Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-19
A Rase Fellow.

Among the journals most shameless and
INSCRIPTIONS in assailing the President IS the
Chicago Republican, edited by CHARLES A.
Dana, late Assistant Secretary of War, IN
which office he distinguished himself by an IN
usual amount of dirty work. The cause of his
scurrility towards the President has just come
TO light. The Washington correspondent of
the New York World says:
In connection with this subject the Washington
ReDu6licGn this evening prints leader commenting
upOn the recent abusive articles upon the President
I'M the Chicago Republican, and quotes from a re-
cent editorial the following paragraph: The scheme
TO buy up the present managers of the RePu0HcGR
BY government cOlleetOrshps is very smart, but u
won't win" Commenting upon tn Is the ashlngtoh
Republican says:
Now what are the facts in our possessiOn2 They
are contained in the following letter, signed by
Charles A. Dana, and addressed to President John
son, asking him. on the Goth of January last to APP
point that modest editor Collector OF the Port oil
New York City, which request was not granted:
rCHICAGo, January 20.
Dear Sir: Some of my friends in the New York
delegation in Congress want me TO be Collector OF
New York I shall be glad TO hav e that ofhce, and
accordingly address myself directly TO you, have
been resident of New York City for nearly twenty
years till few months since, whe came here on
leaving the War Department. / now New YORK,
its merchants and its politicians, but by reason OF
NV connection with the War Depart ment have been
absent so as to be free from all id ratification with
the political factions or personal controversies by
which the Union party there had be en- much divided
believe that there is no person OF any prominence
in the party whose appointment would give greater
general satisfaction than mine. Should you be dis
posed so far to entertain the idea to wish for IN
formation concerning my capacity TO administer the
Office, there is no one who can Judge better as to
that than Mr.. Stanton.
Let me add that l am myself confident OF per-
forming the duties should they be entrusted to me,
to the advantage OF the public service, and to your
entire satisfaction.
~ am, with profound respect,
Your faithful servant,
"(Signed) CHARLES A. DANA.
ITO his Excellency, the President"
This accounts, not only for the milk in the cocoa
nut but for the fact that the Presidents profoundly
respectful and faithful servant January DO is now
the Presidents malignant enemy, and it classes Da-
ma with Forney, among the ID. DIS.
Upon this exposure the World remarks edi-
tOrislly:
~ When the begging letterwas written, on the Goth
of January last, Dana was vigorously putting Mr.
johnson as the embodiment Of all that was pOllt
cally and personally excellent. As soon as he found
that he could not be Collector he opened upon the
President all the vias of his wrath and his paper
the Chicago Republican, is daily filed with all the
venom he can distill into it against everything the
President says and does This letter will be as fatal
to Dana as was the Roberts letter to FOrney. These
poor creatures by the way, are very much alike
They fawn when there is chance for a bone, and
try to bite when nothing is offered them. They are
now dead ducks together.