
at Yorktown, the opening; of the Cotton
Exposition at Atlanta, and the Meeting
of the Army of the Cumberland at
Chattanooga. He was already turning
over in his mind his address for each
occasion,' and the three taken. together,
he said to a friend, gave him the exact
scope and verge which ho needed. At
Yorktown he would have?, before hiin
the associations.ota hundred years that
bound the South and the North in the
sacred memory of a' gommon danger
and a common victory. At Atlanta he
would present the material interests and
the industrial development which ap
pealed to the thrift and independence
of every household, and which should
unite the two sections by the instinct of
self-interest and self defen4e. At Chat
tanooga he would revive imemories of
the war only to show that after all its
disaster and all its suffering, the noun.;
try was stronger and greater, the Union
rendered indissoluble, and the future,
through the agony and blood of one
generation, made brightr and better
for all.
darfleld's litabition for 'the success of
his administiation was
i high. With
strong caution and Cotliervatisniin his
'imbue, he was in no danger of attempt
ing rash experiments or of resorting to
the empiricism of statesmanship.: Bat
he believed.that renewed and Closer at
tention should be given . ' to questions
affecting the material interests and com
mercial prospects of fifty millions of
people. - He believed that our continen
tal relations, extensive and undeveloped .
as they are, involved responsibility,'
and could be cultivated into profitable
friendship or be abandoned - to harmful
indifference or lasting enmity. He be- .
lieved with equal confidence that an es
sential forerunner to - a new era of
,national progress must be a feeling of
contentment in every section of the
'Union, and a generous belief that the
benefits . and burdens of gOvernment
would be common to all. Himself a
conspicuous illustration of what ability
and ambition may do under republican
institutions, he loved his country with
a passion of patriotic devotion, and
every waking thought was given to her
advancement. He was an American
in all his aspirations, and he. looked to
: the.destiny and influence of the United
'States with the philosophic .composure
of Jefferson and the demonstrative con
fidence of John Adams.
The political events which disurbed
th 4 President's serenity for many Reeks
before that fateful day in July' form an
important chapter in hia career, and in
his own judgment involved questions
of principle and of -right which are
vitally essential to the constitutional
Administration of the Federal Govern
ment. It would be oat of place here
and now to speak the language of con
trotiersy, but the events referred to,
however they may continue to be
source of contention with others, have
become, so far as Garfield is concerned,
as•much a matter of history as his, hero
ism at Chickamauga or his illustrious
service in the House. Detail. is not
neeciful,; and personal antagonism shall
not be rekindled by any word `uttered
to-day. The motives of 'those oppos 7
inglim are not to be here adversely
interpreted nor seir course handily
characterized, Bat of the. dead Presi
dent this is to be said, and said because
his own speech is forever silenced and
he can be no more heard except through
the - fidelity and love of. surviving
friends: From the beginning_ to the
end-of the Controversy he so much de
plored', the President was never for one
moment actuated by any motive of gain
to himself or of loss to others. Least
of all men did he haibor revenge, rarely
did he even show resentment, aild
malice was not in his nature. "He NV
congenially employed only in the ex
chance of good offices and the doing of
kindly deeds.
There was not an hour froin the! be
ginning of the trouble till the fatal allot
entered his body, when the President
would not-gladly, for the sake of• restor
ing harmony, have-retraced any step he
had taken - ,if such-retracing had involved
conseqences perso l nal to himself. The
pride of consistency, or any supposed
sense of humiliation that might iesnit
from surrending his position, had not a
feather's weight with him. No man was
ever less subject to such influences from
within or from without. But after' most
anxious deliberation and the coolest
survey or all the circumstances, he sol
emnly believed that the ,trne preroga
tives, °elle Executive were involied in
the issue which had been : raised, and
that he would be' unfaithful to his su
preme obligation if he failed to main
tain, in all their vigor the constitutional
rights and dignities of his great office.
He believed this in all the convictions
of conscience when in sound and vigor
ous health, : and he believed it in his suf
fering and prostration in the last con
scious thought which his wearied mind
bestowed on the transitory struggles of
'ife.
More than this need not be said. Less
than this could not be said. Justice to
the dead, the highest obligation that
devolves upon the living; delands the
declaration that in all bearings of the
subject, actual or possible, Hie President
was content in his mind, justified in his
cAnseienee,, immovabbil in his conclus-
Hop.
The religions element in Garfield's
character was deep and earnest. In his
early. youth he espoused the faith of the
Disciples, a sect of that great Baptist
Communion which in different eccles
iastical establishments isi so numerous
and, so influential throughout, all parts
of the United States. But the broaden
ing tendency of his mind and his active
spirit of inquiry were early apparent and
carried him beyond the dogmas of sect
and the restraints of association. In
selecting a college in which to continue
his education he rejectad Bethany,
though presided over by Alexander
Campbell, the greatest preacher of his
church. His reasons were characteristic;
first, that Bethany leaned too heavily
towards slavery; and, second, that being
himself a:Disciple and the son of Disci
ple parents, be had little acquaintance
with people of other beliefs, and be
thought it would nuikelhim mote liberal,
quoting his own words, both in his re:,
ligious and general views, to go into a
new circle and be under new influences.
The liberal tendency which he antic
ipated as the result of wider culture was
fully realized. He • was emancipated
from mere sectarian belief, and with
eager interest pushed his investigations
in the direction of modern progreisive
thought. He followed with quickening,
step in; the paths of exploration- find
speculation so fearlessly trodden by
Darwin, by Huxley;` by Tyndall, apd
every other living scientist of the radi
cal and advanced type. His own church,
binding its disciples by no formulated
creed, brit accepting the 01.1 and New
Testaments as the word of God with Un
biased liberty . ol private interpretation,
favored, if it did not stimulate thevirit
of investigation. Its members, profess
with sincerity, and profess only, to be
of one mind and one faith with thine
who in me4iately followed the Master
and who were first called Christians at
Antioch,
Bat however high Garfield reasoned
of fiid fate, free will, fore-knowledge
absolute," he was never separated from
the Church of the Disciples in hisAffee
tions and in his associations. For him
it held the ark of the covenant. To him
it was the gets of heaven. The world
of religions belief is full of solecisms
and contradictions. A philosophio °b
eerier declares that 'men by the ;thou
sand will die in defence of a creed whose'
doctrines they do not comprehend and
whose tenets they habitually violate. It
is equally , true , that men by the thott-
sand will Cling to church organizations
with instinctive and undying fidelity
when their belief in matnrer years 'is
radically different from that which in
spired them as neophytes.
But after this range of speculation,
and this latitude of doubt,oarfield came
back always with freshness and delight
to the simpl e r instincts of religions
faith, which, earliest imfolanted, longest
survive. Not many weeks before his
assassination, walking oni the banks of
Ithe Potomac with a friend , and convers
ing on those topics of personal religion,
concerning which noble matures hive
au on - conquerable reserve, he said that
be found the Lord's Prayer and tbe
simple petitions learned in infancy in
finitely reatfallo him, ,not merely , in
their stated repelition;butin their cas
ual and frequent recall as hetwent about
the daily duties of life. Certain texts
of scriptures had a very ; strong' hold ofi
hie memory and this 'wait. He heard,
while in Edinburgh sonde yeaft ago, an .
eminent Scotch preacher who prefaced
his sermon with reading the eighth
chapter of the Epistle I to the Romans,
which book had been , the subject of
careful study with Garfield during all
his religious life. He was greatly im
pressed by the elocution of the preacher
and declared that it had imparted a new
and deeper meaning Ito the' majelitio
utterances of St. Paul. lie referred
often in after years to that memorable
service, and dwelt: with exaltation of
feeling uion the tradiant promise and
the assured hope' with which the great
apostle of the Gentiles was "pursuaded
that neither death, nor life; nor - angels,
nor principalities, nor powers, uor things
present, nor things to come, nor height,
nor depth, nor any other Creature, shall
be able to separate ns from the love of
God, which is in Christ Jesus our
Lord."
The crowning characteristic of-Gen
Garfield's religious opinions, as, indeed,
of all hia• opinions, was his liberality.
In all things he, had charity. Tolerance
Was of his nature. He respected in
others the qualities,which he possessed
himself—sincerity of iconviction and
frankness of expression. With him the
inquiry was not so much what a man
believes, but ddes he believe it? The
lines of his friendship and his confidence
encircled men of every creed, and men
Of no creed, 'and to the end of his life,
- On his ever lengthenitig list of friends,
were to be found the Mimes of A. pious
Catholic priest and of an honest minded
and generous-hearted free-thicker.
On the morning of Saturday, July 2,
the President was a contented and happy ,
nian—not in nn ordinary degree, but
joyfully, almost boyishly happy. On
hie way to the railroad , station to which
he drove slowly, in conscious enjoyment
of the beantifnl morning, with an un
wonted sense of leisure and a keen antici
pation of pleasure, his talk - vas: all• in
the , grateful and gratulatory vein. He
felt that after four month of trial his
administration was strong in its grasp
of affairs, strong in popular faVor and
destined to grow_ stronger; that grave
difficulties confronting him at his inau
guration had tor en safely passed; that
trouble lay bebind him and not before 1
bim; that be was so o n' to meet the
wife whom he loved l , now recovering
from an illness which had. but lately
disquieted and at times almost unnerve:.l
him; that he WAS going to his Alma
Mater'• . to renew the most cherished
associations of his yoting manhood, and
to exchange - greeting pith those whose
deepening interest bad followed every,
step of his upward i p ogress from the
day he enters upon his college course
until he had ttained the loftiest ele
vation in the rift. of his countrymen. :+
Surely if lr ppineSs . oin ever some
from the bon rs orltriurnusba of this
worhi, on t at quiet July morning
James A. Gar eld May well, have been
a happy man' Nu foreboding, Of evil
haunted him; no slightest premonition
of danger clotided his sky. His terrible
fate was upon him in an instant. one
moment he stood erect, strong, oonUdent
in the years stretching peacefully oul
before him.
. I The neat he lay wounded,
bleeding, helless. doomed to weary
weeks of torture. to silence and the
grave.
Great in life, , he was surpassingly
great in death. For na cause, id thi3
very frenzy of wantonness and wicked
ness, by the red hind 'of murder, he
was thrust from the I full , tide of this
world's interests, from its hopes, its
aspirations, its victories, into the visi
ble presence of death Hand 'he did not,
quail. Not alone for the one short
' moment in which, stunned and dazed
he could give up life; hardly, aware of
its relinquishment, but through days of
deadly langor, through weeks of agony
that was not less ag,?ny because silent
ly borne, with clear sight and, calm
Courage, be looked into his open grave.
What blight and ruin met his anguished
eyes, whose lips may tell—what brilliant
broked plans, what baffled, high ambi
tions, what sundering of strong, warm
manhood's friendships, what bitter
rending of sweet household ties! Behind
him a proud, expectant nation, a great
host of sustaining friends, a cherished
and happy mother, wearing the full
rich honors of-her early toil and tears;
the wife of his youth, whose whole life
lay in his; the little boys -not' yet
emerged from childhopd's day of frolic;
the fair, young daughter; the sturdy
i sons just springing into closest compan
ion ship, claiming every day and every
day, rewarding a fathir's love and care;
and in his heart the,. eager,
_rejoicing
poirer to meet all demand. = Before
hint, desolatian I and , great dsrlineti!
And his soul w i se note shaken. ' His
countrymen were thrilled with instant
profound, and 1. universal sympathy.
Masterful in his mortal weakness, he
!
became the een re -of a national love,
enshrined in th prayers of a i , orld. .
He all the love and all the syi4patbj
could not ahare with him his suffering.
He trod the wine-press {alone. ' .With
unfaltering front he faced death.
With unfalteritig - tenderness be- took
leave of life. Aloove the demoniac hiss
of'the assassin'Omllet be • heard the
voice of GO& With simple resignation ,
- be bowed to the pivine decree.
1 As , the end drew near, his early crav
ing foitha sea returned. Th' stately
mansion of powe'r had been to him the
woiarisome hospital of pain, and he
begged to be taken from its prison
walls, from its oppressive, stifling air,
from its homeleisness and its hopeless
ness. Gently, silently, the love of a
great people bete the Pale sufferer to
the longed-for healing of the sea, to live
or die, as God should will, within sight
of ittibeaving billows, within sound of
its manifold voices. With wan, fevered
face tenderly lifted to the cooling breeze
he looked out wistfully upon the ocean's 1
changing wonders; on its far sails,
whitening in the. morning light; on its
restless waves, rolllng - shoreward to
break and die beneath the noonday sun;
on the red clouds of evening, arching
low to the horizon; on the serene and
shining pathway of the stun. Let us
think that his dying eyes read a mystic
meaning which only the rapt and part
ing soul may linos. LA us believe
that in the silence of - .the receding
world he heard the great weveshreaking
on a further shore, and felt, already
upon his wasted brow the breath of the
eternal morning. -
COMMITTEE MEETING,
Headquarters of theßepubtlean Stand
. fug Commitee for the County of
Bradford, Towanda, Pa., Mar. lat.
The members of . the Republican
Standing Committee for the County
of. Bradford are requested to meet at
the Court House in Towanda borough
on Tuesday the 14th day of March,
at one o'clock P. N. to fix the time
and place for holding a County Con
vention to elect delegates tp repre
sent the Republicans Of - tho County
of Bradford in. the Republican State
Convention to, be held at Harrisburg
on , the 10th da b y of May next, and to
take such other action for conduc
ting the enspling Campaign as may
be deemed necessary.
A full attendance of the membeis
of the Committee is-desirable.
The following named gentlemen
comprise the Committee.
Alba-George H. Webb.
Albany-O. W. Fawcett.
Armenia-D. D. Alexander.
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Asylum-A. L. Thomas.
AthensDoro, - lst Ward-Dr. Miele].
-2nd Ward-Geo. E. Davis.
Athens Twp., Let District-Frank S Morley.
it ' 2ad District-Hiram Sibley.
" 3rd District--Clarence Blood.
Barclay-X. H4Johnson.
Burlington Tyip-Y. L. Morgan.
Burlington Moro-C. A. Ford.
Burlington, West-Isaac McKean.
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Canton Twp-Daniel limes.
Canton.Boro-F. A. Owen. -
Columbia-James H. Strong. •
Franklin-H., B. Kilborn.••
Granville-Samuel Manley.
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Herrick-Henry Blocher.
Lellaysville-Geo. W. Brink.
LeThiy-telloy Holcomb. • •
Litchfield-:Chester McKinney.
Monroe Boro-H. W. Rockwell, -
" TwPJ. D. Cummings. .
New Albany-Daniel Brown.
Orwell-Wm. Pickering.
Overton-A. Strevey.
Pike-M. E. Warner.
Ridgebury-E. A. Cooper. •
Rome Boro-klextinderKeete. . •
" Twp-Charles Dougherty.
Sheshequin-U. E. Hortori..
Smithtlelif-E. E. Chamberlin.
South Creek-S. B. Pettongill.
South Waverly-Johu'Thempson.
Springfield-FiAley Hubbard.
Standing Stone-Geo. E. Vanness.
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Sylvania-W. L. Scontin.
Terry-J. H. Schoonover.
Towanda Boro., Ist Ward-I. McPherson.
" 2nd Ward-C. H. Allen,
3rd Ward-L. Elsbree.
Towanda Twp -Geo. H. Fox.
Towanda, North-D. T. Foster. i•
'troy Borg-O. P. Adams.
" Twp -William Verbeck. !
Tuscarora-William Shumway.
Ulster-:-G. B. Rockwell..
Warren-Howell Howell: ' •
Welleii-G. H. Grinnell. . . .
Wilmot-Geo. F. Ingham.
Windham-T. E. Weller. • .
Wyalusing, Ist District-T. E. Myer.
" 2nd District-James Donahoe.
Wyeox Ist Dist.-Col. B. E. -Whitney.
" 2nd Dist.-S. J. Ross.
CONGRESS JO'TINGS.
A bill - was reported in the House
from the Coinage Committee lasi Thurs
day to provide for the eichange , of
trade dellars for legal tender dollars
and to stop the coinage of trade dollars.
bill has been introduced in the Se
nate by Mr. McPherson to extend the
corporate existence of national banking
associations provides for the indefinite
extension- of any national. banking
association organized under the various
national banking laws,- unlese the asso
ciation is sooner dissolved by the share- .
,
'holders owning two.-thirds of the stock,
or unless its franchises becomes forfeit-.
ed by some violation of likw.
•
The:House Committee on Commerce
have agreed to report favorably the bill
appropriating $25,000 to enable the
Secretary of the Navy to transmit ,o
all cities having over fifteen theusand
inhabitants desiring it, the standa'rd
Washington time daily at meridium:
PRESS''OPArNIONS.
The FrOklin Repository regards it
as a tesul already assured that General
Beaver will be the RZpublican nominee
for Governor, but that pitper'a anxiety
is apparent in its appeal to Beaver's
friends in every county tt be vigilant.
:- ! The Springfield Republican „gays :
Your V nele Sammy Tilden is the most
eflective scarecrow in the political-corn
field.
The Philadelphia Press is doing good
aervice to that city by exposing a crew
of police detectives that are worse than
the thieves they are hired to catch:
Editorial Cerropposidliti . es
• '. Wmattsoroi!, (X 7itt. gib. IEB2
The Court Martial for the triad of
Johq
,A,3111801), Sergeant Battery
"B."lSeccirtd United States Artillery,
on the chargo 'of &big at Guiteati
with the intention of killing
_him,
while doing 'ot4 duty at the jail,
ended its A la- to,:t FriditY last
verdict wait iigreed' gree d';, but under
'army ndes it cannot be made public
until approved. by the Department
Commander, who, in this case, is
General Winfield S. Hancock. The
fate of Mason,who attempted to mur
der the assassin of the late Preshlent
:Garfield, is to a certain extent in the .
hands of the man who ,was defeated
for President by General Garfield.
It is believed that Mason't3 sentence
will be light. Writings of this, sug—
gests to me other coincidences, still
more striking, which the whirligig of
time in -a brief period has left as a
dramatic commentary upon political
events.
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MOSEY LETTER-1,
be remembered, was an active mem
ber of the Republican,National Com
mittee in. the
,Presidential campaign
of IFBO. When the "Morey' letter
forgery" was telegraphed, and Gen.
Garfield had published his vehement
denial of its genuineness, accompa
nied by a request to the National
Committee to "hunt the scoundre
=I
W. J. YOUNG,
Cnairwan.
WASHINGiTaZi i ' LETTER.
OEltilEitirr MASON:
Tat' ante ROUTE FRAUDS-
PRESIDENT AWEIGH..
Es-Senator JolinVir. Dorsey; it will
down," there was a flutter among
prciminent members of the Democra
tic party inWashiagtOn, through feu
the forgery might be fastened upon
parties here who were suspected of
kmiting More about the origin of the
letter than they would like the public
to knovr. , The behavierbf a Mr
Wilson, an ardent Hancock man, was
such in regard to the Morey letter as
to lead many of those familiar with
the management of , the campaign on
the Republican side, to suspect him
of having had some habd in the in-
stigation of that gigantic roorback
Soon' after the - investigation began
in New York, the Democratic mana
gers.f
here procurd la number of per
sons to go there and testify, accord
ing to the best of their knowledge
and belief. that the letter was in Gar
field's handwriting. and genuine; and
tlerefore`his denunciation of it as a
forgery Was merely au expedient to
escape its political consequences.
This was !le political coloring given
by the Democrats thioughout .the
country to this most -infamous- at
tempt to deceive the people by a
orgery into the rejection of a candi-
date for President. The letter was
defiantly flaunted in the faces of Re-
publicans as genuine by . Democrats
of Towanda, whose cheeks should
tingle-with shame whenever the his
tory of the acknowledged forgery is
referred to.
- Among the witnesses who went
from Washington to New York and
testified to the genuineness of the
Morey letter,' was the man' Wilson,
above referred to: Whereupon,
es-Senator Dorsey, 7ho was the Sec
retary of the Committee, and actually
conducting the canvass, endeavored
to ha,vA Wiliop and his associates
,arrested and prosecuted for perjury.
The sequel . was that a poor scape
goat was scared into a confession and
punished by imprisonmeot, while the
greater rascals, whose tool he had
been, went scot free. Mr; Dorsey:
was , not in favor of letting any of
.them off, and until overruled' by a
majority of his -colleagues on the coin,
mittee, insisted on ferreting out the .
forgery and prosecuting to the bitter,
end those concerned in-its perpetra
tion. Arr. Wilsoti,, who 'viewed Mr.
,
Dorsey's zeal at that time as - a possi
ble means of bringing -him into
trouble,, naturally came to regard
him as a 'Personal and political ad
versary; and 'his animosity _became
aroused to . such an i-extent_ as to
cherish' Nengefulnesq against Dorsey
in '
proportion to his fear resulting
.from the prospect of proseentioe.
TIIIEg BRINGS ITS REVENGES
in ways so mysterions,.that none can
forecast or even dream of. He who in
1880,when Wilson was shrinking fiom
the fear of prosecution from perjury
under the auspices of Dorsey, would
have predicted that in 1882 this man
Wilson' would be the foreman of the
grand jury of the criminal Court of
the United States for the District of
Columbi'a sitting in inquisition in the
Star Routeproseeutions, in which is
involved terrible consequences to Mr.
Dorsey, would have been thought a,
dreamer, if not a lunatic. Yet such
is the fact, that in less than two years
the tables are turned, and this same
Wilson we find clothed with the tre
mendous power of a' foreman of a
grand jury impanneiled to indict
Dorsey for. conspiracy to defraud the
Government in his connection with
the Star Route frauds. So far as an
indictment '
can fix the stigma of
shame upon the fair name of his vic
tim he has his revenge on Dbrsey..
Still anotherincident in this singu
lar chain of dramatic events is pre:-
sented in the fact that General Ches
ter A. Arthur, the 'Republican candi
date for Vice-Rrelfdent 'in 1880, is
now Presideidby succession, on the
removal by death at the hand of an
assassin, of the President elect. After
I the ?election in 1880, a congratulatory
meeting over the successful result of
the election, at which a dinner was
given in honor of the Services ren
dered by Mr. Dorsey in the canvass
Which resulted in the election of Mr.
Arthur as Vice-President, Mr. Arthur
was preient and complimented Mr.
Dorsey as follows : "If you Ida for
the measure of the appreciatipn of
the services rendered by Birl Dorsey
and the measure of the regard in
which his friends all. through Allis
country 'hold - hitn, look:around you
and - you - Will See the most distinguish
ed gathering of. Republican leaders,
and ,Repablitan sentiment thatz to
my knowledge ever met in this City.
* *" * And throtigh New.Rork
had for years been, considered a
doubtful a te, audit was more De
mocratic than Republican ; but I re
peat that if one. thing more than
another secured .our, . . tees 'in New
York, ' it was the mo effect and
support given.to our cause. by our
I Success in Indiana, which was more
largely due to Mr. Dorsey than to
any one else."
At the time of these utterances no
one suspected hew deeply Mr. Dorsey
was associated with the fraudi!lent
transactions, sincauncottered in con
nection with the Star Route frauds,
and Mr. Arthur, no doubt, spoke the
honest sentiment of his,heart, and he
was anxious to ses Mr. Dorsey duly
I:ionored as the architect of his eleva
tion to the Vice-Presidency. In
1882, by. a moat singular login 'of
events, he is just as anxious, if cor
rectly represented, to see Mr. Dorsey
lodged in the penitentiary. It is no
Tart of our aim in writing up these
dramatic and tragic events of history
Ito censure, draw inferences, or riiiint
a moral, but. to present the facts of
the most remarkable chain of politi
cal incidents, each bearing upon the
other, known to historyl The strange
spectacle is presented of a man, who,'
confessedly was elevated 'to the , Vice
Presidency and placed in the line of ,
promotion to the Presidency by the
efforts of one man, now using all the
powers of 'his administration to send
that man to the penitentiary.
the same time the man whose crimi.
nat act elevated him to the Presidency
now-lies in jail awaiting the execution
of the sentence of death for the act
which resulted in his promotion to
the Chief Magistracy
,otthe Nation. ,
The history of the world does " not
produce the record of such another
condition. The logic of this most
remarkable combinatiom of public
events, so dramatic in their charac
ter, so intimately interwoven, and
so far reaching in their infer( sees,
is past the ken' of the wisest men to :
find out. They are not reproduced
here for the purpose of 'casting re
flection upon President Arthur. - He
is President idaccordance with the
terms of ;the Constitution, and has
demonstrated the integrity of his
purposes in the administration of
the him/ against offenders impartially
and w ithout fear or favor. cir
eumsianees surrounding his' pro
motien to the Presidency are fully
appreciated by him, and tend to
make him more sensitive to ,his
obligations , as , Chief -Magistrate.
We present the. history` of these
lamentable events in as delicate terms
'as ltinguage will permit, with no pur
pose of detraction or doing injustice
to any. J. H.
We are glad that! Chairman Young
has called the
. Coupty Committee - to
gether for the 'puiliose of calling a
County Conventioi and fixing the time
of meeting, for the purpose of electing
delegates to the:"State t Qnvention
-
which meets at :Harrisburg on the 10th
of May next.
Thi§, is, in keeping with the spiiit o
the people at the present' time and in
harmony with the principles enunciated•
by the reform Republicans as epreSs
ed in- the resolutions passed by the
Continental Hotel conference. In the
sense of the spirit of that conference,
nine-tenths of the RepubliCaris of' Brad
ford arc Independents. They are
against the dictatorial and tyrannical
Methods of party bosses; and are • for
refOrm in party. methods by action
witltin'the party and not outside of it.
We'are glad our County Committee
concluded not to take the responsibility
of naming the delegates to Harrisburg,
but leave the choice to a convention of
delegates chosen' by the. people,
The . Committee on Bunting and
Currency of the House of Representa
tives has reported favorably a bill. to;
make the dollar a ftill legal-tender
on iin equality with the • Wand dollar.
It is to be• hoped that the bill Will early
become a law and thus the business
community
.be relieved from- the nui-
sane of a circulding medium
.of un
equal valud. A dollar, not a legal
tender and not bankable is an insuffer
able inconvenience to business men
Our interesting Washington letteer
this'weelc, givei in the line of readable
newspaper inforination a brief history
of the dramatic political events of the
past two years. It is given without
partizan bias, and does not seek to
misrepresent, facts, or excite injust
prejudice, but to, furnish a readable
statement of remarkable historic
events
• Senator Hoar of Massachusetts is
described asa man with i respectable
white side whiskers. His
,ityle is lucid,
smooth and classical.. is, entirely
without color or warmth, and when he
becomes impulsive he is simply bitter,
incisive and intensely cold, and his
declamation is like a small hailstorm.
He is as cool as iced vinegar.
Mr: Vanderbilt 'is now perfectly con
tent to be admired and envied simply
as the driver - of Maud S„, whom he
b as
just brought to New , York. ' He is to
be seen in the park every pleasant after
noon, is ofteil accompanied by General
Grant or Mr. Lorillard, and would
rather talk about the turf than anything
else .
A PROPOSED _EXTRA
SESSION.
l'hero is. good reason to , believe that,
since the result of the recent election
in this eity r the political managers are
entertaining, the scheme of galling an
extra session of the Legislature. The
Harrisburg despatch to The Press out- .
lines the project, and gives the reasons
which have inspired it. The subject
is. one which will command universal
attention, and should elicit, a general
expresaiori of public opinon.
The avowed object of calling the
proposed extra,session is toiedistrict
the State under the new. Congressional
apportionment: Still more irnpOrtant
to the political managers is the Legisla
tive apportionment which they' are
peculiarly anxious to keep intheir own
hands, Since the demonstration of
public sentiment in this city they fear
that the reform wave will sweep over
the • State and enter into the -next
Legislative elections, resulting either
n a reform majoritTor in Republican
division arid Democratienscendancy.
lTnder these circumstances they - are
considering the. question of avoiding
any risk by convening the present Leg
islature in extra session.,
We recognize the great importance
to the Republicans of not losing the
control of the apportionment. They
constitute the majority, party, and they
are entitled to make it—to make it, on
principles of justice, but to shape it
them Selves, and not allow their oppon
ents to shape it. It mould be a grave
misfortune to let the power of mould- .
ing the districts for the next ten' years
pass to the Democratic party: • But
there is no danger of losing a Republi
can Legislature .unless the
.managers
themselves invite and precipitate disc
aster. They may imperil success by
forcing the nomination of obnoxious
roosters whom the people will not
tolerate. But if they recognize_lhe
wisdom and necessity of presenting
unexceptionable men, there will be no
risk of Republican defeat, and no need
of anticipating the next Legislature:
To call an extra session would itself
be a confession of danger which prould
arm our opponenents with a formidable
weapon. It would involve questions
of.expense which would excite public
Criticism. Governor Hoyt has thus
far declined to convene the Legislature
because of these considerations, .and it
is a grave matter of doubt whether any
other attitude can prudently be taken.
As . Republicans; we appreciate the
advantages which would be seized by
the Democrats if the redistrltting of
the State lhould fall into their' hands.
i3ut does not this impose the obligation
Of wise nominations rather than a
scheme ; to call an extra session and
anticipate the usual course of "proced:.
ure?—Phila. Press. . •
THE MISSISSIPPI FLOOD.
IMMENSE DAMAGE DONE'-THE RIVER 250
MILES' WIDE AT , ONE POINT-OEEAT
toss OF LIFE
IMMENSE DAMAGE IN TENNESSEE
lintrats, March The 4eatnr
Dean Adams rescued many
.people at
Riverton when the levee broke 'on
Monday.
Bolin ia, Washa and Isaquena coup
ties, the richest= - cotton district in the
State, is flooded. The damage to the
levee is over $400,000.
TERRIBLE SITUATION AT RIVERTON, 31169.
RIVERTON, Miss., March ..2.—The
situation here is terrible.. . Nearly
every house is washed away or render
ed unfit for habitation.'
FLPTEEN PERSONS DROWNF.D.
GREEI , h'ILLE7iIIiSS, Marehj
ben persons were drowned aeßiverton
anding by the breaking of a levee.
twarsstrr OF TUE RIVER . S EXPANSE.
The river now extends' from the
Bluffs, or Baton Macon Hills, in.
Arkansas, on the-west, to Yazoo
or Chicklasaw Bluffs, on the c i st, a
mean width of 2:10 The:, small
est item of damage is the total wreck
of ttie levee system sustained by a tax
Of $1!25,960 a year. There is hardly
. enough money in the ,United States
Treasury to corer the aetpal damaged.
30 PERSONS DROWNED AND 30,000 BEAD
or STOCK
HELENA, Ark ~ • March 2.—Reports
from various parts indicate that thirty
persons have been drowned by the.
flood and many more died from ex
posure. Thirty thousand head of stock
have been drowned, and large num
bers are dying. The losses to the
railroads centering here are slsi
000. •
600 Miler) in Six Days.
In New .York,; last week; • Hazael,. an
Englishman,. beat the best . pedestrian
feat. on record for six days, by walking
and running a distance of 600 miles in
that period.. Rowell, the holder of the
Astley champion belt, having won it
three consecutive_ times, broke down
after he had been on the track about
fdur days, caused by racing too hard in
the beginning of the contest. The en
trance fee was $1,000; 32 miles were
required to . be made to get, a share of
the gate money. Three men lost their
entrance fee Mid gate money, viz., Vint
and Scott, who retired on the first day,
and Rowell.
The following was the score'at the
close on Saturday night:
Hazael .
Fitzgerald
Norermao
, Hart
Hughes...
Sullivan
At 6:11.p. m. Saturday evening last
Hazael had achieved a score unequalled
in pedestrianism, and wak presented
with a jeweled whip. tr .
THEAWARDS.
The total amount receiv by Hazael
out of the proceeds of the walking
match is $21,750, not inpiuding the
trophy. Fitzgerald gets $6100; Nord
mac, $3,060; Hart, $2,040; -Hughes,
$1,530; Sullivan, $1,020. ,
Ex• Senator Roscoe Colliding has de
clined the seat on the Supreme Bench
tendered to him by President Arthur.
Ai ATTEKOT TO.AMUMNATE HER-SUE.
Wnsoson, Eng., March 2.—As . the
Queen was entering her carriage' this
evening, a man' in the station yard
deliberately fired a pistol at her. The
man, who was a miserable looking
object, was seized by several policemen
and taken to Windsor police station.
No one was hurt. The , man gives his
name as Roderick Mac Lean. He is
said to be an inhabitant Of South Sea.
The general opinion is, that the act was
the result of lunacy. The miscreant
was with difficulty rescued from the
crowd. The affair caused much sen
sation.
The. Queen drove to the Castle im
mediately aftei: being fUed at. Mach
Lean was followed to the police station
by- a large crowd of people. The
Queen arrived at Windsor at 5:25 P. m.
She had been in London since Tuesday,
where she gave a drawing-room on
, Wednesday - in, honor of the Princess
Helena, of Waldeck, who is to. marry
Prince Leopold. A crowd of people
assembled at Buckingham Palace this
morning in hopes that the Queen would
drive out.
Mac Lean is twenty-seven years old.
He states that he is a grocer's assistant.
The doctors pronounce him sane. The
revolver. is a six-chambered Colt's,
American make. Two (if the cham-
bers were loaded and two had 'been
recently discharged. Fourteen _ ball
cartridges were found on the prikner.
MacLean"says, that hunger actuated
the crime. .
THE PRESIDENT SENDS MS CONGRATULA-
6001 Miles.
t 77 •'
555
5 4 2
535 as
525 "
CONK/ f /X0 DECLIXES.
QUEEN VICTORIA.
ESCAPES lINHUBT-AHREST OF THE
V7U'QLD•BE ASSASSIN.
TIONS
WAsumorox, March, 3.—Secretary
Frelinghnysen telegraphed to-diy to
Minister, Lowell: "The President and
people of the United States congratu
lates Her Majesty on having been
providentially protected from •an assas
sin. Remembering the 'sympathy of
Her Majesty and British
. people'in our
recent national bereavement:. the feel.
ing of indignation and thankfulness
for the Queeen's safety- is deep and
universal."
THE PRISONER A DISCHARGED LUNATIC
Los'noN, March 3.—The . police have
ascertained that Mac Lean was formally
in Wells Lunatic Asylum and was
only discharged in September last. A
solicitor has written to the Mayor of
Windsor stating that he defended a
man named Roderick Mac Lean in 1874,
at Maidstone,' charged With attempting
to upset a train.
The Arett's says it !nay be pretty
safely concluded that Mac Lean is in
sane., Since his_ discharge from `:'ells
Asylum he , has been confined in the
.Western - Super Marie Asylum: - The
police have y .received, information • that
.he was ineareeratecl in a Dublin asylum
many months.
ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME TO THE .QUErc.
The Queen drove .through •Windsor
to-day and was welcomed :,•wi.thindes
cribable Enthusiasm . .
.
When Mac Lean left the • town hall
after his examination twenty :.!ten
attempted to overturn the earriage
Containing, him:
CONDENSED NEWS
Half the Schuylkill county colleries`
were drowned out altogether or worked
on half time during.the late flOods.
(4eneral Fitihugh. Lee has begun to
write a historylf the campaigns of Lee's
army.. • . .
General Sherman and' Hancock - have
gone to Texas on a military 'inspection
tour. •
_. The banking tirin of Chas. A.'iSireet,
of Boston; failed on Monday. Liabili
ties, 4 0 SOO 000.
.10
Prrrsauna, March ''4".—David Nav
arro, the '•fat..boy," claiming tv weigh
700, died to-day of small-pox.
'Senator Blaine. «•as in a freAt new
suit of clothes when' he • delivere f i_his•
great speech: . •
The gas-house at Wilkesbarre,: P 4„
was demolished on, Monday afternoon
by an explosion
Samuel Clark. a wealthy tanner 6f
Ridgefield, -N. died onWaBhingtciii's
birthday, aattend=ninetY-one. He attend=
ed Washington's funeral.
Senatoi Hawley has accepted the
invitation. to deliver -memorial ad
dress at Gettysburg, a., on Decora
tion
It is learned that the President von
Monday tendered Senator Edmunds
the position of Justice of the Supreme
Court. Mr. Edmunds declined it.
OwingVi the depression 'in the cloth
market, the manufacturers at Fall
River, l&ss., are considering the ad
visability of closing their mills.
• •
Rev..l/
eury Ward 'Beecher fainted
away while lecturing -in . Chicago on
Monday evening, He was carried to,.
his hotel extremely ill.
An article in an exchange is headed,
IlOne Spot Where Siu.w will not Lie."
Snow isr entirely different from, the
average' FI emocratic stump speaker in
thisrespdct. You ca nnot the lat
ter in a spot where ,he will not lie.—
Norriste - wn Herald.
The State Temperance Committee
met at Harrisburg Thursday last and
appointed a sub-committee to prepare
an address to the people on the subject
of. constitutional amendment • prohibit
ing thq sale of liquors.
An Ohio rope manufacturer has
asked for the privilege of making the
rope ,with- which Guiteau will be
hanged. He `bases his 'request ,on the
doctrine of State rights, claiming that
Garfield's murd6rer should he Itang e d
with an Ohio rope. lle propoios thit
the rope be made of silk. The request
has been referred to Warden Cui::ker,
of the : Washington jail.
:ITheeoroner held an - inque;st at
Peteriburg, N. Y:, on Monday on •the
•
body of Bol)hia Bowen, who. 'starved
tO,.death: She wag the widow, of a
'veteran of the war of 1812 and vainly
applied for a pension.
The -National Rifle Association 6f
Great Britian have decided to send a
team to shoot the American team :it
Creedmore in • September, and th e
American team have given as guarant , , e
to go tO . England next year.
The Presidenti - intends to have re
.eetotiOns, afternoons and evenings,
twice a week
.• after. the 20th;
date masks the - expiration of a peri6l of
six months mourning over the death'of
President Garfield. ' •
R. Scudder .has been arrested in
Builitigtoni- la., forpracticing frauds
throtigh the mails. Scudder sent - out
circulars calling for money to be used .
in the 'defence of Guiteau. He.clairned
that Guiteau Was but a tool in the.
hands of political persons, and if money
enough was forthcoming this fact could
be proved, and would lead to the down
fall of theicarty In posession of - the
Government. The money received
was appropriated by Scudder to his
.OWLI
New -Advertismants.
SHERIFFS SALES.
By viftne• of sundry writs issued out of the
Court 'of Common PleaSe of Bradford county
and to me directed, I will expose to public Azle,
at tho Court Honsein 'Towanda Borough. ou
FRIDAY, NARCII 31st, I.•D. 148 4
-1
at 1 o'clock, p. m., the following described prep.
erty, to wit: •
No. 1. , Ouo let, piece or parcel of land, situate
in Athens township, bounded north-lay lands of
Bowman and Splain.. east by lands of 11. Willis.
ton's estate and Abramalunsiker,sonth by lands
of Smith and Griffith and the party of the first
part, and west by lands of James McArdle; con.
talus 2.10 acres, more or less, about t.,V) improved.
with 1 framed house, 2 barns and sheds attached.
1 hog house and milk house, and a few fruit
trees thereon. Seized and taken into execution
at the suit of William Garlock vs. C. liunsiker.
No. 2: ALSO—One other lotlif land. situate in
Litchfield township, bounded"nortn by lands of
Joshua Merrill and fred Johnson, east by lanla
of George Lamoreaut, south by lands of A b.
Munn,
and west by lands of -Jonathan Illadlock
and A. C. Elsbree; contains fitracres, more or
less, about 55 improved, with -I.lramed 'house,:
framed barn and sheds, and:a fow fruit trues
thereon. Seized and taken info executitiu it
the suit of A. C. Elsbree vs. Thomai Golden.
No. 3. ALSO-One other lot of land, situate Ir.
Pike township bounded and described as f01i0...4
Beginning at a corner in line of land fornierly -
Owned by John Pattdrr: thence north 10 de,;. east
do and 4-10 perches to a cornet of Bald Patt,c
lot; thence north 1 deg east 36 4-10 peritesaloz,:
line of land formerly owned by Josiah Wood t:
a corner Of J. W. Bosworth's land; thence alor4
Ithe of aaid - J. W. Bosworth's land south hL de o.
west 51 perches to a corner in line of slid J. W
Bosworth's" lot (being also s-corner of lot for
merly owned by Reed Bosworth, de.x.taed ,. ;
thence along Said Reed Bosworth line 1 deg welt
62 perches to a corner; thence South 61 d ein east
46 4.10 perches to the luta named corner ILI
place of beginning; contains 19 acres ant
perches, more or leas.
No. 4. ALSO—One other lot of laud. F.; taatz it
Pike township. bounded and described as :-:-
lows: Beginning at a corner of Janata W. BrA
worth's land-in the road; thence north .;‘). , -1.1
perches; thence south 8.5! 4 ' degs east '71).:rcb..,1;
thence north 5 dega and 451nius. west
es; thence" north 19 degs west 3G perch ;M.;
foregoing corners are in a line of J. w. Bos-
worth's. ]and) to a corner of said Bosworth's I,t
- in the warranty line; thence along said uarrsat
line north 80 degs 3 mins. west t') perches to 1
corner of land formerly owned by F. Marvin
thence along line of Marvin south 1+; degs west
38 5-10 perches; thence south 51', digs slat it;
2-10 perches; thence eolith 3 dege.4l3..lopnrches;
thence south 12 d. east3lperchesto a comer in
line of land the estate •of Heed Bosworth.
dr
ceased; thence north VI; degs east s perches;
thence north 85 degs east 54 perches to's corner
in the road; theiace along said road north '2l
perches to the place of beginning; contains 5;
cre.s and 10 perches, more or less.
No, 5. ALSO—One other lot of lancl i tAuste
Pike townehip,bounded and described
Beginning at a stake and stones in the wa craw: -
line , near the corner of Daniel Camp's orchard;
thence south 34,? , ' degs east along said line 1:
4.10 perches to a stake and stones; thence south
15}; degseast along stone wall 12 perches; thence
south 21. , 4 . degs east 27 perches to a large rock;
thence south 7,4 degs east 1s 6-10 perches to
corner of a garden; thence west 3 3-10 perches
across garden to a stake; thence south 6 deo
east 5 4-16 perches to a stone 'wall; thence north
36!.; deal west 16 6.10 perches to s stake; thence
north 5N degs west 22 •perches ; thence north 14
degs west 3G perches to *the place of beginning:.
!Mains 6 acres and G perches, more or less.
Dr. 1.i.--tf.-1-likirertsfiAGgitgiwi,
. _
DAVIS° HAIR. RENEWER.
No other Renewer yet discovered does its work
quiCkly andsatisfactorily cs this. It will n4tore
gray and faded hair to its original beauty ; it will
immediately. prevent the falling out of the heir: .
it cures dandruff, itching eruptions, and keeps the
Scalp clean ;it will cause the hair to grew where
it has fallen off and impart gloss and frerlinerr
it softens the hair when harsh•and dry and is en•
tirely free from all irritating Matter; it has the
very but reputation and gives universal sena&
'" • - WILLIAM T. HORTON, .tilwril
-Blteriff's MCA% Towanda, 3lareb
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