New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-18

| good intentions" TO make him out weaSIlng
| blown hi her and thther by every influence, W III
| The Herdjfs " friend ~ of the late fresidehJ M
| dcrtakc to prove openly over his own name lhaU
Garfield was ever rcady to reCede," or to provide
| solution of the trouble by compromise VIII ne
dare give us his name, that we may Jqugo ~ Wv, nv
truthuness of his claim that he was oilch '"c IT,
! cipient of his 0iaricldsl condolences l..
Another transparcntly false statement 10
| his version of the appointment OF Htlmfy
Matthews to the Supreme Bench lIecharg"s TINS 10
senator sherman. lie says" As to the nomination
| OF ex-senator Matthews to the supreme JuugcSHP'
| there he lGaricidl paid debt to another OF MS
| most incxorable crtdItOrs-namcly, eN-SecTc,aiIy
| Sherman 10 Mr. Sherman he felt deeply that he
! owed much, and also Mr.. Sherman was one who dc-
mandcd payment. To secure his own return 10 the
Senate ii necessary 10 provide for Nr. Matthews,
and 1t was tins obligation that the President was
made 20 feel II was incumbent on MN 10 Ieit'ul
II would be hard 10 coadensc more of the most stu
pld of tai-chpod, into paragraph OF the same
length than This contains. I'm ID" first place, MIR.
Sh 'rnan never urged nor even asked the appoint
ment OF Judge Matthew'S from General Garfield.
S,cOnd-Judgc Matthews was not candidate IoI
senator at ali, and had not been ImTd
Mr. Sherman was elected Senator nearly
two months before General Garfield was
President. Fourth-lrrsjdcut Hayes had nominated
Matthews Tor he supreme Bcnchond Matthew's h3d
expressly declared h. was not candidate Tor the
senate. And, iuaily, Mr.. sherman was nos one OIL
General G1ricl.'s o5tincNo.ablc creditors On
the contrary, ne made hodewaud@ or claims, a fact
to which many of GariieIds friends know he TOOK
pleasure in bcarino grateful testimony
suggestion thai Garfield nominated Judge Matthews
AGAINST ms conviction and desired his defeat by the
Senate. But TINS ~ not incidental nos accldeutai-
il Is auothcrof the supposed well disguised attempts
of the raai purpose of ia" whole arlclc-to make
Garfield out the wollIug and the "puppct' 1t
seems essential to break down Garlirds reputation
somehow before the 'SlalwarJ' nina can have
peace.
Another very lame statement j.. found in
the reference to Senator Pehdlrton5 vote
on discrimination OF Matthews The righteous
soul of our friend of the late Presidcnt' was
"greycd to hear that senator PcualctOn5 support
was secured by the urgency of Mr. ". Mclean OF
Cincinnati and that the President had been IN
duccd to promote that gcntlcman'1 SOn-ln-law Cen
cra HaZ"u, to the mead of the Signal Service Blu
rcau' Don't the fool liar know that General llaZcn
was appon ed bv President Hayes and confirmed
weeks before Garfield became PRESIDENT
What purpose the Introduction OF Jay GoulnS
dispatch TO senator Plumb was intended 10 serve ~
the article cannot see except II be 10 cast suSp-
Ciou OF corruption well n charge lnDccInty upon
tuc hOnorrd name of the dead President.
In conclusion allow me TO say again that the conn
try ought 10 have peace and res! from these old
troubles; but if peace only be purchased al the
price of submission to Islander OF the living and
calumuy of the dead, then let us have no peace till
the mouth OF every liar Is stopped Let Us have II
out and the sooner the better.
THOMAS NJ. NICHOL, y Broa lway, y. Y.