New-York tribune., 1871-09-25
,ermit ourselves to entertain no shadow OF

Mr.. Robert Murray, Abraham Lincoln's
United States Marshal for this District, comes
to the front. We can be accused Of no fond
ness for Mr.. Murray, nor he Of any for u.s.
What we have thought Of past actions
In the public career Of this lifelong
disciple of Gov. Seward and Thur
low Weed we have, on proper OCCASION
freely expressed. But he belongs to that wing,
and has there intimately known Mr.. Thomas
Murphy and oil his works; and, therefore,
we are bound to accept his evidence
as that Of witness abundantly qualified TO
testify. It must be added that Mr.. Murray
now exhibits very creditable sense OF the
real nature Of the transactions whereby ne
aided Mr.. Murphy's escape from justice; and,
30 far from boasting over them, as had been
represented to us, he himself pronounces them
the "only stain on IN otherwise unsullied OFF,
"cial career Of eight years."
What then has this intimate friend and
associate of Mr. Murphy to tell usf Simply
that the charges are true! Mr.. Murphy, sobbing
like q child, made confession and begged
assistance, offering to give ten thousand dollars
to he "helped out of his scrape." He bribed
the detectives, suborned perjury, and Mr.
Murray saw the money paid, and was told by
both sides what it was paid forl Is it to DO
wondered that, with this knowledge, MIR.
Murray resents, with some vehemence and with
an array of facts that must startle the
present followers of the Collector OF the
Port, the attack this proved shoddy thief has
made upon himself "Ths man who went to
"the Philadelphia Convention and denied that
"he was there; man who presided over the
| "Twenty -third-st. organization when the reso-
"lution was adopted indorsing the nomination
"of the Democratic candidate for Governor
"Hoflman-and deniedsthat he was there;
"man who attended the Democratic Conyen-
"ton at Albany and denied that he was there;
ga man who presided at the principal stand
Gin the ratification meeting for Hoffman at
"Union square in 1865 and denied that he was
"there; man who paid largely for the defense
"of President johnson in the impeachment trial
"and denied that he had anything to do
with it; man who was member OF com
"mittee of which was Chairman in the Presi-
"dential campaign of 1868, working for the
suppression of the naturalization and re-
"peating frauds, and Who ,oas caught TN the
act Of revealing the secrets of the committee 10
ga prominent member Of the Iammany King;
ga man who has been connected with all sorts
"of Jobs with the Tammany Ring, and denies
"that he had anything to do with them;
"man who suffered the Tammany Ring to put
cup money to secure his confirmation as Col
"lector by the U. 8. Senate and procured the
"yotes of the Democratic Senators, and denied
"that they had done so;-this is pretty fell
Glow to talk about treachery and dishOnor to
"the party"
We take it that these charges are now 80
thoroughly established that not even the
effrontery that carried the shoddy contractor
through his perils can now serve him to raise a
doubt, in the minds of fair men, of his guilt.
Saved from Fort Lafayette by bribery, perjury,
and official influence boter in 1865 traitor to
his party, and rewarded by Tammany for 1t ;
Tammany Commissioner for the widen
ing of Broadway; Tammany member
of the School Board, like Nathaniel
Sands; partner Of the Tammany Ring
in real estate specuations, and favOrite for
whose confirmation the Tammany Ring raised
the needful funds this is the man whose
"Stop Thief cry of "Tammany Republicans"
has been resounding throughout the State
against the Regular Republican organization OF
this City, from which he had again bolted, and
which he was resolved to rule or ruin.
Col. Olcott elsewhere deals with all the de-
fense Mr.. Murphy has been able to make.
The shoddy cases, it must be remembered,
were never tried. They never reached Court
Martial, but were smothered in the partial
preliminary Commission before which Col.
Ocott was forced with bribed witnesses, cor
rupted detectives, and no preparation. But
they have now reached Court where Mr..
Murphy's favorite appliances cannot be applied.
We have printed reports of twelve reputable
merchants, mostly doing business in or near
New-York, averring that the hats he delivered
to the Government were shameless frauds.
Does Mr.. Murphy impeach these witnesses
We have printed the ahidavits Of experts,
ayerring that these hats were shelac and
shoddyi Does Mr.. Murphy impeach those
We print to-day the title deed to a
heavy real estate purchase, as late as the end
of the year 1869, where the names Of Thomas
Murphy, Peter B. Sweeny, William NJ. Tweed,
and Richard B. Connolly figure in fit alliance.
Does Mr.. Murphy dare deny that He has al
ready admitted the vote for Hoffman and tho
Tammany offices. On all this record let him take
his rightful place at the head Of his Custom
House delegation, and ask the State COnven-
ton for admission and Endorsement. Whether
he get it or not, we give notice that even yet
we have not done with him. A disgrace to
the Republican Administration which we
heartily support, q perpetual source of weak
ness to the Republican party Of this State
which we labor to restore to power, standing
insult to the soldiers he robbed and to the
Republicans he betrayed. we mean to make
his standing so plain that our skirts at
least shall be clear of the guilt of his reten-