, 1880-07-12
Garfield's Neishbors.

The Buffalo Courier recalls the fact
that the Independent Republicans of
Garfeld's Congressional District held a
mass meeting at Warren, September 9th,
1875, and adopted the following stinging
resolution:
resOlrel, That it is useless and hypo-
critical for any political party to declare
tor reform in its platform, papers and
public addresses, while it insists ON re>
turning to high official place and power
men who have been notoriously connected
with the very schemes aid fraud which
render reform necessary and urgent
that there is no other man day official
ly connected with the Administration of
the National Government against whom
are justly preferred more and graver
charges of corruption than are publicly
made and abundently sustained against
James A. Garfield, the present Represen-
tative of this Congressional District, and
the nominee Of the Republican Conven
tion for reelection.
That since he first entered Congress to
this day there is scarcely an instance in
which rings and monopolles have been
arrayed against the interests of the peo-
pie that he has been found active in
speech or vote upon the side of the latter,
but in almost every case he has been the
ready champion of the rings and monop-
olies.
That We especially charge him with ve-
nalty and cowardice in permitting Ben
jamin F. Butler to attach to the Appro>
priation Bill of 1878 that ever-to-be re-
membered infamy, the salary steal, and in
speaking and voting for that measure
upon it's final passage.
That We further arraign and depounce
MIN for his corrupt connection with the
Credit Mobilcr, for his false denials there>
of before his constituents, for his per-
jured denial thereof before Committee
of Congress, for fraud upon his constit>
uents in circulating among them pans
pnlet purpor,ing to set forth the finding
of said Committee and the evidence
against him, when in fact material por-
tions thereof were omitted and garbled.
That We further arraign and charge
him with corrupt bribery in selling his
official influence as Chairman of the Com
mittee on Appropriations for 5000 to
the DeGolyer ring, to aid said ring in
imposing upon the people of the District
of Columbia pavement which is almost
worthless at price three times its cost,
and to procure which it corruptly paid
$4,000 for Influence" selling his in
fluence in matter that Involved no ques>
tiOn of law upon the shallow pretext
that he was acting as lawyer; selling
his influence in manner so palpable and
clear as to be found and declared by an
impartial and competent Court upon an
issue solemnly tried.
That we arraign him for gross derelic>
tion of duty as a member of Congress in
failing to bring to light and expose the
corruption and abuse IN the sale of post
traderships, for which the late Secretary
Belknap was impeached when the same
was brought to his knowledge by Gen.
Hazsn, III 1872, and can only account for
it upon the suppositioa that his manhood
was debauched by the corruption funds
then by him just received and in his own
purse.
That neither great ability and cxper-
ience nor eloquent partisan discussion of
the dead issues Of the late civil war will
excuse or justify past dishonesty and
corruption or answer as guarantee of
integrity and purity for the future.
That, believing the statements in the
foregoing resolutions set forth. we cannot
without stultitying our manhood and de-
basing our self-respect, support at the
polls the nominee of the Republican
Convention of this District for re-elec-
ton, nor can We without surrendering
our rights as electors and citizens, sit si>
lently by and see man so unworthy
again sent to represent us in the Nations
al Legislature.
| That strong in the conviction of right