The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-03-16
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
THE GARFIELD LETTER.
Gem. NegIey Does the Dead
President No Coed.

Pittsburg, 14-Gsneral James S. Neg.
ley, during the rebellion division COM
mander, and also one of the seventeen
generals mentioned by Garfield in the
Chase letter, was interviewed to-day
He said be deplored the go called Gar
field and Roeecrans controversy. II sum
up the whole case TO be about 80 follows:
General Garfield wrote freely to hi:
friend, giving utterAnce to his hopes and
political views without the slightest in-
tention of doing i:ijustice to his superior,
and it was only after years that this
untimely and unfortunate letter became g
source ofunexpected irritation and to-day
it attsins its chief proportions in the i'll
advised attempt to glorify the already il
lustrious memory IF President Garfield,
a. the expense of the feelings and b nor
of his living comrades. That he wonld
condemn it if living, l am certain; that
l am certain; and every loYer of justice
and truth should hesitate to deprive
General RnsecrsDs of the credit he de-
Sc yes for his achievements Of the army,
under bis command, at Stone River, and
at Tulahola Gen. Garfield was at that
period of his life more of politician
than a general. He bad lately eft the
Ohio senate, where he had ia ken 8 very
active ard sggre i've part In the political
Issues grown out Of the war md 1t was
quite natural that be ST ould sympsthiz4
with this side of the question. He Lad
grown to be familiar with tie cry "On
to Richmond" and deemen it n neces-
ssry requirement on the part of general
officers 10 satisfy public Impotence at
hvma. / speak thus for the reason thzt
l conversed with Garfield frequently on
this and other questions; that believe /
do his memory no injustice. but on the
contrary award him proper need OF
praise if state believe he was willing
to accept any sacrifice in the performance
of his duty to mis- country.
Chicago, l5.-Pittsburg special: Jas.
G. Blaine is here. he is the principal
stakeholder in the firm of II. G. Prick s.
Co.. coal and coke dealers. On the Gar
field Rosecrans controversy, he said the
subject is being discussed by actors in the
scene, and it is not my place to interfere.
I took history as / found it. If it shall
change, lay it not to me.
Washington, 15.-All doubt as to how
the Garfield letter to the late Chief JUS
tice Chase became public has been re-
moved by the adm ission Of A. Shuckers.
formerly private secretary to Mr.. Chase,
that he furnished copy to Dana, OF the
New York Sun. Mr.. Shuckers says
in regard to the matter: Eyes,
gave that letter to Dana, and
that is all there is to be said.
My motive, whether personal or for
the public benefit. is a matter of no
he of
lie discussion, about that letter. Su flee
It TO say, it was given out by me, and
any one who declares it forgery does q
very foolish thing. | have other let
ters Of Mr.. Chsse's correspondence.
There are some in that package, and
the rest are locked up in safe in this
city. At the request of Mrs. Chase they
were put in my hands, for the purpose Of
aiding me in writing the life of her hus
band"
Stalwsrts are sick of their assault on
Garfeld's memory. The Post says of
their recently published letter attacking
the dead president: The letter was a
genuine production Of a genuine repub-
lican, who sat in the Chicago convention
as delegate with Garfield, and voted for
him in Novem Der. In a number of west
ern papers Chauncy I. Filley is charged
with the responsibility, but sense OF
fairness impels US to relieve him at once
from Euch imputation. Fi.lay might
have written the letter and possibly
would have done so ifhe had thought Of
it. 1t was stslwart with a much more
common and familiar name. The letter
itself contained the statement that the
writer was 8 member of the Chicago
convention, aud at no time voted there
for Garfield. A distinguished officer
says there was nothing unsoldierlike in
the letter but it lore the tone of warm
affectiCn for Rosecrsns.
The Critic, which has been credited
with being a stslwart journal, says tn e
great body Of American people have
made up their minds about Garfield.
They watched in feeling by his bedside
all last summer when he died they
and when he was laid away to
rest forever they took his fame into their
keeping. These, let US remark, are the
people who cast the votes. No matter
what he may actually have been made |
IF, they adopted Garfield as their IDOL, |
and uur word for it, whosoever, for what
.oever purpose. attempts to drag his
.sIne through the mud will encounter q
Iiftla short ~ forooi.v