The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-14

OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
A Christian Statesman.
james Garfield IL Candidate for
the speakersllip.
Wendell Phillips and "ile sIavs Hound
Cabinet"
The Methodist Church North and the
Christian Statesman II has Provided.
Gen. Hibs0n's Refusal Of n Position In
tho Cabinet.


Especial Correspondence 10 N. o. Democrat
WAsHIHafes, April 8. 1877.
Mr.. James A. Garfield having formally ala
uouneed himself candidate for The spsaksrsi,ip
oF ths next Hoaee, IL IL p' oper 10 shtvey. from
the standpoint Of Washington correspondence
his peculiar qualifications for ths duties of shs
position, together with his equally peculiar claims
| 10 its hoaofs. Mr. Garfield is o man of large
| legislative experience,
THH wtsrBaH RHsEHvn
| Ills district embraces that portion Of the West
sfn reserve VI Ohio which In peoplsd with what
msy be- described as the fefase matter Of Ggnnaes
ieut. OF rather with the degenerate offsDting u
what was tls refuse ef Oonnt etioua titty years
ago. The one great abso bing trait ef these
people is mea,insss They are mean and siingy
| In business transaetions. mean and narrow Ia
their religious notions; mean aud bigoted In their
political views, In fine, mean In al things, and
combining with their general auslity Of tneatia
ness a particular bassness for each separate
| feature Of existence.
| sunh constituency, Like any other eonstitu4
enoy. naturally seeks for its representative man
m sslerIy Ia Ito own pet traits. sush niah lie
| Western Reserve finds In Garfield. Itself The
hot bed of the meanHess u the universe, ts rep.
rsssntativs ID seleee as The most lnxufishtly
mean platt In tbs whole hot bed Whereby Car
field becomes invested with the fsts distinction
ef being The neanest man Of the meanest tribe
IN The known world. Naturally enough, The Had
ioai majority In this helhos IL ell The way from
len Thousand 10 unanmous, according to tbs
prominence Of The bloody shirt or religious
bigetry as issues iu the canvass.
Darfield's supremacy In this political pest.
house has never been disputed since he first
s ttraeted Tho attention ard enlisted the sffsea
teus Of hiH constituents, d hence, his leeisias
live experience has been large. It has also heen
vHriea. That Ia 10 say, bis Legislative esrssr has
bot II paftly devoted 10 PARTISAN mallgnity OF The
most fnaiign character. and partly TO disrsputa
bls jsbbarg of the most corrupt and disgraoaful
type. So long as he has been in the House ii
Representatives, rot one generous sentiment has
ever escaped his lips Id wofds@unsas We sKoept
one or two phenomenal occasions. when. having
violated The logic Of bis life by the tttarasoe Of
! liberal word, Garfield instantly rstneded the
error by partisan vote OF y dastardy rot.
, MS START IN Lire Az A PREACHER.
. Mr.. Garfield was originally d pres cher. / have
uo means Ut knowing what tbs quality Of bis rss
lgion was. fpr nhver h ard him preaoh on pray.
In print. Let us hope, however. for tho sska OF
the good natns Of Ghristani y, that he did not
: begin 10 dsysiop the real bassnsss of his nature
until after he had quit the pulpit Of Christ for
The politics OF the devil
H1s APPEARANCE.
! In person, Mr.. Garfield IL large. portly man,
With huge, round head. on top 1t which vegs-
tRtss thin growth Of reddish hair. His COUNTS
nance la also round and psrpetusy oozes all over
with sliny sort Of sanotimoniousness mingled
with The oil of CANNON III pro portion to sngg st
. that his breed il cross between Urish Hssp snd
Aminsdab Sleek. His msnneT In, IN conformity
/ with The expression Of his e6untenapcs, s6ft,
whispering aud persuasive, Gu culated 10 not
. only hamboozle tho feeble minded or tho ersdn.
|, lous, but to dissrm The suspicious Vi the ssgA-
/, eiousmunIess they are vel acquainted with hins
: : H1s CHARACTER Az A CHRISTIAN STATESMAN.
= In character he IL the beau ideal Of the Chris.
Y tisn statesman. / shall not sooa forget that
Y soeno in Jerry Wilson's Committee room, fans
Y tears sgo, whsn Garfield stood mp and with
. raissd hand said hs ''wishad God were thers 10
! witposs his innocence that, 30 help him Jesus.
he had never seen or touched dollar of Credit
/. MoLilier slu h /"
: Then Jerry Wilson, who was not 4 Christian
i statesman but an honest man, reminded Garfield
Q that God was everywhere, and hence, Of course,
i He must bs In that committee room.
!, Viii this mawkish scene was transprog In
), Wilson's committee rt ON, Oakes Ames WI open
!. ing his Memorandum Book. like pocket diiion
~ Of the Day Of Judgment, in poisnar, Ard
4 while Garfield was whining about God ant jesus
/. Ames was reading off the number OF shares o.
Ea L.H 1, 4.
q vote aud influence.
= MORE J0BBEAY.
:. Again, whom Jerry Wilson, this time W si
d eating the shepperd Ring, caught Garfield with
" 5000 briue In bis pocket, that pieus represeu
I. tative of tho Methodist Western Reserve, moi
9 9 knowing that Dick Parsons had already told all
II solemnly asseveratad that the charge ths
"a basest OF ISLANDERS. But as soon 40 he had read
l. Dicks testimony he came forward and confessed
|, that he had taken the s5000 mol knoaeiug n.at
n ,eas Intended as q bribei Bah Why the pool
wretch can't even le artistically. His les are ai
weak and bungline 40 his religion is siekish ol
lt bis pretenses TO tatemanship nauseatng.
But speaking OF Garfield 40 liar, We have I
more recent case in point: Some dass ago il
"a leaked out that Garfield had written letter Il
q Russell E1est, editor Of the pittsburg CONNER
Il ciai and Congressman elect, soliciting his suppor
I, for the speakership, ON the ground thas he VA
u the friend Of Hayes and the exponen. Of hii
policy; and that Errets had replied, saying that
= be were TO vote for man on account VI his be-
j ing an exponent OF Hayes Southern policy hs
d should vote for Sam Randall. Garfield thet
J. came out with his customary denial. And Iss
q night the infsllible mailing Of ds field as lial
10 came in the shape Of copy OF Erress's lestel
telegraphed from Pittsbnrg to ths press. showing
that the letter actually did contain precisely wha
Z Garfield said IL did not.
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