New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-10-24

Government, were by these means driven
from the polls by brutal ruftians, and by such
appliances the Democrats elected their State
ticket
Speaker blaine and the Tribune.
A more outrageous libel was never pub
lished on public man than that deliberately
and knowingly cOncOcted by the New
Ork Tribune concerning Speaker Blaine.
He was accused, on the strength Of forged
document, OF having taken an enormous
bride. We immediately proved that the
document was forged, and that Speaker Blaine
was not even in Congress when he was alleged
to have taken the bride for supporting the
Union Pacific Railroad Company. Speaker
Blaine himself explicitly denied the charge,
and a solicitor, familiar with all the facts, adj
dressed letter to the Tribune, giving a true
account of all the circumstances. This letter
the Tribune suppressed, and the manager of
that paper--a man who recently delivered a
lecture on the morals of journasm-repe
his libel day after day, and even prepared
what he called Fac-Simile to back it up.
AT last, however, with one, Libel suit in the
Tribune office, and others threatened, and
with weight of evidence in Speaker Blaine's
favor, which even a professional slanderer
could no longer afford to ignore, Mr.. Gree
ley's representative has been brought to his
knees, and compelled to withdraw his libel.
lie does this in the meanest manner he can
think OF, and then boasts that he acts
promptly" After weeks and weeks of
deliberate lying, he is compelled to apologize
by the mere fear of punishment, and then
says he withdraws his lihels promptly"
The mans conduct in this affair proves that
he is we'll worthy to share with c. A. Dana,
the reputation of being the most mscrupu-
lous slanderer connected with what he calls
his profession" 1t is amonstrous outrage
for man like Speaker Blaine to be held up
to the country for weeks together as a bribe-
taker, and then for the libelous newspaper to
wrlSSle out OF its responsibility for the libel,
iii Il clrcutouS and underhanded manner.
The word of the Tribune against any public
man Is no more to be believed than the word
of the Sun. 1t has not hesitated throughout
this canvass to invent the most wicked and
malicious charges against everybody who has
refused to support Horace Greeley. Here is
an imperfect list Of some of its diserace?ul
ISLANDERS:
l. That Gen. Grant was presented a cot
tage by Thomas Murphy.
2. That Gen. Grant was corruptly inter-
ested in the Black Friday gold conspiracy.
8. That Mr.. Andrew ID. White, President
of Cornell University, was guilty of packing
committees with a corrupt intent, during his
Presidency of the Republican State Convcn-
ton ~ Syracuse in September, 1871.
4. I.'at Attorney General Barlow had en-
terld into compromise with the Ring
i'Icves.
). That the President had bought up the
New York ,Staats-Zeitu,tg.
G. That Speaker Blaine was engaged in
brihing the voters of Maine, and that Maine
will be richer by hundreds of thousands of
dollars" for the late canvass.
I. That the proprietors of the Times had
entered into an agreement with Connolly and
Judge McClung C) for the distribution of
Federal offices CD.
8. That the editor of the Times had been
indicted by the Grand Jury in Fitzpatrick 3
case.
9. That the arrest Of Lindsay was part of
a deep and dark conspiracy on the part Of The
editors of the Times.
10. That General Banks brother had been
removed from the custom-house by orders OF
Gen. Grant-the fact being that Gen. Banks
brother has not been removed and no one
ever talked of removing him.
IL. That Henry Clews was concerned in
| the negotiation of railroad bonds, whose issue
was illegal, and whose character was fraud
ulent.
10. That j. Russell Jones, of Galena, made
a present Of thrty-One acres Of land to Pres.
ident Grant, and got the Belgian Mission in
| return.
Is. That twelve of the most prominent
| Republicans in the United States Senate and
| House of Representatives, including Vice
President Collax, Senator Wilson and Speak.
er Blaine, and, in addition to these, the See
| rotary of the Treasury, were parties to a
colossal piece OF bribery intended for the ben.
| eft of the Credit Mobilier of the Union Pa
cifc Railroad.
IA. That the publisher Of the Times wrote
Mayor Hall, offering to suppress the Ring
exposures if he was paid sixteen thousand
dollar. The Times offered TO pay twenty
thousand dollars to any city charity if any
such Litter could be produced, and the Tribune
instantly withdrew, and allowed itself once
more to be proclaimed reckless libeler.
l5 That Attorney General Barlow had
entered into a bargain to shield Tweed from
justice.
&c. That the Times dishonesty" and
violently" attacked Gov. Curtin, whereas
it had never attacked him in any way OF
shape.
II. That General Arthur was made Quar-
termaster General of the State for the pur
pose of making fraudulent awards of contracts
in the interests of his personal friends.
Is. That Naval Officer Latin was con.
| cerned In bank robbery, was guilty OF per-
jury, and that failing to bride politica
opponent with a North Carolina bond, he
tried to have him indicted for stealing it
Every word of these charges was false.
10. That Mr.. James G. Blaine, Speaker O
the House, received 81 1916, 900 worth of Kan.
sas Pacific stock to be used for purposes o.
bribery. This charge was shown to be false
in every particular, was denied by Mr.. Blaine
and dispruved by an overwhelming weight o
evidence-but was repeated from weeks b,
the Tribune, and only withdrawn at last from
fear of libel suit.
Surely, the Tribune's charges against any
public man ought to be presumed to be false
in future, unless they are supported by very
strong outside evidence-not byit own man
ufactured fac-similss and perjured affidavits. =
N. z. Tines.