Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-02

party, whom the general sentiment
Of the country believe deeply guilty,
and against ,0hom evidence EXISTS equal
ly strong as against some convicted,
have not even been indicted, those
ioho hare the confidence Of the people
as honest men hare been tttraed out OF
the administration, and the whole
power of the government seems to
have been put upon the basis of be-
| ing used as a vast eleetioneering ma
chine This is what 'reformer' Bush
nell says. Now let US see how many
plain, unvarnished, malignant mis-
statements and concealments we find
in this one clause. After referring
to the incarceration of Mckee, Avery
g. Co., Mr. Bushnell says: But COM
plicity in those gigantic frauds was
traced to the satisfaction of most
men right up to the Presidents Pri-
vate Secretary Now Mr.. Bushnell
wrote this clause deliberately, in
tentionally leaving it just as we have
quoted it, for the purpose of deceiv
ing and imposing upon such of his
readers as might not know the facts.
If Mr.. Bushnell had desired to be
fair, and to do our Republican au-
thorities simple justice, he would
not have stopped with the statement
that scomplicity was traced up 10
the Presidents Private Secretary
but he would have added that Bah
cock was indicted by an impartial
Jury; that he was most splendidly
prosecuted upon that indictment by
the administration officials; that an
impartial jury acquitted him of the
crime charged and yet that the
bare fact that he had been indicted:
and that the smell of fire was still
upon his garments was sufficient to
cause the President and Republicans
to drop him and that to-day, instead
of being stbo power behind the
| throne at the White House, he lives
| a summed and dishonored man and
is another example of the manner in
which the Republican party pun
shes one of its officials for even be-
ing found in bad company.
But we will again quote reform
BUSHNELL He says: Ex-senator
Henderson, the leading counsel in
the st. Louis prosecutions, was dis
missed he prosecuted too Thoroughly
Now if Mr.. Bushnell were an igno-
ramus we might imagine that he
4 4 II Inn no afc raln
ton to Henderson's removal, and we
would excuse him on the score OF
ignorance but we say plainly that
we are satisfied that he knows that
Mr.. Henderson was deposed because
he used, without shadow of excuse,
disrespectful, abusive and defama-
tory language when speaking of
President Grant, who had not been
connected with the case then under
consideration and that the Presl-
dent did not remove him until full
official report of the false and ungen-
tlemanly utterance had been received,
and then only when urged to do SO
by the Attorney General ; and that
this is not all, for after Henderson's
removal, Mr.. Dyer, his successor in
the conducting of the trials, was not
only permitted but instructed to pros.
ecute all guilty persons to the bitter
end-these things we again say, Mr..
Bushnell perfectly well understands,
and consequently we are forced to the
conclusion that he persistently and
Systematically conceals the truth,
in order that he may indulge IN an
unwarranted fling at those whom he
terms the corrupt leaders of the
Republican party.
Mr. Bushnell next says Jewell,
without any known cause, was in
vited to resign as Postmaster Gen
eral.' Here again is wonderful
manifestation Of ignorance or will
fulness, for it is well known that
almost every one but Mr. Bushnell
that the President freely gave as q
reason for JEWELS removal that he
had made himself too officious in
things which did not concern him (;
but let us admit that there was no
known reason for the removal, it
would be only new convert and a
pure minded 'reformer' who would
take it for granted that only base
and selfish motive could have con-
troled the President in the premises.
But Mr.. Bushnell does not stop
here, for he goes ON to say MEN
high in the Republican party, whom
the general sentiment of the country
believes deeply guilty, and against
whom evidence exists equally strong
as against some convicted, have not
even been indicted Now here is
plain, deliberate and very important
statement, and one which cannot be
misunderstood and is furthermore a
statement which if true can be backed
up, for Mr.. Bushnell says 'the evil
dence exists Such being the case
we call upon Mr.. Bushnell to name
the men upon whom his words reflect;
give the proofs Of their guilt, specl-
fying acts, dates and circumstances
without shutting or prevarlcatlon,
and the columns of the Witness shall
be open to him to spread his state
ment before our readers LII Mr.
Bushnell declines to do this or remain
silent as he did when We called upon
him for names of circumstances in
connection with the equally assertion
which he made in his first letter, we
should take it for granted that the
charge which he makes, and which
we have quoted is not susceptible of
proof, and is simply malicious and
slanderous.
Once more we quote Mr.. Bushnell
where he says: 'Those who have
the confidence of the people, as hon.
est men, have been turned out of the
administration, and the whole power
OF the Government seems to have
been put upon the basis of being used
as vast electioneering machine.
Who are these men who have been
turned out of the administration, and
who are rated so high as honest men