National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-10-22
THE MYTHICAL FRAUDS.

commission clearly and conclusiyely place
Professor Marsh and William Welsh before
the public Jas nothing less than willful
slanderers of Secretary Delano and Com
missioner Smith. No other possible in
depreciation can be placed upon them by fair
and unprejudiced minds. The commission
in reporting have so worded the document
that in form the accusers stand in far diff
ferent light than they do in the facts of the
case. They have let the Professor down
gently, but they left traces enough to show
the extent of the condemnation he deserves
for his willful and injudicious efforts to un-
dermine the good name of q Department of
the National Government that has been
elevated to q higher standard of integrity
and advancement than it has ever known
before. Professor Marsh realizes this
poignant fact. He sees what a hopeless
wreck the investigation has made of his
charges. One by one he has watched them
fall for the want Of support, and like man
who has suddenly come into the possession
of his senses after pitiable siege of some
unfortunate mania, the feelings of shame
and remorse have come over him, and he
recedes into an obscurity from which he
hopes to gain respite from the oppressive
nightmare whose grim influence made him
foolish and mad. But there are other
phases to this monstrous farce, so uuskill-
fully managed by the scientific gentleman,
which have attracted ssme attention. The
Professor himself feels that his cause is
dead, and appears to be willing to bury it,
but some of those whose satellites he has
been are not so sensible. The New
York Tribune has been squealing
in a most painful manner ever
since the report was made public. 1t
touches the warped and .shriveled Reid of
that journal twhere he is exceedingly
tender. Itpricks the young mans pride.
There is something intolerable in the
thought that the air-castle in which dwelt
the mythical Indian ring, and which he
had builded with care and constant worry
for the entertainment of his readers,
should be swept from existence without
leaving so much as the foundation bshind.
1t is pill which the boy refuses to swal-
low. 1t is an unpalatable dose, over
which he gags and sputters in a manner
that naturally must nauseate his readers
and lead them to wish for his speedy re-
covery. There is no doubt but that Prof.
Marsh would gladly suppress these spite
full growls which issue from the kennel in
the Tall Tower were he in position to do
so; but after having taken his dog into
the woods with the promise of game, it
would not seem reasonable to kick or
spurn him now because he whines at the
unsuccessful issue of the hunt. No,
'twere better that the master humor this
disposition to whine in his animal after so
miserably deceiving him in the chase. 1t
must be unpleasant, however, for the Pro-
fessor to be continually reminded of his
ungenerous and wicked attempt to rob his
fellowmen of their good names by the
barkings from the kennel in the Tall /
Tower, for this is thing which in his
heart he wishes were wrspt in oblivion.
He knows that he undertook mean en-
terprise, and he must be convinced that he
has failed. Not one of his charges have
been proven, not one of his assertions
supported by the investigation, not one of .
his gossiping stories found true, The re- !
port, in fact, condemns him and the ash
Lime cause of William Welsh. 1t is an
absolute proof Of the ungenerous and con-
niving disposition of both of the malice
and meanness of the one, and the egotism
and spite of the other. From beginning to
the end the Professors charges have been
proven to have been based upon assumed
facts, he having arrsigned the Interior De-
partment on hearsay evidence alone, evil
dence which in court Of law would have
been pushed aside as irrelevant and ridicu-
lous, and while the Investigation has dis
covered the false position assumed by Prof.
Marsh, and soundly condemned it, on the
other hand it has proven an incalculable
benefit to the Department by disclosing to
the public the simple fact that in two
years, during the disbursement of nearly
million and half ofmoney, the Government
has only lost five or six thousand dollars,
while 1t has saved many thousands by the
care and vatcbfulness of the head Of the In.
dian Bureau, besides having the whole ser
vice in systematic working order, and ele-
waited to q standard of usefulness of which it
hitherto could never boast, and the Tribune
viii never be able to cover up these facts
from the public 80 long as it seeks for truth
and fair report.