, 1881-10-09

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An Appeal for Enyton. r.
| 10 the Editor OF The Chicago Tribune. *
| CHICAGO, Oct s.-Please permit mo to en-
cronch upon tho valuable space OF your cstima-
bio journal, believing as LIDO That it Is always
| sure medium 10 the p4di{c, PULSE
t With eager cya IhaytAscauned the daily col
umn Of foreign ac.ys;1o learu Of the liberation
| of the American 'citzens now occupying En-
| glIsh dungeons, but my hopes have always been
! deferred. and as ono by one that Government
t allows others to go free the American "sus-
poets" arc detained, as If BY such treatment the
.Proud Mistress Of the Sea intends to otter
! insult to injury, and show her contempt for the
appeals to the protection of the Stars and
| Stripes.
| = More especially do refer to the case Of Mr.
| Mp. Boyton, who was tried and acquitted, ho
| being guilty Of no crime against the law; but
| tnder coercion act" he was '' reasonably
| landlords; be WIS arrested and thrown into
prison, where he remains to this day Intred
and uncanvicted OF nuy orense.
This same naN, who, at the tender age OF Is.
seeing his adopted country IN dangce~ rlsked his
fife on the field Of bartIo aiding in its defense,
surely Is worthy Of our earnest nssist"ncc, but.
!,sc;;tt;s1sec1s.( c;tsseci1s@ 1 >'
| In vain does this noble soulcd patriot appeal
| from 'bentud the prison bars, In Il damp, dark
holu where bis life's blood is becoming poisoned
| from tho surrounding malaria: is it Just thar we
| should sit idle and nlloW him to remain IN tbat
! dctesfabe abode until death alone relieve nin1f
I We have it from the lately-released Father
SheehS TINT further detention OF the suspects
viii tpertt their lives: and the food they get ho
'ht Iii }mbffsonIncnr @ t Of Amercan citizens by
foreign Powet; without legal ana open inyesti.
gatiou, Is violation Of tholr rights und an Insult
! to our Governncnt:', and, on behalf Of the
! Americans now deprvcd'ot their liberty, 1 ask,
sst Is it sh6d f abese s
| RACES?
members Of re numerous i tshAmerie@n So
Surely there ought to be in al Of these organiza-
tions enough vitality to tAKe the Initiative fri the
| Boyton and others nre fairly presented before
| his Excellencr the President, feeling assured
ha hs M sao kng5n gus
the release Of all American citizens Illegally i'm"
| pris0ncd.
Hoping that my humble appeal may be Of some
benefit and that | might pride in being young
American, an, dear sir, ono who never saw
| justice. }. D. L.
| Please GIrc Us Hest.
ID the Editor Of The Chicago Tribune.
CHICAGO, Oct. s.-Defore the official history Of
the medical, or rather SURGICAL treatment OF tho
late President Garfield had been Issued, It
! seemed rather unjust for us to act as self-ap-
| pointed jury and judge In the case without the
evidence i'll full or ut least full us it would be
given by the surgeons preparing the so-catled
| complete history Of this dcplorable case.
) Nevertheless, medical critics havo day after
| dayappeArcd in the various NEWSPAPERS, with
| out apparent benefit to the profession, the Ma
| tion, or tho sorrowfng family ut Mentor: aud
now TINT tho promised medical report is laid be-
foro the public, 1t is but fair TO expect moro
| and more to follow Of tho same kind, to bo
continued almost inde.initly. OF at least until
! tho almost unlimited newspaper facilities for
riya! surgeons to air themselves shall have been
exhausted.
Yet with all this it is more than doubtful II
| any one will derive aug other benefit Or conso-
lntion than tho one We have always had, that
doctors ,oill disagree, and that medical aud
surgical infallibility is clearly disproren in Ibis
| case, though no more 50 than it would appear
| almost hnv day and il" any community. We're
! We Informed from hour to hour Of the condition
Of hundreds Of patients Ia our midst the dag
| nosis Of their cases, their treatmcnI; and at
last, when death had closed the scene, If, then
the revelations Of un honest autopsy was held
| up before tho awestruck and wondering crowd,
I instead Of burytng the medical mistakes with
the clny in the co'fin aud allowing the eminent.
| distinguished, etc.. medical men, with words Of
| learning uud Numbering sound, "to bulldoze +"
| the people oil around. then other professional
hearts would be made to ache as much as do
| those Of the unfortunate few ut Washington
/ who while fumbltng In darkness and ignorance,
| fooled Nation fur weeks, until their ilinstr1ous
t pallell At slASt huCcuu1UeE 8lA+ 1QuHu FEllEL
! in what must have been, to the suf-
| crer at least, Il welcome death. When
DETERMINATIONS shall have become
| are now within, then medical mistakes will for
| obvious REASONS grow beautifully less-and only
It is to be hoped that some day We will reach
| this stage, for the good OF humanity; that the
time vii! arrive *heu the thought OF having tho
| departed loved ones subjected to an autopsy
] will not be one Of horror and repu]ston, but
one in harmony with the progress Ut humanity
aud civitizau ton, and that autopsy will appear
| to mankind as natural a proceeding as NC row
| to be.
| UntiI that time, please give US a rest from any
further useless medical critics OF Bliss. his cor
sulttng stan, and the uncnvIable reputation they
have gained. 1nlbehalf Of numerous roaders,
| yours, G. GRAHAM, 81. D.
! SILVER CREEK. N. r, Feb. 6. 1sso.-GEs7s:
have been very ldw: and have tried everything,
to no advantage heard your Hop Bttters
them trial. /: did, and am: row around. and