Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-07-27
Something About Fitch.


INopening his appeal fer HoUaHToN
last Saturday evening Tom FITCH said
he was a Republican. He was care
full not to say that he had always been
a Republican and he knew himself too
we'll to venture the assertion that he
should remain Republican. He has
professed all political creeds and apos-
tated as often as he professed. Three
years ago we heard him deliver an
eloquent speech in Platts Hall, San
Francisco, in support of the Demo-
cratic nominee for President. A few
weeks later he was pouring forth
frothy rhetoric in favor Of GRANT.
He is slippery "cuss" in everything
and in order to give our readers some
idea of the man we repeat the follow
ing very fair notice of him from the
Examiner:
The dog has returned to his vomit. Tom
Fitch has gone back into the bosom OF Rad
icalism; and we are right glad OF Ii. When
the telegraph informed us few months ago
tnat InlS uDcOHSClOnuDle TOgut 1tu II
speech at the meeting of the Manhattan Club
in New York announcing his ahjuration OF
the errors OF Radicalism, we were dismayed.
1t was to us an occasion OF alarm that such
scalawag should in any manner or for any
time be identified with the Democracy. Now
we are relieved in mind that he is again con-
sorting with his own kind.
Such character could not long live in the
pure atmosphere OF Democracy. AS he said
himself in his speech at Virginia City on Sa-
turday night, "he was never designed for q
nan ~ M ia n
for communion with the pure spirits of De-
mocracy. Fitch says he has not "sufficient
moral elasticity to be Democrat. Well,
considering the source that is cool. Within
twelve months this man has changed his
politics twice, and not long ago made speech
denouncing the Radicals as the most corrupt
and wicked party that ever existed, SO corrupt
indeed, that even he could no longer act with
them, and he forever renounced connection
with them. He says she hadn't been identi-
fled with the Democracy long enough ever to
vote their ticket, or strong enough ever to
make them a speech" Liars proverbially
| have short memories, and Tom forgets his
| speech at the Manhattan Club.
it's hardly just to our readers To waste SO
much time and speech on so worthless a sub
ject. A man so lost TO all sense OF honor and
decency, is properly beneath our notice.
are always for sale to the highest bidder, 4
political tramp who would change his religion
or his politics at amoment's notice, corrupt
carpet-bagger who prostitutes the noblest
gifts OF imagination and elocution for the
paltriest consideration OF coin, audaciously
avowing the fact and claiming that he Is thus
"hOnestly earning q professional fee - reject
ed and despsed by his associates for his lack
Of moral principles banished from Missouri,
cast out from Nevada, virtually expelled
from Utah refused tolerance in New York,
ignored in California; q parish among poll
ticianS, no wonder that the decent Radicals
| of Nevada dread his return as a prodigal as
| they were delighted at his detection. Who
| can sound the depths OF such a mans infamy
| who can describe the sublimity OF his assur-
| ance, who can measure the fathomless fer
| tility OF his audacity, who, but himself so
| abounding in tumid rhetoric can deplot in
| corresponding colors the matchless viIlainy
| OF this political acrobat?
For coin or for place he would sell himself
| to any party, or profess proselytism To any
creed, advocate any cause, preach any dogma,
proclaim belief with equal facility in Christ,
In Buddha, in Mahomed, or In the I'm
known God, or fall down and worship the
Golden Calf of Nevada.
We may In closing with this charlatan,
adopt the language OF Charles Phillips in la
menting the fail OF Il really great man: He
and q scholar by charity. He has known no
motive but.interest, ackn owledged no critic
rion but success, he has wofshippeu no God
but ambition, and with an eastern devotion
he has knelt at the shrine of his dolatry.
Subsidiary to this, there is no creed that he
| will not profess no opinion that he will not
promugate; in the pursuit of office, he at q
! moments notice, is ready to become a Nor
| mon or II Mahomedan, a Democrat or q
Radical "a satellite ofSutro or q sycophant OF
Sharon. Such medly OF contradictions and
at the same time, such an individual eonsis-
tency, were never united in the same charac
ter. o, Frailty, thy name is-Fitch.