The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-02-23
MONROE LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY g, 1889 e :

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ynu therefore demanded my restgna-
tion that you might appoint him, ap-
parenily as an asouement fnr your
previous inactton.
"Mr. President, with due courtesy
To the hish Office you hold, allow me
to say that you are very peculiar
maD, a positive man-positsvely wrong
or positively rieht-and, therefore, an
unsafe man 10 trust; aud that element
in your character, I believe, led 10
your defeat.
"Pope says: 'The most positive
men are the most credulous, since
they most believe themselves, aud ad-
wise most with their feltow-f1atterers
aud worst enemies.' Being one of
that kind of positive men yourself,
you have kept some men of like char
acter around you who are positive In
their conceit. They Hatter yo:: aud
have c0Dceit that would magnify
themselves and the maliguity from
others. s q. 'gs7 s.e.
"JuvenaI says: "Tbere is nothing
man will not believe In his own fa-
vor.' You were credulous enough to
believe that you were. elected Presi-
dent by the Mugwumps, and, there
fore, you permitted them us
TO MAL1aN YOUR REAL FRIENDS
aud to fstter you into policy which
led to your defeat. You are man
who would not permit your real
friends to admonish you with freedom
and confidence, aud as result you
have suffered for the want of friends,
and your wrecked and wretched great
ness has discovered that there is no
true success in life without the power
and blessing OF friendship. You be-
lieved that your will and power to en-
force was above all powers; but the
will OF the people, expressed In a COM
stitutionai way, has taught you that
that chosen by you. .s. g.s.-.,. =.
"Having sworn to support the civil
service law, 1t has been my constant
effort to do SO; but I never did swear
to support q Mugwump interpretation
of il, based on monstrous assn mption
that the commission was Independent
of law. How many poor uuf0rtunates
have been denied the advantages and
benefits Of the law by questions never
contemplated by it., and how many
expenses have been incurred through
unnecessary and devious requirements
and practices, it Is not my purpose at
this time to state. .. --.-,
"Yeu will be censured and condemn
ed because you put no trust In your
own party, but believed yourself to be
better than your own and greater than
all parties. You have ascertalned that
the many were not made for the one.
If you can find as many reasons for
me as the Democratic party,
through an Indifference which was
simply retaliatory, had for removing
you, I shall be quite willing to remain
with you In the gloom Of defeat"
The judge proceeds to give his un-
derstanding of the civil service, and
continues: rf.. .a. .,.,
"You caused to be placed upon the
Congressional Record this announces
confirmed by the United States Senate:
Hugh S. Thompson, OF South Carolina,
to the United States Civil Service
Commission, in the place of Alfred
P. Edgerton, removed I do not ask
you to give any reasons for this act.
I know, aud so do you, that the only
one you could give would be that it
was your will, for II you attempted to
give any other your own previous
words would prove 1t to be untrue. In
my interview with you before the
removal you expressly discIaioed
having any reasons for il except my
refusal to resign to enable you
TO MAKE MR.. THoMPsoN's NoNtINA'
TIoN.
Removed is word OF far-reacniDg
potency, and especially when record
does not explain 1t. am conscious Of
this, aud deeply panied by the con-
scfousbess.
s.The people have the right 10 know
the truth In all matters of this kind,
and for this reason only do 1 address
you. I cannot, like you, make a pray.
.er for relief to the public, snch as the
article seemed to be- in the Baltimore
I Sun of the 14th instant. This is the
first time in the history of the govern
ment that an outgoing President has
found it necessary to advertise through
the newspapers his particular work
during his term Of Office and his claims
! upon his party and the country fol
| approval. Between the lines can bt
read the special plea for re- election.