Daily Republican., 1881-05-20
FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1881.
Slandered butHonest and Pure.

President Garfield has had more than
for the Presidency. Never was the at
mosphere in political sense SO he-dau-
bed before with political mud. Hewas
abused by the Democrats as soon rs he
was nominated and called u blackmailer,
scoundrel, participant with fraud, Il
taker of bribeS - in short he was
abused so shamefully that it aided
materially in his election. AS soon
as he was elected the charges against
him became thin as mist and the first
clear wind purified the air. There was
nothing in any of the charges brought
against him. The next abuse heaped
upon him was by those who protesSed
friendship, but when they found they
could not control his cabinet appoint
ments they were friendly no longer.
The next to turn upon him were Conk-
ling, Gorham and Brady, and as usual
their abuse has raised the President
higher in public form and estimation.
The New York Tribune in referring to
this abuse states the following preg-
nant truth "LieS enough to furnish
Democratic National Committee, have
been told about the President within a
fortnight by persons who claim to have
done vast deal to secure his election
And yet with the stupidity of men who
are too angry and mean to reason, these
same persons pretend to have known,
even while they were working with all
their might to elect him, that the Pre-
Sident was corrupt and dishonest man.
According to their own story, they
hoped that he would prove loose enough
to divide the pluDder with them, but
since he will not do what they demand,
nor shelter any of them from justice,
they went forward with pious indigna-
ton to denounce him."
These poisoned shafts of envy and
malice fall far short Of their intended
victim, and like a boomerang will re-
bound and injure the unsteady archer
that shot them. Amidst all, stands the
character of James A. Garfield, tested as
in furnace seven times heated during
the last campaign, untouched by envy
and without blemish. These who as
sail him now, if they supported him in
the belief that he was corrupt and un-
worthy, have proved that they were dis
honest and have no claim upon the at
tention of decent men. If Senator Conk-
ling supported the President, as his or.
gans assert, in the belief that General
Garfield had entered into shameless
bargain, so to parcel out the offices to
reward him, he at least merits nothing
but contempt, whatever may be the
truth about the President.
But why these comparisons ? Gen
people of this great nation know that
he has borne himself as an honorable
and upright man-one who entered in
to no compact, made no promises, has
nothing to conceal and done nothing OF
which to be ashamed. When the Demo-
Gratis tried to defeat him by slander and
abuse, they We're warned by shrewd
men that they We're only making his
election sure. The ISLANDERS and false
hoods which have been emptied upon
him by the instruments Of Mr.. Conk-
ling, by Brady and the Star Route Ring,
and by Gorham will do the President
no harm and the people will rejoice that
bosses, and jobbers, and rings will ur-
der President Garfield be compelled to
step to the rear having at last found
a fearless foe. The nation at last has a
President who is President.