National Republican., 1882-01-07
AM lNploNAMr pRorEsr.

To the Editor Of THE RErUnI1cAN;
j clip the following from the New York Tribune
of December ., 1881
10 the Editor ofthe 7ribtnes
"SfR observe In the Tribune of November 20 n
dispatch from Washington in relation ~ the pro-
posed memorial services at the Capitol in honor Of
the martyted President which contains an Umi
nous statement, "A pocm written by Mrs. Harri-
son Glazcr, ofihs city formerly of Hiram College,
Will be read by Representative a. II, Pcttbone, OF
Ienncssee, formerly of Hiram College Is this
ridiculous performance TO be allowed to go on
without q protest from the press and the pub
llc2 Is every notoricly.hunting charlatan
VINO ever went TO Hiram College TO be al
lowed 10. advertise himself by thrusting his
iOolsh lace into every public ceremony
which commentaries the life and death Of Gnr-
heldY We have not yet recovered from the anger
and shame felt by the whole country ut the diOtic
speech made by Chaplain Jones at the open grave
before an audience of ten thousand Intelligent
people, aud rcnd with contempt by the world next
day. Must this folly be repeated and exaggerated
IN the Capitol2 Does any one imagine there is
magazine or n newspaper in this country which
would print Mrs. Glaciers poem2 Is there a
country lyceum which would pay Representative
Petiihune $40 TO read TO them2 Then why should
they force themselves into a soemniy which
should be altogether diguihed and 0ugust2 beg
you viii use your great influence TO put stop TO
this intocrnbe vulgarizntiOn of Garfcld's memory
by friends without taste aud without modestyn
" KNfCKERBoCkRR CLUB, Nov. 2S." A. S. H."
/ borrow the heading of the above. Perhaps you
can borrow the editorial Endorsement Of the Til
bunc-" lie Does Well To lie Angry" Tint the
writer OF the above article did not know Of whom
That the Tribune did know whom II was misrepro-
sentiug Is probable as misrepresentation is Its
habit. That the Tribuncis capable of printing aud
lndorsng grotuitous insults to un honorable gem
llemHn who /, one OF that much prosecuted band,
the southern Republicans. and who Is the Repre-
sentative in Congress Of the
BRAVE EAST TENNESSEE UNIoNIsTs,
shows that It has outived It's usefulness in the Re-
publican party and should be speedily buried, as
Us odor OF putrcfGction warns. That Mr.. Petit
Congress- should bu his host prQtpplipn npniugt i'm
suit from prolessed Republican paper so long as
no act OF his merits criticism. The writer "a. $.
H., amended A. :. s., earns his cOgnOmen, which
should be equally shared with the editor who en-
dorses his asinine assault, for Mr.. pcttbono hap
pens TO be man Of rare scope of mental culture,
reading scholarship, and general information. a
beloved pupil of Garfield Rt Hiram,
graduate, Of the, University of Michigan at
Ann Arbor, brave officer in the Union
army during the rebellion, he comes to his seat in
Congress exceptionally well equipped by mental
power aud study to cope with the leaders of the
Republican party for leadership He Is fine
linguist an enormous reader of Science philoso-
phy poetry, history, politics, and all that attracts
an ardent lover of knowledge, while to this is
added memory phenomenal in its quckness and
retentiveness, which makes Mr.. Pettbone n din-
cult and inconvenient opponent in debate. A
gentleman who has known personally the majority
of our celebrated statesmen and writer's of the past
thirty years remarked to me, Major Pettibone
seems to have read pretty much everything and
TO have forgotten nothing"
IT ALSO HAPPENT THAT NOT ONLY
"is there country lyccum which could pay Rep
rescntative Petibonc $40 TO read to them but that
there are city associations and schools who have
sought his services MS reader and orator. In
your own city he delivered the address to the grad
untes of the law department of Howard University
last June. In fact, he is brilliant speaker and
fine reader. But were he of the caibre only of
his assailant there still remain excellent reasons
for his particular fitness an active participant
in the Garfield memorial services. He was for
years invorie pupil and friend of Garfield, and n
friend and correspondent of Mrs Garfield as Miss
Rudolph aud since. He was one of the committee
appointed by the Army of the Cumberland at its
reunion at Chattanooga, Tenn, day or two after
necton with the committee of the ex con nfederate
army" or this joint committee Mr.. Pettibone
was chairman, and II was the only committee re-
ceived at Cleveland by Mrs. Garfield The evening
alter the funeral she asked Mr. Pcttibonc to bring
his committee 10 call upon her, nnd she and
Grandma" Garfield received them In person. /
doubtnot both the widow and the mother of Gem
eral GARFIELD would approve the selection of Mr.
Pettibone TO take part in the services, and those
who know General Garield's affection for Mr. Pet.
ibone as boy and man consider it peculiarly ap-
propriate. No one who knows Mr.. Pettibone would
use with his name such words as "notoriety-
hunting charlatan," "thrusting his foolish face
into every public ceremony" &c. He is the last
man to hunt notoriety, even by higher methods
than stab of insolence and ignorance through
paper fit for the deed ut an honorable and modest
thousands that have been flung at Republican
workers and leaders by the Tribune from 1872 to
the present If II is forever to throw its filth upon
greater names and iairer famcs than its own
should not the Republican party In self-defense
openly repudate IL? Surelyit is safer and wiser
TO have the foe outside the fort.
EAST TENNESSEE