, 1866-04-03
WHO Is WARD III. LAnOS7

One sfNnrd b. Lamon,'' who is fortunate
cnongn 10 have oecu patronizcd beyond his
deserts by alr. Lincoln, as very poor dag
may fare well By having very Kind master,
is seeking to ingratiatc himself with President
Jchnsoo By Affirming that had Sfr. Lincoln
Hired, hc would have proved the same OBJ
etinate demagocue as his successor. Mr. La
mon clntms to harc been aIr. Lincoln'e part-
ncs IN the practice Of the law for number ot
years. The world hns heard pt Nr. Stuart,
Judge Logan and Mr.. Hesndou as law part
ncrs Of Mr. Lincoln. but If this Lemon or
Iamou held any relation to Mr.. Lincolu's
law practice, 1t must have been SO subordinate
TINT the fact cseapcs the notice of Mr.. Lin
coins friends and bfcgraphcrs. However,
thc country VIII honor Mr.. Lincolu,s horse.
or his dog, unless those animals shall In some
way disgrace their former owner. and If this
Inmon Ind not diseraced Mr. Lincoln during
his lifc, and II he did not now seek still fur.
ther to degrade and btlIe his memory, the
world would give him credit for having at
some time enjoyed the patronage of great
man.
We believe N1. Lamon was FIRST known 10
farne by his own teleraphic depstch to a
Chicago paper, dated on Mr.. Lincoin's arrival
in Washington In 1851. It was to the effect
that !" president Lincoln and Ward Il. Lamon
have arrived at the capital" Freezing to
the good hearted President as i fortune-hunt-
CT would cling TO dying testator, this man
avaflcd himself OF bis accidental acquaintance
with Ar. Lincoln, while The hitter was In com-
pnrative obscurlty, to induce Mr. Lincoln to
commit one Of the few Glundcrs which soilcd
lis fame by nominating this man, import
cd from Illinois, to the triaing Of
ce Of Marshal Of the District
Of Columbia Mr.. Lincoln doubtless
supposed that Lamon wonld sink into the
oDscnrity Of Ills Office like an oyster into the
mud, and he would hear no more Of n ycry
great bore. But even then fourteen Senators
vo1cd ngafnst his appointment, all VIC believe
On the ground that le was ut heart pro-
slavery rufllan and not Republican. Their
adverse votcs were justified by the result:
1or he appointed one of the old pro-slayery
residents Of Washington as his second and
placed negro catcher IN charge Of the Jail.
lie thcn converted the jail into receptacle
Tor fugitive slaves seeking escape from their
rcbellious owners; md made It stencil In
the nostrfls OF every friend OF AIr, Llncolp's
administration. Indeed Senator Wilson ln a
speech in favor Of correcting some OF the pro.
slavery abuses introduced By this " satrap
Lamon" slated that under Lamon
the hand of oppression had been
heavier on the colored people Of the
District than during the ten years
previous under the Administrations Of pro-
fessed pro.slaycry Democrats. To screen the
scenes enacted In lis prison from the publlc
eye, he Issued an rdcrsexcluding thercfrom
even Senators and Congressman, whose Of
ficial duties required them to visit the Prison
for purposes Of inspection. On one occasion
the Chalfman Of tue Senate Committee on the |
District Of Columbia, Mr. Grimes, Of Iowa,
was thus refused admission by this mans !
6lavc-catchfnc troupe, though entrance was
demanded by MF. Grimes, as Chairman Of the
Senate Committee, having charge Of every
tliug relating TO the welfare OF the district.
Prior to tlli6 he had already disg1accd flis too
patron BY dressing Himself up in
Generals uniform, pretending to
have commission from the President, mud
coming out 10 Illinois, he obtained All
order from Gen. Fremont's Adjutant-Gencral,
a1chccvcr, for the Both rcgimont OF the |.
ILLINOIS, Volunteers to be removed from Sts
Louis TO Maryland, "to serve in General
Lannon's brignde IN Western Virginia. All
Ibis cost the Government, Tor mere transnor.
.a1ion, S3o, ,000, at q time when it was strain
ng every nerve to send troops West instead
u East. or course, Mr.. Lamon Ind no au-
hority from the President, was not Gene.
nj, had no brigade, and came no nearer 10
BrigadIer tAan any other braggadocio. In
he course Of this business he imposed him.
,clr on Mr. Castle, who had charge Of trans
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