The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-15
ATTACKING GARFIELD.
A Bitter Letter on the Dead Presidents
Past by a Correspondent In the WASH
ington Post

A Bitter Letter on the Dead Presi dents
Past by a Correspondent in the WASH
mgton Post.
Tue Globe-D Democrat, Of the Nth inst,
contained the following Washington dis
patch: THE following in this mornings
Post has raised hair all around to-day.
The first is an editorial reference: we adj
nit to our columns to-day very bitter at
tack on General Garfield by man who be-
longed To the same party, was member OF
the same convention, and doubt
less voted for the late president at the cleo
ton following It, There is species of saw
agcness about it which suggests disap-
pointed hopes, or possibly unrecognized
claims, but rs the Post IS q pretty liberal pa
per aud has said good many kind things
about Garfield, living and dead, it can afford
better, perhaps, than its contemporary, the
Republican, to admit the blizzard in ques-
ton The name of the author is in our
possession and at the service Of the presi-
dents political administrators if they de-
sire TO take issue with his declarations,
either of fact or opinion.
10 the editor Of the POST
read with great interest the Garfield
Chase letter in your paper to-day. will
TAKE AN OATH
II is genuine, for | saw the orig
inal in Mr.. Chase's house, in
1867, when he resided on the
corner of Sixth and Il streets What be-
Clme OF il and how it turns up now | do
not know. 10 one who knew Grafeld well,
this letter is no surprise He was II treacher-
Gus, a cowardly, hypocritical man,
coll lL IN IN nNtr nd AZ,
what happened so it did not happen to
himself. Generas Rosecrans was, and
is worth to this country thousand Gar
fields. When the fighting that Garfield
was craving for came on, he took good
care to keep out of danger. 1t is true,
as the New York Tribune published
some time age that at Chickamauga
he was behind Il tree, but it is
not true that a white dove lit in the
tree above him, for there are no white doves
in that part of the world and never have
been. There are few domestic pigeons,
but they are not in the habit of lighting in
trees or Of coming near the roar of battle. 1t
is high time for the sake of our national
common sense, the truth of history and jus.
tice alike to the living and the dead, that
ALL THIS GUsH
over. Garfield should end. Millions of bet
Ter and greater men have lived and died.
The writer OF. this article was delegate
to the Chicago convention, and at no
time voted there for Garfield | sat
within a few feet of him and spoke
to him just after his nomination.. He
whimpering like a spanked baby and
water wasin his eyes. He was nothing but a
protes slonal otfice-seeker and professional
politician, n failure as preacher and law
yer. He learned to string words together
as a child does beads, and that was his
stock in trade. No one can point to an
original thought he ever uttered. He be-
trayed John sherman at Chicago as treach.
erously as Brutus did Caesar, or Judas did
Christ, While making his speech nomina
ting sherman twice clear, cultivated
voice from the gallery called out: "Nomi,
nate Garfield" have it upon the author
lty of one who became afterwards q
member of Gartield's cabinet that this
voice was that of a hired "claquer," from
McNicker's theatre, stationed there for the
purpose, TO carry out q scheme the Garfield
ring had concocted long before the
convention met. No one wants
TO no INJUSTICE
to dead man, but they are worth no more
than living ones, and, living or dead
the reputation of brave, patri
otto, and useful soldier like Gen
eral RoSencrans SHOULD not suffer in tn,
eyes or thoughts of our people by the word.
Of such man as Garfield, who knew moth
ing of the science of war, and who was sucl
q Jack at all trades" he knew little of any
thing any one need covet.
[Signed JUSTICE.
WASHINGTON, March ..