National Republican., 1882-02-28
IInportnnt If True.

important IL Ifucs
We do not vouch for the authenticity
of the subjoined letter, but give it for
what il is worth. Whitelaw Reids Tri-
June on Saturday last printed d mock
letter addressed to Mr.. Conkling, with
the name of Chester A. Arthur appended
thereto. The following letter can go
into the same collections
IN THE TOWER, Feb 25 1882.
MY DEAR GurTEAu; ! have long contemplated
addressing you II letter in which could pour out
my sympthy for you You have been dealt with
most harshly fof having killed President Garfield.
shall never to regret that you did not COM
mencc the business Of assassination earlier. There
was President once whose removal greatly do
sired. have often wondered why you did not
respond when In my great newspaper, the Tribune.
advertised for such man. Did you ever sec
that advertisement? II was in my paper, the
Tribune ofJanuary o. 1875, and read as follows:
pAYoNErs AND LEGISLATION.
To the Editor of the Tribune:
SIR: Now that Kellogg proposes to decide wbn
shall belong to the Louisiana Lcsislaiyr--'''S' :
backed by the United states aJEpSpp- "e, ana IS
dent Grant better decld, might not Presi'
next Congress "a wro Io s,,n, oS,ons 10 .ne
that, nv eNS. United States troops commanded by
- truthful and just man, General sheridan, and
move all regularly-elcctcd members to make place
Tor the Caseys or Dcniss 1fhc insists OH fighting 1t
out on this line, some one will play Brutus to his
Cesar without fail. which, by.ihe.way, would he u
great blessing to the country. J.HH.
NEW YORK, January I, 1915.
There was your chance. If you had murdered
Grant the Tribune would have defended you. and
you know, or ought to know, that | make public
opinion In this country. /, Whiteaw Reid, with
my New York Tribune, I make opinion. Or II
IA
you not do 1t when had the country SO worked
up against him in 1873. Don't you remember how
scorned his denial of the charges made against
him. did my best to make my readers believe
him guilty of taking bribcs, and when he denied
It as solemnly MS any man can deny anything,
denounced him as a liar. Here is the language
used in my Tribune of February 10, 1873:
James A. Garfield, of Ohio, had ten shares: he
never paid dollar received 500 which, ailer thein
vcstgatlon began, he anxious to have considered
u loan from Oakes Ames himself. These men be-
trayed the trust of the people deceived their con.
stitucnts, and by their cvasons and insehood5
fesscd the transactions to be dlsgrRceful.
Ofcourse when he was nominated for President
supported him, because thought could make
him do whatever wanted rather than have me
abuse him. never took back what had said
about him, because II he had differed with me at
any time intended to revive my old warfare on
him. He knew my style, and he never invited
controversy with me.
You ought to have gone in with me originally.
If you had killed Grant when advertised for his
assassination in 1915 how different all would have
been, and you could have had any office within
my gln.
As 1t was, If you had come to me last summer
might have secured you an ofice You know l
had a good deal to say. Did you read my mid
night letter of March % to be read to President
Garfield? If you did, you found was not afraid