The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-08-23
Trumbull vs sloane-who Stole the

to expose his weaknesses.
Trumbull vs Sloane-who Stole the
Ham?
It is wonderful how often the
minds of great men wander off in the
came channel. 1t is even remarked
that their expressions are so near
ly alike that it would be impossible
to know one from the other, if two
different men had not spoken them.
Sloane is great man, a very
great man, we must suppose, or the
Democracy of this District would
not have chosen him as their stand
ard bearer-that fact must forever
settle that proposition. Lyman
Trumbull, Of Illinois, has been re-
cognized as another great man, one
of great consequence. Well, Lyman
was to make a speech at Cambridge
City, Maryland, and he did. A re-
port of it was made and published,
and it was said to be powerful. But
what will people think of the great
Trumbull when they find he has
been appropriating the words and
ideas of the great Sloane. Had he
been contented with the ideas, it
would not be quite so bad hut to use
words and all-oh, that was too bad
and should detract materially from
his reputation. There were some
people who didn't think very much
of Trumbull at best, and when they
come to see that his reputation is
built upon the labor Of others, their
regard for him will scarcely be i'm
proved. 1t will not do to tell them
that the thoughts of great men Of
ten run in the same channel, for they
will remark it is quite a long chan
mel, commencing with the exposition
of "Civil Service" followed by the
"Secor Claim and the ''Chorpening
NATTER" &C., SO closely that the
identy is complete. eWhy," they
will say, just look at this. Didn't
our beloved SLOANE say these pre-
else words;
This commission reported, after the most
careful examination by those most qualified to
Judge, and who had the best opportunities of
ascerts lining the facts, that one-fourth of the
entire revenues of the country were annually
lost in their collection. The entire revenue of
the country last year was more than three
hundred and eighty-three millions of dollars.
One-fourth of it is more than ninetv-fiye mil
lions of dollars, which is said to be lost chiefly
in consequence of this demoralizing, corrupt,
and infamous civil service system. How much
is ninetv-6Ve millions of dollars? You cannot
comprehend it. 1t is too large sum to COM
prehend. You have to make a calculation to
see how much it amounts to- YoL have to
make calculation to see how much it amounts
to. It is more money than it took to build the
railroad from the Missouri river to the Pacific
Ocean. That enterprise did not cost ninetv-
five millions Of dollars, and that amount of
money is said to be lost to the Government by
this miserable civil service system we are try-
ing to correct. You could build every railroad
youhave in theStateof Ohio (Indiana] and run
them to eternity with nine-fve millions of dol
lars.
"Of couse he did, and a number of
the other paragraphs too. And just
to think of Old Trumbull appropri-
ating them as though they were his
own"
Now, those two reporters who sat
in the front seat, and dotted down
Sloane's eloquence, are reprehen-
sible, very, for permitting Trumbull
to do this thing. They should have
published Sloane's speech, and let
the people see what plagiarist the
old fellow was. But they didn't and
it is even suspected that out of re-
gard for the old fellows weakness,
they were solicited by Sloane not to
do it. A prominent Democrat of
this city, at all events, was anxious
ly inquiring for them, after the meet
ing, and he doubtless found them
and impressed them with the
necessity of silence in regard to the
matter, as it might injure Trumball's
influence during the campaign. So
has seen a report of ,SEoane's
speech, although every one present
will recognize the above extract as
ver6Gttm.
There is only one thing about the
whole matter that looks mysterious,
and that casts shade of suspicion
on Sloane. Trumbull delivered his
speech on the I'd Of August, and
Sloane spoke his piece on the 18th,
eleven days afterwards; but that's
no matter. Its true Sloane was not
until the 8th, but then
great men often prepare their
speeches when they have leisure,
and Trumbull must have feloniously
and burglariousiy, and with evil in
tent, surreptitiously abstracted and
carried off Sloane's manuscript or a
copy of it. Sloane wouldn't do
such a thing. He's a Reformcr.
But so is Trumbull. So the muddle
is as great as ever, and the mystery
1.