Year: 1878


der any contingency, he could or would
have favored the cause of Mr.. TILDEN for
the Presidency.


These substantially form the basis OF this
attempt to smirch the honor of Senator
CoNKLING rs statesman and Republican,
and 1t is due alike to the President who
has the credit Of having repeated this scau-
dal, upon the authority Of the Albany man,
to Senator CoNRLING, who is assailcd, and
to the Republican party, which is more
deeply interested than either, or all together,
that the bottom facts should be known ;
and If Mr.. CoNKLISG Is the trading, traf-
| licking political partisan he is now repre-
scnted to be, upon such high authority, II is
time his party, which has lavished its hon
ors upon him with an unsparing hand,
should know and fully understand it.


Personally our interest in Senator CoNK-
LING is much less than it is politically. We
have long admired his ability as n man and
Statesman and his services rs n Republican
leader, without any personal relations of in
timacy beyond those of an ordinary ac-





State Of New York in both Houses of Con-
grcss for long period, and rs one of his
! constituents, we have learned to respect his
abilities and his integrity, and if, after so
many years, we are TO learn that VIC have
been admiring and supporting by our best
efforts mere trickstcr, such rs he is now
being represented, the sooner we know it
the better.


:. That strong effort is being made in his
own State anl elsewhere to bring reproach
upon his good name rs man and his stand
ing as statesman has been apparent for
some time. Scandal the most insdious and
cowardly has been pursuing him with its
poisoned tongue with shameless purpose.
Politicians within the Republican party,
who have fincied or real gricis on &C count
of disappointed ambitions, have conspircd
to taint his character and circumscrihc his
influence and usefulness as statesman.
Believing this to be sO and being firmly
convinced that great wrong is being done n
political friend and q statesman of uncx-
ccptional ability AMI uPrightncss of purpose
"
sert our disbelief in any Of the statements
| that have been made affecting his political
and personal integrity.


In referring to this fresh narrative that
the Cincinnati CJmmcrcih and other kim
dred journals have becu spreading before
the public eye, avowedly upon the authority
of the President, we will extract q few
words from the Utica Republican, published
at Mr.. CoNKLINGs home, in regard to this
matter. 1t says, what we believe to be true
that


Senator CoSKLING was never interested in
anything but an honest count and an honest
declaration of that count, no matter who 1t
made President lie would not and did not
offer to throw his influence oil either side, his
sole desire being TO maintain the integrity OF
the ball0t.boN, preserve the peace of the cOun-
try, and have the honest choice OF the people
regarded and their chosen chief installed as
President of the United States. lie asks favoIs
of no man in advance and he docs not ask m-
proper ones when he is warranted in asking
any. He most assu:cdly was under no Obliga-
tOn to TILDEN, and it was impossible for him,
and utterly inconsistent with his character
and every act Of his life. for him TO make a
proposition to HAYES to enter into n corrupt
i bHfEhln WIN MN 10 make MN IfCSlucnt, oil
TO threaten Ia defeat his election Ms President
unless he would accept corrupt proposition.


Now, one word more and we have done
with this unpleasant subject for the present
II is due from the President, under the cir.
cumstnnceS, that he shall dsavow the state
mcnts that have been made to the public OF
his avowed authority, or that he shall revca
the name of the man in Albany" who il
responsible for having set on foot such {
scandal against Senator from the State O
New York, and Republican whose nam,
and fame have secured for him in Ma
tional convention respectable, il not con
trolling, support rs Presidential candidate
AN ATTACK on SECRETARY MCRARY


The following is from the Kcokuk iowa
Constitution, the Democratic organ published
at Secretary MCCRARY's home. 1t is pub
lished under the guise OF personal friend
ship, but is an insidious assault upon hi
political consistency, well calculated t,
s.I = II