Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-12-18
Let it Drop.
From the New York Times. |

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| sons who obtain rooms at the West
| End Hotel after Senator Carpenter
had failed. The fact is that all these
persons had engaged rooms before
hand. So much for chat. The evil
dence Of the hotel clerk is summar>
ly dismissed by calling the man ali
ar" Nothing can be more simple.
When a slanderer is confronted with
a witness who disproves oil his as
sertions, let him call that witness
a liar" and the whole thing is set.
tied. But it is TO be observed that
the Tribune admits by its silence
that its correspondent, Ramsdel, ad-
mitted to several persons that ho at.
tack upon Senator Carpenter was
utterly unfounded, and that he only
made it to "get even' with the Sem
ator for causing his imprisonment.
On this most vital point of the evil
dence it dare not say word. Only
this queer thing had happened to it
all of a sudden it is seized with q
desire to to Diet subject drop" on
which it had evidently prepared it,
self for long campaign. 1t has al
ready published whole columns about
it-now all it asks is that no one
will say any more about it. II for
give you" it says to the person it
has slandered; "let US shake hands
and be friends
This is a fine example of the way
in which a newspaper may invent
some subtle charge against man s
private character, (taking care to
drag lady into the affair." and then
shelter Itself in silence. The profess
sional black-mailers of the press used
to play the same sort of game
they trumped up some Infamous
charge against 2 man or woman, and
as the evidence OF innocence could
not be produced without involving
the accused persons in all sorts of
disagreeable circumstances, they
generally paid the black mailer his
price. In this case, the motive seems
to have been one of simple malice,
or, as Ramsdell himself expressed it,
the desire "to get even"
The papers generally, we are glad
to say, strongly condemn the Trib-
une'S course, and admit that the evil
dence in behalf of Senator Carpenter
is conclusive. The New.Haven Pal.
ldd'um Ono friend of ours) says:
"The defense of Senator Carpenter, publish
ed by the New York Times, is a strong one,
and must compel an answer from the Tribune.
Two of the statements made in il may be &C.
eepted as proved, vix., that Senator Carpenter
was not in a state of ntoxication during his
visit at Long Branch, and that the lady, BY
whom he was ACCOMPANIED, holds respect
able!position. The gorgeous and somewhat
sloppy rhetoric in which the Tribune clothed
its charges against the Senator, gave the i'm
preston that the lady was person of motor
diousIy bad reputation. If DR.. Bliss-the gem
tleman connected with Cundurango, we pre-
sume-and Senator Spencer state the truth,
Ramsdel, the correspondent upon whose in
formation the Tribune based its articles, has
confessed that he is malicious slanderer."
The Baltimore american remarks
that "the defense which appeared in
The Now York Times of yesterday
is generally received in Washington
as being a complete vindication. >"
The Worcester Spy quotes the great.
er part Of the testimony we have
produced, and says:
GAS the evidence stands, this seems to be
very bad case of malignant and dastardly libel
to which the records of political and personal
warfare, so far as we are familiar with them,
furnished hardly any parallels"
The Philadelphia Press has the fol.
lowing:
"Of the lady, we can freely state that we
have known her father, mother, brothers, and
sisters for many years, and we have never
met more irreproachable woman than her
self, or more respectable family than that
whose name she bore lbefore her marriage
For her sake and theirs we have deplored the
publicity that has been given TO the charge
against public man who has done so much
honor to our publ: councils as Senator Car
penter.