, 1840-11-14

nence their measures were 81 tdhch Una
nothing could be brought home to them. and
if Nh. Glentworth went beyond his written
instructions. it was all owing to 'his ardent
temperament for which they ought not to
be held responsible. Certainly not-most
acute and able politicians; you are no more
to blame in this transaction than is the lady
a Sabbath braker who takes a dress to a
poor milliner on Saturday evening, and tells
her that she must have it on Monday morn
ing, but not for the world would she have
her to work on Sunday, and yet she well
knew that the work would occupy the whole
of the Sabbath, and leave the victim OF pow
erty and pride no choice but between starva-
ton and Sabbath breaking, and the loss OF
her Custom. if the robe was not finished ut
the time appointed. The large amounts dis
bursed by Mr.. Glentworth, the funds carried
by Mr.. Ravens. who cannot specify the
amount further than that 1t was a package
of one hundred dollar bills at least $1,000
might be more, the letters from Philadelphia,
and the list of voters according 10 Order,'
with the significant remarks opposite to the
names of individuals 'can lay pipes in any
place. 'h IS uorked long at The business. And
the understanding that IF more men ~ere
raRted they should be ordered as pipe, a foot
IF pipc a rOter,' and the demand for remit
tances. as inrOicrs c0uH not Be forwarded
mithout the cash, in hand. furnish indiSputable
and conclusive evidence that voters were
imported. and If we give evidence to the
| Wing disclaimers, we do SO against 'he deep
Hamaation' of the evidence before us. No
nan can hand}c pitch and not be defled.-
/ And although we do not mean to Impeach
Mr.. Grinneil, who Is an honorable man,, nor
| Nj. Wctmore. nor Mr.. Blatchford, nor Mr..
Bowen. who are 'dh. all honorable men, yet
do we wish that they had not quite such short
memories. and that they could r~ecollect
something of the contents and tenor Of the
letter addressed to Mr.. Wetmorc by Mr..
Glcntworth on the subject of his removal,
and which if produced would clear up much
Of the mystery enveloPlng this transaction.
.ln the attempt. however, 10 shun Scylla
thew run upon Charybtis, and with such rash
and unSkilful p~ilotage, rs the Wing party ap-
pear to have had. they will inevitably be run
upon the rocks, or sunk in the quiclsands of
public opinion. Wing as our preferences
are. orr regard for constitutional rights. the
high sanctitics with which we would hedge
round the ballot box as an expoSitor of pub-
lie opinion. are still stronger; and IL is with
shame and regret we say we wish we
could give credit 10 the Wing proteSia-
tons of thorough innocence. but the weight
of testimony is against them. That this
exposition has been pushed by the Demo
cratic party for sinister purposes we :eadily
believe. a spirit of revenge has brought many
a man Justly TO be scafloId. and it did not
impe2ch the propricty of his sentence. be-
cause his prosecutor was actuated by ma
%licnant feelings. We believe that the Demo
cratic party have for years been playing the
same game Of "layiag pipes" all over the
city; but finding the Wings could, from ha-
wing Il greater amount of money, stay more
PIPES" than they could, they have ~bargaincd.
tratiicked. played upon the hopes and fears
of the wretched and imbecile Glcntworth.
until he asdiScIoSed all the secrets Of the char
mel house. and in their attempt to suppress the
exclamation of the threatening letter, which
would perhaps implicate others, and which
it is rumored has gone Sca-lraTd, they are
completely caught in their own trap-and the
Democrats will make a most unsparinI use of
the evidence. direct, circumStantial and col
lateral, which has been elected in the course
of this Investigation
From the New York Sun,
"To throw aside, then, all the testimony
which can be in any manner disputed, what
is the damning proofstill remainingl 1t is
that James b. Glentworth, an individual
holding an important and lucrative office in
New York, and James Young, high consta,
bic of Philadelphia, have been engaged in
perpetrating or endeavoring TO perpetrate,
crimes which, in our opinion, are little bet
ter than high treason: that men have been
bought and paid for in Philadelphia to come
to New York and vote: that these "IIessians,''
as Glentworth called them, were actually
brought on here. were paid about thirty dol
lars a head. and if they did not vote, tley
did not perform the work for which Client
worth, at any rate, intended them.
"This is the point 10 which attention should
be rivetted. What matters it whether Mr..
Blatrhford and his associates directed Client
worth only TO get men to preserve the puri-
ty of The ballot-box; does that exculpate
Glentworth! Certainly not; he, atany rate,
is guilty: a wretch, who must carry to his
grave the brand Of infamy burned upon his