Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-01-15
An AsTOUsDlse IsCLOsuRE-GRASr COR.


Among the many disclosures Of the scuats
committee now In session in New York, We
have come at last 10 one terrible fact, which
IL duly recorded In the testimony of General
Palmer. The witness saysi
M, Casserly. What do you a'crIbs your re
"oenefaI Palmer. I got letter from gen.
'Etlemhn In the Treasury Department, that was
represented to 0encral urant asa Tammany
worked at the polls Tor the Democratic ticket
and voted II, and all that kind Of thing and
further that vas opposed 70 him personally
and to his administration, which was not true
hnally I rot q note asking me TO come to Wash.
ington, 70 see the President himself and-l
must state the fact-l apprehend that General
tinually put great many diiicultiea In my way.
I went 10 see thu Secretary Of the Treasnfy
early In the mornlng he sah he wlshed 1 would
see me, and u | would 20 and see Den. Porter,
he would get me In; went over 10 the depart
ment; In the meantime had met Clen. HI.
Hard, and he had given me a card to uen. Dent,
the Prcsidents law, and thought he
would get me an early interview handed the
carl to the general, and sent my carl TO Gen.
Porter; ater waiting halt On hour, boy came
out from Den, Porter'a room, and said the
President would see no one that day eNccpt
John Russell Young and col. MaEee, o. VIZ,
wnited another half hour, when The announce.
ment was made again, by uen, Dent, that the
s%sp' G nGTa not see "S siSsr be- Se OF tss% SIn
| must have been nearly three hours amer ar.
| rived At the white House before I sueceeded In
obtaining NJ intervieW with the President
In order to understand this narrative. our
readers will remember that General Palmer
Is person whose title Of general represents
services In time Of peace services, II must
be added, which he performed with singular
gallantry and devotion. Graded In Chatau.
qua comfy, New York, under the benlgnani
eye Of Senator Fen.on, the man for whose
character the General expressed great devo-
ilon, with military tastes which took the
shape Of assIduouS duty on general training
days Providence took him tn New York,
and by some peculiar process he became ap-
pralscr Of the port, an office hoDored for q
time by Mr.. Charles a. Dana. From what
Palmer tells us, he must have had hard
time. To nee an extravagant figure Of speech,
the hounds were ever on his track. Murphy,
Conkling, Jones, Boutwell,, Porter, Grant
all seemed to have their thirst for his blood.
Between them all he had q sad life Of Il, and
In sheer despair he finally came to bay In the
White House.
Il must have been touching spectacle.
There was Palmer, breathing with love for
Fenton, and about To he martyred for his
sake. Those who know Palmer will recall
bis marvellous resemblance TO Senator schurz,
the patient and lovely Senator from Missouri,
Like schurE, Palmer Is q general. LIE
schurz, his gencralship was never shown In
any warlike demonstrations, Like schurz,
his patronage had come to him In 80 inexpll'
cable way dropped upon him Ike manua
IRON the clouds, perhaps. Like schnrz,
Paimers heard reveals the last tlnis Of Indian
summer, and his bearing i as fierce as Attlla,
To military demeanor dignity l. added, as In
the case OF schnrZ, by pair of Brazilian
pebble spectacles. LIKE schnrZ, Palmer car
riea cane.
lie enters the White House painting and
anxious; General Dent meets him and put
upon him his martial eye, that eye that neyei
looked harshly upon friend nor timldly upor
an enemy. But even Dent Is implacable He
eyidcntly, Is q partner in the conspiracy. u,
has seen Porter, who n In hiding behind III,
arras dreadlng the interview between Palmc
and the President. So Dent, IL save Porter
viii sec no one hut John Russell Young AM
Colonel Magee, OF Virginia. This Is so EVIL
IDENTIFY conspiracy that Palmer waits.
FOR three hours Palmer waits. Porte
tremblcs behind the arras and wishes tina
he could summon corporars guard, as Il
the old time, and send the intrnders to th
guard house. babcock ats In uneasy anticl
patton, wishing he were under the palm tree
OF san Domingo anywhere, Indeed, hut II
inc way ol the irate Palmer. Hour ATE
honr passes. Dent hlandiy hints again AM
again ila' 'ne PRESIDENT WIN sec no one Oh
'ohh nnfseh Young ralmer wu' take NJ
nin'' hunger arrives, nut tue "eneral ma
come Tor siege and has a lew crackers u
MS hai' Another passes. The crackers Or
gone ana DEM, us generous nature becom
lng snSpleions, mounts guaru over the DC
s"set' aun Aesp' niH eye GU Tue pantry
uAy Do % "u,s'Sr OF an a''arsln' "r some Po"
wan nun me INSANE asylum, eou'm'ssone,
w ",n 70 SuiFt'e"' 'h' rreS'uen'' Anu Wa''
'"s W, nlS ,'u,e.
r'' '"'eo """IS' ral,heI te"' us nc AeP
h's uneasy "aNh' "na' eouid nave oeel
net"een the PRESIDENT aud dohn Knssel
/ nNnn that led 10 tllla prolonged tnlkI Ia