Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-08-29
JOHN ,. FlRNSwORTH-L LIBTRLL FALSl.
FIR


ADVANCE.
JOHN ,. FLRNSwORTH-A LIBERAL FALSI.
FIER.
About the 18th OF the present month John
+. Farnsworlh, Congressman from Illinois,
made speech at St Charles, Illinois in favor
of Mr.. Greeley against General Grant, upon
which the New York Tribune, in IT, Issue OF
August 20, commented upon as follows:
ave think II will bO difhcult to prove that
General Farnsworth Is either a seceIslOnist or a
stakeholder, or fOrgcr, or a Hlndoo, or any
other Of the dreadful things which the llveried
Journals call man when he announces bis In
tentlon to vote for Mr.. Greeley"
We propose to show that Gen. Fansworth
comes within one Of the above categories,
that Of "forgcr" aud fLlsiaer, We shall
do so out Of Farnsworths own mouth.
The Tribunc, on the same date In which 1t
printed the above editorial published the
following extract from Mr.. Farnsworth's st.
Charles speech:
"The President sent In his annual message to
Cousress, to which desire to call your atten.
tIOn. Being on tho Committee on RecOnstruc.
ton, and finding passage In the message, which
will read to you, and which did not under
stand took II to tho President, as you will see.
This Is the passage Speaking OF Georgia he
say
''Undcr these circumstances would submit
To you (that Il COngtessl whether II would not
10 wise without delay to enact q law authOTiEng
tho Governor Of Georgia THAT e Bullockl 10
swear the members originally elected 10 the
Legislature, requiring each member to take the
oath prescribed by the reconstruction act, and
none 10 no admitted under the third clause Of
the Constitution
Upon this Farusworth, continuing his
speech, commented Us follows:
"Well, as tho reconstructlOn act had never
presented an oath to be administered to mem
bers Of the State Legislature, was at loss to
conceive what the President meant. For you
would think It would bo strange II Congress pro-
vlded tho peculiar oath should be given to the
mombsrs OF the Illinois Legislature; It would be
stepping outside OF It's business. Congress has
provided this test oath Tor the officers Of the
United States Government. supposed that
the President had been Imposed upon; went up
to him aud said to hlrn: 4 ind a passage 10
your message which do not quite understand
and will you DO good enough TO explain what
you mean by IT, and read to him the passage
have Just read to you. The President took his
cigar out Of his mouth, [laughteT,l AFTER de-
liberato whlH or two and looking over answered
me thus: Well rOally cannot say what that
does mean. Morton put that In" tCheers
and laughter
Now, We have given Gen. Framework the
benefit Of a quotation Of the material points
II his speech--thc speech and the points
which the TriIunr rolls a. 50 many sweet
mor5cIs under It's tongue. But what will be
thought of this model reformcr, Farnsworth,
when Il Is shown that Gen. Grant sent no
such message to Congress; that no such ex-
tract as that which FArnsworth quoted Is to
be found in any message; that FIrnsworth,
a,wc believe, falsely and malclousiy garbled
he message to suhscrvc a partisan purpose
Exactly what the President did say Is as fol-
lows, ard will be'found on page OF the
Congressional Globe" second session of the
Forty-frst Congress-
Under these circumstances | would submit TO
you whether II would not be wise without delay
to enact q law authorizing the Governor OF
GeOTgiA to convene the members originally
elected TO the Legislature, requiring each mem
Dor to take the oath prescribed by the recon
stTuctlOn acts; and none arc to be admitted who
are Ineligible under the third clause Of the four
tocnth amendment"
It will be perceived that in the above ex-
tract Farnsworth deliberately falsiies the
Presidents message. The President wrote
Convene" the members OF the Legislature.
Farnsworth said in his speech "swear" the
members Of the Legislature, which makes all
the difference In the world 1t Is entirely uu-
necessary to pursue the record further.
Farnsworth, out Of his own mouth, stands
convicted Of deliberately altering and falslfy-
ing message Of the President OF the United
States We leave him To get the best way he
can his neck out Of the vire In which he has
placed it,
Now, In answer to the charge that Nor
ton put that in, =" We have this to say Upon
me hiJhcai qOicial authority zoe HEREBY deny
that Mr. Norton, or any one else, inserted that
pdssagf, amt ,re Glyo hrrrby assert, upon Ms
same authority, hat no mrmLrr Of tie Cab
met, no Senator, no RsprsTuidGCc, no priCdte
secretary. no clcrk in tie Er,cuiiue Mansion,
ruy7 sai0 or haIrdo Of any portion Of dI,y one of
the PRESIDENTS messages uHta il ,rds ready TO
BE- transmitted 10 Congress.