The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-12-23
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PH1LADELHHIA sHAMs.
Col FOrney on HIgh.TOned Dealers In Poor
Mems Votes, who Emptisd Their Pur-
ses to Buy the Presidency
for Garfield.

Forney's Progress contains scathinp
letter in the Colonel's best vein, ad'
dressed to A. T. Goshorn Of Cincinnati
who wrote Forney an impertinent letter
stopping his paper, because Of Forney'i
criticisms on John Welsh, ex-MinisteI
to England, for his (Welsh's) part in
raising the great corruption fund, after
the Maine election to buy up States fol-
Garfield. The annexed embodies the
material parts of Colonel Forney's letter.
It is because Mr.. Welsh is precisely
what you say he is, because he is so good
man, because his life heretofore has
been a model, because of the purity OF
that life Virtues you claim for him, and
concede), that a fatal force was given
to his secret application for the money
of the millionaires to buy a man into
the Presidency, convicted by the Re-
publican party of the United States OF
braEen corruption in the American Con-
gress,
The purity of John Welsh's life made
the impurity of that example more ter
rible. Until he signed the monstrous
circular of the 14th Of September, 1860,
General Hancock was the foreordained
President of the United States. Han.
cocks friends had just carried Maine,
and Mr.. Garfield himself, and the trained
bands of his party,-the ottiCeholders
and the reckless managers who have
been getting rich for twenty years from
the plunder of the general government
saw and trembled before that "hand.
writing on the wall" At this point John
Welsh took the field against General
Hancock. Up to the Maine election, in
in September, John Welsh stood aloof.
The thrilling record of Gen. Hancock,
his splendid contradiction of the charges
against him. the attractive incidents of
his stainless life, the graceful dignity by
which he avoided all offensive advertise
ment of his claims, had reached thous.
ands of hearts, and no doubt had these
evangeizing influences been permitted
to control, Hancock would have been
the choice of the American people.
At this moment, John Welsh, Of all
men, the very man whose "purity of
life" should have led him to yield to
these great facts, made his appearance
as the author of the extraordinary cir
Cular which l republish, Up to that
''me he had stood aloof. And when that
pap appeared, there was not gentle.
man III Philadelphia, outside of the as
pirants 10 Office, who did not read this
demand for corruption fund with sur.
prise.
Fortunately, such monstrous trsnsaC-
tions always see the light Of day. You
cannot print wicked wrong in this age
and hide it from human eyes and hearts,
any more than you can hide it from God
and 80, when John Welsh promised to
keep the money sent him to buy the suf.
frage, a secret, he admitted all of which
he now stands convicted. By this pledge
OF secrecy be confessed he was wrong.
"The purity of his life" was living re.
proaoh upon his deliberate act, and the
success of his wrong crowned his own
dishonor. He rearoused the elements
of hatred against the North. He organ
lied capital against labor in the North.
He stimulated the worst passions among
the worst men. His bid was the boldest
bid against conscience since the days of
the United States Bank, and it was a
more audaCious assault upon individual
integrity than that great corporation. 1t
was a more formidable temptation to
parties and to the press, in proportion as
the money John Welsh arrayed against
Gen. Hancock was thousand time more
than that organized against Gen. Jack.
son fifty years ago, by the United States
Bank.
And 60, long before the day of election
John Welsh became the text of sectional
hatred on the one side and sectional
humiliation on the other. The money
he raised was the open treasury
from which desperate men could |
draw ad Hbitum, and last November
the states bought by that money
were handed over, like manacled |
prisoners to the tender merCies of the
rescued ofiCeholders and their chief at
Mentor.
Was 1 to stand silent before such an
occasion as this2 Was 1 to remain muz.
zled before the exposure of this dark SO.
CretP Had consented to such a shame,
l would have been partner in the con.
spiracy itself.
Now, lest you may not have seen this
most shameful circular, reprint it as
follows:
% South Third Street, |
Philadelphia, September IA, 80. |
Alta meeting of number of the busi-
ness men of Philadelphia, held Thurs
day. September 8, Hon John Welsh was
chosen Chairman, and Cyrus EIdr Sec.
retary. The undersigned were appoint.
ed committee to procure funds for the
use of the Republican party in the pres
ent campaign.
You know that on the result of the
November election depend the prosper.
ity of our ma ufaCtures, the existence,
probably, of our national banking sys.
tenn, and the safety of our national
finances.
You know that the inevitable and le.
bAbluAalC NAPDbbOo Vi buCu a Chulpdl
are large, and that in some Of the doubt.
full States, where success is absolutely
necessary to our cause, the needful
funds cannot be procured. Seven weeks
from this day the great battle will be
fought and, if the present apathy con.
tinues-lost.
LARGE SUMS ARE NEEDED INSTANTLY,
and to you, as one of the moderate mum.
Der to whom such On appeal can be
made, the committee look tor prompt
and liberal contribution. This note
and your answer or contribution are to
be held confidential.
Payments are to be made to Wharton
Baker, Treasurer, No 29 South Third
Street.
You will perceive, Mr.. Goshorn, that
/ do not stop to discuss the sinceritv of