New-York tribune., 1872-09-14
THE BROTHER-INLAW BELLTGERENE
4 RATTLNG LITTER PROM henry REEB.

TIE BROTHER-INLAW BELLIGEREHE
A RATTLING LETTER PROM HENRY REID
The following letter, written by Henry hsea, ns 81,
ESQ., editor OF The Capital, Is addressed to one Oh ue
editors of The Cincinnati Enqutrer; - = Can. 1870
DEAR -: The public is OF the opinion thai a ieliow GLOW
whose name is Dent, and whose sister the @ IN ~,
rcd-wbothcr before or after he resigned Dy Iie u
o COurt-martiaD his commission In the army 10 hOs
knowried. few days ago, to Kill me- ana, IN thas VIZ To
OF the case, have had weighy reasons 10 concern;
me the proof was striking and emphatic. He reay uu
not damage much but IL was not his tanlli a'iI
inclined TO think that with his weapon ana chahCe
could have sliced his head a cook slices cncumoer
/ wear the smallest hat Of all my fathers sOnsi I.y
head having settled into extreme sOidlty Three or Tour
wears ago my wife was run away Within buggy
down the hill past the Bowler place. ana tumDeu be op
head foremost upon pile OF rocks. told her when sue
came home that thought she had the hardest mean ~
America. negin TO think mine Is OF pretty muen ~
same material suppose II Is solid all through; III Wh
case sofenng of the brain is out OF the question: nave
not suffered to speak Of and had neither contne
ment nor process of recovery. My poor little wlle No
was insf retug over a severe attack Of Inflammation IN
the eyes, got excited and suffered relapse; ana ana
this is The severest Of my infections. She sits
in darkened room with feelings l IegIS' ,srt
TO say, not truly loyal 10 the Goyerh,ncntj , ij
Twas tried for the Offense You have probably heiIu
that the fellow who assailed was the subject OF
paper reporters who did not take in the situation.
was there nominally prosecuting witness actually
felon under the censure OF the President OF tle Ol
states for daring 10 appear against Of his family
The fact that tins my position was palpaDle III eEy
face that Of the Judge on the bench 70 those O
cloud OF darkes that filed the of the temple OF pun
lie Justice Judge prosecutor, all who had any lhhg 10
90 with the matter were things that the President has
made and can unmale and making and unmoking are
done here with such freedom ard facility and 50 Ocn
that they excite only passing remark. .
Washington is socially an anarchy made up OF persons
who either hold hope 10 hold office. The prime ond OF
the ins 10 keep in that OF the outs is 10 get sOnenOy
ont in order 10 get i'm Themselves Tie ins are therefore,
continually under the espionage Of the outs Who hOll
over them reign Of terror all the more severe as Don
alike destitute Of manhood ana each Is coisciGus .
that the other is utterly false and teacherous Such
state OF things, bad enough IN any case, under @ 90
minion OF family, yena and interruptions whose hiu
farua qffo
lowest offices and the mnutest transactions and bnes
is as eager In pursuit OF a dollar as 1t Is coyet0us
cI cporrh rbii'' To- divide his wages with negro
poIceman. eoHSsm becomes intensified beyond descrp
tion. aud almost beyond corruption You cOuid laieIy
be made TO believe, even IL IL were descrbihe, the
extent TO which the GTant-Dcnt connection pervades
evory thing from the departments of the Government
through the Courts Of Justice, down to the minuest
continue to attach an interest To say that Cen Grant
is party TO this is preposerous lie Is the head
tho fam -nominaly and actually, IN fact and IN spirit
He of the same order species, variety no DtseI hoI
different, lie is, accidentally, the lion TO which ney are
the 'fencc" to which they are the pckpOckets ana Dur
glars. lie is the Fagin-they the Toby Craekits and
Arttu Dodgers.
So was put upon my trial II am any Judge Of men
aud situations the thing was set up beforehand lrdr
brothernaw OF the President was invited TO st D the
Judge I-althoueh il might have been supposed tlat
was weak and sufering-was permtfd 10 btahd at lle
bar until was offered seat by some preternatuIdy
pluchy person among the spectators. have no doubt
prt and the TO betle and yet out OF pretended
Difference 10 the majesty of the law. not too greatly be-
little the ofense for there Is spark OF puolc Stn-
ment here which IL was thought best to outrage bya
fine IS As the fine will never be paid, ITS amount was
the result Of calculation balance of experiences,
The whole thing a farce, and could not DO kept
from oong arcical And Is over The enterprise OF
pared with that OF getting Judgment for civil dam
ages against one OF Gen. Grants lany III any Couft ~
the District Of Columbia. Whenlt comes 10 matter OF
dollars be actually paid the thing Too serious 10 DC
looked upon with indifference. ,.,
The fact that there an election pending mas not been
without its effect upon the Republican newspapers
Some OF them are truly, ana the most OF lLtlh decor
other AT tbe contTeepps it was incOnyenient event
The difficulty is that tho story Of which complaint was
red about H. The wOimcnt so extreme that pru-
dcnce the moment was overlooked OF, faher, II Was
denied To do something very signal 10 demonstrate IT'S
power and its Indignation. IL was The wounded honor
Of a thief who has been read by his tite
II was Thing Of calculation the wGst possible calcu
laton, undoubtedly but that was beause fools cacu-
lated. Mankind in mistaken in supOsnS that knaye
and fool are anttheucal lnieIIet Ja anu mora! Gon
ciencies almost always-if they me not necessarily
cOOrlinated. L never knew kna'e Who was not, IN
every matter OF clcuauoh' a 100. INC GIaht I Deht
connection, and all, arc smpttonsi they belong
together; and all whom they have drawn around them
are-by the invaTiable laws Of fhniiy-Oi the same
material ! was attacked because Gen. Grant ana DIS
brothers in-law and the household and kitchen Cabinet
at the White House are such lmDenes Lat they are un
able conceive OF consequences WHICH, 10 any man OF
average understanding, M1ud maze Deen OF al thInSs
tho most palpablc So, Republicans IN their hearts,
curse the whole Not on my account; not be-
"a
nroy0Icd attempt 10 murders bu because IL has been
done at ncOnvenient period had Deen assasolh-
aed after The electiOn-but was not.
The GAZETTE goes for my ASSASSIN with extreme bearu-
ness. InGeed, II is ferOciously uspoken. observe
however, that IL removes my mNter a long distance
from the President, making nln cousin OF his biothcr
iu-law. This Is mistake III net. Louis Dent IS not
looked upOn as Of yCracity, but presume he told
me the truth when he informed me that he was tue
br0ther-lnaw of Gen. Grant. II, and Gen. T. i. Dent
cai each other brothers; ana II 10 be presumed that
this is in accordance with the fany tradition as IL Is
with the common belief THIS acso removal was PROB
ably gtrategc 10 conform To the Ing range Of The Ga
seAs artillery. There Is report abroad that the lous
Dent household draws portion, aeast of Its daily ra-
tiOns from the White House, whichW Oud indicate rela
fionshp In aympathy and the testimony seems pretty
clear that the victorious judge and the yaOrOus General
nunt IN couples and aincably dudc the proceeds OF
their enterprise. II is very bad bt. and It would be
well II the country Handsomely rid OF the whole
concern Yours, kindly, H. hEED