The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-23


District, but which address was never submit
ted to or adopted by that body, and protesting
to reiutc certain statements OF facts relative
TO the passage Of the eight'hour law and Its
enforcement, and the connection Of the Hon.
Sam. +. Gary Herewith, address d to you by
the undersigned, on tho 2Sth ult., seems TO dc.
mand Of us final notice. Tho address, signed
by A. 4. UaNiB, u. McCathran, and J. q. Judd,
is so full OF glaring falschoods, deliberate per-
versions Of wcll-known facts and malignant
asperaiOns upon the motives OF eminent adyo-
Gates Of our common cause, that we may he
pardoned II we point out TO you some Of the
more prominent OF them.
We do not and have not proposed TO detract
one Ut or little from tho credit OF the mon who
inptigurutCd the workingmcn'B movement In
this District In behalf oil the eight our law.
They worked hard and effectively, aud are en-.
titled TO the gratitude of their fellows all over
the land. We have mud can have no quarrel
with them; u Is with the windy, vain, ambi-
bilious, political hucksters who arc trying
their hest 10 trade their supposed influence
with the labor NOV omcut for personal prefer
mcnt Ia the Democratic party-mcn like sam.
y. Gary, !. q. u. Whnlcy, and tho signers OF
the address in qucstlon--thatw We desire to deal
and from whom we intend 10 strip the mask OF
" no-pNrty" under which they prosecute their
nciaTinus schemes.
A review OF the salient points Of this extraor.
binary address brings us to the following!
|. "As the third fscssionl was drawing to n
close, and jud prior 10 The connecticut election,
Hon, N. T.. Banks, OF Massachusetts, sprung
an riqhi.hOUr resolution on hr House. and rushed
II through without debate, dcli6oration or di-
VisiOn.n
And again, in n closely succeeding para
graph, this "addrcBs" rcpcHta the cUwardly in
situation;
"As the session was drawing to close the
Hon. N. J.. Banks dgdiH repeated his EdnTurre
of the foImcF year, and another bill wa"
This gratuitous and waniuniy malicious rs.
pCTsiOn upon the motives and reputation OF
one who rose from the ranks OF tho working
men, first aB "bobbin boy,n then as machinist,
to the third Office In the gift OF the nation, In
which STATEN he was acknowledged by men
OF all parties to have displayed prc-clnincnt
ability, acquiring the title Of "thc iron man
thus gUin ont OF their way To stab one Of the
most influential, untiring warmly sympathi2
ing champions Of the cause Of labor is 80 in-
cNcusnhly wicked hnd grossly impolitin that
we believe there are very few even Of the bit.
tcrcst partisans among lnbOring men who will
not Indignantly rcpudiHtc 1t.
2. The succeeding paragraph In this precious
document Is such u maze ol ialschUoi dcltb.
crate misrepresentation, and hopeless, glaf-
ing, hunglinE contradiction that II Ia dttncult
to diSscct II properly. Here are specimen
al determined but fruitlcss oppoaition Ito
the cight.huur law was led by Senators Shcr-
man, Fcsscndcn, Morton, Cameron aud Others"
This Is u deliberate, incXcusnblc falsehoOd.
Senator Morton, ~ every WUrkingfuAn kuUwe,
made one of his ahlcst and most vigorous
speeches in .fdror Of the cight.hour law, and
| followed II up with his vote. Not only that,
but tits committee has personal knowledge
that his dcscFycdly large influence with Sem
atorE was cNeFtcd Ia the utmost to secure the
passagc Of the bill, The truth iB, neither one
of the signcrs and authors of that address"
| took interest enough IN the passage OF tue
| cight-hOur law to acQWaint themselves as TO
who were and who were not itB friends in the
| Senate, rs we shall show before We are dOnc
with them. Indifference, Ignorance and bitter
partiGanship alone led them to such lying as-
.. When tho "addrcss" asGcrts, In lis pccu.
| liarly turgid and involved manner, that this
| committee interviewed "whcn the politicians
| necessity was ouropp0rtunity,n and when tho
party "ncccIsity WAS manifest, pressing, and
| recognized, AMI 81 ,UirSc CJWW'""cr TdS cnsHy
| SrCWJId," aud then conclude the same para
| graph by the rtrirmcnt that ait Is thus ~ seen
| that the bill dd nat Smrccd rs u party measure,
bW upon lis mrrH,,"wc must Say that we most
certainly ''dO nat sec " II may be good
Confederate logic, of which the chairman
and writer has had considerable experience,
and of which he Ii certainly complete mas
ter 4 the above Is = ltir spceimen; c,,,,w
ing: "ScnltOr tonncss, run phOm Our cont
mdicc hdJtudHy c"Gtrrrrd, yanquiShcd all or
| position, aud triumphcd."
Cary, these tyIOs assert: ave do, however,
| claim that he was our leader, to who (Sifl We
had constant intercourse, and who went In
| and out before Congress In our interest, and
trhOm ORiy ne COUidJTC'iy approach"
These gentlemen, IL wclrc to believe them,
| "habltually conferred with senator Connces,'
| but, nevertheless, the rCdOuhtAhlc sam. GARY
| freely appr0nrh" We insist that thu. = COM
mittCcmcn shall stick TO one or the other Of
these OppoEing statements, and not elbow hot
| and cold III the same breath"
We most cmphatically deny, however, that
| either of the gentlemen whose names are
| signed to that address "hahitunlly conferred
| with Senator ConuCEs;" we deny also that ~
| they elsewhere claim, committees in their
intercst were III daily intercourse with ScnH-
| tors
| O. Incur former letter VIC stated to you the
| facts CONNECTED with the steps taken To secure
| the enforcement Oi the eight hour law over
| the decision Of the secretary al war. The
| question ns 10 who Il entitled to credit in pro-
| curing u reference by the Prcsiient OF the
| cight.huur law To the Attorney ienrrhl for
his opinion ~ to It's legal effect IN Of no great
| Importance to the gen, raj public, Out the slim
| pie facts in the ease III -rrNC to show work.
inrmcn that the principal supporters Of MIR.
| Gary here are as bratruly, frhu"ulcntly impu.
dent In appropriating III" credit ot others
| lnbOrH ~ he ID himself.
| The address asserts:
| "As RuOu ~ the newspapers developed the
| facts connected with the disregard of the Iw
| ut Rock Island, lllnOlH II was determined AT
| the next meeting of the assembly To move n
| committee 10 request the President to revoke
procure the Attorney Generals construction
| Of the law. $arh action was had on the l'ih
| August, aud the committee discharged the duty
| on the eth.
| 4Uur necessarily delayed action gave oNp"r-
| tuuity To the 'l'rnt"lH' Grant and tOllnx
| club composed almost exclusively Of ON
l
1 Intervene ~ the intcrcst -! party, COnsc-
| qucniIy, GA the 18th they mt, aud sent com.
| mittCc iu the SECRETARY OF WHr, who refused
TO cuumtcInand the order, ihcy then, Hs IN
| diIIiUdi,, WrItC on the IrCHiiCnt,"
| The committee OF the Printers Grant aud
| to(lN club las furnished ~ with the follow
| Ing hTIcI CShibit uC facts, which should cover
MIR. Cav Ia with shame and confusion for hay
ing thrice put himself IN prnt, las he has
done in THIS city,l as having Induced the Pres
Ilcnt to "FCIer the matter Of the pIght-hOur
law To the Attorney General In nccOr'lance
With" his committees r"qucst;
The GI,ii arc thcsC. Ga the Sil' August, (Sat-
| urdayD the Printers club passed resolutions
on the subject, aud appointed n committee OF
three 10 wait upon General Sch0neld IN PR
| sou, Which duty they discharged on the fol
lowing Monday, tho 10Th They could accom-
plish nothing with the Secretary though he
received them courtcOusly and heard them
pNtiCmtly. They then appealed to the PTCAl-
dent on the l2th August, III letter OF consid-
cradle length, In response TO that letter they
re"ch Cd the following, ,
W,'m>"rvs, u, e, AuKwI u, lSS
"GENrLEMEH Tho President directs me- to
ton of the I2ih instant, and 10 Inform you that
agree IhlS 10 your rCuucBt ii has been referred
Ia the Attorney GENERAL for consideration, and
Tor his opinion ~ to the proper construction
OF the act OF Congress known rs the eight
hour law. WM,f. MOuGE,
" Secretary.
"M@r$, i 2 Er"'k, II |,"iie.I i. StmL'm,
F"mmNh", ~
1t ID thus shown that the whole matter had
hrcn referred to tho Attorney General by the
tee was in existence, and nine days before they
had the impudrncr, Et1WOiy NGi The iOOrt hdd
dirCddG d,rD Thoroughly HlilShrd, to call upon
tho rICHlhCul HIlh the deliberate intent Of
getting credit IoI the effort
MIR. Cayia is rs unfortunate in his figures
~ In his favlE, though We do not sec what diff