Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1840-12-11
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therefore take the earliest and most f.
mode ot saying 70 you. that while soe o.
% sss0anu g ne ea,pense y0u haSt sntssscd g.
your preliminary GrrnngeDsenfs, we VIII M
countenance any system which can IN any w
encourage the importation Of voters THIS
Is the reDuke given 70 90 offender. who, ID
.nelr oenai ana at theif EXPENSE they had
learned was engaged ~ desperate scheme Of
ifauo ana vlliainy. we are willing to sob.
mil 70 any expense You have incurred IA your
preliminary arrangements. lhey learn that
their agent is about 70 perpetrate 40 Infamous
cfimes and these honest men wrlte TO him that
they cannot countenance It, but they arc wills
ing toPay the EXPENSE for what he has done
n the commission of this crime. With what
horror these M big taasaesess srsast IA xieiTt
60 TINS crime. they could not connienance
4, but Were willing to pay the expense Of the
vlilalny SO far as II had been carried
ials letter was evidently written as screen
Denind which 70 take shelter, ~ case the fraud
should pc exposed. lnis = the use they afe
now attempting 70 make Of IT. + Is proved
that Ford, who was sent on with the letter,
was himself engaged IN PhiiadelPhIa u pro-
curing men to go on to New fork and vote.
but what took place subsequent 70 the receipt
OF this letter by Glentworth. renders the leteef
OF no sort OF Importance. Glentworth retuin-
cd on Saturday, and that afternoon mad az IN !
and another IN the evening at Diapers house.
This they admit. fit was conceded, thofe@
fore, for the purpose of the argument, that tho
letter was written with an honest intent to
stop the fraud at that time, It amounts to no.
thing by way OF exculpatlon, because Client
worth had two interviews with these Wing
managers after ne received their letter, and the
morning after these interviews, ne returned to
fnliadeiphia 70 consummate the vtllainous
transaction. The essential question therefore
is. whether the wing managers assented 70
uIentworth's scheme, and aided MIN " 4,
when ne last lett New I ork TO carry into Of
iect this ylllalnous fraud. Wentworth Gays
ne took on two drafts on Gill, for 81 600 each,
ana olher lunos; ana ravens sWears THAT
Wentworth called on him Saturday cvening,
and obtained one OF these drafts on Gill. II
IS certain, then, that the result OF these inter-
views was, that Glentworth returned 70 Phil
adelphla with large amount OF money, and !,
that ., ne carried out the fraud. Are we to oe-h
iieve 'nat he ala tnls Wltnout Inc {90ge
and assent OF the Wing manage so,si
now did ne get the money ne carried ~ VA tltsl
nim! Independently o. MS own testimony, e =
Is proved by Havens that ne had draft q one
lnonsand ,dSpars: 4 IS the money iurplshed
Glentw orth wrach ls the conc!tssce pro9f 81
me connection % me wing NJ
iransacsaon. nal ihs's s'ffa
on saturday, Two DAYS aiier we letter J!
written, and after me last consultations with!
g :. anu otilels' = es'aolisneu beyond
dispute.
may De tnat a. me tlme they wrote their
letter. these honoraote men had become fright 8
ened az the enofmi'y g the heoi.aied !fauds
ana ne Danger o. exposures ana intended 20
pacK out ana pay the expense q the iniqAi-
y, SO lar as lth ad gone. bnt me question re-
cohsullatioh WIN uieht"oit' that y NAG gone
too tar, and That u was safer % carry out tho
fraud than % stop =. ina. mere would be
the former course. -''s
The result of the whole is. thai the s.; -
was perpetrated by Glentworth ;u,n,ea;vf.5..
after q consolation with these honest yVb;g
managers. two ,lavs subsequent 70 the dase &
This letter and that thew. a. other auents C
the WING party. furnished he funds ~ cor.,s.
n . Il ;nio erscuf;on.
There S one more fact. After all 4h;.. sr.s
Ter the perpetration Of this infamous frana ~
Glentwor,h, which was knows 70 all thessilrr.,s;.
-Wetmore and others recommended him d
Governor Seward for an important office, which
was conferred uron him.
ance ne Whir councils. and with None.
furnished nv WHO'S: and # the dsnv;nr ;nd;,
v;duals now before the nublic. throw = from
themselves. thew .nnst throw i an some &C
their hre,hren. and thew can no more clear ~
skirts of Whioerv of Il. than the mnrdererss
ca,, wasb ont ihe blood &C hs v;rt;m viii,
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