New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-25
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the publication Of The Tribune paragraph so that,
if my theory be correct The Tribune declares itself
to have been made acquainted with the facts by
Mr. Baine's college pTeceptor and family friend,
and certified of tie facts by Mr.. Blaine himself
long before it published its falsehoods
Mr.. MedIll has access to his own files have not
demand of him to give the date Of the publication
of DR.. Kings letter in The Chicago Tribune and the
date Of the sanderous editorial paragraph for which
have arragned him. These dates will convict Mr.
Medll of a second falsehood by way Of escape from
the first or they will convict me of an error Of men,
DRY; for in this matter l write wholly from my
memory Of events which made the deepest impress
sion upon me at the time, and which / shall 10
amazed to find that any lapse Of months years
has disarTanged.
For The Tribune editor to say that what con-
slider so dsgraceful is alleged membership in tho
Catholic Church is a Enthusiastically mendaciOus
method of intaming religions bigotry but ii does
not meet my charge To descend into the street for
what may be called the argument by epithet seems
TO be the instant. instructive resource of the pro-
fessiona Refomer, and peculiarly of those gem
tlemen in the strict sense of the word who COM
posed the Reform lobby at Cincinnati; but it does
not meet my charge that Mr.. Joseph Medill never
received letter from Mr. Blaine containing the
statement that he belonged to no church, and that
Alr. Medill never received any letter from Nr.
Blaine after the publication Of the slanderols
paragraph
disdain to apply to Mr.. Blaine for corroboration
Of my statements. l choose to place them solely
and confidently upon my own memory and my
knowledge of Mr.. Blaine's character on the one
side and of Mr.. Joseph MedilPs on the other.
The CoagreGaii0Ralst met my charges with forlom
and rather conyulsive attempt at whistng, but
with no attempt at denial.
The Boston Journal and The AdrDtisa | charged
with no specific Islander, and no malicious intent,
but only with being carried off their feet by the cur
rent. The advertiser, as it was swept past uttered
faint, prolonged, but artculate sound, to which.
with the closest attention., could attach no mean
ing; and The Journal caught its breath long enough
to inquire who constituted me the censor Of tho
American press, to which reply, as did Mr. Emer-
son to the rhodora, with variations:
Inever thought to ask, Ineyer knew,
But IN my simple Ignorance suppose
The elsame power brought me here that brought you'll
Neither Of them uttered single denial
| The only other attempts at denial have come in
respect to my statements regarding the APP
| pointment of Mr.. Schneider, and Mr.. Scburzs re-
ceiyng payment for his speeches. In each and
every case they 10 proceed, not like Mr.. Joseph
| MedilPs falsehoods from natural love of lie but
from a certain mental 1abbiness. which does not
know the difference between truth and falsehood;
over a page without any definite limitations. and
whose unframed hand makes a vague iufantino
clutch after their meaning without knowing or
/ needing whether or not il has grasped it. For liz
! stance, says one paper:'
Gail Hamilton grossly blundcred in her statement Of
fact, when she accused secretary schuz aud Mr. George
| Schneider OF beng On intimate financial re.atioEs
Ineyer made any such statement or accusation.
| Another says
Gail Hm.lton's statement that Mr. George schneider
of Illinois was made Minister 10 Switzerland because No
h4dlOanedmOIey long Time ago TO secretary SchuL ETC
Incyer made any such statement
Gail Hamilton should be very careful OF her facts Her
! statements should be unassaaDe as TO their 'er'y'
| This is not so with respect 20 this story
Ny facts are all that there is Of my letters Ny
whole work consists in the grouping Of facts.
My statements are not unassaable but they are ul
pregnable. No fortress can be strong that fool
may not run his head against III but it is his head
that is broken, not the stone wall.
Tile Neic- York Lreniag Post says:
Gail Hamilton endeayored TO free herself from the re-
sp0nsibiity OF believing TINS report.
Never. No responsibility attaches to belief Be
lief is a result Of evidence not of will. You believe
because you must not because you choose had
never heard of Mr. Schneider at the time Of his ap
pointment, but l have since acquired very WE'LL
defined belief regarding his appointment and his
resignation. have, however, reason TO suppose
that the public is at all interested IN this belief, and
have never attempted TO give it. What | did say
was exactly this:
Aud I observe also, that April 20 the Reform jour-
mails announce that the swiss Mission to-day for
mully rendered to and accepted by Geo. Schneider, a
wealthy Chicago banker, possessing literary AID artistic
schurz to establish his newspaper at ST. Louis
Will any of my critics deny this He will
find tho dispatch inserted, like any other item Of
| news, without doubt or comment, in The Boston
Journal, which was then executing perfect cara
cole of Reform under date April 20, 1s77-probably
appearing in the issue Of April 81 preserved only
the slip, not the paper.
My statement was correct in every particular.
made 10 accusation against Mr. SchuIz or Mr..
Schneider simply stated what was said; and it
lcas said every phrase and word; and every paper
that has accused me of inaccuracy or nadyertency,
has done so because IL does not know or does not
heed the difference between truth and falseho0d
The Ne,c- York EreniHg Post says:
Gail Hamilton gave currency to a report etc.
That is true. did give it currency.
| Another paper says:
On information which She believed to be accurate,
Gail Hamilton took occasion that Secretary schurZ
had procured the appointment, etc. Tep0rt
like this TO which Gail Hamilton has inadvertently given
currency.
l. | never said whether or not believed the in
formation TO be accurate. and no one but myself
knows what believe
2. | never took occasion to say that Secretary
| Schurz had procured the appointment.
3. did not give currency to the rumor inadvert-
emily. 1t came within Telescope Of my original purpose
and plan. | was challenged by The hdGoa news
| paper to give examples Of Reform talk which had
degcneIated into SANDER. | gave enough to show
| that it was no chimera and then / turned the
other side of the cause uppemost. | proved
| first that the RefOrmers had tlaOrautlv slendered