The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-13
THAT "CLEvELAED SCANDAL
The Exact Facts in an Infano,.
Campaign Device.
n. Y. Evening Post, Angus, 5

great oeAI 70 say ABOUT what Is called d.
Cleveland scandal" asks US to ipvc,.;.,- ''
the matter for ourselves, and sa7s II s.. V
i; can lead only to one result" ,e,vi,.'
our promise not to support Z po,o.: VI
libertine and profigate" as q go ,',0D'
for the Presidency of the United c., -1e
There has been from the 5o~irr;.. ,@'''
little to investigate and that Ii,,fs OCT
have Investigated to our ov,,' ''e We
faction. 1t is admitted hv GoverDa. ~ S@''-
lands friends that twelve vesrs eIe,e'
formed an irregular connection nil aso be
ow, with two children, the eldest foT-, VIZ
years old that she was a person oi i i''Sea
perate habits, and that the palerpi,r 'l ~
child born subsequently was donb,iri "
he accepted it and made provision So e., o1'
child that after suffering much aDr W. NE
from her-One OF the natural ami , -. aace
penalties of such errors-aud af,,, yuiAlon
ing her brother-in-law, who anne, ,a'js'y-
the scene as her protector. that b6 ~ .S %
haved fairly toward her, he lsid tba @l De-
matter before Mr.. Burroughs nAoe
Of high standing in BuHsio. ".yG
Mr.. BURROUGHS advised h., mai
leave it to him, and thers,f,os %
charge OF it; that he Mr.. BorronsLs. VOC
ceiving the mother, for the res go You
above, unfit to have the cus,oJv ,fa
child, placed it in an orphan asyipm Js
mother consenting thereto, and main. Is
we understand it, legal surrender II as As
child for that purpose, and occasior,1 ne
visiting 1t at the asylum; afterwor5 ny
she subsequently stole and carri.5 :, is s
from the asylum; that Mr.. Borrougbo.' W, va
notified of the facts by the authoritisss va
asylum, whereupon, acting on his ovr ' .'
sponsibility and without Mr. Cloy,T..T,s w
knowledge, he employed detective ~ AZ
cover and look after the child thai in vs..
OF the detectives visits he found tb,r,,I'
suffering from delerium tremens and -.
ening to kill the child, which Law ~, ~
floor that he carried her off then n ,bs .-'
briate asylum Tor tre atment, and she st,T,5
there until she was cured, and no lonr,r srJ
that the child was restored 10 i,s ,r.1, -ul
guardians. The lawyer who acted i,r tSs
woman In one stage of the affair has r.,
mally and IN writing repudiatcd any cb,r,,
OF seduction or breach of promise ~ ,sr
kind. The family acknowledge that NJ,
Cleveland treated her generously. ''''
SO much for the charge of seductio, .,l
kidnapping which many newspaper, b,y.
been spreading. 1t was produced or,;'
nally by cheap and nasty paper in pst
falo as salvation from impending death "a
has little other evidence TO rest ON sy,c,,
the bare assertion of the Rev. Mr.. BAL
Baptist minister in Buffalo, who appr,,,
to dabble good deal in politics. MrB,lj
has repeated his story several times. but 4,
does not supply fresh reason, fer beiuip,
il.
He also is the chief ii not the only an.
thority for the story that Mr.. Cleveland Z
"a notorious libertine and prnair,,,r
Well, we may as well say frankly that \.
think there could hardly he a poorer an.
thority. We mean no disrespect 10 ibs
profession when we affirm that scc,,
stations of this sort brought by mipi..
tiers are to be received with exceeding can.
ton. They can know nothing personally
OF immoralities OF men who are not mem.
bers OF their congregation. What thew
learn about them is sure to be heresay. be
tattle OF busybodies who are delighted 10
be able to tell the pastor OF the wickedne.s
which is going on among people whomake
no pretence of being religious, and theyars
apt TO receive il with a credulity which il
very unfortunate. Then there
are, as we all know, ministers and ministers
some who are large minded, cautions and
men Of the world in the best
sense of the term, and Others whose denun.
Citations pass us by as the idle wind So
that while we do not mean to accuse Mr.
Ball of dishonesty, We do say emphatically
that he himself needs 4 good many certih.
Gates to his sober and fair mind,
edness and the purity Of. his motives before
he can be allowed to make away with any
mans private character in the midst Of
political canvass. Ii Cleveland is a no.
torious prohigate and libertinc," why did
Mr. 3. Ball not know it when he was el.
scted Mayor of his own city in 1851, and
when he was elected Governor oi the State,
n 1882? And il he did know it, why did be
Ieep silent?
But we are not dependent on Mr.. Balls
whatever they may be, Tor Mr.
cleveland vindication on this point. We
AXE it for granted that in his case. a. il
hat of other men, the way TO find whatare
lis best known vices, especially the private
nd personal ones, is to ask his nrighbors
n the place in which he lives This is
nd must be the true seat Of his notoriely
notorious he be. We must assume that
the size of the vote which be
eceived for the Mayorality OF Buffalo and
he fact that his ajority was largest inis
est quarters, Cleveland cannot have been
notorious libertine and profligute, or
bertine and prohigate at all, in a small
lace without being notorious. And yet
ne Ball, story has taken everybody, appar
ntly, but Ball, by surprise. After his uOg,
nation some of the heartiest Testimonies TO
leveland's excellence as a man and "a
tizen came from such political opponents
J the Buffalo Express and the Buffalo
ommercidt. Both of them are now some
hat shocked TO find that he is the kind Of
an Mr.. Ball describes, but apparently
ever dreamed of it until Mr.. Ban spoke
this not most extraordinary Could Do
lPpen except in a Presidential cam
lign?
Cleveland's virtues are those which bind
imam society together, and in which State
e founded and maintained There has
en- no great benefactor of the human ract
10 hasnot been truthful, faithful 10 his
lsts disinterested ,self-denying. They have
EN- very few who have been cha-e.
aIne's vices are those by which govern.
snts are overthrow, States brought 10
ught and the haunts of commerce turael
% dens OF thieves. The standard hy
Ilch some ministers now propose 20 *.
lde Cleveland from high place would
We prevented Washington, Franklin. Jei
son, Hamilton, not to go any further.
m taking any prominent part In the
ndation OF the American Republic. Il
uld have excluded from office in Eng.
d nearly every great statesman or n.
ner OF the last hundred years, except
haps Romilly, Wilberforce aud Glad.
ne. 1t would have visited nearly eyery
minent politician in the Republican
ty since 1860 with popular odium. i
I'D, had the Democrats chosen 10 apply
nave defeated one Republican candidate
the Presidency by charges worse by iar
II Cleveland's, in that they added the
oil broken VOWS to the sin Of iucoutin-
We are not defending incontinence.
istity IS a great virtue, but every man
VS. in his heart that il is not the greatest
lrtues, that offences against it have often
consistent with the possession Of all
qualities which ennoble human naiur
dignity human life aud make human
'ress possible. Itought to be preached
praotlsed by every man 10 the utmost
Is ability, but no one ought 10 preach
lth any other motive that the spread Of
ne, and least Of all for the purpose, as
ne present case, of making some OF tbe
st OF vices-the vices which sap every
8 that is valuable in society ana poll
seem respectable. Preaching of this
at this time, is cant, ard e2.nt in IL
loathsome form, Tor il fills every
ehold IN the land with filthy sugges.
and insinuations, turns the press into
'mnlon sewer, and converts scores Of
'rs INTO hypocrites, who must blush IN
= over their own ridiculous sermons
their simulated Righteousness. We
not, Tor our own part, help the RepuF
party AZ this crisis in an attempt
IRE the Presidency for trickster, .
"a captured Jericho, by the aid Of
q Great as IFS faults are, II deser's
lgnominious end than this.
y the good Lord save Us from
Pohtloal friends as the Okqlona We
y and Vicksburg Post-BaDt0