Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-01-24
JUSTLY

Ell say that such men On Grant and
Conklipg and Arthur are morally rsspon.
sible for this crime. Mr.. Conkliug shall
moi escape the condemnation Of the
American people for his share in the dis
graceful scramble for On Office that LED 10
q conflict with the chosen ruler OF TINS
great nation. Neither shall Grant escape
that condemnation which he 10 so Justly
subjected to for coming from Mexico
with undue haste to throw his name INTO
this petty quarrel about q small ounce IN
the Republican party" Extract 0
Scoyille's speech before the Guitsau Jury
on Wednesday. January lSth.l
Tn. bold. vigorous and truthful Ian.
suass Of scovills. quoted above, 10 emit.
tied to the approval Of oil true Amsri-
cans. When one thinks Of the unsesmly
acts Of Copklins and Grant from the in
augurstion Of Garfield to his asssssins-
ton. and Of the eagerness with which
the Stalwart patriots rushed to Washing
tom to seize upon the spoils made avail
able to them by the hand Of q cowardly
assassin. he feels like ~applaudins SEQ.
Vile to tho very echo for his scathing
invsctivss against Conklips. Arthur and
Grant. In these men and their follow.
srs is seen o faction Of the Republican
party. that has been thrice defeated BY
the better element Of the party. rushing
eagerly to Washington, with bloody
hands. to secure offices which the death
OF Garfield and the petty partisan spirit
Of Arthur have placed within their reach.
Moro ~disgracsful . than these
have have never before occurred in the
history Of American politics. Before
Garfield was hardly cold in his grave tho
Stalwarts. ghouls in human form, start
cd on the keen jump for Washington.
inwardiy thanking Guitsau for the pos.
abilities be had opened to their view.
And il should be remembered that these
hungry human byenas on the scent OF
blood were not OF the opposite political
party to which Garfield belonged. but
brethren ~. belonging to the same Glo-
rious Republican party.
The men arraiSned by Scovills (conk-
ling, Grant and Arthur> are. as he de-
clared. morally guilty Of the murder OF
Garfield. and time will demonstrate that
fact more and more clearly ss 1t passes.
Conkling aud Grant made war upon
Garfield and his administration from
personal motives only. Defeated aspi-
rations and BUNDLED pride, not pare and
patriotic motives. melted them to the
performance OF selfish and dishonorable
acts. They seemed to believe that they
possessed a divine right to rule, and they
looked with affected contempt upon the
majority Of Republicans who had rsle-
gated them to back seats in the councils
OF tho party.
How much moro noble and generous
Il would have been for Mr.. Arthur, rec
esnizing the fact that be is but ''an &C.
cident OF an accident"-how much more
manly it would have been for him to
have said to tho army OF rapacious Stall
warts: These Offices were filed by him
who was elected President by the PEG.
pie, and because OF this fact, and in
honor OF tho murdered President, and
out Of respect to the people who placed
him in power. not one man appointed to
Office by him shall be displaced while !
occupy his vacant seat. Had Mr.. Ar
thur said this he would have won i'm
psrishablo honors and immortal fame.
But by following the dictates OF Conk'
ling aud Grant in the Redistribution oil
the public offices, ho has dissraced him
self and dishonored the high office which
he unfortunately fills. By his acts Mr.,
Arthur has proved himself to be unwor'
thy Of the respect Of our people and oil
the civilized world. And il be continues
in the course he has entered upon to the
close OF his term Of Office. he will retire
more heartily despised than was John
Tyler when he vacated tho Presidential
Office.