The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-14
TIE Dorsey Letters to Garfield.

Mr.. Stephen w. Dorsey, the Seeretary
of the National Republican Committee
and now under indictment for theft, is
very Impatient under the imputation
thai his letters to Garfield were i'm
pertinent and intrusive, and that he
had no right to give him advice in any
form it might to him seem fit. He con-
sented '>to take laboring oar'' in
the campaign at Garlield's particular
request, who also sent his friends to
overcome Dorsey's objections. "Our
relations" says Dorsey, chad for many
years been of the closest description.
in Washington, when we were in Con-
gress together, he came to my house
nearly every day, and the association
was most intimate and satisfactory. He
was constantly seeking my views, and
wrote to General Garfield" endeavor-
ings to persuade him not to take
MacVeagh into his Cabinet.
Mr.. Dorsey Willingly and gladly'
furnishes copies of the letters showing
the means and style which he adopted to
prevent what Dorsey deemed little less
than an outrage. He said to Garfield:
f''.It will be grievous, mistake; that
MacVeagh has been for number years
a paid lobbyist of the Pennsylvania
Railroad; that he has debauched the
Legislature of Pennsylvania, and robbed
that State of millions of dollars; that
he debauched the Legislature OF Louisi-
ana to turn Packard out and have Hayes
remain in; that he is a bribe-taker and
bribe-giver trying to shield his own
criminality behind the holy look of his
heavenly turned eyes; that the only
oh &c ha
son-in-law of Simon Cameron; that he
| is a forager between two armies, inva-
riably adhering to the one with the
largest coinmissary" Dorsey urges
! that if Garfield wants the minority rep
resented in his Cabinet, he ught to
have the respectable minority there.
He should therefore appoint Demo-
crat-the representative of the minori-
4ty-,Hl.e--alsaesa-Sslsf -hi,,as---F He -he-
lieves that it would be one of the wisest
things Garfield ever did and that the
time issoon coming when President will
'.invite an eminent memberof the minor
ity to seat in his Cabinet" eff 1 were
you," says dorsey in closing, II would
distinguish my Administration and Gre
ate an era in politics by putting some
leading Democrat in my Cabinet in
! stead of q leading idiot. Advice is very
common and you ha lots of it. Wis
dom is very rare and have none of it;
and 80" says Dorsey humbly, ''what
have to say leave for that kindly con-
sideration you have always extended to
my suggestions.
Mr.. Dorsey evidently does not regard
the memory of Garfield SO tenderly that
he cares to defend it from the conse-
quences of Dorsey's own letters. For,
unless Dorsey slanders MacVeagh,
which we suppose he would not admit,
the letter shows that in spite of the
"kindly consideration" always given to
Dorsey's suggestions, a bribe-giver and
bribe-taker, adebaucher of Legislatures
and a hypocrite, corruptionist and
idiot was deliberately given a scat in
Garfield's Cabinet. But no one need be
misled by Dorsey's political magnanim-
ity. He is not the kind of man ever to
want 10 see the day when eminent mem
bers'of the minority shall be taken into
the Cabinet of victorious Administra-
ton. 1t only shows that he was so des-
perately opposed to having MacVeagh
in Garfield's Cabinet, that he preferred
to see even Democrat there.
Free Press.