The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-06-14

vestigation in the contest for the Sena
tors seat / would suggest to the Senate
Committee to ask certain members o
the Packard Legislature, whose names
will give, whether, after all efforts TO de
moralize the Republican members anC
get them to go over to Nichols by tn,
Commission acting together failed, n Sc
lected portion Of that Legislature were
requested by Col. Wharton. a friend oI
Packard, TO meet Wayne MacVeagh, and
did so. Whether he addressed them
saying that the President would not rec
ognize the Packard Government; thai
the troops would be Withdrawn the nexl
day; that he had a telegram 10 that ef
feet; that II they would 90 over to the
| Nichols Legislature they would be rec
ognized, and seated, and get their mile
age. but IT, they did not do so within
twenty four hours their seats would be
declared vacant. and they would lose all
IL the Committee push their inquiry.
firmly believe upon evidence they will
/ find what ! have suggested to be sub.
stantially true. Now do not deny the
words Of this. see you are fond Of de
/ nying words"
| read in your letter that you say
Wharton did not manage or transact
any kind of business for me-" Certainly
not. Bless your soul you do not call
such tricks as these business, do your
| They are not business. even IL you should
| get that foreign mission for doing them,
which hope you will.
You further say, wharton was a
friend Of Packard" All the better in
strument. therefore, to get Packard =
| friends away from him. IL was well
done and does credit to your training
You say further Strange as il may
appear to some Of them. political results
are still attainable in this country by
straightforward and honest methods !"
True; it did seem strange to me, for in
more than thirty years experience in the
ways OF Pennsylvania political meth
DDS" and politicians in both parties. il
did seem strange If this transaction was
either straightforward or honest"
You made a good point on me there.
frankly confess / had no evidence
then, and have none now, that you paid
any money to these deluded men after il
had been promised them. | desire, in
the most solemn manner, TO acquit you
Of having ever paid away any money. !
knew. as you say in your letter, that you
had none to spare" and / believed. il
you had, you would not spare it. |
trust and hope the event which you hope
will give you command Of a large sum Of
money is in the far distance.
agree most fully that where you are
known you "do not need TO deny any
silly story" about the use OF money in
paying anything and il | had ever as
serted that you ever did use your own
money for any good or even political
purpose, ! should have been guilty as
you. in your own chaste language. say. OF
base and cowardly falsehood There
fore, | repeat again. | never have known
or beard OF your paying any thing to any
body, and as at present advised. without
more evidence than | have now. | never
will assert such a thing possible. You
need not make me excuses, as you do,
for mot having money Of your own 10
spare" i have known many men with
out money, but have never known one
without an excuse for not having IT,
As you state your excuse. 1t is only
a military commandant at New Orleans.
in time Of war, who can safely appropri
ate any considerable quantity OF the pro
perty of others to his own use
Do understand you correctly that IL
is the want of ability to do il safely
that has prevented you from "appropriat-
ing considerable quantity Of the prop.
erty of others to your own use2'
However, shall not affect TO misun-
durstand the allusion which you make,
but pardon il to the apparent loss OF
your temper, which makes your writing
at once unjust. illogical, and unperspicu-
Gus. IL you believed. what you are brave
enough only to insinuate-because. al
though you were young and able-bodied,
/ fail to recall the number of the regi-
ment in which you served in the war for
your countrys safety - certainly you
you could not, as managing member OF
the State Republican Committee Of
Pennsylvania, have invited, with press
ing letters, which i now have one who
had appropriated wrongfully other peo- !
pies property 10 come TO that State, 10 |
speak on the same platform with your
self. travelling together many miles 10 !
attend meetings to instruct your people /
on public affairs
Besides, my dear Mr.. MacVeagh, the |
insinuation was unworthy Of you. IL Is
neither novel nor useful. and therefore
not patentable. A half dozen dirty news
papers have been enabled TO preserve
themselves from bankruptcy for the last
doze.I years by printing the assertions
about me which you only insinuate.
Every one has his own taste in choos-
ing his own way to acquire money. but II
was obliged TO choose one Of two ways,
either to appropriate il as military com
mandAnt." or 10 marry into a family
where / was neither wanted nor by which
should be respected, to get money TO
spare certainly should choose the for.
mer, strange as you may think IL, be
cause at least / should have the money,
after having committed a disreputable
act to get Il, and not be liable to be dis
appointed, as / might be, after ! had
waited long for dead men shoes by
the other method.
There is another denial Of yours Of an
assertion that did not make: Il have
not asked the President TO appoint him
(Wharton) Marshal / never intimated
that you had so done. bad always sup
posed that you had never asked Presi
dent Hayes for the appointment Of any
body except you. self, and my knowledge
Of that idiosyncracy OF yours would have
prevented me from asserting that you
had asked for the appointment OF Whar
ton. Certain it - that Gov. Packard has
not Who. do you think. is 20 pressing
Col Jack Wharton, Of the Confederate
army, that PitkiD. the Republican and
good officer, is called upon by a Rrpubli
can Administration to resign his office to
make way for the rebel2 What service
has Wharton "a brave man, it Is true)
ever done for the party or the country TO
earn high Office, except TO help kill some
of our gallant soldiers, whose lowly
graves we were decorating the day got
your kind noe.
Let mo advise you. my dear sir. not to
los you temper in discussing poi zeal
matters II you do you will prove your
self unfit to be employed 10 manage di-
plomatic affairs even near the smallest
court in Europe. say of Monaco, where
/ they have a standing army Of sixty-thre
men only, so that you need not be afraid
/ TO 20 there because Of auy danger Of war