St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-23
lPrivate.1
EXECUTIVE MANSION,

deeply. What shall say to one who writes
so like my mother! l say so like my mother,
but don't altogether mean that; for she
died in the belief that her son was true and
noble as she. He was dutiful and kind.
am shocked aud dumfounded by the clipping
that you send me, because it purports to give
what a man actually knows, and not mere
report as the other four or five lies do, which
| have heard about my life in Albany. l
haver seen any living woman whom | have
any reason to suspect was In any
way bad. ! do not know where any
such woman lives. In Albany 1 have
not been in any house except the executive
mansion, the executive chamber, the First
Orange club house, twice at receptions given,
and on, l think, two other occasions, the
residences of perhaps fifteen or twenty of the
best citizens TO dine. OF course I've been
to Chicago. There never was man who
has worked harder or more hours
in the day. Almost all my time has
been spent in the executive chamber, and |
hardly think there has been twenty nights in
the twenty-one months / have lived in
Albany, unless / was out of town, that
have left my work earlier than midnight to
find my bed at the mansion. am at a loss
to know how it is that such terrible wicked
ness and utterly base lies can be invented
The contemplate creatures who coin and pass
these things appear TO think that the affair
which have not denied make me defense
less against any and all ISLANDERS. As to my
outward life in Buffalo, the manifestation of
confidence and attachment which was there
rendered me must be prof that have not
led q disgraceful life in that city, and as to
my life in Albany, all statements that tend
to show that it has been other than laboriOus
and correct are utterly and in every shadow
untrue. do not wonder that your husband
was perplexed. l honestly think that de-
serve his good opinion aud any aid he is
disposed to render me. 1 don't want him
to think better of me than
deserve Cannot arrange to see him and
tell him what l cannot write. | shall be in
New York on Wednesday, and Thursday af-
ternoon and evening shall spend in Brook
lyu. Having written this much it occurs to
to me that such a long letter to you
is unnecessary and unexpected. It is longer
than any have ever written on the subject
referred to- and beg you to forgive me if
your kind and touching letter has led me
into an improperly. Yours very sincerely,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
have marked this private" You must
not infer that at all doubted your proper
use of il. G. C.
Mr.. Beecher added:
''When in the gloomy night Of my own
sufferings in the years gone by, / sounded
every depth Of sorrow, vowed if God
would bring the day star of hope
TO me, l would never suffer
/ brother, friend or neighbor to 90 un-
/ friended should a like serpent seek
TO crush him. That oath ! viii regard
now, because l know the bitterness
of these venomous lies. Iwill stand against
the infamous lies that seek to sting to death
| man and magistrate worthy OF better
/ fatc.'i
| The speaker then said his bold speech on
/ the subject was in spite of friends who adj
/ vised silence lest he stir his own sorrow.
/ He concluded thus:
''IfI refuse to expose to shame the swarm
of liars that nestle in the mud or sling ar
rows at Mr.. Cleveland from ambush, may
my tongue cleave TO the roof Of my mouth
and my right hand forget its cunning"