Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-07
The Star Reuter- Dorsey.


This eminent individual has created
quite political sensation by writing
letter to the public asserting his innO-
cence. He charges that Messrs. Mae
Neagh, James and Brewster are response
bic for all his troubles, and that the latter
has descended to very unprOfessiOnal and
very contemplate tricks 10 secure his
conviction. In fact. he is very severe
upon the Attorney General. of whom he
writes as follows
The Attorney General Of the United
States, who, has descended to en-
gage in this trial personally. chiefly. it
seems from his speech, TO heap abuse upon
me, wrote letter TO the President which
was made up Of denunciatiOn and the
epithets Of falsehOOd and SANDER, Of
malice and Of impotence in about equal
parts. Brewster has dragged the robes of
his great Office into filth and slime and de-
bauchery so many times that il is TO be
expected that person guilty Of such
atrOciOus acts of immortality would be
guilty Of equally infamous acts in the ad-
ministratiOn of the Office which he holds
and dishOnOrs. He occupies quasi judi
clal position, but in advance of trial and
IN an official communication to his chief,
IN language that would disgrace
the merest police court shyster, this
Attorney General Of the United States de-
n0unces the defendants in the star route
cases as banded robbers. +" great rascals."
thieves" etc. The prosecuting officers, the
Attorney General and the President of the
United states know as we'll as know that
my statement above is absolutely and I'M
qualltedly true in every respect. Each
one Of them knows that l no more con-
ssplred against the Government Of the
United states than they did. NOtwith-
standing this knowledge. which the re-
cords show really exists. these people are
daily sending out to the country the most
monstrOus talsehOOds ever uttered bv man.
until the people have come to believe that
| am the head of the great ring which has
been robbing the government Of millions
/ Of dollars. | will pay a thousand dollars
Tor every dollar the prosecution can show
/ ever made out of the Treasury of the
United States, excepting my salary as
Senator"
When it is considered that this language
! is used by man who has been regularly
/ indicted as a felOn, and has been tried
| once as such; that the verdict of the jury
/ against him amounted simply to that of
mot prOven;" that no more favorable YER
| dict than this could be procured from a
/ jury generally acknowledged TO have been
! fixed" and that the writer is even now
prisoner on the verge Of another trial, his
words can simply be characterized
as audaciously insolent. Neither can
this nor any other letter he may write in
/ the same style reverse the popular verdict
/ against him; to the contrary. it will only
tend to confirm the impression that he is
| undoubtedly guilty of the crimes of con-
| spiracy and swindling the government as
a star route contractor. and, while Occu-
/ pying a seat in the United States Senate
I as friend of the star route robbers.
/ Mr.. Dorsey, who is, by the way, still
Secretary of the Republican National
I Committee, has evidently become badly
/ frightened by recent developments. The
/ political cyclone of November eth, which
nearly swept the Republican party out of
! existence, opened the eyes Of the admins
/ tratiOn to many things necessary to be
/ done if that party ever hopes to recuper-
ate, and among these was cessation of
| dilly-dallying in the prosecution of the
/ star route criminals. This led Mr.. Arthur
/ to summarily dismiss from position GER
I tain officials prominently known as
/ friends of the accused, and thus to give
earnest that he intended hereafter to pro-
l ceed in the matter with determination. 1t
is this which has frightened Mr.. Dorsey,
[ and caused him to abandon the air of
superciliOus confidence with which he
formerly-in effect if not in words-impu-
/ IDENTIFY asked the public, "What are you
I going to do about it?'' and assume the
more humble air of suppliant for mercy.
Nothing was ever more true than the
/ fact that
NO thief e'er felt the halter draw
With good opinion of the law"
and therefore if Attorney General Brew
ster will only do his duty in the case of
/ the Government ". Dorsey, Brady ct al,
4 he cannot expect these gentry to hold him
/ very high in their estimation. Indeed the
more they can say against him, the bet
[ ter for him. But i'm the meantime the no
tOriOus criminals had better preserve
discreet if not dignifed silence, and allow
a jury of their peers to once more pass
upon their guilt or innocence.