The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-07-25
F1CT VERSUS FYCTYoN.

nary specimen of journalism than is now
weekly furnished by our neshbor, the
Capiioi. While its editor is engaged in the
task of beslavering Garfield with the grossest
nattery, trying to defend his utterly indie
fensble record, and landing him to the skies
while declaring that he CHE cdito) shall
vote for Weaver, Mr.. A. C.. Buell. on the first
page, under the head, Editorial Corre-
"spondence," is engaged in alternately adj
vising as to the policy of the Democracy, and
writing accounts purporting TO give the in
side history of the party management. The
latter, il should he explained are mainly |
either the product of " A. C. BIS vivid
imagination or the result of remarkable
system of stuilng of which he has been |
made the victim, for they are very nearly as
far as possible from the truth respecting the |
events they purport to narrate For exam
pie, MIR. Buell. pretends TO recount the Incl
dents of what the New York Times'S Wash |
ingtou correspondent telegraphs to his jour
nal as "a Quarrel in the Democratic Camp
Among the points as TO which Buell has been
grossly misinormed is his statement that
In the meantime Hancock had expressed to senator
wallace other tfiCNdN ms ucSic lllat lh
should bc given the chairmanship OF the committee
Now the truth is that neither General
Hancock nor his closest friends at any time
desired Senator Wallace TO take the chair
manship of the National COMMITTEES, nor did
they consider il advisable that he should do
so. MIR. Hewitt, who SO ably conducted the
campaign of 1876, would probably have been
their first choice il the state of his health
had not rercmp,crily forbidden his accept
ancr. Mr.. Barnum was their next choice.
In this case the activity of ill.informed and
unreilecting friends have only served to place
Senator Wallace in an embarrassing position.
| lie can take TO himself the adage, " Saveme
" from my friends"
But Mr.. Buell's pen iles on, and the Times
correspondent eagerly copies and condenses,
| as follows:
| At u meeting of iIancock's friends fear was cN-
| pressed that In this way Through Barnums chair
| manslhpl ridden and the old ring would get control
| Of Hancock well rs of the committee, and that
| Tillcn would the General, " the latter sh"nld
happen get into the white House, as weapon for
the punishment Of his enemies. Information was re-
ceived that the Tilden party, already securely In
structcd, had submitted the following conditions as
| the price of their support;
| FirSt-'rhat n certain number Of Cabinet places
| should be put at ridden 5 disposal.
Second-Tha, the patronage of New York city and
state should lie given absolutely to the regular wing
of the party in that state.
Third-lhat the Administration, If 1t should be-
come pemocratic should Its Influence In support
| OF Randall rs Speaker of the House.
These conditions put In regular form AMI art
| now embodied In memorandum. 1t Is asserted that
Hancock rejected these conditions, and therenpo'
l other conditions which had been prepared wert
3 dropped. Among these stpulations that Han
cock should reairm the policy of Tiiden's letter or
Southern claims and that Hendricks should have nC
place In the Cabinet. The ridden men contente,
themselves with the control of the campaign. Whe'
1t became plain that Wallace could not have the chair
o manship without quarrel In the party Hancock de
q | ternined to make no public announcement Of hi
: preference.
=, Now, If any such conditions We're evei
"cmboded in 4 memorandum, which W.
q very much doubt it was the work of som'
irresponsible busybody and candidate for al
g asylum for idiots, and not of representative
IL men and veteran politicians. Yet Buell.
e without saying so, conveys the impression
e to the average reader that this preposterou
't demand was made by such men as Messrs
/ Barnum, Hewitt, and Scott. Now betwee
s these gentlemen and General Hancock tler
II has never been the slightest coolness no
l. variance. 1t was known to General Han
cock s friends as long ago as the Democrati
l. State Convention at Harrisburg, as can b
proved hy reference to files of this journal
e, that Mr.. Tilden was most friendly to Ger
Nv eral Hancock, and in no sense adverse to hi
IL candidacy. Senator Wallace was not, INT
Ia, Ia, nj
Louis, especially identified with the llancoc
C. movement. His position, repeatedly avowe,
s. was primarily that of opposition to Tilden-
no and this of itself made it impolitic to giS
Oh him the chairmanship of the National Con
Is mittee, even if there had not been stroi
ho reasons, local to Pennsylvania, against
He early and often declared that his poll,
zee was to unite all the elements of opposition
re- Tilden, and with this object in view he f
mt awhile courted the Bayard influence, Al
Ii then talked Seymour strongly at the tin
OF when there seemed to he an overwhelmii
ms Seymour boom. At the State Conventi'
IN this strategy overreached, for instead OF
er- the elements of opposition to Tilden comb
lily ing on General Hancock, the friends of I
he other candidates combined with Mr.. Rand;
rz, to prevent General iancock's asccndanc
'us And while Senator Wallace was assumi
Mt, this attitude, General llancock's most acti
on friends were expressly and distinctly d
Wy claiming special antagonism toward any ca
his didate, and only claiming the superior ava
ga ability of their own. [See 81. N. BIS" /
ters to various newspapers.
ri- Should the Editorial Correspondents
md of the capital favor MS with any further t
position of the secret intrigues within
lave Democratic party we trust that it will 81
ionf us the names of those present at the - me
n.s "inp of IIancock's friends " at which " II
eral "was expressed that in this way Tilden a
! no "the old ring would get control of Hanc'
"as well as of the committee Gene
ms Hancock has Just now many superservi
p' able and perhaps some indscreet frien
'rn' and since Buell. has gone SO far in furnish
OH racy reading for our Republican cohtem
ere rares we can only hope he will go III
'his further and publish the names of the "
are thies who held this memorable meeting, 4
the let rs know which of them brought the 90
'rea - formation of the " memorandum OF c
the ditions " that were to be - the price of
has support " of I" the Tiden party" the 3
re- stance of which Buell. has made haste to 6
'e"' to the world.
'"o Bat, seriously, il Buell. is anxious for
iool success of the Democratic candidates, can
Is of ,ot IL. ,,r.voil.d unon Ia take to himself
,rth y;wes,s unnecessary advice TO General II
h'y' cock to "throw away his pen, OF II thii
III asking too much, to refrain from writing
'on the inside history ol the Democracy until
ms has POSSESSED himself of at least part OF
hns necessary information. fertile inasina'
y DC aud profound inner consciousness OF SUI
human intellectual power sometimes III
VINO curious exhibitions when treating OF subj
man. concerning "h'0h '"''a "'o '"' I"''' N''