National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-28
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and General LEWIS VI. PECK.
the GHoULs AZ WORK.
The attempt now being made to blucken
the name aud fame of the late Senator
MoRTeS, by iusiuuaing that he has alb
strocted and destroyed portion Of the
cipher telegrams submitted to his charge by
President ORToN, Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, also since dead, and
that the tclcgrams destroyed are those in
culpatmg Republicans, is in accord with the
| ghoulish instincts of those directly con-
celned. II either Senator MORTON or Pres
/ ident ORTON were alive those who are now
engaged in casting shadows upon the mem
ories Of either would remainpertectly silent.
But they now hope by casting suspicious
upon Senator MoRroN, without a scintila
Of proof TO justify them TO brcal, the force
Of their own impending political fall under
the startling exposures that have been aud
are likely to be made by the impending i'm
vcstigation
| Fortunately 1t is n we'll known fact that
the friends of Mr.. TuDEN were warned Ivy
President oRroN, when they were engaged
in an effort to bring to light certain cipher
tclegrnms that they thought might possibly
inculpatc prominent Republicans that they
were treading upon dangerous ground TO
themselves when they disturbed the dyna-
mite concealed in the numerous dispatches
in the possession of the telegraph company
But the Democrats persisted in that pur-
pose, and the dispatches that passed between
Republicans were secured, translated, and
exposed to the world, and have been ex-
planned away, 80 that they are regarded Of
no account in the way of smirching those
directly concerned in them. The truth is
and it cannot be shown to the contrary
that no dispatches have been destroyed by
Senator MOTION, aud that those that related
to the Republican side during the period Of
excitement when the visiting statesmen of
both sides were at the South have been
brought TO the light and have been found
to be perfectly innocent Of any attempts at
bribery aud corruption or Of any interler-
ence with the purity Of the election OF Pres
ident then pending. This the Democrat,
/, are perfectly aware Of and hence their de-
mOniHc attempt TO cast Il sh adow upon The
memory Of dead Senator, who is not here
TO defend his action and good nnme.
But this dubolical plot will have rs sig
: nal failure rs the attempt to place Mr.
| TILDEN in the Presidential chair through
l agencies alike corrupt, disgraceful, and
f danming. The leaders of the Demo
cratic party are now in the GRIM
= inal dock under trial for hay
! ing attempted to clutch the Presidency
S through appliances that are being exposed
y and which cannot stand the light Of day
I And though they may attempt to cast {
q pyramid of obloquy upon the grave Of tn
c dead MORTON, they cannot escape the odiun
d that the cipher telegram developments vii
inevitably bring upon themselves for al
c time
i The trumped-up story now that the trunl
s of dispatches was despoiled of those whc'
i inculpated Republicans by the hand of Sen
# ator MoRroN, and then that GEORGE l.
: BULLOCK, messenger Of the committee
o locked the door and made n bonfire of tn
1t bundle of dispatches which had been lei
WIN nm We lttl lrNNtitAl - ~ Ai-uN VI lNl0N
l. hood from beginning TO end If Mr.. BUT
II LOCK was in this county, and immediate
il available Us n witness these preposterou
II allegations would not have been mad,
i The short time before the eXpiIa
;, tion of this Congress may tilvo
i the fight Of these hrazen false
e hoods so that they can escape eXposur
It before the 1th of March, when the commit
o tee expires but we hope that every eilor
:, will be made to bring Mr. BULLOCK beior
= Che committee at an early day, that he ma
: confront these calumnies and oXculpat
II himself and the committee to which he va
IS attached from these slnnderous assault
Let Mr.. BULLOCK be called as q witness b
cable at once, and then these base lhbricG
d tions will dissolve into tliin air before III
II force Of truth. II is due alike to the repu
,e tatons of the members of Senator MoEToN
n committee and to that Of Mr.. BULLOCK thG
e he shall be brought before the eommitte
l. and give the facts in the case, and put tn
@ beyy of slanderers now engaged on the cas-
5. 10 speedy flight.