The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-07-07
coNKLING.
How he Denounced the Great Fraud
Of 1857.

WASHINGTON, June 6, 1S8l.-The
Post to-day prints the following
New York correspondence:
"I just caught the Hon. Lewis
of Utica-reported the
man of that llk and
known to be Conkling's most de
vout worshipper-and by dexter
Gus twist at his egregious vanity, l
managed to secure good interview
from the venerable gentleman
Mr.. Lawrence said:
"You know that know all about
Conkling. l was with him at Wash
ing all the winter Of 1877, during
..,c Elccto-.il tGc..,-cissss;;cc.'. "-a an
ed with him daily. Our intercourse
was of the most intimate character,
and let me tell you that we learned
most heartily to despise the repub-
lican ring-masters who hustled
Hayes into an office to which he had
never been elected. knew as well
as Conkling did that Hayes had
never been elected, and always en-
joyed his jokes about the spineless
statesmen who were pushing him
into office. One night l was with
him in his room silently smoking
while Conkling walked up and down
like raging lion. At last he broke
out: Lawrence, / can't keep COM
pany with this riff-raf any longer.
They are rotten with corruption,
and, after, having taken everything
else, they are bound to steal the
presidency. Sherman reeks with
plunder. Wheeler is virtuous log
roller. Stanley Matthews would
sell his soul for office. AS for
Hayes, he is simply a pious sneak,
ready to give money to be presi-
dent, and to drop on his knees in
tears if caught at it. l have great
mind to get up in the senate aad de-
nounce the whole thing tomorrow,
and call on honest republicans to
give the election to Tilden to whom
you, as well as /, know it belongs.'
I told him il would drive him into
the democratic party, and he said;
Let it drive; there are more gentle
men and fewer hogs than with u.s.
These were just his words, and as l
happened to think of Governor Sey-
mour Just then thought so, too.-
Tom Spriggs came in soon after,
and he said the same thing, too
ask Spriggs about it-and we
thought the work was done. But
another influence which we could
not reach then-a lady, I'm afraid
turned the senator into a neutral.
Now, let me tell you, Mr.. Reporter,
that similar deal is going on now.
I've been talking with Conk. to-day,
and he has been damning the re-
publican party up hill AMI down
He says-and it's true-that he cre-
ated the republican party in this
state, and himself alone carried the
last four presidential elections by
his good work at disputed points,
and now they have no gratitude for
him. They ought to have re-eleet-
ed him unanimously, and now they
hoggle over him like dogs over a
bone. He said to me: Lawrence,
if these ours don't come down and
crawl at my feet, as they always
have done, Ill accept the offer OF
democratic votes and become an
independent with David Davis; and
mark my words, that will carry with
it the democratic presidential NOM
ination for 1884. What will that
be by way of revenger l told him
to do it. He has more friends to-
day among the democrats than the
republicans. Horatio Seymour is
his brother-in law, and every influ-
ential democrat in Central New
York will be delighted to receive
him into the party. l know that l
am certain that the community will
be startled in few days by the an
nouncement that the democrats
have Joined forces with the stall
warts and returned Conkling and
Herman to the senate. 1t will be
democratic team practically. Put
that down for the next sensation y
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