The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-06-27
A DORSEY BLAST.
The Great Vindicated on the Re-
form Republican Machine.
Scientific Mud THROWING Garfield Knew
It Was a Lie, and Arthur Knew
II Was a Lie."

tiOn by MaeVeagh, James, aud incident
ally by Garfield, because of letters he
had written the PFesident-elect in 1881,
warning him against taking James or
MacVeagh into his Cabinet. These ex-
tracts give the striking points of Dor
sey's letter, addressed to his business
partner:
DORsEY'S SOLICITED ADVICE TO GARFIELD
My DEAR Sir + The issue
between MacVeagh and myself was join
ed easily. WHAT had to say 1 said in
response to requests from the President
in January and February of 1881. The
published correspondence between Gen.
Garfield and myself shows reasons for
the animus of my enemies in his Cabi-
net. When Garfield began to canvass
the formation of his Cabinet, and I,with
others, was asked to give views, took
the ground that certain appointments
were unfit to be made, and expressed in
unmistakable language the misfortune
thought would follow such appoint
ments, as you will remember. You will
also remember the anxious sOlicitude
with which l considered what always
seemed to be Gen. GaTheld's unwise in
tenttOns i'll his proposed selection of
Cabinet officers from New York and
Pennsylvania; you will likewise remem-
Der that these two great states, which
had furnished so many illustriOus men
who had adorned the public service, now
had among their citizens men equally
eminent as those who had preceded
them, and they also believed that from
among these natural leaders, Gen. Gar
field ought to select two of the first Off
GERS of his Cabinet.
THE SON-IN-LAw AND THE sYCOPHANT.
But instead of doing that he chose
from PAnn9VIVQn1n "a hnRanan ha
was sOn-in law, and man from New
YORK, because he was sycOphant. 1t
would seem that capacity, uprightness
and experience were ignored. The small
ambition of small men must be satisfied
Your predictions, made that time, have
been verified. You know with what
scOrn L treated the detestable idiOcy of
the suggestion that such men as Mac
Veagh and James should be made Cabi-
net Ministers to represent the Republic
cans OF those two great states, neither
or whom could be elected magistrate in
the smallest bailiwick In his state. They
cut no more figure in the politics Of the
nation than the remOtest fixed star does
upon the movements of Saturn. fear
ed that Grant and COnkling, and Arthur
and all the great leaders whom helieV-
ed to be upright, and In whom L belieV.
ed the people Of the country had conf
political fungus of pTetensiOns was to
take the place of those sturdy oaks of ex-
perience and merit.
DORSEY DECLINED ALL GARFIELD's OF
FERS OF PLACE.
Nobody knows better than You what
sacrificed in business affairs when ac-
cepted the secretaryship of the Republi-
can committee, Withdrawing my atten-
tiOn from enterprises in which we were
concerned to devote to the prOfitless,
and as 1t turned out, worse than thank
less task of discharging this trust for
the Republican party, through the most
desperate canvass Of its history. When
the campaign was over l declined the
greatest reward that could be offered to
any citizen by any Executive. l wanted
no office, and would have none; and If
the President-elect could have stewed
d0WD every place within his power to
give into one, would not have touched
1T. did not Obtrude on the President
elect, as you know, any suggestions of
my own; but when he asked my advice,
and you we'll remember the letters in
which he made these requests, gave 1t
to him without reserve, as the publish.
ed correspondence between us shows.
Gen. Garfield decided he was right and
was wrong, and thus MaeVeagh came
into power hating me.
GARFIELD THE CAUSE oF,M'vEAGH's IN
TENSE HATRED OF DORSEY.
Gen. Garfield In his amiability and
kindness Of heart, permitted MacVeaRh
and James to read the correspondence
which had passed between us, as he af-
terward told me. This exemplified the
weakness of generous man. The In
tensity of Mr.. MacVeagh's hatred for me
Is sufficiently attested by the fact that
about the 1rst exercise of his official
power was to inaugurate against me a
scheme OF vengeance. | held no office.
L would not have one, and had no candf-
dates for the highest or the lowest.
The only interest ever had In the
Star routes was in the nature of loans to
contractors, a part of which, l think,
borrowed from you.
GOES FOR MACvEAGH's SYSTEM OF Es-
PIONAGE.
Nobody knew better than MacVeaph
and James that had never made a pen
ny out of the POstOffice Department,
The most miserable creatures that could
be caught In the drdg-net and snaked
across the mouth Of the Vilest sewer
were seized upon to rake and scrape the
country to secure, If possible, something
that might be turned into q charge
against me. Twelve of the most reput-
able men OF this District were, with
the consent of the prosecution, selected.
Upon the track of such men was put by
the agents of the Government, the low
est species of detectives and spies. Not
one of them could cross his sidewalk
without the shadow of a self-cOnYlcted
thief covering his track. The dirtiest
streams Of infamy of the most distant
Territories, as well as of this District,
were raked in search of creatures
who could be cajOled by flat
terry or who could be fattered by the
promise Of Office, or who could be brib-
ed by the mints of coin or promise of
great Government to testify to any-
thing they might be trained to swear to.
THE BODY LICE OF HUMANITY
are abundant, but not so abundant as
the swarm Of their cOnjurOrs who were
swift to feed on the feast provided by
MacVeagh and James from the overflow
OF the treasury. There was not a per-
son with whom was supposed to have
correspondence but what was approach