Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1840-11-07
From the National In,sligencsr
FOUL CONSPIRACY EXPLODED AND
THE CONSPIRATORS CAUGHT IN THEIR



TIE CONSTRUCTORS CAUGHT IN THEIF
OWN NET.
Oar minds have been for some DAYS prepare
+ for the last desperate card t" be played by th
Locoiocos, for The purpose Of arres'ing the prog.
rcss ofthe Wing cause.
/ We had heard that letters had been received
from New York, by the President, announcing
that some great move was to be made To reviv,
the falling fortunes of he administration. w,
: confess. however, that whate ever opinions We may
have entertained Of the unprincipled and unscru
pulous character Of many of our political oppo
nenis. we could not have supposed the means a
once despicablc and base, weak nnc futile
would have been resorted tn even 'n such n cause
In the wisdom OF Pro. idence i, often occurs ,ha,
the sagacIty Of auprincipled men IS not equal &c
their Antiquity The very measures upon which
they have calculated for success prove deceptive
and they fall into the very nets the; had laid for
their opponents.
The conspiracy which has exploded in New
York furnishes striking proof of these views.
The accusations which have been preferred were
so minute IN the statements ,f indIvidnals who
were implicated. Of acts alleged 10 have been
DONE and precise rs To dates and places, rs 10
be calculated 10 give some appearance OF color
to the charges. These very circumstances haS Q,
however, furnished the means OF bringing To bear
upon the subject mass OF testimony So powerful
and conclusive as To destroy the las, shred q
?iausibiliiy which the charge ever carried on its
face.
The summary ofihe case as ii now ands is
this: An individual Of the name of james b. Client
WORTH holding the Office of tobacco inspector, has
made affidavit, in which he AYERS that jesse
Hoyi Collector of New York, Beni min F. But.
Ter, late Attorney General, and now District At
'orney Of New York, and John w Edmonds. who
~ announced as the Intimate personal friend nd
spondent o The President, ma DE- repea ted
tempts upon him II induce IN become an in
"f certain leading iudi. iduals OF the Wig party
They promised him. IS c"mpc nsation for his
wees III this behalf, money and Office, aud tho
as,lng gratitude 81 his country.
The next indiritHn! who appears on the stage,
and the prinr.ps! witness. is iona. u. Stephenson,
whose affidavit VII be found below, who states
from hearsay severa! circumstances going to
prove that large sum of money amounting TO "
hOut nine thousand dollars, was expended in the
autumn Of 1888, principally fr The purpose Of
procuring illegal and unquaiifed voters from
Philadelphia to go on TO New York and vote for
the Wing ticket
A jnony the names Of the indiv iduais thus i'm
plicn,cd are the Hon. Moses ii. GrinneI. r. NJ.
Blntchtord, X. c, We,morr, Simeon Draper,
james Bowen. Gideon w. Ravens and Rohcrs
Swar,wnu,, Of New York, John Swift, Mayo. Of
PnilaleIphia, Il bert Miller, John S ,unders, Be'a
Ii idEer, James thornton, james Young and Solo
mon Il. Walker, OF Philadelphia.
E,ch of these indIvi duals has come forward,
and stamped with the mark Of falsehood gross,
prc,ncdita,ed, de'ibera,cd iasehood, the various
alIceai made by Stevenson 10 which the =
nersouaiS implicated. Their siaSSsaa4sD~l.y1I 80,
robofated by mass uf other testimony which
can leave not n hook upon which a doubt can be
hung that the whole accusation IS a hase and I'M
prlncip'ed SANDER; plot set on foot BY the iud-
ias in New Yori. whose names have given a
bove, founded III nriignty and developed through
The medium OF per Try aud suboldiua,Ion of per-
IIrv.
We understand that The whole subject will I'M
dergo Il thorough Judicial investigation, md We
leave Mr.. Biler, with the transparent purity Of
character which he attributed t" hi. friend
Vroo.n, Of New Jersey. under similar circum-
stances, Mr.. Uoy,. and Mr.. Edmonds TO reap the
harvest of which hey have sown the seeds.
This vile conspiracy, SHE last ard'' Of tIespe-
rate ganstcrS, has been brought al iously for
the purpnse Of exciting feeling Of Indignation
against the wing party; 10 operate upon distant
States III the coming elections, IN The hope that,
from the resno,cness of their situation and the lit
tie time allowed To detect and expose the sche me-
the anidoie could not he reccv ed in time to ar
rest the progress Of the poison. 1t has, however,
be en- promptly met, exposed, and put down, and
our confidence IN The honor of the American Peo-
pie gives US foil assurance that The consequences
Of his base and proflgaie net viii fall with tho
weigh, of deadly and Irrevcrs!ble sentence Of
upcn all who have participated in
the nefarions plot. We now learn what were tho
professional and political engagcments' which
M, Butler, in his famous New Bruins ick speech,
informed his auditors would occupy him ill after
The November election.
A reference to the subjoined afIidavits will show.
beyond doubt, that The only shadow Of a shade
upon which TO base this whole proceeding was aa
honest, hounrabie. and perfectly legal ACT, tho
part OF the gentlemen sough Ia be i'm plea ted, or
,ndcavorrng prevent the insroducfion Of spuriz
'ns votes by the Locofoco party. Dat of this
'rna!l material the whole plot has been concocted.
The plot. ii appears, WAS 10 have been kept
,ick until The of the election, but for The in
discretion of The Globe in prema,urely letting tho
AT out Of the bag.
TnE WESTERN FARMER AND GARDENER
lrst number of the second volume is now be fore
"a, md we know of no work of a similar kind in