Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-06-17
A Useless Appeal.

The Glob> publishes letter from one Of
it, readers, signing himself AN Old Dem
ocrst." who protests against the eonduc; Of
tina; journal in publishing ''nonsensieal and
false stores in regard 10 the character Of
General Garfield, and entrrais 1t to "be de-
cent" The correspondent declares that
such abuse viii make votes for Garfield
rather than injure him. and asks the GLOBE
mot TO stoop 50 low as TO defame the pure
character Of a man who i. pure, II be Is
Republican" The Oh, questions whether
a man who could write in this vein can be
IAN old Democrat or a Democrat q, all !;
but however that may be, 1t Is clear that he
cannot have been very constant reader of
the GLOBE OF he would have understood be-
forehand the uselessness Of his appeal. IL
is no part Of the mission OF that journal 20
be decent, and If j; were possible TO suppose
that j; should ever make an at,emp, in thA;
direction the revolution would probably cos,
It's existence. To be unfair is the Law Of its
being and II il Abandons that il goes under
at once. The people Of Charleston, $. C.,
show q curious federation for that commonly
unpopular bird, the buITard, and sock. Of
them are allowed unmolesied 10 flap Their
wings and make their unclean feasts about
the city market The reason is tina; the
buIIard saves the expense Of street cleaning
he IS the city scayenger. IL is much the
same Office, though without any good result,
which the Globe fills. IL is the buIIard OF
social life and Of politics, and the delight o!
its existence, the very vital air which j,
breaihes, is corruption. IL has 4 Keen scent
for every sort Of moral and social putrefao-
ton, and il cannot touch the eleanest sub
ject or the pures; reputation without smirch.
ing il. To ask such journal TO "be de.
cent" is the very hight Of absurdi,y, and the
author Of the letter certainly deserves, 70,
| his guilelessness, the derision and abuse
which the Globe proceeds to administer ,c
| him.
No one need be apprehensive that such
assaults and from such q quarter can work
any prejudice to Gen. Garfield. The Giob.
correspondent, is in the right in thinking
that they will make votes for him rather
than lose them. This is q malice which
oyerreaches itself The accusations which
the Globe makes so much of are refuted b,
the evidence in the Credit Mobilier invest
CATION, which is in print, and within III,
reach of those who choose to read il il il
refutsd by the report of the Committee OF
Investigation, who expressly declared tina
they found nothing to condemn in Garfield,
conduct and it is refuted by Garfeld's liz
and record, BY bis sworn testimony, and b,
the repute in which he is held by his Con
gressional associates of all parties. His lif,
in Congress for seventeen years has beer
clear and open. and il has been exposed Il
the fierce Ugh, of partisan snimosity. which
would be sure TO out its weakest and wors
points. That the worst thing which the ma
Lightly Of the bu1Iard Democratic press ha
been able to devise against him is an at,emp
to prove the improper receipt Of t32s. is
perhaps, Is good evidence a. could be askes
for Of the purity Of his record. The paltri
ness Of the charge. and the vehemence viii
which 1t is urged, show clearly enough no,
desperate is the cause that can find onl
such weapons. We advise the ',old Demo
crat" to transfer his missionary lsbors to tn
Post. II 10 useless to enTeat the Globe Z,
be Just and honest, for reasons that We hav
sufficiently indicated. but it may not be To-
late to make some impression upon tn
Raft Boston Journal.