National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-03-09
GILBERT c. wALKsR, BOSS TWEED AND
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION.

Handsome Gilbert" the renegade Viz
ginian, has gone, as we have previously
announced, to take part in behalf of the
Democracy in the pending New Hampshire
cause. An esteemed friend in Virginia,
abiding to this fact, writes TO the NATION
AL REPUBLICAN as follows:
''You say, in your issue of the 9th instant,
Governor Tilden, however, testified last week,
under the solemn obligations of an oath, that
while he held the position of chairman of the
New York State Democratic committee he re-
ceived from Tweed subscriptions for Demo
cratic campaign funds Yes, and when the
True Republican farce was enacted in this
State IN 1869, when the Virginia chivalry
'stooped to conquer by nominating General
Buffers sutler, Gilbert &. Walker, for Cover
nor, Boss Tweed sent his check for 81 900 to
tire Walker State committee at Richmond, to
aid in that carpet -bagger's election, and now
that unctious individual has gone to New
Hampshire to give vent to his pious indignation
against poor Belknap, thus exemplifying the
eternal fitness of things to the Granite State
boys.
''Our editors roll up their eyes in holy hor-
ror at Belknap's delinquency, but have not one
word to say in regard to the Democratic Legis
lature OF Virginia tolerating the presence of
FoWle, who gsmbled away SIS, 600 in bonds of
the Montpelier Association, held by him in
trust, with Democratic judge, both of whom
were indicted by the grand jury of the Hus-
tings Court of Richmond city, plead guilty,
and paid their fine. Yet no single step has
been taken by the Legislature to impeach or
otherwise punish this offending member.
Surely there must be huge beam in the Dem
Ocrstic eye"
Our correspondent might have added
few comments regarding the Virginia
defaulting State Treasurer Mayo, whose
thefts have been condoned by Governor
Walker and his political friends. Mayo,
it will be remembered. was conveniently
adjudged TO be insane, and placed in an
asylum. from which, however, he was
soon released-as soon, in fact, as the ex-
element provoked by his unblushing rob-
berries had died away. OF course, Mayo
came from ''good family" had been
lifelong Democrat and an earnest rebel.
These facts furnished sufficient ground for
the successful efforts that were made to
rescue him from deserved punishment.
They should be developed in the Few
Hampshire campaign wherever and
whenever Handsome Gilbert shows his
face, and the voters of the Granite State
should be made to understand that Gilbert
himself is one of the most despicable and
ungrateful political traitors that ever dis
graced American politics. Assuming the
disguise Of sham Conservatism, he ran for
Governor, and was elected by the aid of
the ballots Of large number of misguided
Republicans. As soon as he was inaugu-
rated his treachery showed itself, and from
thence forward the Democracy, misnamed
Conservatives, have had control of the
State. Previous to this Walker had been
regarded as seedy and needy adventurer,
who had scraped together few dollars by
fleeing the soldiers of General Buffers
command, to which he was attached in
the capacity of sutler. He is, in short,
thorough type of the trucking Northern
Doughface, and the only one in the South
that has succeeded in establishing himself
with any kind of permanency. His sue
cess, however, is but an additional and
convincing proof of his sycophancy.