Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-05-20

thoughts, he would be one Of ne best
men that politics ever brou at to the sur
'lcc in this country Bat as it was.
Judge Black was Of the opinion that
is politician Garfield was no better
han he ought to be, or hundreds of 9th.
r Republicans, who would do unscrup-
Ilous things to promote party ends. 4
,areful scanning of Garield's life, as VIC
,aye said more than confirmed this
,pinion, for no where did we discover in
lim anything more than an ordinary
Republican partisan. lie was an able
lebater. but after making some of the
strongest and best speeches in favor Of
union harmony, and conservative
course towards the South, he would with T
without hesitation vote for the Force !
bills and other oppressive legislation
approved by the Republican caucus. He
never once failed to 20 with his party on
all questions, where party issues were
made, even though be had previously
con emned such at course.
This weakness, or whatever you may
please TO call it, got him into his Credit
Mobilier scrape, ana into the even more
disrcputable course Of conduct pursued
by him, in relation to the manufacture OF
votes for securing Louisiana to Hayes
When the Electoral Commission bill
came before the House, he made an able
argument in opposition to it, distinctly
on the grouud that under its provisions
) evidence would clearly be admissible
to show any alleged fraudulent voting
: in the controversial States.
, Yet after tic passage of the bill, and
he became a member of the ElectoraI
Commission, lie voted with the other
Republican members Of that tribunal
against receiving any evidence of fraud,
on the ground that such evidence was
inadm.ssajic under the provisions of the
bill. These and other instances con
WINGED US long ago that he was nothing
more nor less than mere partisan polit
ician and an INSCRIPTIONS one at tn
Recent events tend strongly to confirm
this view, and east even darker shade
over his character, because now that he
is Chief Executive of the nation these
things are magn.icd by the prominent
position he occupies.
Since the disrepu.able fight between
him and Conklng over the nomination
Of Judge Robertson, as Collector Of New
York, there appeared in the \. Y. Her
AID a five column article, from Wash
iugion correspondent, giving full anC
detailed accounts Of interviews between
Coukling and Garfield nfter the nomina
: tor, the home N r7aaif'f5ifd .i4 * tifcso in
: terviews were most of them private, N
one being present but the two contrac
r ting parties, it follows, as matter .
f course the detailed statement of the let
ter to the Hcrald, if not written, were
, certainly inspired by Conkling 1t vii
be recollcctcd the great New York Sen
, ator was Grant man, an after the re
suit of the Chicago Convention, like Ac
hiles. he sulked in his tent, and refusct
for long time to take any part in tn,
campaign, and his followers did 1.-THE same
thing Without his and their aid it wa,
felt to be impossible to carry New York
aud without it. vote Garfield could not
De elected 1t was at this dark and
gloomy hour of the Republican pros
poets that Garfield, so the Hearld letter
says assured Conkling that, if he and
his trends would support him, Conkling
should have entire control of the FEEDER
al patronage in New York. Nay more,
that NJ. Levi r. Morton, the wealthy
banker and friend of Conkling. if he
would contribute literally of his own /
money and collect a large fund besides. I
should- be appointed either to seat in
the cabinet, or sent as minister to Eng
land or France. Conkling took the
field, formed his alliance with John
Kelly and Tammany, Morton raised the
money, New York was carried and Car
field elected, Morton was rendered the
position of Secretary of the Navy, but
, declined, and was sent as minister to
France Then Garfield got tired of hi.
: bargin, yielding to the Blaine influence
I nominated Robertson the bitter enemy
: of Conkling.
All this is charged distinctly with til,
: utmost detail, bearing the probability o
truth on its face, and must have come
from Conkling. We say it is simply
disgraceful, and meme but the meres
trading politician could have thus bar
gained for the presidency
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INGERsoLL DEMOLISHED BY ADJECTIVE,
The Rev Henry Bell. of Port Carbon
delivered a lecture in Shamokin before