The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-04-20
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1920 NEW YoRK-AvE., n. W., :
WASHINGTON. d. G.. April Is. J

WASHINGTON. ID. e.. April 10.
An open letter to President Harrison,
occupying a column OF space on the
editorial page of this mornings Post, and
signed by John l. Cardwell of Boston, was
discussed with a great deal Of interest at
the capital today. The letter begins in
this style:
To Benjamin Harrison. President of the United
States:
My DEAR SIR-As you are seeking renom-
nation TO the high Office which you now hold,
by the most dishonest methods possible to
official ambition in this countryside prostitu-
tion OF federal power to personal ends-and as
you are probably not aware OF much that is
being said by republicans against the PROPOSE
ton to renominate you, i am moved TO address
you this open letter with the purpose OF pre-
senting for your own consideration and that Of
the country a lew important facts bearing upon
that question.
Ali OF the facts and circumstances which
shall recite are well bRown TO you, and so
many of them are known to the country that
the democrats are anxiOusy awaiting the time
when you shall enter the field as a candidate,
and part OF my purpose in addressing this
letter to you is to make inquiry In this c0nnec-
ton whether. IN order 10 crafty your personal
ambition, you are not willing to sacrifice the
great and noble party that has already honored
you beyond your deserts. Ia case your answer
should be in the Affirmative, my further pur-
pose is to warn the republican party in time to
prevent the calamity which you seem deter
mined TO fasten upon il.
Mr.. Cardwell then proceeds to admin
lister scathing arraignment of Harrison
for his ingratitude to Dudley, who saved
him from defeat with his "blocks-of-fve"
letter. Says Mr.. Csrdwell:
No man living ever had greater advantages
to start with for the earning OF q great name
than you possessed by inheritance. But your
public record runs something like this:
You entered the army as a colonel and left il
with exactly the same rank.
You served in the u. 5. senate six years
almost unnoticed.
As court reporter in Indiana you were a sue
cess, but as a lawyer you tried to impose upon
Judge Gresham, and because you were proper
ly reprmanded by him in open court you have
since coming into power, broken all of your
pledges to his friends, and have insulted him
upon every possible occasion.
Apparently you are great, however, in one
respect, and that is in the direction of pilfer-
ing, in the most brazen way the ideas OF Others
and apprOpriating them as your .own.
Mr.. Curtis proved what the country
already knew-that reciprocity wes the sole
creation of Mr.. Blaine. And yet in your Gal
weston speech, you claimed the idea as your
own and practically but falsely asserted that
this feature of republican policy of your
devisinR. You know 1t was the handiwOTk Of
James g. Blaine, that far-seeinR statesman who
towers so high above you that you can hardly
brook his presence longer in your cabinet and
still you have countenanced the repetition by
,ttGge and Frank Les!ic's of the claim that
reciprocity is your idea.
You came near involving the United States
in war with little Chilli simply TO aid your can
ddacy for nomination, and while we escaped
the war, the expense to this government was
about IS, 100000.