Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-08-16


but the impression made upon my mind by the
interview was fixed and distinct"
This is no confirmation of Mr.. Schurz'
statement. He is aware of it; the pub.
lie on this showing regard Mr.. Schur2
as a falsifer, and he is hence compelled
to give up the name of Gen. Alfred
Pleasonton as the joint author of the
slander, and procures him to be inter
viewed by New York 1TibatHe reporter.
At this interview Gen. Pleasonton said
''In the course of the conversation the Presi-
dent iutrodHced the Santo Domingo question,
and, remarking that he understood that Sena-
tor Schurz was opposed to the treaty, asked
| Gen. Pleasonton to see Senator Schurz, and
| tell him that if he would call at the White
| House the President would be able to place
| the Santo Domingo matter in satisfactory
| light, and could remove his objections to the
| scheme. In further conversation with the
| President, Gen. Pleasonton was led to under
I-stand that the President would, in exchange
! for Senator SchurZ's support of the Santo Do
mingo treaty, accord him share of public
patronage. Gen. Pleasonton says his impress
sions on this point are very distinct and
unmistakable."
Whereupon Gen. Pleasonton immedi-
ately saw Mr.. Schurz, and informed him
of the Presidents wish to see him.
"Senator Schurz replied that he would
call at any time he (the President)
might designate for an interview"
Pleasonton "saw the President next
day and informed him of the Senator's
reply, at which he expressed his gratif.
cation, and said that he would send for
Senator Schurz in few days." but Z" the
tatervie'0 aoaS not till some soeeks later.n
1t will be noted:
Frst-Mr. Schurz says: "They as
sured me if 1 would give that support,
or abstain flom opposition, all the
patronage desired would be at my dis
posal, making me, in that respect, one
of the most influential men in the
land"
Sec0nd-Gen. Pleasonton, in his writ
ten communication to Mr.. Schurz, ap-
piled for and sent after the former had
been removed from the Commissioners
ship. of Internal Revenue, says: My
impression at this time is, that the
President desired your support for his
San Domingo scheme, and wished to be
on such terms with you that your sup.
port could be obtained" and 81 do not
now remember any particular language
used at my interview with the Presi-
dent" and the impression made upon
my mind by the interview was fixed
and distinct"
Ihird-At the interview with the
Tribune reporter Gen. Pleasonton says
"He was led to understand that the
President would, in exchange for Sena-
tor Schurz's support of the San Do
mingo treaty, accord him a share of
public patronage" and that "his i'm
pressions on this point are very distinct
and unmistakable."
When Gen. Pleasonton wrote to Mr..
Schurz, his impressions were "fxed
and distinct" that his interview with
the President disclosed the fact that
" the President desired Mr.. Schurzs
support for his San Domingo scheme"
At his interview with the Tribune re-
porter, fifteen months later, Mr.. Pleas.
ontons impressions are every distinct
and un istakable" that he " was led to
understand that the President would,
in exchange for Senator Schurzs sup
port of the San Domingo treaty, accord
him share of public patronage"
Such evidence would be laughed at
in case of petty larceny in JUSTICES
court. Mr.. Schurz don't agree with
Gen. Pleasonton, and Gen. Pleasonton
don't agree with himself. Mr.. Schurz
says, on the strength. of Pleasonton,
thai the President promised to "make
him." as regarded patronage, Zone of
the most influential men in the land"
and Gen. Pleasonton says that Schurz
replied that he would call at any time
that he (the President) might designate
for an interview" Barkis was "willin'
to be made :" the most influential man
in the land" but as the President had
not understood his conversation in that
light he didn't send for Mr.. Schurz for
''some weeks"
If Mr.. Schurz's statement and Gen.
Pleasonton's letter, obtained on the
confession of the former for the pur-
pose of being used against the Presi-
dent, and Gen. Pleasanon's interview
with Tribune reporter, brought about
to relieve Mr.. Schurz from the dis
grace and shame of gross misrepre
sentation, prove anything, they demon
strate that Mr.. Schurz was in the mar
ket' to be made the most influential
man in the land" by patronage but
the patronage" never having been
offered and never thereafter being
offered, Mr.. Schurz opposed the San
Domingo treaty because he had been
in the market" and had not been
bought. Let Mr.. Schurz apologize to
the President and to the country for
the utterance of grossly false state
ment regarding the good name of the
former, or be hereafter treated as he
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