The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-10-27
HIS RECORD
The Pages Filled Out !!
HOW 1T READS !


etc.: Except the title page, every
page is blank. Ofcourse it was got.
ten up in intended derision by a
party which designedly ignores the
truth Of history as it relates TO a po-
litical opponent, with a 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 faint of venality 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 today to be able to
wipe out as with a sponge, sundry
chapters from his record" and
leave behind even q 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 I'M
filed would naturally be occupied
about as follows:
PAGEI.
CInctnlati Commercial, March 81, 1878.
And GARFIELD'S noble soul was
sadly perturbed He looked upon the
scene with grave appTehensions, and re-
gaTded this uusCemly persecution of the
righteous with such horror that his soul
was sick within him. He came near
making a fatal blunder once After
Ames had testified the second time as to
the guilt Of Garfield, friag II up0n Hin1
clearly and lIuDlistaka6Ly, the General at
once notified them that he would come
before them and refute the vile Sian
ders 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 (WhO was then Teluc-
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 CEREAL. whose
flashing blade was wont to CLEAN 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
plaCent committee forebOre 10 question
Ames further as to Garfeld's statement
and his own, and the papers were conse- |
quentIy never produced,
PAGE II.
Utica Herald, Feb. 1873
The Republicans are not only in ia
YOr Of the expulsion of Ames- and
Brooks, but of severely censuring, if
not eXpelling, Kelley and Garfield |
Generally, we think public opinion
would favor a severe reprimaud, 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, |
CensuTed, or allowed to remain undis-
turbed 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 hope |
to regain public confidence. There are |
plenty of good men on whom no shadow
of suspicion rests, and these will be pre- I
fCTred to those il regard to whose moral /
there must henCefOTth be di- /
vision of opinion. For heavens sake, /
let US bury dead out of sight, that they /
may not offend the public nostrilsI
PAGE III.
Nea0 York Tribune, Feb. 10, 1873.
"Let us gather up the ends from all |
this snarl of testimony and see, if posi-
bic, just where we stand. Read the ev-
idence. With varying degrees of guilt
OF guilty knowledge, every man of
them, with one exception (Mr. Blaine),
las .bcen.Obligcd to confess that at some /
tiuIG he Tad held this stock, and at some
time-uHder stress of conscience, let US
hope though thatis not fully proven
gOtTid it. Nov let Us go slowly over
the Rss7 JAMES A. GARFIELD Of
Ohio had ten shares; he never paid a
dollar xygcGlved $329, which after the
Invest uarion began he was anxious to
have considered as a loan from Cakes
Anlesst0 Himself. These men BETRAYED
he trusl.ot~ rhCppeople, deceived their
and by their CvasiOns and
'alsehoOds confessed the transactions toI
be disgraceful. Pass no resolution l.
Drop 1t where il is. Remand the whole
business to the people"
PAGE w.
1Bany Eoeaing Journal, Feb 20, 1878.
''AIr. Dawes energies with a complete
indication We think Mr.. Kelley, Mr..
FAIRFIELD and some of the others do
6t Stand quite so we'll What is
he nature of these Offenses? Their
wrong was that they did not frankly
nd fully tell the trltt5-that they con-
Gated and PTecar5cate5 and D9GSyepTeSeHted.
mis- is the whole of it. We do not un-
ertake to shield them from this charge
( dec6ptt01.. They TeSorted to al, and they ! (,
lust suffer the consequences"
Cincinnati Commercial, June z, 1880.
The most contemplate thing thus far
Chicago is the chatter about Garfield. {
e has not a record to run on for Presi- {
snt.
PAGE V.
'es0tttioR adopted By the Republican Can !
centiop Of Warren, Ohio, Sept. z, 1876. :
We further arraign and charge him( {
ith corrupt bribery in selling his office I
influence as Chairman of the Com
ittee on Appropriations for So, 600 to ;
e De Golyef Pavement Ring to aid
EN- in securing a contract from the
)ard of Public Works Of the District
Columbia; selling his influence to aid
id Ring in imposing upon the people i
said District pavement which is al =
ost worthless, at price three times u
cost, as swofnsto by one of the con- 9