The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-10-06
RECORD
The Pages Filled Out !
HOW IT READS !!

HOW 1T READS F!
We are in receipt of Republican
campaign document for which we
heartily thank the sender. 1t is en-.
titled "a Record of the Statesman
ship and Political Achievements
of General w. S. Hancock etc.
etc.: Except the title page, every
page is blank. OF course it was got.
ten up in intended derisiou by a
party which designedly ignores the
truth of history as it relates to a po-
litical opponent, with view to con-
vey the impression that General
Hancock has given no evidence Of
craftsmanship during his eventful
career. OF course it is not true, but
that is of no earthly consequence.
Assuming it to be true, if You please,
if las You say the pages are blank,
they are at least pure and spotless.
No taint of yenality and corruption
stands out prominently and in bold
relief to meet the public gaze,
What think you, (his own partisans
being the accusers,) would General
Garfield give to-day to be able to
wipe out as with a sponge, sundry
chapters from his record" and
leave behind even a blank Of unsul-
lied whiteness? Unfortunately for
him, his record Is indelibly written,
and although by due Penitence much
might be forgiven, it can never be
forgotten. We have only to change
the name upon the title page of the
blank before us TO that of James A.
Garfield, and the six pages now un-
filed would naturally be occupied
about as follows:
PAGEI.
Cincinnati Commercial March 81, 1878.
And GARFIELD'S noble soul was
sadly perturbed He looked upon the
scene with grave apprehensions, and re-
garded this unseemly persecution of the
righteous with such horror that his soul
was sick within him. He came near
making a fatal blunder ence. After
Ames had testified the second time as TO
the guilt of Garfield, firing 1t upon him
clearly and 1L71DlSStGlcably, the General at
once notified them that he would come
before them and refute the vile SLAM
deTs that the mendacious man from
Massachusetts had poured out against
him. The day and hour came, but sim
ultaneously came not Garfield. He had
heard that Ames (w.ho was then reluc-
family producing the receipts that Pat
terson had signed) had in his possession
other such documents to prove the cor
rectness of his testimony in respect to
others, and the gallant Ger eral, whose
flashing blade was wont to gleam adown
the line, in the CORY days of the past de-
cade, found that to stay away was pru-
dent, and he never appeared. The COM
plaUent committee foTebore to question
Ames further as to Garield's statement
and his own, and the papers were conse-
quently never produced.
.f PAGE III.
Utica Herald, FEB. 1878,
"The Republicans are not only in fa-
yor of the expulsion of Ames and
Brooks, but of severely censuTing, if
not expelling, Kelley and Garfield.
Generally, we think public opinion
would favor a severe reprimand, if not
the expulsion, of Kelley and Garfield.
They can never wholly dissi-
pate the cloud of suspicion which rests
on them, whether they be expelled,
censured, or allowed to remain undis-
tuTbed and unreproved in their seats.
Possibly their offence or indiscretion is
made to appear the greater only because
of their poverty If so, this Is their
misfortune, but it does not at all modify
the appearances.
The suspected persons are already
dead cocks in the pit, and need not hepe
20 regain public confidence. There are
plenty Of geod men on whom no shadow
of suspicion rests, and these will be pre-
ferred to those in regard to whose moral
stRnding there must henceforth be di-
vision of opinion. For heavens sake,
let us bury dead out of sight, that they
may not effend the public nostrils
PAGE III.
tAFcD A0fh AftOuHoJ A'eSs A. 100
'Let us gather up the ends from all
this snarl of testimony and see, if pessi-
bic, Just where we stand. Read the ev-
idence. With varying degrees of guilt
or guilty knowledge, every man of
them, with one exception (Mr. Blaine),
has been obliged to confess that at some
time be lad held this stock, and at some
tfme-under stress of conscience, let US
hspe, though that is not fully proven
got rid it, Now let,us go slowly over
The list JAMES A. GARFIELD of
Ohio had ten shares; be never paid q
dollar; received 1929, which after the
investigation began be was anxious to
have considered as a loan from 0akes
Ames to himself. These meR betrayed
the trust of The people, deceived their
constituents, and by their evasiens and
falsehonds confessed the transactions TO
be disgraceful. Pass no resolution.
Drop it where it is. Remand the whole
business to the people"