The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-27

both were Postmaster-general for fifteen
years. | recall that when L was a boy. and
In my early manhood. i used often to see in
Indianapolis. John Mclean, who, after
being acknowledgement. was ap-
United States Supreme Court. Hefrequently
came TO my fathers house during the ses-
sion of the United States Supreme Court
at our capital, and l rarely in any part of
the world lave seen q more strikingly dig
nified gentleman.
But to come back to Albert GalIatin. It
was not only as Secretary Of the Treasury
that he rendered our country great servi-
ces. de came TO the United States from
Geneva. Switzerland, when he was nine
teen years Ole He was a great proficient
in languages. French was his native
tongue. but besides that he spoke fuently
the English. German and Dutch tHolland)
languages. He represented US at the treaty
of Client. and afterwards was successively
our diplomatic minister TO France, the
Netherlands and England. He was one OF
the most cultivated men ever in the en-
ploy of the United States. He was n
broad man in every sense of that word:
In addition to many works On financial
questions. he published erudite essays and
some volumes on ethnology and philoiogy.
He was for q long time one of the most act
i've members. and was also president. OF
the New York Historical Society. The
late Justice Storey. In one OF his letters,
said of Gallatin: He is a most industrious
8Uu lUUtIdllRaUIc lLhu. dIu Nv IuE COncCnb
of all parties, of accomplished genius and
great requirements. Let me say he is a
truly great statesman. 1 rank him side
by side with Alexander Hamilton. Mr.
G Sal ! g .. P gs1aaSis i; a pu pni;ti OF oh ar f. is
rare.n Let me add that you can scarcely
find q man in the United States over fifty
years old who has the initials a. g." TO
his name without finding that they stand
so Justly popular that next to George
Washington, Thomas jefferson and An
drew jackson, more boy babies in the
United States were named after Albert
Gallatin than after any other man.
But. in conclusion, 1 will say that 1 am
Disguised at seeing the name of Albert
Gallatin coupled with a lie in order that
some shrewd theater manager may get a lot
of free advertising; and L am astonished
that the lie has fioated about so long with
out refutation. / enjoy a good "whopper"
like DR.. Waterman's "hsh story" which ap-
pears in the same number OF the Journal,
bnt / hate a malice-prepense lie like that
which makes Albert Gallatin lone of the
sigDers of the Declaration of Independence"
j. c. FLETCHER.
NAPLES. Oct. s.-Since returning from
northern Italy i have DELAYED sending the
above letter, aud thise enables me TO refute
the statement in a telegram about kossnth
(which appeared in nearly all the United
States papersl and the editorial article
Da6ed UPON IDaJ caDlegfam IN the IDQldn-
apolis Journal. Allow me to say that the
substance of that dispatch was published
OF this side in, L am sorry to say. an Amer
lean daily paper published In France ard
IL England, and whose sensational articles
and kilograms in its American edition. pub
lished in New York, are well known TO our
people. But when it sends from Europe it's
lies for nothing else than pure cussed-
ness') throughout the world. even the very
elect are taken in. That dispatch (which,
if true. merifed the righteous indignation
of the Journals editOrial) set forth that
the government of Italy was requested by
the Emperor of Germany " to expel the old
patriot K0ssuth from Italy. Now the fell
low who sent such a dispatch to the United
States had about as much scruple for the
truth as the man who sent the
dispatch from the United States to
all the European associated presses
that, under President Harrison. there was
o constant increase in the public debt,
while in Grover Cleveland's honest and
economical administration. debts were all
the time kept down, and the receipts in the
Treasury constantly augmented.
In regard to kossnth. i was with the
''old man eloquent" the very day that that
dispatch was sent all over the continent
by the INSCRIPTIONS sensational Ameri-
can paper referred to. and it only excited q
faint smile of the utmost indifference in
Kossuth as he said, "NO one is simple
enough to believe such a stupid le." In
the first place, Germany had had no cause
of complaint against Kossuth;in the next
place, Austria is a nation that, if she had
any grievance. could speak for herself; in
third place, Kossuth has not only personal
acquaintance, but great admirers in both
KIM Humbert and Crispi. and lastly, Kos
suth's sons are naturalized Italians, hold
ing high positions in the army and in the
civil government of Italy. No such request
was ever made the Italian government, and,
If it had been made. the King. Crispi. and
the whole people to back them. would
rave instantly repelled any such request.
They are all proud of having Kossuth in
Italy, and, not long ago, one of the Cahi-
net asked the old Hungarian to write his
views on education. The paper which
first printed the sensational dispatch
never had the manliness to correct the
statement. and the man who perpetrated
it sent it over TO the United States, where it
has not yet been refuted, j. c.. f.