The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-16
SPEAKS FoR ITSELF.
An Infamous Attack Upon the Memory
of the Late President Garfield.

An Infamous Attack Upon the Memory
OF the Late President Garfield.
WASHINGTON, March 13.-The follow.
ing is correct copy of the extraordina.
~ letter in the Post about the late Pres
ident Garfield:
To the Editor Of tie Post:
read with great interest the Garfield
Chase letter in your paper to-day. l
will take an oath it is genuine for saw
| the original in Mr.. Chase's house in
1867, when he resided on the corner of
Sixth and Z streets. What became of
| 1T, and how it turns up now do not
know. To one who knew Garfield we'll
| this letter is no surprise. He was a
treacherous, a cowardly, a hypocritical
| man, selfish in the exit eme and not car
ing what happened, so it did not happen
to himself. Gen. Rosecrans was and is
worth to this country a thousand Gar
fields. When the fighting that Garfield
was craving for came on he took good
care to keep out of danger. 1t is true,
as the New York Tribune published
some time ago, that at Chickamau.
ga he was behind tree
but it is not true that white dove lit on
the tree above him,
THERE ARE NO WHITE DOVES
in that part of of the world, and never
has been. There are a few domestic
pigeons, but they are not in the habit
of lighting in trees or coming
near the roar of battle. 1t is high time
for the sake of our national common
sense, the truth of history and justice,
alike to the living and the dead, that ali
this gush over Garfield should end.
Millions of better and greater men have
lived and died. The writer of this ar
ticle was delegate to the Chicago con-
vention, and at no time there voted for
Garfield. l sat within a few feet of
him, and spoke to him just after his
nomination. He was whimpering like
a spanked baby. and water was in his
eyes. He was nothing but profession
al Office seeker and professional pOliti-
clan. A failure as a preacher and a
lawyer, he learned to string words to-
gether as a child does beads, and that
was his stock in trade No one can
point to an original thought he ever
uttered He betrayed John Sherman at
Chicago as treacherously as Bfutus did
Caesar,
OR JUDAS DID CHRIST.
While making his speech, nominal
ing Sherman, strong, clear voice from
the gallery called out: Nominate Gar
field. I have it upon the authority Of
one who became afterward member of
Garfield's cabinet that the voice was that
of hired elaquer from McVicker's |
theater, stationed there for the pur-
pose, 10 carry out a scheme the |
Garfield ring had concocted long
before the convention met No one |
wants TO do injustice to dead men, but |
they are worth no more than living ones, |
and living or dead, the reputation of 3
brave, patriotic and useful soldier like |
Rosecrans should not suffer in |
the eyes or thoughts OF our people by
The words of such a man as Garfield,
who knew nothing of the science of war,
and who was such jack at all trades /
that he knew little of anything one need
roTet (Signed) JUSTICE.
@WAsHLN9roH, March TO-
The Post says the author OF the letter
IS a prominent western politician who
was a member of the Chicago coaven-
ion and one of the supporters of Gen.
Grant. 1t is generally thought thai the
nan is Chauncey I. FilIey. Of ST. Louis,
who was an applicant for the postmaster
The letter is the topic Of
general talk IA political circles, aud has
:aused much feeling, taken in cpnnec-
ion with the recent publication Of Gen.
7arfleld,s confidential letter 70 Gov.
chase concerning Gen, Rosecrans in
1858.