Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-07-13
THE NEWMAN LETTER.
Letter Er0na Senator Harlan.

To the Editor Of the Darenport Gazette
My DEAR SIR ALLOW me K
thank you for copies Of your cxchag.
es, received at my room, this morn
ing, with marked articles deemed by
you Of interest to me personally, and
possibly of some slight interest ia
the public. One of them, aud briel
extracts from others, l will ask you
to republish with this communica.
tion.
The first, from the Dubuque Her.
aid (Democrat), which appears to
have been published simultaneously
in the Chicago Times (also Demo
craft, and several other paper, is as
follows:
We publish herewith letter
which will be likely to create sen.
sation among the Radical politicians
of Iowa, as well as among the hon.
est people throughout the State. 1t
is. letter written by Rev. J. Z.
Newman, Chaplain OF the Metropoli-
tan 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 tie gentleman to whom this
letter was addressed, for the reason
that its publication would be o. no
importance, and more especially as
it is genera: autographed letter, ad-
dressed to most Of the leading Meth
odist 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 op-
posed to him, were favored with a
copy:
CONFIDENTIAL
WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
April 25, 1871.
DEAR BRoTHER:-As a mutual
friend, | drop you a few earnest
words IN behalf of Senator Harlan's
reelection to the United States Sen
ate. You know the Importance Of
early and earnest action. The Mem
bers elected to the next Legislature
elect the next Senator. 1t is, there
fore, highly necessary that the right
man be nominated. and hence atten-
ton must be given to the primary
meetings.
l arm glad to say to you that Sena-
tor Harlon is regular in his attend.
ance at church, and his influence is
in the right direction. l know per-
sonally that he stands high with the
President, and is held in high esteem
by his fellow Senators. His speech
Oh San Domingo has given him an
elevation that few Senators enjoy
Hoping that you will in all suitable
ways interest yourself for Mr.. Har.
Ian, l am, truly yours,
j. p. NEWMAN.
The following is from the Iowa
State Register Of the 2Sth inst:
"Thc Dubuque papers have the
following tit tor tat in reference to
the so-called Newman letter. The
Times said: Some wag with evil
IDENTIFY spice of malice in his mirth,
has concocted circular purporting
to have ::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 pa
rades 1t before the public as a genu-
inc article. We cannot believe it
would do SO knowing it to be for
gerry; but it is evident that somebody
has been most beautifully solj.' The
Herald replies: The Times man
knows that such letter was in ex-
istence; he. knows that this Allison
men have been for a month making
great efforts to obtain it to use
against Harlan, 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. II he expects to
make an additional point for Alli-
SON by lying about it now that some
body 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
a friend at Des Moines, Iowa, stat
ing that certain friends of a gentle.
man named as a candidate tor the
United States Senate, were greatly
ag,tated about supposed lithograph
letter, purportlng to have been writ
ten by the Rev. DIR. New man, favor
ing my reelection; and, that they
were offering one thousand dollars
tor.an authentic copy, &c. Happening
to meet the Doctor, l handed him
this letter to read. After its pcrusal |,
he requested me to state to my
friend that he (Newman) chad sent
no such lithogroph letter to Iowa, or
elsewhere on that subject, and that
no one had done so for him, or in his
name, so far as he knew and believed;
and that he had written no private
or confidential letter for which any
one but himself was responsible;
that he claimed to be tree born
citizen Of the United States, having
the righ: III common with all other
citizens, to entertain and express his
opinions OF public men and public
measures"
But, Mr.. Editor, it is difficult to
divine the purpose OF the production
OF this supposed letter, and its sinai
taneous publication all over the
connt:y, with the accompanying SEN
sational discussion-cspecially by the
Dubuque papers. Why should the
authenticity Of such a letter be de-
MED and asserted, pro and con, by
these selcconstituted champions Is
there anything in it, which any one
might not soy OF another to a mutu-
al friend, if he supposed his state