The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1871-07-13
THE NEWMAN LETTER..
Sectarianism in Politics Letter
from Senator Harlan.
DAVENPORT, Iowa,
June 90. 1871.

from Senator Harlan.
DAVENPORT, Iowa,
June 30, 1871.
To the ditor Of the Davenport Gazette:
MY DEAR SIR:-Allow me to
thank you for copies of your ex-
changes, received at my room, this
morning, with marked articles
deemed by you of interest to me
personally, and possibly of some
slight interest to the public. One of
them, and brief extracts from 9TH
ers, will ask you to re.publish with
this communication.
The first, from the Dubuque Her.
aid (Democrat,) which appears to
have been published simultaneously
in the Chicago Times (also Demo
GRAFT and several other papers, is as
| follows:
ave publish herewith a letter
which will be likely to create SEN
sation among the Radical politicians
of Iowa, as we'll as among the hon
est people of the State. 1t is let
ter written by J. P. Newman, Chap
lain OF the Metropolitan Methodist
Episcopal Church, of Washington
City, and addressed to the leading
Methodist Clergymen throughout
Iowa, and to few of the chosen
laymen. We suppress the name of
the gentleman to whom this letter
was addressed, for the reason that it's
publication would be of no import
ance, and more especially as it is a
general Autographed letter, address
ed to most of the leading Methodist
clergymen. 1t is understood that
all the Presiding Elders in the three
Conferences of the State, who could
be trusted as reliable Harlan men, or
who were not avowedly opposed to
him, were favored with a copy:
CONFIDENTIAL.
WAsHINGToN. d. c., April 25, III.
DEAR BROTHER AS a mutual
friend, | drop you few earnest words
in behalf of Senator Harlan's relation
to the U. S. Senate. You know the
importance Of early and earnest &C
ton. The members elected to the
next Legislature elect the next Sena-
tor. 1t is, therefore, highly necessa-
ry that the right men be nominated,
and hence attention must be given
to the primary meetings.
am glad to say to you that Sena-
tor Harlan is regular in his attend
ance at church, and his influence is
in the right direction. [ know per-
sonally that he stands high with the
administration, and has influence
with the President, and is held in
high esteem by his fellow Senators.
His speech on San Domingo, has
given him an elevation few Senators
enjoy. Hoping that you will in all
suitable ways interest yourself for
Mr.. Harlan, | am, trul y yours,
J. Z. NEWMAN.
The following is from the Iowa
State Register of the 26th inst:
''The Dubuque papers have the
following tit for tat, in reference to
the so-called Newman letter: The
Times said a.: Some wag with evil
IDENTIFY spice of malice in his mirth,
has concocted circular purporting
to having been written by Rev. Mr..
Newman, Chaplain of the United
States Senate, urging the return OF
Mr.. Harlan to that. body. The Her,
aid has in some way obtained pos.
session of that document, and parades
1t before the public as a genuine arti-
Gle. We cannot believe it would do
so knowing it to be forgery but il
is evident that somebody has been
most beautifully sold. The Herald
replies The Times man knows that
such letter was in existence he
knows that the Allison men have
been for month making great eff
forts to obtain it to use against Har.
Ian, he knows that he has himself
been trying his best to get hold of it,
he knows that the Herald beat him
in getting it, and that's what's the
matter. Ifhe expects to make an ad
ditional point for Allison by lying
about it now that somebody else has
published it, so be it."
A month since and before leaving
Washington City, at the close of the
recent Executive Session of the Sen
ate, | received communication from
friend at Des Moines. Iowa, stating
that certain friends of a gentleman
named as a candidate for the United
States Senate, were greatly agitated
about a supposed Autograph letter.
purportine to have been written by
the Rev. DR.. Newman, favoring my
reelection; and, that they were offer,
ing one thousand dollars for an
authentic copy, etc. Happening to
meet the Doctor, l handed him this
letter to read. After its perusal, he
requested me to state to my friend
that he (Newman) chad sent no such
Autograph letter to Iowa, or else.
where on that subject, and that nc
one had done so for him, or in his
name, so far as he knew and believ.
ed ; and that he had written no pri.
vate or confidential letter for which
any one but himself was resnonsibIe