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OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
GARFIELD's
From the St. Louis Post Dlspatch.l

khUNG
Carf6ad a political holiday. Judging
from their tone no political party ever
existed that. elevated TO the presidency a
man so pure and noble, SO grand andin
tellectual as James A. Garfield.
:. In this hour of almost universal wor-
ship for the rising sun, 1t may not be
without interest to review the character
of both the hero and the principal Q
shippers. The Post-Dispatch was the
first OF all the opposition papers in the
land to admit, Immediately alter Gar
fields nomination., that he was a man OF
very great ability, who would unite The
party and be a strong candidate. Inc
Post.D Dispatch never published any OF
the numerous campaign charges against
Mr.sGayield. It. will not do so now.
But -whGtif will do is to take from the
record only such bits of judgment which
came from exclusively republican Or
gans of marked prominence, who are
now foremost in the ranks OF the most
fulsome and fawning 1atterers OF Mr..
Garfield.
Tue New York Times (rep) referring
to the official report OF a republican COM
mittee of congress, said on the 18th o
February. 1873
"Of the members referred to Messrs.
Kelley and Garfield present a most dis-
tressing figure, Their participation In
theICfedit Mobilier affair, is complicated
by the most unfortunate contradictions
OF testimony, which the committee do
not undertake to unravel."
The New York Tribune of the same
day said:-
ssJames A. Garfield, of Ohio, had ten
shares; he never paid dollar; received
SS29, which. after the investigation be-
gan, he was anxious 10 have considered
as q loan from Cakes Ames to himself.
Thesemen betrayed the trust Of the peo-
ole. deceived their constituents, and by
their e~yssfons and ~falsehoods confessed
the transactions { be disgraceful."
Uspper's.W Weekly Geo. VIM. Curtis)
said. Under q picture of James 4. Gar
field, on March Is, 1875
ssDlsgraced in the eye of the public
for owning Credit Mobilier stock. which
was in fact and intent q fraud upon the
government; also for deceit and evasion
-tbelhigh trust OF Legislation misused
the people will not long respect the
laws il they lose, respect TOR the law-
440A0ASs III ~ ~ A.. 90 Ea
Mr.. GarAeld's case is like Mr.Kelleyi
with the exception that the check for
$3.50 has not been found. q
1.-The investigation into Col. Nc
Combs Campaign lle' proved terribly
deadly. Its effect IN congressional rep.
utations may be briefly summed up this
way:-tota1 loss, n senator; badly
damaged and not serviceable for future
political use, two Independents and
eight congressman"
The New York Independent Henry
Ward BeechefJ said on July 80. 1874:
"Were we citizens of the 10Th district
Of Ohio we should seek OF Mr.. Garfield
very clear explanations Of his condnc'
before conserving to vote for his re-elec
ton. We refer only to facts In his late
CAREER, which we Judge of simply iron
the uncontradicted record.
W. cannot forget that he was more
deeply involved in the sad Credit Mobil
ler difficulty than any other member o
the house Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
OF course, Ames and, Brooks.
After such al experience he ought t.
have been extremely cautious. But tn
testimony taken In the investigation o
the district OF Columbia frauds show
that MI. Garfield received 30, 200 for hi
aid in getting through a paving contract
accepted BY the district government. 4
Mi. Parsons, a notorious jobber. mad
an56sgument for the paving company
and then got Mr.. Garfield to make a fur
thor argument and use his personal in
f1ence Ia It's favor"
The Cincinnati Commercial (Murs
Halstead) SAID on April, 1873 that "Gal
field was marked with political snal
pox." On March 8 of the same year
said:
s.Gar6eld's noble soul was sadly PEI
turbsd.s He looked upon the scene wit
grave apprshension, and regarded tn
unseemly persecution Of the righteor
with such Horror that his soul was sic
within him. He came near making
fatal blunder once. After Ames had te
tilted ~the,seeond time as to the guilt
Garfield. fixing 1t upon him clearly an
enthusiastically, the general at once moi
fed them that he would come beio
them and refute the vile SANDERS that Il
m%endacious man from M~assachuset
poured out&against him. The day al
the hour came, but simultaneously can
not Garfield. He had heard that Am
-whoswa then reluctantly producer
the receipts that Patterson had signed
had in his possession other documen
to PROVE the correctness of his testimol
in respect. to Diners. and the gallant &c
eral, whose flashing blade was won
CLEAN adown the line in the CORY da
Of the past decade, found that to st
away was-prudent, and he never apes
cd. The complacent committee forebo
to question Ames further as to Garfield
statement and his own, and the pape
were consequently never produced.
The Commercial had not changed
mind mp to the very day before I
Chicago nomination when it said (Ju
z, 1893
The most contemplate thing til
far at Chicago Is the chatter about Ga
field. He has not a record to run
for president.
A republican convention in CARTEL,
CONGRESSIONAL district unanimous
adopted the following on September
1876:
"That there is no man o.day ofici
" connected with the administration
our national government against whit
are preferred more and graver chars
of corruption than are publicly ma
and abundantly sustained against Jan
4. Garfield, the present representa-
Of this congressional district"
These are only specimens Of reput
can opinion and republican judgm,
on Mr.. Gartield's character. III
could be -trebled, but space forbi
They come exclusively from the hi,
est republican fountains in the LAM
those who are to-day Mr.. CARTEL
greatest admirers and adulators.
they told the truth in the past they
falsiiying now. If they tell the tr
now, they were falsitying thsn. '
cheerfully place the columns OF
POST Dispatch at the disposal OF our
publican friends to explain this puz;
What we quoted are all eminently
publican opinions. If they were
true then, Mr.. Garfield was gro:
slandered. If they were Mr.. CART
though president, is not entitled to b
worship. Any explanation that may
rendered by local shining lights OF
publicanlsm-snch men as Gen. Hen
son,Pat Dyer or GA. Finkelnburg-
be cbeerfully presented by the P
Dispatch.
Ifall the dogs were sent to Lap-ls
the lawyers to Lie-beria, the donk
to Bray-zil, the lovers to Sigh-be
the editors to News-zeal-Iand and