Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-07-20

Mr.. Dansnrd who rushed to the rescue
of Belkuap and tho Republican PARTY,
and ably aud successfully defended the
whole crowd of corruptiOnists''-w when
we said, "When the Clymer COM
mittee threw the fiesh-hOOR into the
political caIldron and every time up
came dirty democratic shirt, with a
dirty democrat in it," we hardly
thou yht Gaumer's shirt would come Ia
The surface so soon with dirty demo-
crat in it, That's where the speech
didn't suit great Gaumer of things.
Mr.. DanfOrd promptly voted to
bring your democratic cOIJrere, Bel
KNAPP, who stole into the Republican
party-and true to his democratic in
stinct, stole after he got in ito judg-
ment. Aye, more, Mr.. Danford, as a
member OF the investigating commit
tee, has labored assiduOusly to bring
offenders to justice; has shielded nei-
ther Belknap or that other Democrat,
PendletOn, and in spirit OF magma
nimity your rebel Congress dare not
initiate or emulate-when, i'll his judg
mnet, he thought that other democrat
ic apostle, Kerr, who was charged with
corruption, was innOcent-said So
said so like man, and if there is any
sense of honor in your party, sir, you
should gratefully thank him for it.
We say again, Mr.. Danford is enti-
tied to the enternal gratitude of the
Repu blican party for his fearless, in
dustrious efforts to save the life OF the
party that had saved the nation from
the assault of Rebel Congressman on
the floor of the House, and in the COM
mittee room, as he had, on many a
bloody field, we know, defended his
|country's honor and life from the as
shuts of some at least, of these same
rebels. Mr.. Danford is entitled to tine
thanks of the Republican party for
standing, with his companion, Bass,
loyalty for its good name, where its
enemies on the field dared to plot, un-
der the guise of investigating commit
tees, against its life and that of its de-
fenders-then it was, Tommy Hend-
ricks and his dirty shirt and GatliBg
Gun came up on the hook; then came
Mr.. PendletOn; then Mr.. Kerr, and
others, not one of whom would ever
have seen the light of investigation
had it not been for Others than Heister
Clymer and his political associates. Mr.
Danford defended no guilty party; he
earnestly tried to 'let no guilty man
csc ipe,' and his record will most favor
ably contrast with that of Clymer-
with the great democratic apostle, Ben
Hill, who had failed to accomplish his
reasonable purposes on the field, i'm
piOusly blatant with praise and defense
of Andersonvllle, and then trying with
his friends to sneak behind the record
with partisan committees, made up for
the sole purpose of destroying certain
men, the gallant and ipyincible, the
matchless Blaine, with treason's aid
ers and abettors and active participants
all around him; with the scoundrel,
Fitzhugh, at the door, and the crea-
ture that named his child for the foul
assassin of Lincoln, sitting in high pla-
ces in the Democratic Sanhedrim;. with
the air peStiferous with treasan's
breath, while Ben Hill spoke for the
democratic party and its chosen instru-
ment, Andersonville, then was it Capt.
DanfOrd gallantly stood again by his
colors, meeting the cohorts OF treason
on all sides, and as he helped do be-
fore, turned back the dial hand of JUS
tice, and saved from the Vaccinations
of bad men who only sought its life, the
party that had saved the nation. Wei
do not underestimate the noble efforts
of men like the invincible Blaine, who
throttled the man that defended An
but contendedin the open
arena with &tne wild beasts of the DEM
ocratic party, and Stayed them, wheth-
er their naEles were Hill, TarboX, or
what at-Knott-while in the secret con-
olayn tho chocpp pmisSarieS Of this |
same party plotted against the fair
name of the Republican party, and
Danford, thank God, was there to de-
fend it.
Whether the philosopher Gaumer
bears or forbears, we abate not one jot
Or title of our speech if it brings Gau-
ner up dirtier than ever, with two
1irty shirts on.