Daily national Republican., 1864-09-12
MCMILLAN, BARLOW, AND sLIpELL


Among the names of the Vice Presidents at
the Mcclellan meeting Ia New York we see
the name Of Samn L. Barlow. This Mr.. Bar
low is the well.known confidential friend of
John slidell, Judah P. Benjamin and Geo. B.
Mcclellan. In fact, they are political quar-
totte-the quadrangle would be incomplete
without Mr.. Barlow.
There are many curious stories aloat about
Mr.. Barlow. 1t was this Mr.. Barlow, who, at
the Fifth avenue hotel, got up libel and
falsehood on Mr.. Gcrrltt Smith, the esteemed
phIlanthropist of New York, and other promi-
nent members of the Republican party, by
charging them with aiding and sbetting John
Brown in his Harper's Ferry raid.
1t will be remembered that, though false, this
slander greatly affected Mr.. Gerritt Smiths
health, and in order to prove the falsity of the
charge, recourse was had to the courts, and q
suit was consequently commenced against sew
eral Of the parties, among them Samuel L. Bar
low, Watt Sherman, and Royal Phelps, but
which was settled by the payment of one thou
sand dollars each, some of the parties being
afraid to have the falsehood proved upon them.
One of the parties, Mr.. Royal Phelps, denied
any connection with the slander, and charged
that forgery had been perpetrated in using
his name in this regard, and was anxious to
have the trial proceed, to discover who was the
pGrpetrstor of the forgery. 1t would rave been
an interesting fact TO have known who was
this bold forser of Nj. Phelps's name. There
can be no doubt that the matter was hushcd up
to prevent this.
The public may remember the Interpolation
of a falsehood in a report Of meeting of the
Telegraphlc Union Convention when somebody
stated that the health of a certain great Gen
cral had been proposed TO the meeting, ant
received with great enthusiasm. The entire
thing being made out Of whole cloth, the indi
cations were pretty clearly established at tn,
time that the immaculate patriot, Samuel L
Barlow, was the tailor on the occusion. 1t i
said such work suited him.
Our readers are too familiar with Angus
Belmont's status to require to be Informed VIII
he is, and what his sympatbies-as agent Of tn
British Jew house of ROthschild-are.
With these fellows money is God, and ON
nipotent. On one occasion they pompousl,
stated they "could settle this war-by making
francs 35c. each," (nstead of 1861 that is, By
influencing the exchange market-but france
have been 81, and the war is not yet brough
to q dishonorable termination.
Mr.. Barlow's friend, John slidell, is statet
to have observed, at an interview with tn
Count de Morny, that the present contest wa
"merely a renewal of the war between tn
democrats and aristocrats Of Greece" II
meant grease, undoubtedly, as the story wi
show. He thought to proptiate himself wit
the arlstocrats Of Europe by continually asser
ing in every assembly In which he happene
to be, where a scion Of aristocracy was presen
that the South was aristocratical by natur
habits and sentiments, and revolted again
the idea of an association with the plebeiar
of the Northern States, the formers, mechanic
and merchants''-the life-blood of our countr,
Aftsr he had left, Count de Morny inquired q
those present as 10 what the antecedents of th
pseudo arlstocrat, slidell, were, and on bein
informed that his father was tallow chant
Ter, the Count de Morny is said to have give
his shoulders a genuine French shTug, an
quietly remarked that he could not concey
that 1t took much to make an arlstocrat {
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