Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-08-14
DOrNeY 90 Garfield
A CRACK OF The PLANTATION

CRACK OF The PLANTATION WHIP.
The Sunday Gazette yesterday published the fo,.
lowing letter:
s4i FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. Feb :, 1881.
Ny Dear General: Colonel George Bliss called on
me recently and introduced "A Mr. Knox who said
he was ciasSmate OF yours at Williams COLLEGE,
ana further stated that he was about leaving Tor
Mentor TO visit you at your request % discuss the
question or the proper person 10 place In your
Sablnet from New York; IL cannot be possible
mat You would call upon George Bliss much less
upon Mr.. Knox, 10 give advice respecting so i'm
purint question 10 you and 10 the people OF this
state. Both OF these gentlemen may be honest.
But MeSsrs Bliss and Knox do not represent the
people or the leaders OF the people Of New YORK.
no more IMAM represent the King OF Slam. All
such advice as this is pretentious idiocy; and N
you are occupying your time In listening 20 men
ike THESE, i wish 10 express In the most en-
phatic way that you and your admlnlsfration viii
prove a lamentsble failure You should take the
DIS IN your teeth and decide for yourself who you
want IN your Cabinet What do you want the
advice OF men for, every one OF whom has
an axe 10 grind or scheme 90 push? IN you
want advice In New York, why don't you send
for Conklin9 or Arthur, the two men who elected
you, with The aid OF Gen. Grant? Why don't Won
o0h con MIN somebody who has status, name
ana tell you without grain OF selfShness that
you cannot afford 10 have any friction arise he.
tween yourself and Mr.. Conkng aud Gen Arthur
whenever you determine 10 aSSail these men Won
drive the last nail In your political coffin You
cant ignore them TO make peace with MIR. Curtis,
wayne MacNeagh and others OF that class Yon
can't dsband an army to get recruits We now
have great, well-organiZed, active and aggres-
SlVe army. III you want to muster out that army
In order TO pick up the sneaks, hummers and de-
serters In the rear, 90 ahead, and | predict YOU
VIII laha IN a surrendered camp. l am tired OF
thls Diatherlng talk about MacNeagh TO go into
the cabinet from Pennsylvania and James from
New York. such detestable rot should be smoked
ouI at once, and You ought 10 do IL in some
pubic way. As have repeatedly urged upon YOU
there Is but one appointment you ought TO make
from New York, and that is Cher Judge Folger TO
be Secretary OF the Treasury. You don't need any
To
Ter, capacity and standing I'm New York Running
LOT chiel Judge on the same ticket with you he re-
celved more than double the majority YOU did
Now, take my advice about this; and ask YOU 70
DO that because you know have no earthly inter-
est except 10 see a successful and honorable adj
mlniStraton, and my advice is this: When Won
get ready TO select citizen OF New York for
your cabinet, send for Senator Conkllng, General
Arthur, Governor Cornell, J. ID. Warren of Bufra-
10, Ex-Governor Morgan, Thomas Z. Platt ana
men on that class, and get their best Judgment
Bliss ana Knox! what nonsense! beg OF you not
TO permit Mr.. Knox TO run around this state in
curing about men fttest Tor Cabinet and pre-
tending TO represent you. BY acts OF this Kind
you lnJure yourself, and cast an objectionable re-
lection upon the men who can and ought TO be
Ie pest Judges, and who represent the republicans
OF TINS state. don't wish TO be put IN a position
or being obliged TO lecture the President-eect.
and especially in regard TO the formation OF his
you whenever / should think Won were going
wrong. write you when think you are about
10 make mistake, and have not and shall not
drop all of this stun about Conkling. He don't
want TO fight you or any one else. He IS not
prancfng around with chip on his shoulder chaI-
lenglng all mankind TO battle. All Mr.. Conkling
wants, and all that Gen. Arthur desires. is fair
show and an honest deal These two men with
thelr friends, represent the intelligence the pro-
greSslVe and the aggressive elements OF New YORK
republcanism. They possess that wisdom, force
ana courage that the people OF this country and
an countries always admire. You know my inter-
est and purposes are solely TO see a successful
consummation OF our great work. / have pre-
sented TO you some frozen facts, and sincerely
candid
attention Your friend, s. w. DORSEY.
To Gen. j. A. Garfield