Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-01
The Young Business Hen Of st. Paus.

The Young Business Hen of st. Paul.
70 the Editor of the Globe.
Quite noticeable feature of the great dem
Onstrahon of last Saturday was the body of
young men who turned out under the above
title to unite with their fellow citizens in their
declaration of their firm adherence TO the cause
Of Hancock, English and Sibley, and their firm
belief in the truth and importance of the great
principles of which they are the representa-
tives and e1ponents.
As one who had She honor of participating in
that celebration, your correspondent takes the
liberty of stating that although We thoroughly
enjoyed the novelty and excitement of the
evening, We were fully alive to the fact thai We
were taking no mere part in an evenings
trollc, but were engaged lr a serious duty as
citizens of the United States. As it was Gus
tomary In ancient Rome to admit newly formed
citizens of the great empire to the performance
Of their duties only after the Roman toga had
been bestowed upon them with m uch form3lity
and solemnity, SO were We as it were, admitted
to a sort OF political baptism on that occasion,
nigh: well be accepted by our
Dem cratic fellow-citizsns, and the
leaders of the Democratic party, as a
solemn pledge of our determined adherence to
the great cause that they advocate.
parties, which have, for the time being. sb-
sorbed within themselves all lesser psrties
with their conflicting intsrests, and stand out
before The people as the exponents of two sets
Of political principles diametrically opposed
to each other and touching upon TIE most vital
interests or the American people, thus inVolv-
ing contest of such character as The coun-
try has never before witnessed, aud which will
be engaged In by the advocates OF either side
with an eager interest, snd We must even add.
bitterness, such a. was not surpassed in our
most trOublous times. Both parties unite in
declaring that the country is passing through
agrest crisis and Is involved in most immi-
nent danger. As to the causes that have led to
that danger and the means of saving the coun-
try, they disagree. On the ons hand, we are
told of the necessity of increasing the power
or our central government; of subjugsting
the South at the expense of their most vital in
terests, political and commercial; of maintain
ing protective tariff, even though IL involves
heavy expense upon the western and southern
States, in obtaining their manufactured
articles. such clothing shoes,
etc. OF allowing the existence of great mer-
camille companies, for the parpose OF carry
ing on the slave trade amongst the Chinese
while prohibiting slavery amongst the negroes;
or looking 10 the principles advocated by the
respective candidates for Office, irrespective
of their personal characters; and finally, ot
the aosolute necessity for keeping the Repub
hcan party In power at all hazards, as the
sole means of saving oar country from destruo-
tiOn.
On the other hand we are warned against
departing from the form of government be.
queathed to Us by forefathers, and are
told of the necessity of preserving TO our local
legislatures the full plenitude of their powers
without dictation or interference from the
general government in their local affairs, such
as the mode of electing their Representatives
to Congress, etc.; of restoring mutual conf
dence and go I'd will amongst the various Sec
tions of the country, and destroying the sec
tional animOsities 40 assiduously fostered un-
der Republican misrule; of recognizing the
great fact that our interests agricultural
States are identical with those of the South
and that we cannot afford to pay high prices
to few manufacturing States in the East to
the detriment of so large g section
of the country at large; of opposing the intro
duction of slavery into our country, especially
when directing such death blow to the inter
ests of our lsbUring classes; of placing in
power only men who will combine personal in-
tsgrity and fitness for Office, with the advo-
cacy OF true aud just principles, and, finally,
OF the absolute necessity of abolishing alto
gether that system of military government,
which the Republican party has followed with
such fatal results to our dear old land.
The young business men of st. Paul have
had these two lines of action set before them
and they have made their choice with all seri-
business and dellberatiOn, and, they made
public profession Of their political creed on
last Saturday, 80 Il cannot be doubted that on
election day they will give substantial proofs
or their devotion to the cause of their gallant
leader, Gen. W. 3. Hancock. T.. j. IL.
Marshall JetoeIps Fac Sfmils Letter.
NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-k fac sinlile of the fol-
lowing letter, in the handwriting of Marshall
Jewell, WAS published this morning:
'rCon6dential. New York, Oct IS, 1885,
~ Or al -
deceived about the Morey letter, though they
thought it was genuine. Finding it is not
they have consulted their lawyer and friend
and through him offer to come out and say
plainly. the only consideration for it being
acOnslderaiion for Judge Dittenhoefer their
friend and counsel. By confederation 1 mean
that You and myself should know and recog-
niZe 1t as Judge DIS act and the obligation If
any should b. from you to him for it: so far as
ooulc have assured them that you wonId 30
consider it. 1ts q great service, General It is
their proposition and have accepted it. Yours
very truly. (Signed,) MARSHALL JEWELL"
In explaining how this letter came to be pub
hshed In Truth. Judge Dittenhoefer said to q
reporter, Il have been counsel of record In the
prosecution against it for publishing lottery
advertisements. Ny relations here have been
only professional, excepting that for years,
through my connection with Mr.. Louis +. Post
as my associate counsel when he was practio-
Ing law IN this city, warm friendship sprun z
up between him and me. Nfr. Post had been
assistant district attorney under MIR. Geo
Bliss. As soon as 1 read the Chinese letter I
tried to the best of my ability to persuade Mr.
Post, managing editor of the newspaper, that
1t was forgery. Last Wednesday, the 25th
of October, about ii A. NJ, was sent for by
Mr.. Hart, publisher, who then voluntarily said
to me that he was beginning to doubt that the
Chinese letter was genuine and requested me
to see Gov. Jewell. I undertook to zee the
governor, which 1 did that night. The gov
srnor was pleased that the newspaper was
willing to admit its error.
and requested me to see the editors again
That night returned to the newspaper office,
and before could scarcely say q word Mr.
Hart said: Drop that matter; Davenport
has been here since you left and tried in an
unfair way to recover the letter; and now we
don't want to do anything In the matter
Next morning at il was sgain sent for Mr.
Hart told me he had come to the conclusion il
was for the best interest of the newspaper &c
do what justice required and acknowledged he
had been imposed upon. The propriety of this
was forced upon him by the fact that Gen.
Garfeld's denial was explicit and clear and
leading Democrats who had undertaken tc
verify the letter were beginning to go back on
1t. He requested me to lee MIR. Jewell alone
and inform him of this. l asked what for.
He said: 1t will be more to our credit il
they are Informed beforehand that We are 60
ing to do it Voluntarily. But" said he, I'VE
want 1t understood that We want
DO money or any other confederation, but wan
it known, that you, IS our counsel and friend
should receive the credit. It is great service
and if anybody gets any benefit from it i
ought to come to you. L became more Coz
vinced than ever that they were getting fright
ened, and wanted it understood they were do
ingit without any hope of consideration, bu
would be pleased if they knew would receive
the credit for having brought about the pub
lication of the retractien. The governor said
'That is fair and decent and will be glad Il
assure them you will be regarded as the per
son who instru mental in having them pub