The national Republican., 1866-07-02
FORNEY AFTER THE NEW YORK
CUSTOM HOUSE.

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-Dselarss Himself the Prssadsns,s "Opsn
and AvswsA Friend -" Ny writings"
Tell the sssry--whsrs he 10 "Ts-day"-
Ths"wonderful FAVOR hat has Crewnsd'
the Presidsnt's asstoraticn Policy-Hs
Advises the Presidsns to 70 "Outsids Of
ali the Polsticians".-Hs Recommends .
Man who will "Maks" the President " 9
Party" or "Fighc' his "Batsiss single
handed.1
Very few people know what q powerful
engine the New York Custom House is nor
do they know how much pressure The PRks.
IDEsr Of the United States has to Withstand
when vacancy occurs there in endeayoring
to 6ll it. An officer who served under Pres
idents LINCOLN and JOHNSON, and up to the
time Of his leaving the Government service
was in harmony with the general policy
adopted for the full and complete restoration
Of the Union, went to Chicago, where he
was employed at price above his merits,
by political combination. His name was
DANA. His tasle for Office ruined him. He
cast his eye over the country and found q
vacancy made in the Collectorship Of New
York by the unfortunate suicide Of Mr..
KING. Through a Congressional friend
DANA quickly applied in writing to The
President for the place. The President
couldn't remove the Custom House all the
way to Chicago to accommodate DANA,
hence could not comply with the terms Of
the application, and 50 notified the friends Of
DANA. The latter forthwith pitched into the
Administrator in general and The President
in particular, The result Of this course
drove DANA out Of his situation as editor Of
the Chicago Republican, and probably saved
the stockholders. .. .....-. ..
At the very time that the pure-minded
Brook farm" socialist DANA was striving
for the spoils, the immaculate FoRsEY, the
Secretary of the United States Senate, went
to New York, and, as he says, moved by ian
impulse he could not restrain" addressed
ANDREW JOHNSON as my dear Mr.. Presi-
dent" advising him to dispose of the custom
house, "outside Of all the politicians" (mean-
ing Of course Senators MORGAN and HARRIS,
and the New York delegation in the House
and asking him to confer it upon his For
yEY's) friend-"a Democrat!
We purposely leave out the name of the
candidate mentioned in FoRNEY's letter, be.
cause he. perhaps, is not to blame for the
or long grasping Of his pure
minded and highly patriotic friend FoRSEr.
The letter is now published because FoRxEY
has challenged it, and because it exhibits
specimen Of sublime impudence and unparal-
leled hypocrisy never before equalled any.
where, and never hereafter to be excelled.
We submit the letter ITSELF Read it, and
then read an occasional" letter printed
daily from the same pen, and wonder at the
infamy of the author:
MY DEAR Mr.. PRESIDENT: have been in
this city for two days, and now write under an
impulse which j cannot restrain because
feel il to be for your own good and that of
the country. l take it for granted you are
resolved not to be unmindful of your own
lame, and that you will not allow your friends,
who heartily sustain your policy, TO feel that
they ore without your aid and encourage
ment. Whether you are candidate for
President or not, and IL you are not, shall
be greatly surprised with the wonderful favor
that has crowned your restoration policy, yon
should not allow the great Office go to indif-
ferent men, or those clearly in the interests
Of your foes. need not repeat to you that
am now, as ever, for twenty years shown in
my writings. and since your great act OF pa
triotism in 1860 especially, your open ard
avowed friend. Where am to-day my two
newspapers both daily show to the
world. Hence, in what / now say, I
speak no idle words, but mean oil
say. The Collectors Office at New
York city is a post that you should
dispose Of outside Of all the politicians; not,
mean, to defy them, but to select your
own man, who should be free only to help
you and serve the Government they
could neither attack nor use. Such man
is Of this city. He was elected
to Congress in as Democrat
but, like you, refused to follow the party into
treason. He served short time with great
distinction, and resigned on account Of i'll
health. He was member Of the Committee
Of Ways and Means, and won great applause.
He is very able man, educated to finance,
intensely national, honest, and independent,
and could furnish millions Of security. He
has an organizing mind, would make you q
party or fight your battles single-handed. He
Is an Andrew johnson Democrat, in short
write in the knowledge that he would ac-
cept, and that his appointment would be
hailed with joy by this whole community.
Yours, truly, j. w. FoRSEY.
To The PRESIDENT. &c.. &c.