Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-07-04
Another Slander Disposed OF.

THE indianapolis Sentinel last week
published an infamous slander in regard
to the personal conduct [alleged drunk
ennessl of the President while on his
recent visit to Chicago. Neither the OBJ
security of that journal nor the inexperi-
ence Of its editor shall be permitted to serve
as protection against whatever of shame
and ignominy invariably follow the expos
ure of series of elaborate circumstantial
fasehoods. Few will ever read the dis
gusting details of the SentineEs account,
as improbable as false, charging drunken
ness upon the President while in Chicago
but thousands will read the refutation of
the slander which we publish this morn
ing, constituting no less vindication of
the character of the President than an
impeachment of the honor and veraCity
of the unfortunate editor of the Sentinel.
1t is quite impossible that the editor of
that journal should not have been aware
of the falsity of his statements; they
were extremely improbable, and therefore
not to be believed without the support of
strong evidence. Such evidence could
not have been at hand because we this
morning refute all the charges by the tes-
timony of the Hon. Joseph Medill, Mayor
of Chicago, and the letter of Mr.. S. Nj.
Turner, of the fremont House. 1t will
be noted that the statements of Mr.. Medill
and of Mr.. Turner, both in time and cir
cumstance, contradict point blank every
allegation of the Sentinel. 1t is therefore
an irresistible conclusion not only that
the editor of the Sentinel falsified, but
that he did so deliberately, knowing that
he was giving to tissue of ialsehoods all
the currency possible consistent with the
limited circulation and influence of his
paper.
The editor of the Sentinel boasts--to
his shame, be it said, since he has proven
himself so unworthy-the acquaintance
| and tuition of the late Horace Greeley.
Whatever faults Mr.. Greeley may have
had, cowardice and lying were not among
the number. He despised both these dis
| tinguishing attributes of despicable
character, and never failed to brand them
as they deserve, whether exhibited in
| friend or foe.
If the editor of the Sentinel had said in
the witness-b box what he said in the col
umns of his journal, solemnly asserting
its truth, he would have been guilty OF
perjury, and have subjected himself tC
the penalty of incarceration in the
Penitentiary of Indiana.-Chicdg0 Inter-
Ocean, June 23.
In another part of the same issue the
Iater-O Ocean publishes the following letter
of Mayor Medill to the editor of the
indianapolis Journal.
| MAYORS OFFICE,
CHICAGO, June 13, 1873
| To the Editor Of the Journal
DEAR SIR: have your letter Of the 13th inst,
calling my attention to several charges made IL
the Sentinel against President Grant while he wa
in Chicago aud asking me whether have persona
knowledge Of the same being truet In reply,
would state that the charges so far as know, art
| untrue. / saw the President every day he was il
our city, alone or in company with other citizens
and can certify that he was not intoxicated, o
under the influence OF liquor, to my knowledge
The statement that | was forced to admit hi
gross MISCONDUCT is grossly false II the Presi
dent had been in the condition alleged, should b,
apt to know it, and il / did, / should certainly
neither deny nor conceal the fact
| JOSEPH MEDnL.
In answer to a subsequent reiteration by
the Sentinel of the SANDER, the Inter-OcedJ
also publishes detailed statement, made
by Mayor Medill, of the movements o
the President while in Chicago, and also
card from Mr. Sam Turner, of the IRE
mont House, both of which accounts fully
establish the fact that the charges and in
situations of the Sentinel editor are infa
mously and Indignantly false The Inter
Ocean concludes:
SIT is not necessary to say more. OF course
this fiat denial will be of no effect upon tn
minds of such as the Sentinel editor; but mel
of honorable instincts, and even of a semblanc
of ordinary sclf-respect, will know what Il
think Of future vaporings from the same men
dacious pen. The game is hardly worth tn
candle, and perhaps we should apologize TO
the time and space occupied by this; bu
the story attempted to be so circumstanta
that it was impossible to resist the inclination
to step upon it and crush it,