The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-11-03
Villainy in high place,
A LOCD FOCO CONsPHRACy
r. X u O S f. nj

pretended exposures Of frauds by ;he whi,,
cIaring among other calnmnes that WIN # STE
WARD, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE 80
NEW YORK, HAD BEEN ARRESTED AMI
WAS BEFORE THE POLICE COURT
MOSES IT. GRlNNELL, one of the viii, ~
bers of Congress had escaped from the city rsn, \
an arrest,--that R. C. WHETMORE, viii,
didato for congress, had also escaped and that
Infamous fraud had been detected - But after = +,
days we arc enabled to see the whole inGlmy ofN
conspirators clearly developed. The plo. is
tended for effect abroad. Ii was published in R..
ton first and we presume in all tho Southern N
Western papers before it was in New York p,
mors were circulated in The upper part of Tia, a,
Tint Air. Grnnel had been arrested, and every W E
riety ofoutraaeous falsohoods put afloat Mr. Gd,
nell. saws the Express of Saturday, never heard
the affair till Thursday night he has at once PM
down tho SANDER by his oath, and no tint
knows him hut will believe most implicitly even
W ord he has stated Ho has never been ARES
ted, or threatened with arrest but his fiend has,
nirnously re.nominated him for congress- anll
ho has accepted .-This is tho hest evidence d
what his friends and the public think Of this tn 4
pious conspiracy.
New York as the "LAST CARD" which ,v
District Attorney of New York announced som
time since was to be play ed and which was to er
Martin Van Buren,. The Now York plot deye@ /
ed itself at Boston, and secondly at New York /
the Standard, an ultra locofoco paper of The civ
which charges gross frauds not in The election
1910, but in the election of eighteen hundred ar
Thirty eight! Numerous afidavits are brousa
forward. for the purpose Of proving frauds CON,
United Two years ago. The testimony sup.
port or this charge is that of J. d. Stevenson chief
", and Of James Il. Glentworth in part, in which
1t appears that Glentworth made Disclosure h
Stevenson, who recently received a letter Of 10,
PRODUCTION to the Mayor of Philade phIa, Mr. SwiN
and who (Stevenson) has recently been in PGlr
pha, forming acquainianccs there with Ns
seeming view of inducing the w"ig Mayor Of Phil
adoiphjn TO send on to New York " hig voters
be put The Registry Of votes
So far in the course O The testimony it ems To-
come ont TINT James B Glentworth went on n|
Philadelphia in 1898, andsprocnrcd several pcrsn
to come on 10 New York to watch, and only n
wvt,h tbr persons whom the Tammony Party then
VIGOROUSLY brought on. II has not been proved
that they voted, OF that any attempted to induco
inc m 10 NOl". L hS HeiTNay testimony Ci JVna-
Than ~ Stevenson, designed hy him ard other
Loco Eoco conspirators assail tho cl arac!ers
Q, ntlomon who above feproacit, will be uter
'ydisrtgarded and treated undeserving any cred
it whatever.
Mr. Stevenson is one of the I4ocoioco leader
at New York, and Of tho confidential advi|
Of Mr.. Van Buren,. who was at New York city
whou this spracy developed itself Mr. Client
worth Mr.. Stevenson's succC ssor in office, and
nominal'y wing, although more than nomln'
ally, since he has worked himself TO destroy q
Mr.. Stevensom's statements are trueD the 'eF0"
ron Of distinguished mon. THEIR OFFENlL
WAS A REFUSAL To RECOMMEND TIE
NOMINATION OF GLENTWORTH TO TIL
OFFICE OF TOBACCO INSPECTOR, and fa
This they TO be sacrificed to (alsehool. A.
gain Mr. Stevenson sweurs not TO the acts, but
The hearsay testimony of CT entwo,h, and GIent
worth, when held TO bail in the sum Of ;sHOOV,
procures Pearce, (Stevenson's partner another o'
Goco,) for his sccu,ity The accusation there.
fore is combined and seems to be a family affair al
fair altogether.
In regard TO the accused, they lave honorably
manfuiy acquitted themselves of the crimes al!eg
ed asains; them.
On Friday (23d) they put forth "a card decuriu:
foilows-
"A regard for our own characters demands this
prompt this Iull and unqualified denial of the L.
gancy attempted TO be imputed to us, of having at
any time employed James b. Glenhwor,h or am
other person, to procure individuals from Phade
phia TO vote at the election in this state. Th'
fact that persons were brought to this city in th
fall Of 1888 to detect fraudulent voters who
intended 10 be used by the opposite party has new
err been denied, and was we'll known and publicly
avoWed at the time.
On Saturday (the 24th)the following card appeal
ed
TO THE PUBLIC.
We gave this afternoon denial of the statement
which had been pub lshed in the STANDARD avn
other papers, assaiIing conduct in reference -"
past elections in this city. But since those wO'
have endeavored TO impiicate us in an alleged al
tack upon the purity of the elective ranchise,h have
rosoried to the forms of judicial proceedings 70
give apparent so!ennity TO their accusations W.
have deemed 1t proper to contradict them in man
ner as solemn they have been made. we
therefore appeal to the semnty Of our oaths, ana
pronounce tie charges, as far as they tend to I'M
plicate US, calumnous and false.
M. H. GRiNNEL
r. NJ. BLATCHFORD,
SIMEON DRAPER,Jr
JAMES BOWEN,
r. G. WHETMORE
Following this card are the affdavits, sworn Dc
fore n JudOe of n Court IF Of ms