Daily globe., 1883-11-03
Macoartnu cha,len aed Him.


AS have been brought into an undesir-
ed notoriety by the ELUSIVE martinet-C. |
NJ. MacCarthy, who manifested his malig-
nancy so strongly in this mornings GLOBE, |
L beg your permission to make few plain
statements, that my position and motives
may not be misunderstood. Although a |
Democrat, hold the position of managing
editor Of the Dispatch. 1t is position
that has only to do with the news
and in no wise in
wolves political belief. I am also
of Irish lineage, with warm side for all
that is noble, grand and true in the Irish
character. I am even better a "fghting
tip' and the Milesian blood in me natural
ly rolls me when find pusedo Irishman
to either mislead OF misrep-
Gle and this fellow MacCarthy attempted
to carry Us all, body boots and breeches
over into the Republican camp, I kicked,
kicked like an "Irishman." was proud
to use that signature and it was not "anony-
nous" either for you, Mr.. Editor, and
hundreds of others knew my
identity. I am glad to know that
my letters to the GLOBE attracted atten-
tion, and provoked the criticism of the
opposition press. When this fellow Mac
Carthy began spreading himself over all
the Hibernians in Minnesota I thought it
time to clip his wings, and in Wednesday
mornings GLOBE I scored him pretty
freely. I said that he belonged to the
breed of Irish in whose veins was the taint
Of the "informer," and gave you permis-
sion to disclose my identity to him, as
had been very personal in my remarks
about him.
No soor or had he learned that I was
employed on the Dispatch than he has
tened to the editor r-in-chief and revealed
my identity in the hope, no doubt, that I
would be cut adrift. But he misjudged
Captain Castle, who though earnestly in
terested in this campaign has never sought
by word or deed to interfere with the po-
litical liberty of his employees.
The idea that an Irishman could earn
| his bread without foregoing his political
| principles nonplussed MacCarthy, and
angered at being unable to injure me, he
wrote me the following personal letter
| ST.. PAUL, Oct. 81, 1883. Sir: am Informed
| by Mr.. Hall that you are the author of the
| slanderous communication in the GLOBE this
morning signed 'Irishman."
| Now unless you apologize in the GLOBE to
morrow morning, fully, for your injustice to me-
| and the Land league, shall take the necessary
| steps to expose you in this community.
Yours, etc. G. NJ. MAO CARrHY.
MIR. MoRRIsEY, Dispatch Office.
To this I replied as follows:
ST.. PAUL, Nov. l, 1888.
| MIR. G. M. MAoCARTHY- have had th
! temerity to threaten me with exposure unless
| apologize for my analysis of your character il
Sunday mornings GLOBE. 1 am not in the habi
of apologizing to such vile spawn of the politica
sewers as you. Apologize, forsooth! to you
who have prOUen yourself ''blackmeiler' and Sin
| former in one day? Not much.
| You probably was not aware that an ''Irish
man" can earn his bread without placing his
| principles in pawn. L judged you rightly, ]
am convinced, when l classed you with that de
| graded class of Irishmen for whom
Erin has reason to hang hel
head in shame. But you did not Judge M
| rightly if you thought dreaded an exposure to
| my employer, an exposure which you, in YOU
role of ''informer'' had already made to him
And you misjudged me again when you thought
l could be 'blackmailed" into an apology.
| did not desire publicity lest my actions
should embarrass generous employer, who has
| never demeaned himself by seeking to lay upor
| my actions mortgage other than on my profes
| slonal services. This may surprise time servers
like yourself, who "crook the pregnant hinges ot
the knee that thrift may follow fawning." Will
me, 1t is not nominated in the bond, and per-
sonally l care not what course you may pursue
so, you craven whelp, do your worst.
FRANK Z. MoRRIssEY.
Need I say more. Do not those two let
ters speak volumesY Well the mimic cap.
tain, with his toy sword, attempted a re
venge in this mornings GLOBE. 1 charged
MacCarthy with dragging the land league
into this fight and 1 reiterate the charge OF
the authority of leading Leagues of this
city, who express their determination to
sit down on him when opportunity offers
The Republican press in growing over
his accession, emphasized the fact
that he was leading land
leaguer. So wasCarey a leading Iinvincible.
AS for my connections or standing in
this state, MacCarthy cannot alter them.
There are no suspicious of defalcations
against my character. There is nothing l
have reason to blush for. A party of the
name Of Window once undertook the task
of making me public reproach and 1 re-
member that Winona county, where then
lived, gave 1000 majority against Window
and lived to dance at the unctious Bill
lees wake" SO much for the betinseled
martinez who has proven himself black
mailer and informer.
Now for the Northwestern Chronicle,
which editorially attacks me personally.
Zone would think was the candidate for
governor the way these groundlings
shriek). 1 accused MacCarthy of writing
the alleged editorials in the so-called
Catholic organ. had been reliably in
formed that they had not been written
either by the bishop or any of the clergy,
and indeed tbs bad grammar was evidence
of that. l had been further told that
MacCerthy was author. But 1 have
smoked out the real writer and behold
This inspirer of Irishmen is a naccaroni
encysted Italian who has forsaken
the hand organs and sore-eyed monkeys
of his native land to come TO America and
tell Irishnen how to vote. So much
for that. Now for the dago's statements.
He says l am "neither an Irishman. Dem
ocrat Dor a Catholic" My name, inter.
auces and record belle his declaration that
am neither an Irishman nor Democrat.
my religion has no bearing in political
discussion. Catholics have abundant rea-
son to dsplore the way their religion is
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