The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-09-15
The Dorsey Letters to fairfield.

Mr.. Stephen w. Dorsey, the Secretary
of the National Republican Committee
and now under Indictment for theft, is
very. impatient under the imputation
that his letters to Garfield were inn
pertinent and intrusive, and that he
had no Eight to give him advice in any
form it might 10 him seem fit. He con-
senfed ITO take 4 laboring oar'' in
the campaign at Garfield particular
request. who also sent his friends to
overcome Dorsey's objections .'Our
relations saws Dorsey, chad for many
wears. been OF the closest description.
i'm 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-
inc 10 persuade him not to take
MacN ea9h into his Cabinet.
Mr.. Dorsey ''williDgly 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:
1T will be a griefous 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 irving to shield his own
criminality behind the holy look of his
heavenly-iurned eyes; that the only
|good thing about him is his being the
son-in-law of Simon Cameron; that he
is a forager between two armies, inva-
riably adhering to the one with the
largest commissary." Dorsey urges
that if Garfield wants the minority rep
resented in his Cabinet, he ought TO
have the respectable minority there.
He should therefore appoint Demo-
crat-the representative of the minori-
ty who almost defeated him. He be-
lieves that it would be one of the wisest
/ things Garfield ever did and that the
/ time issooii coming wheIfa' PRESIDENT will
''inyite an eminent member OF the minor
/ ity to seat in his Cabinet ''If / were
+ you,n says Dorsey in closing, Il would
distinguish my Administration aud ere
ate an era in politics by putting some
leading Democrat in my Cabinet in
stead of 4 leading idiot. Advice is very
common anu you nave lol> OF H. w Is
/ dom is very rare and | have none of it,
and $50. says Dorsey humbly, ''what
l have to say / leave for that kindly con.
sideration you have always extended tc
my suggestions.
Mr. Dorsey evidently does not regard
| the memory of Garfield so otenderly that
/ he cares to defend it from the conse-
quences of Dorsey's own letters. For,
unless Dorsey ISLANDERS MacVeagh,
which we suppose he would not admit,
the letter shows that in spite of the
'.kindly consideration always given tc
Dorsey's suggestions, a bribe-giver and
! bribe-taker, adebaucher of Legislature
and hvpocrite, a corruptionist and
idiot was deliberately given a seat in
Garfield 5 Cabinet. But no one need be
misled by Dorsey's political magnanim-
itv. He is not the kind of man ever tc
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 Garfelds 5 Cabinet, that he preferred
to see even q Democrat there. .-Detroi
| Free Press.