The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-21
ABUSE OF PROMINENT CHAR
ACTERS.

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The Houston Age has this to say,
suggestive Of much thought:
The Galveston News takes another
whsck at the Hon. SAMUEL j. RAM
DALI. The News must have somebody
10 fight, and when It isn't fighting
Governor Ireland, or the land boar d, II
makes RANDALL serve its purpose.
This IL invariably tho fate Of those
high in position and who persist In fol-
lowing that line OF duty 80 inilsxible
In Its nature thHt it refuses any elastic.
ity for those who would Illegally have
1t so bent that fraud or wrong might
leap In, and also, more greedy for self.
ish gains than ambitious for the gem
eral good, persist, on every slightest
opportunity, In drawing for their own
use, buoketful sfter bucketful OF filth
from the foul reservoir OF calumny,
into which no decent man ought to
think OF dipping his hands. WASH
INaroN himself, both az comm snder in
the feld, and ~ President OF the ooun-
try, was subjected to sll such manner
Of aspersion OF motives and traduction
OF conduct. The sensational Scribblers
Of the day raped him for all manner
OF alleged bastard things, and brought
to that great heart an Had OF
woes that SCARED II to its core.
Tho same was true OF HAMILTON. A
poor penny-a-liner, Mr.. FREEMAN,
edited n small sheot called the
"National Gazette" which he filled
with all sorts OF scurrilous articles,
shameless dlstribes, reckless aHser-
tons, Outrageous inuendoss, done up
in most malicious temper, to dispar-
age that sincere patriot, defame his
policy, and thwart his endeavors.
And 80 1t was with JEyFRRsoN. A
miserable fellow, a Scotchman by
birth, who had been expelled from his
own country, and to whom the Presi.
dent had done a kindness in remltting
an unexplred imprisonment service,
was the instrument. But nature
more greedy than grateful hungerod
after further hesh-pots, and demanded
the postmastership at Richmond, from
Il Federalist editor then holding Il.
This tho President refused, and FROM
that day forward the contemplate
creature commenced his onslaught on
the occupant OF tho executive chair,
He charged him with every species of
moral, financial and corrupt practices,
drawing upon an imagination that
was aB extensive AZ hi, own debxse.
ment was immeasurably deep.
MIR. ADAMS underwent the duplicated
experiences, aud tasted to the dreHs
tho bitter Ingredients OF tho cup.
Even when in Francs, aud In Holland
and in England, no was conscientious =
ly striving his best to serve his coun-
try, the papers were bounding him
with columns OF abuse and singing
paragraphs OF suspicion and ridiculo,
stirring up strife where there wac no
necessity, aud disparaging the couu-
try's best spirits, whore the true in
terest of ell was In harmony and 90
operation.
IL, In times like those, whom peril
stalkod at every door, and tbs grand
est OF problems was in process Of per-
ilous solution, such characters thus
existed, 1t is not remark able that thoy
should have left a distinctly marked
progeny behind them to inherit their
proclivitles. But IL is somewhat
remarkable indeed, in this day OF
such general aud rsro facilities OF on.
lightenmont, that any influence should
attach to suoh llno OF procedure, to
such attacks. There is this o3nsola.
ton, however, that, ~ in the past, all
those flssh.hles that were constantly
engaged In their disreputAbls work of
abuse without cause, and their main.
uasions without grounds, have been
properly h!ved In those hills most con.
genial TO their taatos and habltg, NO
awaits the fste OF their prosecuting
postsrity.