Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-07-28
A DIRTY TRICK


The editor Of the Journal, who has
recently fallen in lovo with Judge
Black, because the Judge, from per.
sonal motives, and as Gar6eld's legal
adviser, has given tho Radical nominee
several pufis, and therefore the editor
in question quotes the cx.Attorney
General rs good authority, Judge
Black has been travelling in Europe
for some time past, aud has been writ.
ing letters home to his personal friends,
among them Col. Mcclure, of the Phil
adelphia Times, in which the Judge,
lawyer like, gives General Garfield q
good puff; but before he closes his
epistlo he gives him an awful dig, too.
Below will be found the letter in qucs.
ton:
HorEL CoSrlSESrAL, PARIS, June 2s, 1850.
My DEAR SIR IL have regularly received the
Times since have been on this side. and through
| 1t have learned all / know about the situation
at home. l Am informed fully concerning the
nomination at Chicago, aud did not need much
information about the character and history Of
the candidate there set up, my personal aequaint'
anee with him being tolerably full and intimate.
The accounts have Of the proceedings at Gin
/ cinnat and of the movements that led to the re-
suits are pTOyOkingly meagre. Some letter or
editorial Of yours upon the effect of General Han
cocks nomination was tolegraphed and publish
ed In the London and Paris papers several days
ago, No political paper Of equal length has ever
gwen me greater pleasure In the reading. You
are a political philosopher and your speculatons
have somewhat disappointed me by their sound
noss and accuracy. You let drop an expression
In 1865 concerning General Hancock and bis then
| particular friends which impressed me with the
! notion that you did not admire either him or
/ them up TO the point Of their merits. | see now
that you appreciate not merely his gallantry and
heroism as soldier but those far higher quail.
ties Of mind and heart which 60 to form the char
acter Of great ruler in a constitutional govern
ment Your expressed determination to see that
General Garfield shall be defended against all un
just aspersion from his personal character Is
equally pleasant reading to me, for have been
his devoted friend for many years, and am re-
solved that | never will believe that he does not
deserve the affection have bestowed upon him.
| If be would carry the principles which regulate
his private life into bis public conduct he would
make the best chief magistrate we have ever had.
But he will act for the intesests Of his party as
be has acted all his lifetime, and that will require
him to take tho advice which Stephens gave to
Mouielius 10 the buckshot war. I DO NOT
| KNOW ANY REALLY GOOD MAN WHO HAS
| DONE AND ASSISTED IN DOING so MANY
/ BAD THINGS IN POLITICS AS GENERAL
| GARFIELD.
In England, Scotland and ireland have
learned much that l never would have known
without coming abroad but the desire TO return
has been increasing upon me until Il amounts to
nostalgia. II Is pleasant to be here, but the
pleasure is more than oounter-balaneod by the
wearnefs Of absence from home. Nevertheless
| cannot get away from Liverpool before August,
and may possibly be detained even longer l
may be persuaded to stay here until after the 4th
for the great dinner then to come of, but unless
/ can get security and snfe pledges against bein
called out to make public exhibition Of myself,
| will shake the dust OF my feet as a'testimon y
against the city and 60 to SwitEerland-"hy to
! the mountains and tarry not In all the plain
| or | may 90 up to Dresden and see General Cass,
the best and truest Of American Democrats.
/ am very truly yours, ]. S. BLACK.
Now, what we object to is, that the
editor of the Journal, in publishing the
letter, omitted what we have put in
"caps." Among newspaper men this
is considered a very dirty trick, and
the writer has the right to cowhide an
editor for such work-provided he has
the necessary muscle