National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-01-10

In desperate attempt to escape from
n humilating dilemma, brought upon
himself 10y the publication of his mid
night dispatch of March %, 1881, Mr..
Whitclaw Reid denominates that now
notorious. production the frozen TRUTH"
and in the Tribune of Saturday endeavors
to soften the wrath of an outraged public
for the diabolism revealed in the dis
patch by falling back. upon its unqucs-
toned fidelity to the facts and circum-
stances of the midnight darkness when
it was inspired. Accepting it, then, as
absolutely the frozen truth, which can
not be melted away by any subsequent
explanations, and we have exact means
of measuring the magnitude of the liquid
lying that during all the days and weeks
and months following, down to the mid
die of July, when the contest at Albany
ended, was poured out through the 1ri-
b,mc columns upon suffering com
muDity.
|. 9he frozen truth seems to make it
plain that while the Tribune was repre-
senting to the public that General Gar
field was particularly distinguished for
the stamina and staying qualities of his
backbone, the editor was in such panic
lest he would wilt under the pressure of
Conkling that he could not sleep, and
gave the night to preparing appeals to
the President not to cave in.
9. The frozen truth discloses that, while
the 7riJuBe was endeavoring to show, and
Gariield's friends everywhere were as
serting, that the nomination Of Robert
son had "no political significance" the
editor of the paper was secretly urging
the President that it was necessary for
him to stand firm and also to grab the
surveyorship in order TO detach the As
sembly from its allegiance to Conkling
and insure a victory.
,. The frozen truth makes it clear that,
while the YriJ1rne was asserting that Conk-
ling was. notin harmony with the LCgisla-
ture of New York, its editor was declaring
to Garfield that SHE ASSemJlyjS oyertrhelH,-
ingiy Co@kling."
4. The frozen truth develops the cir
cumstance that, while the IriJ,me was
maintaining the theory that the Repub.
Leans were pleased with the course OF
Garfield, its editor was writing the de.
spairing information that some Demo.
cratic votes must be secured to save him
from destruction.
8. While the Tribune was making the
public believe that Thomas J.. James was
o remarkable specimen of the noble band
of independent voters, its editor was de.
sCribing him in frozen truth as one who
would yield to pressure" and was sug'
gesting pressure in lieu of argument
rs the proper way to influence the "sof,
and insinuating" noble and double-deal
ing Postmaster-G General, of whom it was
well to "bcware."
6. At the tim truth was congealing OF
the 9th of March the TriJuac was rep
resenting Garfield as sitting calmly il
Washington, unsuspecting, innocent o
having done anything likely to offend
Mr.. Conkling, absolutely without any
purpose to impair his influence and pop
ularity, and wondering ut the hullabalot
excited at such harmless appointment
as Robertson's, while its editor was con
bOINliIE ~ NlHl'NANil III VI tNlItll'
familiarity with the purpose of the Presi
dent, andNurging upon him, as the onl,
way to destroy Conkling, persistence il
the course he was pursuing. "The leas
waverng would be fatal" How strang,
that the editor should have suspected
that there was any relation between tn,
II omination Of Robertson and the putting
dow of Conkling when Garfield and tn,
Tribune both denied it
Was Garfield n man whose word wa
not to be taken? Was the TiibmGs mis-
sion to lie daily while real truth wa
freezing? We confess that in all on
knowledge oftruth in chunks, truth soil
as marble, truth cold as ice, truth told q
midnight, in the solemn darkness an
awful solitude of the great high tower O
Printing House Square, there never wa
so perfectly disclosed the real motives
the internal methods, and the abomina
bic falsehoods of a line of conspirator
against honor, character party and pull
lie interest, as the confession now pull
lished and affirmed to be the truth b
Whitelaw Reid All that was charged b
the Stalwart press as to the deliberat
purpose to humiliate Conkling an
break him down is avowed in til
dispatch, and no other consideration
even alluded to to influence Presiden
who was being postured before an nd
miring people by the Tribune newspapc
asaman incapable of acting from motive
Of personal hostility, or using the GOV
ernment patronage to put up and pu
down factions, or in any way to iniluenc
the action Of Legislatures or people,
The curtain is at last removed, and tn
truth by leader of the conspirators
frozen into history, and will be there pc
riiied and forever remain,
By vote Of its citizens on Suturda
last the city Of Pensacola, Fla. rattle
the settlement of its city debt amour
ing Uoabout 100000 The credit for tn
is due to Colonel J. NJ. Tarble, the Il,