The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-09

ctSii1 IN loJS, | returned to Wisconsin
and spent three weeks In Canyass,ne IN,
state for their nominee for Governor. III,
late Postmaster General Randall-hayini
several joint debalcs with the Democrats
candidate for the GOvership. ..... .'.. .'
wish to say In connection with this
that another slanler was scattered abroal
by tho Times and several other paper
That | had actively used my intluenc,
against the election Of Mr.. Washburne
the Republican candidate for Governor O
Wisconsin last lall, in promotion Of thI
Interests of his opponent, Mr.. Doolitlle
which Is equally false in every sense.
| The second charge Is, that in the nation
al campaign Of 1850 | refused to max,
amy speech unless | was paid $3.50 a week
and then additional sums by local com
mlttces varying from $50 10 500 each
speech. This Is q ialsellOOd again.
commenced canvassing tho LIST Of july
having already made several speeches
previously, and continued till the day o
the election, tho 9th Of November, will
the exception of about ten DAYS, when j
was utterly broken down by fatigue aud
had to take rest. / spoke in tho States ol
Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana
Ohio,, Pennsylvania, New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut. travelled q
great many thousand miles, and made, il
! remember correctly, between 100 and
l7O speeches. When had returned home
from those labors l found that all the
compensation l had received from the
committee fell quite perceptibly short oil
my actual expense Oi railroad fare, and
those incidental outlays connected with
travelling thatSAre natural. / moreover
having given myself fairly up 10 the Ia.
Dors Of the campaign and completely neg
lectlng my private affairs, found myself
surrounded by disagreeable cmbarrass.
mcnts, which resulted finally in painful
sacrifices. II had only received a fifth
part OF what the Times charges me with
lshould have overcome these embarrlss.
ments easily. don't hesitate 10 say
however, that refer 10 this because mon.
ton has been made upon this subject in
the Senate, but that us u prudent man
ought to have done something like that
which the Times charges upon me, al.
though, of course, in q more moderate de.
gree. For, ! believe that u gentleman may
he expected to go out there at his own
expense and make speeches now and then
in promotion Of u political cause, but
when they are called on 10 90 from
campaign into campaign year aC.
ter year for several months at
time, neglecting their own pri-
Vate business, he ought to be
paid for 1t. After having read the
Times article, undertook to figure up
how much time | had spent in public
speaking for the Republican cause since
1856. ! found 1t to be from 20 10 72
weeks, or about q year and five months.
Adding up also all that l had received
from committees during that whole time,
lind that the amount aggregate less than
q popular lecturer will earn in three
weeks. l mention this subject merely as
very humiliatlng ono, because II shows
the meanness OF the warfare which is car.
ried on against certain members Of this
body, 1t is humiliating 10 make such a
statement, but il is still more so that the
newspaper organ OF the Administration,
which stands nj the head ol the party,
that has been built up in its power gralu.
ally and labOriously by just such labors
as those in which l with many others
was engaged, should make such an ex.
PLANTATION necessary. II.
The third charge is that when return.
ed from the Spanish mission asked Mr..
Lincoln for Major Generals commits.
sion in the army, and threatened him if
he would not give il, This Is a ialsehOod
again. did not ask him Tor Major
Generals commission when | resigned
tho Spanish mission, but lie offered me a
Brigadier's commission. An assertion
which find in this article, in quotation
marks. Is that l threatened | would nj
once withdraw my two hundred thou.
sand Germans and oppose tie atlnliniatra-
ton. SO ridiculous is this SO childish
an absurdity, that | do not think it re-
quires any serious comment. The next
charge is that on going TO Missouri as.
sumed at once the leadership Of radi.
calls myself; radicals Of the most proscrip.
tive type. This is falsehoOd again, ior
II Is well known that in the National
Convention Of 'OS | had the honor to in.
troduce resolution in favor Of general
amnesty. The charge Is that took it
upon myself TO de(amc Mr.. Henderson be.
fore the people OF Missouri, and to destroy
their confidence in him 30 that Imight be
elected TO the Senate. This is a ialsehood
again. 1t is well known that Mr.. Hen.
dersOn's defeat at that time was owing to
his attitude in the impeachment trial and
rs the public then stood.
The next charge is that in 1868 | was a
delegate 10 the Chicago Convention, and
went there with q revolutionary intent.
What that means | do not know exactly,
but one thing do know, that for my ac.
tion in that Convention | was highly
praised in the Times. The next is that in
the early days Of the Presidents 8 term | was
one Of the most persistent borcs in Wash.
ington for appointments in the Civil Ser
vice. II that were true, then the Presi.
dent must have had a particular liking for
being bored, for remember very well
the time, during the early days OF the ad.
ministration, wien l met him outside III
White House, he asked me very kindlr
why did not come and visit him more
frequently. It Is further stated that in
one case advocated the cause of citi.
zen of Missouri for prominent position,
who was entirely incompetent and unfit
to discharge the duties Of that position. !
suppose this refers TO the case Of General
Pile, who, having been q member oi Con.
gress, was first presented for the postotllcc
at ST. Louis then for the pension agency
OF St. Louis, by a delegation from Mis-.
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