Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-02


MIR. Earle Farmer-ADother Refuta.
tion of the Charges Brought by the
Greeley Press.
Hon. jeremiah Black, one of the
counsel retained by Chorpenning in
his claim against the Postofice De.
partmeDt, has addressed letter to Mr..
Cresswell In regard to the charaes SC
widely circulated against him b. the
Greeley speakers. Among other Things.
Mr.. Black says: ''The general asser-
ton against public officer is easily
made, and impossible to answer with
anything but a general denial You
have made your denial in very emphatic
terms, and every just man in the country
say that, under the circumstances. Won
are entitled to triumphant acquittal
Such do not doubt will be the popu.
lar Judgment: But you have the ad-
vantage OF being able to say that You
have executed your duty in the case re-
ferred to with laborious fidelity, and
with the strictest regards to the su-
preme law OF the land. I did not see
the joint resolution, or know what was
IN it until long after it passed. Subse-
quently [ was asked to give, and did
give written opinion upon the legal
construction before you. Still later,
| you and I had some conversa-
tion about the points of law involved.
1t was perfectly manifest to me that
you were giving the benefit of every
doubt to the Government, and were de-
termined to make your calculations as
strongly against the claimant as you
possibly could without falsifying fig
ures. Every act done, and every word
spoken by you in my presence tended
to show that you were conscientious,
devoting your time and labor to the
performance of an onerous duty from
which you could not escape"
MIR. EARLE,
former Assistant Postmaster General.
who has been widely charged with act
ing in collusion with Mr. Cresswell in the
Chorpenning matter, both before and
after resigning, and that he resigned
to prosecute the claim, has also written
a letter, from which it appears that, in
stead of being a lawful partner of Gen
eral Cresswell, as charged when appoint
ed, they had no business relations
whatever for SIX years; that Earle was
never approached, directly or Indirect
IS
vious to his resignation from the Post
Office Department, nor was. it brought to
his attention until six months after
ward. When be presented the claim
to Mr.. Cresswell, the latter refused to
reopen any part of it, or even to hear
the portion pending, unless Congress
first legislated in the matter. After
the case had been printed in form be-
fore Congress for five months, action
was finally had. Mr.. Cresswell even
then refused to consider the case till
all evidence and arguments were print
ed, SO that no part might be over
looked.
THE PRINTED FILES
of the Department refutes all the
charges that evidence was suppressed,
as each letter and paper named as sup
pressed appears in full in the volume.
The History of the Republican Party.
From s. L. wootford's Speech IN Connecticut
The history of the Republican party, as
| said before, is literally the history of the
last twelve years. 1t has been the Re-
publican party which saved the country.
1t has been the Republican party that
/
Republican party that has announced its
all, what of this? The Democrats have
acknowledged that we are right, for they
have given up their principles, have
adopted ours, and have nominated the
| publisher of what was once the greatest
Republican paper In the country for their
candidate. 1t is a mistake to suppose that
they were ever opposed to u.s. The fact
is they have been behind us all the time
and out of breath trying to catch up with
us. After re-enacting the Missouri Coms
promise in 1850, the Democratic party
met in convention at Baltimore in 1852,
and pledged themselves to accept the
! legislation of 1850 as fnality. and never
! to reopen the question In 1854 they
tore the whole thing up in the Kansas
and Nebraska Bill, and admitted slavery
there because it was Federal territory.
Let me suggest that if they were so false
TO their Baltimore platform In 1852, they
may be jus as false to their Baltimore
platform of 1872 Upon the question of
slavery in the Territories in 1856 they
beat us, until the question came up again
in 1860. Then they said the South had
righs to secede. In 1865 they found ou
that the South had.n no right to sece de, an
that we were right In fogging them back
if we could. But then they said we had
tried and aad failed. Next year however,
they found they were wrong again. From
year to year these gentlemen have been
converted by fragments, until to-day they
stand thoroughly penitent contesslng that
they were wrong throug bout, and taking a
Republican for their leader. The tact is,
they have constantly been moving into
Republican camps, but always four years
behind, and IN 1876 nothing will remain
for them but to nominate General Grant
for President.