The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-07


Thing So Mean and False.
! the washington Capital-Don Piatt's paper.l
her column will be found an article taken
'egraphic department OF the Cincinnati
n. furnished by the washington CORE
- gu. at journal. having relation to the
sPoNuons VI shai's Ring in Western Arkansas
-"oihss " .ue n~A ating under the patronage OF
an 'io'i'u'ion WA The sources from and the
ssne A''cineJ "enei n this Information reaches
ciannelsthrongIp wttA unmpeachable. and The
the public are loyal an0 NJ outrages in the name
relation discloses aseriest res. the like of which
OF justice and OF pubic robSe. occurred. TO what
1t is tO.be hoped. ttavc seldom, AZ profIted pecu
extent the Attorney General ,ordlnates have
niarily by the crimes winch his M III he has a,
committed and the offerings win 1T consider.
lowed and encouraged s'unknown. D the man
ing what is known OF ths' character a ,ut VI the
that he did not in some waygather toH>
proceeds ID not probable. from
But the case gathers additional blackDcM ut
the falsehoods which the Attorney Generaf ma ing
tered to conceal his misdeeds- Charges, incnn. ne
the facts now brought 10 light. were during "
late campaign in ONO, publicly made by Seneto
Thurman in his speech at waverly. Alarmed 40
the circumstance and afraid OF It's effect at the cleo
ton, Senator Morton, then speaking in ONO tee-
gTaphed TO the Attorney General lnquir1ng II such
things mad happened To this the Attorney Cen
eral replied In lengthy official despatch, IN which
he declared that the allegations OF Senator Thur.
man were unjust and untrue, and that there had
been no such doings in Western Arkansas as lie
hnd described The despatch was dated September
O. and, armed with TINS on the nth, at Dayton, and
subsequently, proceeded to charge senator Thur
man with lalsehood--a charge which was taken up
and reechoed by the journals in tne interest oil the
administration in Ohio and elsewhere.
Now 1t appears that all tlat was charged by Mr.
Thurman and much more, Is true, AID that the |
PRESIDENTS candidate lor the headship OF the Judi
cial branch OF the government is thing 40 mean
and false that hardly, without breach oil dec0rum,
can the extent OF his meanness and falsehOod DC
described. Ii would seem as II there Is hardly q |
corrupt ring or dirty and dishonest transaction
or thievlng contract in which this boldest and
mn nj Yfyro
has not Ia some way or other been implicated.
Evidence OF these transactions Is now before the
that not in general overscrupulous body Will find
them sufficient to npel 1t to refuse its concurrence
the eye Of the public Is turned upon the President
who persists In tnrusting this man, spotted all
rial body and through that upon the people.
1t Is from acts like these that the moral character
face Of the most damnina exposures this most
tainted and obnoxious OF all the men now In public
hle IS Push h oy Tue ensihe o. Ine
sponsible position, that Of first Minister OF public
Justice and guardian Of the constitution. Is 1t not
the CHER Magistrate with other subordinate officers
OF the government and find out the reason why 1t
Is that ne perpetuaiy gravitateS toward the dis
honorable and the ngl0riousY
Only Two Men wasn't Him Confirmed.
From the Louisville er-JOurnaL]
There are just two men in the United States who |
ian's appointment Chief Jusace-Uysses s.
Grant and George II. Williams, The wishes OF
minOrities ought certainly to be respected by the
Senate; but here we have minority whose wishes,
in this case, can be respected by neither gods nor
men until they cease to respect themselves.
Has He Made an ASS of Himself!
(From the Portsmouth (Va) Enterprise.l
I: is now generally believed that, notwthstand-
ing the charges OF corruption against Attorney
General Williams, the Senate will confirm his
nomination to the Chief Justiceship. There was
time when men were selected Tor that position on
account OF intelligence and moral worth; but
things are changed now, and these considerations
are merely secondary. Mr.. Williams has made an
OF himself In his opinion upon the Virginius
upon one sided testimony furnished by the Spanish
authorities. so that the only manner In which the
administration could get out OF the dilemma into
when his stupidity had placed 1t was by scuttling
the vessel, which was accordingly done, and
1t is to be hoped tnat when ne takes his
seat upon the bench Of the Supreme Court OF the
nation ne will at least hear the evidence upon
both sides of cases brought before he gives de-
cIsion His opinion upon the status OF the Vlr-
g1nlus Is In Keeping with his opinion upon the
Louisiana usurpat0n, and people have come how
TO place no value upon what his Views may De.