The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-04-06
A Cownrdiy Campaign Against Our Dead
President.

The campaign of ealumny against Garfield goes
vigorously as when respectable politicians and
journals aerted To believe in the genuneness of the
Morcy forgery. Though dead Garfield vet speaks
His cOuntrynIen cherish the memory Of his great
achievements and good deeds And his hold the
hearts Of the people is what makes it necessary for
those who fought and slan,errd him while living TO
pursue and Niiify him dead The last phase of this
graveyard campaigning is the meaBrst and most
cnntenptiblr. \ confidential letter written by Gar
field in the army. the y ia Of July. 1853 Srcre
tary Chass. is first published without any
As well thought knew Garfield this letter,
written with the most evident unreserve and with a
free pen, raises opinion Of his ability military
critic and thinker. Briefly and vigorously il outlnrs
the situation confronted by the Army Of the Cum
beriRnd and shows the need Of greater executive
energy and promptpess in its commander. There
probably not intelligent and earnest officer
of rank in the Army of the Cumberland. at that
time, who did feel that ..Old Rosy was too
slow, however much attached TO him they might
have been.
There is nothing in this letter or in the circun.
stances under which it written. which requires
the slightest defence at the hands of any friend
of Garfield. If the letters received by Lincoln
and his Cabinet from prominent officers, du-
ring the about their superior officers were prin-
ted it would he found that the best of these letters
and the most credtahle. were those in which afec-
tiOn or admiration for superior suburdinated
to earnest desire for the succrss of the cause.
of course, On the publication of Garield's letter,
Gen. Ro-ecrans brought in to play his part in
the graveyard campaign. hy interviewing him IS to
Garhelds statements. Of course. R0sccrans insisted
that he was not slow, and that everything he did
as army the cumberland. was
all right and above criticism. He has always done
this and always will. long he lives. We
don't particularly blame him for it. II shouid
take their statements final, all of gener-
ais were models of prouptness, energy an zeal,
pecially those who failed and were superseded
But II is not likely to profit RosecrHns 10 get
into a One--tlcd controversy with n dead man who
can't talk back Especially is il imprIIdent for him
furnish such letter from Garfield he has given
TO the Herald. dated Washington. June 10. 1880 in
which the following expressions occur:
IL is trne that was occasional correspondent
of Secretary Clase. Several times, while was YOUR
chief of staff he wrote in regard to the progress
of the war, and asked my opinions various qGes-
tinns connected with it, but earlessy Challenge all
the rseals in the wcrld 10 publish any such letters
written by me. They welcome to all the capital
they can make ont of them.
Garields confidence well bestowed. The let
that is paraded though is was a terrible dis
closure of treachery is fresh revelation of the glow
ing patriotism the military genius and the eagerness
for action of the Garfield of 1868. Nobody but a
jackal would scent any fOuness tr.arhery in this
manly and vigorous epistle do the people who are
carrying on this campaign of ealumny Garfield
think that the American people idiots asses.
they simply TRYING TO divide the Republican par
" into two hostile camps with nOn-ofice-holdcrs
and nOn-ofiee-serkers in and the machine politi
clans and officials i'll the Otherl-N. l. Mail aud Er-