The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-08-24
DORSEY TO GARFIELD.

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HOW the star Route Thief was
Esand and glove with the Prcsi.
dent Eject. s
The following letter was given to the
press by the star route thief, Secretary
of the Republican National Commit
tee in 1880 and at present:
241 FIFTH AVENUE. /
NEW YORK, February 7, 1881.
MY DEAR GENERAL: Col. George
Bliss called on me recently and intro
duced a Mr.. Knox, who said he was a
classmate of yours at Williams college.
and further stated that he was about
leaving for Mentor to visit you at your
request, to discuss the question of a
proper person to place in your cabinet
from New York. 1t cannot be possible
that you would call upon George Bliss,
much less upon Knox, to give advice
respecting so important question to
you and 10 the people of this State.
Both of these gentlemen may be hon
est, true and respectable ESQ far as |
know they are), but Bliss and Knox
do not represent the people or the lead |
ers OF the people of New York any
more than l represent the King of ST. |
am. All such advice is pretentious i'd
iocy, and if you are occupying your
time in listening to men like these, l.
wish to express i'll the most emphatic
way that you and your administration
will prove a lamentable failure. You
should take the bit in your teeth and
decide for yourself whom you want N
your cabinet. What do you want the
advice of men for, every one of whom
has an AK togrind Or u scheme to push?
If you want advice in New York, why
don't you send for ConkIing or Arthur,
the two men who elected you, with
the aid of Grant? Why don't you
consult with somebody who has sta
tus, a name and a following i'll New
York? Now L tell you, and tell you
without grain of selfish ness, that you
cannot afford to have any friction arise
between yourself and Conkling and
General Arthur. Whenever you de-
termine 70 assaii these men you drive
the last nail III your political coffin.
You can't ignore them 10 make peace
with Curtis. Wayne MtVe eagh, and
! others Of that class. You can't disband
an army to get recruits. We now have
a great, we'll oIga aniZed, active and ag-
gressive army. If you want to muster
cut thai aCniy il order 70 pick up the
Bne8ks, iuumars and tieserters in the
rear, go ahead, and / predict you will
land n deserted camp. | am tired
Of This blathering talk about McVeagh
to go into the cabinet from Pennsyl-
vanis., and James from New York.
Such detestable rot should be smoked
out at once, and you ought to do it in
some public way, &s / have repeatedly
urged upon you. There is but one ap-
p0intmeDt you ought to make from
New YORK, and that is Chief Justice
tolger t0 De Secretary of the Treasury.
You don't nee, any Bliss or Knox to
ascertain Or prove his character. capac-
ity an1i standing in New York. Run
ming for Chief Judge he was on the
same ticket with you, aud he received
more than double The majority that
YOU did.
Now take my advice about this, and
] ask you Gu do that because yCu know
| have no earthly interest except to
see successful ANA honorable admin
lstraLion, and my advice is this: When
you get ready 10 select citizen Of New
York for your cabinet, SEND for Sena-
tor Conkling, General Arthur, Cover
: nor Cornell. J. d. Warren, of Buffalo,
ex- Governor Morgan Thomas G. Platt,
and men of that class, and get their
, best Judgment. Bliss and Knox! what
; nonsense. You ought not to permi;
: IANC1 10 run dFtuNu lulS fSL:tLe l}ut utllT-
i ing about men tittest for the cabinet
and pretending to represent you. By
acts OF this kind you injura yourself
Z and cast objectionable reflections upon
men who can and ought to be the best
judges, and who represent the bes
:, Republicans of this State. l dom
want to be put IN position to bt
obliged to lecture the President elect
and especially in regard to the forma
ton of his cabinet. You have repeat
f edly urged me to tell you whenever
o should think you are going wrong.
. write you when | think you are abou
~ to make a mistake, and l have not ant
e your errors You drop all this stui
;. about Conkling; he don't want to figh
: you or any one else. He is not pranc
IL challenging all mankind to battle. Al
'e that that Conkling wants and all tha
# General Arthur desires, is fair shOy
=, and an honest deal. These two men
with their friends, represent the intel
ligence, the progressive and aggressiv
l. elements of New York Republicanisn
S, they possess that wisdom, force an
Of courage that people of this countr
SO and all countries always admire. Yo
a. know my interest and purposes al
i, solely to see successful c0nsummatio
n of our great work. / have presente
Dt you some frozen facts, and l SINGER el
hope you will give them your Garrett
"a and candid attention.
Your friend,
III s. w. DORSEY.
le To General James A. Garfield.
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