National Republican., 1881-10-20
Population Of Tho National Capital. 10000.
The New York "Tribunc." !"

its letter advocating General Grants as
sassination, writhos under the lash and
fairly foams with rage. The Tribune is
lewd and mcrcenary, and has undertaken
the business of tearing down the editor
of THE REPuBLICAN for hire because
he has assailed certain public rob-
bers who are its employers The
vicious old thing pretends to have
spasms of virtue when il has q par
ticularly dirty job on hand, and our re-
production of itsbrutal caumniesagainst
General Garfield and its publication of
the letter advocating the assassination of
General Grant are serious obstacles to its
obtaining Il hearing. Instead of making
amends for its infamous sins, the Tribune
impudcntly clamors against this writer.
We quote its murderous attack on Gem
= eral Garfield. Itwason the 10th of Febru-
ary, 1873, that the editor of the Tribune,
in an article on the Credit Mobilier trans
action said:
JAMES A. GARFIELD, Of Ohio had ten shares he
never paid dollar; received $50, which, djlcr
the investigation began he icds anxious 10 hare con-
Sfdercd as q loan from Oakes Amcs himself These
men Betrayed he tus, Of the people, deceived their
constituents, and by their erasio,s and FAiSERooDs
confessed the transactions to be DisGRACEFuL.-
NelO iok Tribune. February, 10, 1873
Observe the fact that Whitelaw Reid
then controlled the Tribune. lie is still
in control. The present Tribune is the
same mud-ilinger now that is was then.
The same base nature inspires its utter
ances. Reid always leaves kindred
spirits behind him while temporarily alb
sent They are nameless creatures, en-
gagged in the work for which Nature Gre
atcd them and him.
The above attack upon James A. Gar
field was made by the New York Tribune
when its miserable captain and crew
thought he was down. Cakes Ames had
produced his memorandum book and
pretended therefrom to show that the
great Ohio Congressman had accepted a
paltry bribe for services to the Union Pa
citic Railroad Company. Had the Tribune
uttered its cruel words at this juncture
they would have been hard enough, but
STILL upon hearing the explanation, they
Gould have been recalled. The Tribune
Gould have withdrawn the dagger it
lad driven so near to Garfield's heart.
liut this was not the case. The
Unhappy gentleman, chagrincd and tor
'nented by Amess story, had requested
- be heard before the investigating COM
ilittee. lie was heard. His pale face,
pom which was written the anguisRthat
q suffered by any proud man accused of
t. degrading crime, will never be forgot
'cn by those who saw it. His clear voice,
mbdued with high excitement, pene-
rated the room as he explained the facts
Shich, unexplained, had created an injuri-
,usimpression. twas the turning point
,f his life. If the world believed
aim he was saved from bottomless pit
Ifinfamy. If his word should be dis
Tedited he must to that pit be consigned
Eagerly he sought the eyes of those
tround him, and eagerly on the morrow
he scanned the columns of the daily
papers. He looked in the Tribune, and
to his amuzement he saw there not only
the cold shoulder, but malignant enmity.
Read again the Tribune editors venomous
attack upon the then prosecuted man, as
above quoted.
General Garfield testified that he never
owned share of the Credit Mobilier
stock.
The Tribune editor read this testimony
and replied: "Jamcs A. Garfield had ten
shares"
General Garfield declared that he had
borrowed q small sum of money from and
repaid it to Oakes Ames.
The Tribune man read this, and insult
ingly responded: Received 1920, which,
after the investigation began, he was
anxious to hare considered n loan from
Oakes Ames to himself"
Thus did the 7riJune seek to ruin the
man whose future depended upon the rela-
tive value placed upon his declarationsand
those OF Oakes Ames The Tribune repre-
sented all the rencgades of 1872 and it
had also great influence with the Demo-
cratic party, The organ Of which il had been
the previouS gear, Its opinion WAS sure to
sway many of its class to all of whom the
destruction of Republican was II most
desirable thing
Continuing its abuse of General Gar
field and others also included with him,
the 1r'J,me said "These men betrayed
He fira Of the people, deceiCed their con-
stituents, and by their epasions and FALSE
HOODS confessed the transactions to be
disgrOcgfui"
The Tribune never has since said that in
all this it was even mistaken. It's vile
crew Of deiamcrs, with Reid at the head,
prostrated themselves at General Gar
fields feet when last year he unexpect-
edly became the presidential nominee :;
but never had the editor the dccency to
Say that prejudice had so warped or
circumstances so confused him in 1873 as
TO cause him to do an injustice.
To all its coarse and lying TRADE of yes
terday against George c. Gorham the
foregoing would be sufficient reply
The infamous libeler of Garfield can do
no harm to any man. Until it can rail
the words we have quoted from out its
files it is toothess and fangless, We.
choose, however to quote and reply to its
f,lsehoods. 1t says:
FAIsEHooDs.
But the candidate Of the Republican Senators at
The last session for Secretary of the Senateand as
he claims the continuing candidate-is Mr..
George C. Gorhgm, And who Is he? A man who
IS out Of relations with the party ON the leading
question Of finance that at the last State election
before the presidential In California he was on the
stump against the Republicans and in support OF
party that upon the financial, and indeed
almost every other question, was totally opposed
20 them. man who, MS editor Of n Washington