Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-08-24

which Governor Hayes was president, in 1854
for resisting draft and encouraging desertion
ss editor of an Ohio paper, found guilty. sent
TO Fort Delaware: which decision was affirmed
! by General Hooker; aud when the war closed
he was serving out his sentence.
| Here are some Of the other officers who
| IN "A lew weeks were proven unfit. notice
them because of the claim that bad men
are To be put OFT of office and good men
put IL:
The clerk OF the Committee on Military
Affairs.
The clerk of The Committee of Ways and
Means.
The Dookeeper OF the House.
There We're other lesser offices, but give
no time to them.
The clerk OF the Committee of WAYS aud
Means was the now rather notorious James
L. liambleton The place is very impor-
tant. The clerk possesses all the secrets
OF this important committee; secrets some
times worth hundreds of thousands of dol
lars 10 desperate men interested upon the
s"'3eets eoasidered in the committee
which reverses and re-arranges our taiIu
laws and all revenue laws at its pleasure.
Mr. HambIeton was, | think, forced upon
the chairman of the committee by other i'll
flueuce. He had been a lobbyist here for
a blackmaIler on northern merchaots be
fore the war. But well-pruved act of his
showing pronounced sympathy with the
most lamentable and tragic act in our his
tory, the assassination OF Abraham Lin-
coin, aroused the newspaper press and par
ucularly the New \ lork Tribune, aud my
friend from Illinois, (Mr. MORRISON the
chairman OF the committee, removed him.
and removed him, have no doubt, willing
ly on learning all tile facts. To snow some
thin. Of the character of the parties | will
have read the following from the New
\ ork Tribune:
rURS BACK TIE H,sps.-MR HAABrEToS De
NASps PRooFs.-A LETTER FROM TIE DEMO
CRATIC CLERK OF THE WAYS AND MEANS CON-
NIrrEE.
To the Editor Of the Tribune
SIR Judging from your article Of this date, you
seem determined not % receive any statement or
explanation as satisfactory. II sometimes happens
that - man convinced against his will j. oi the
same opinion still" In reply TO your first onslaught
authorized your chief correspondent in III Is Clty
e. SAY That never had child or An, thing else
named John WIlkes BsDth." That despatch ap-
pcdrci IN the Tribune AS my authorized statement,
ana ne lTibune also. in the same issue made ell
t"TIIly an minion type quasi rctraCtion. since
That date Tribune reiteratcs the charge but presents
Ia" proofs. now say for the last that the al
legation - false amt malicious and 1t the Tsihune
has or can get any proof that |, or any member Of
IN! family ever nAnei child John " likes Booth,
We say Etvo II To the public without delay. Who
are your witnesses and what are they 1t easy
matter fur an edtor especially one who fought
four years 10 save the ulon-in his retirary-glow-
ius " ith patriotic ardcr. to ndilc gushing philip
pcs over the grave OF a Head infant hut II l. an.
other thing W prolucc facts that sustain such a
course. Ihls crusade OF the antI-denOcratc pre-,
against the clerk VI the Committee Of Ways and
Means u not only unfouudci Ia truth but II is par
usan and malicious. and Is the smallest and most
contemplate episode In the history of American
politics The Tribune has been imposed upon By
thc envious and the mali snant. ats patriotic iudIs
nation has been Iashed into rage at the sight OF a
Quaker gun-nothIng more, nothing less
The Tribune may also be sratIiei to know that
the clcr1ship Of the tommittee Of Ways and Means
Is matter OF small conslderAtipn 20 IT, present in
cunbrBt The clerk was appointed on the sole
commentator OF prominent democrats who had
served long AMI faithfully on this committee, and
while The IN airman - not responsible for my ap-
puintueut yet my cslgnatl has always been sub
jest to his VIII and pleasure IN The Tribune sug
gcsi Ia the chairman Of the Committee Of Hay-
AMI Means some suitable gentleman FOR his clerk.
after learning that he has i family and what hr has
named his children No mistakes should be made
thing IN either OF the new amendments OF the Con
sttutOn, the reconstruction acts acts OF Congress-
pruclanatons, or military orders that prohi bIt-
"N are in our fathers house" and viii never
Knowingly violate any law or anyth thing done IN
pursuance thereof We shall never invade, under
any PrrtcAt, the domestic circle the graves o IN
notcut-- JAMES l.. HANBLEION,
Clerk u Committee Of Ways and Meros.
WAsHISGTos. d. C.. February ;, 1876.
4. s-If there any additional statement you
desire 10 make please prepare it, and iuolose Il
your regular Washington correspondent that may
comply. # possible. with your patriotic demands.