The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-11-26

the very crime of which they themselve
had been guilty. The Developments tina
have thus far been made are enough i,
cover the loco foco party with shame ant
will undoubtedly consign it to infamy.--
| Messrs Grinnell and those gentlemen
whose characters the Conspirators hav,
attempted to destroy, have Instituted suit
against their defamers, and we shall sool
hear of other Developments which will
be any thing but palatable TO the loco 70
co leaders.
/ An attempt is made 10 make it appea
that numerous frauds were practised by
the Wings at the late Presidential cleo
ton. No proof, however, is adduced; bu
the effort seems to be so to associate thi.
Glentworth affair with the late election
that the frauds, if there were any, shall
seem to have been committed but recent
lily. Now every one who reflects on the
subject will perceive that the Glentwortf
bargain took place in 1888, and had no
thing to do with the Presidential election
Besides, it is known that the new Regis
try law is now in operation in New York
which puts bar upon such illegal voting
as was in vogue in 1888. Every one
knows that it was through the instrumen.
tality of the Wings, against the most VIC,
lent opposition Of the Loco Focos, tina,
the Registry act was passed; and proves
who were most intent in preventing an
abuse of the elective franchise by illegal
voting.
In another part Of this number we give
an amusing synopsis of the Glentworth
papers. 1t seems they are all humbug
after all. Not a single Wing has been
eliminated by any development found in
them, and they seem after all TO be sim.
pie private memoranda.
In order that our readers may be fully
informed on the subject, we copy below,
from the Ohio Times, summary of the
whole conspiracy, which may be valuable
for reference hereafter. The men in HIGH
places of official influence who have thus
prostituted their Offices, by attempting to
destroy the fair reputation of such individ.
uals as Gov. Seward, Grinnell, and 9th.
ers, for the purpose of perpetuating the
power of their party, deserve the execra.
tons of every honest American. The
Hartford Convention, viewed in it's wors
aspects, and Burr's Conspiracy were nei.
Their of them fraught with such disastrous
consequences, as is that now under con.
sideration. For neither of those aimee
at frustrating and destroying the deares
and most invaluable right of every Amer.
lean citizen-that of the legitimate use o.
| the elective franchise.
alarming and base Frauds by .. s.
OHce-Holders.
lit has all along been anticipated both
by the wings, and the supporters of Van
Buren,, that some clap-trap plan would be
devised and sprung by the latter, just or
the eve of the fall elections TO secure
power in their own unworthy hands
This anticipation has been sustained a
mong the people, by the confidence with
which the leading of1ice-holders claimed
coming victory in the face of indiea
tons decidedly against them. 1t has
turned out the people were right in their
conjectures, as witnessed by the late de.
velopments of frauds of the most wicked
and abhorrent character, embracing for.
geries, conspiracies, perjury, and the
subornation of perjury concocted and ma
tured by men who are the bosom friends
of Van Buren,, with the infamous design
of duplicating some of the most pure
citizens of which our country can boast
and at the same time, of deceiving. the
people in reference to matters involving
their most vital interests.
! Conspiracy No. !.
1t appears in the fall of 1898, repor
was circulated and it was universally be.
lieved, that the ofice-holders of New
York, had made arrangements to import
illegal voters from Philadelphia; to coun.
teract this fraud, the wings of New York
sent one Glentworth to Philadelphia Ia
procure Police officers, and persons Of
general acquaintance in that city, to
stand at their ballot boxes, and prevent
the deposite of illegal votes; this is the
whole foundation of the conspiracy.
Benz. F. Butler, one of Van Buren's
attorney generals, now district Attorney
at New York, Jesse Hoyt now collector
of New York, and John Edmonds the
confidential private agent of Van Buren,,
employed one Stevenson as go between
and co.conspirator to influence one
Glentworth to perjure himself, and there.
by implicate Governor Seward Of New
York, M. H. Grinnell, now member o.
Congress from New York City, R. NJ
Blackford, Simeon Draper, Jas. Bower
and Il. G. We,more, all leading wings
i'll the city, and men of the highest res