The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-11-12

of tobacco inspector, has made az affidavit,
in which be AYERS that Jesse Hoyi, Collec.
tor of New York, Benjamin F. Butler, late
Attorney General, aud now Dlstric, Attor.
ney OF New York, and John w. Edmonds,
who is announced as the intimate personal
friend aud correspondent OF the President,
made repeated attempts upon him 10 induce
MIN TO become an instrument ID assaillng
the character and conduct OF certain lead.
lug individuals Of the Wing party. They
promised him, as a compensation for his
services in ,his behalf, money aud Office,
aud the lasting gratitude o! his country.
The next individual who appears on The
stage, and the principal wltuess, is iona
ID. Stevenson, whose affidavit will be found
below, who states from hearsay several cir
cumslances going to prove thata large SUI
OF money, amounting TO about nine thous
ans dollars, was expended 10 the autumn o
1898, principally for the purpose OF procur
ing illegal and unqualified voters from Phil
edelphs 10 20 on TO New York and vote fol
the Wing ticket.
Among The names Of the individuals thu
Implicated are the Hon. Moses Il. Grinnell
r. M. Bla,chiord, K. {. Wetmore, SlmeoI
Draper, James Bowen, Gideon ". Havens
aud Robert Saart~ out OF New y olk, JobI
Ss,it, Mayor of Philadelphia, Robert Miller
John Saunders, Bela Badger, James Thorn
ten, James Young and Solomon B. " alker
OF Philadelphia.
Each of these individuals has come for
ward aud stamped with the mark Of false
hood, gross, premedllaied, deliberate false
hood, the various allegations made by Ste
vsnson, IN which they are personally im
pllcaied. Their statements are corrobora
ted by a mass Of other testimony which cal
leave not q hook upon which doubt cal
be hung that the whole accusation is a bas,
and unpr,ucipled SANDER plot set on foo
by The individuals IN New Yoik who's,
names We have gwen above, founded ID ma
hgnIty and developed through the medium
OF perjury and subornaiion oil perjury.
We understand that the whole subiec
will undergo thorough judicial invesiIga
ton, and We leave Mr.. Butler, with ,h'
" transparent purity Of character" whici
he attributed 10 bis friend Vroom, Of New
Jersey, under similar circumstances, Mr.
Hoy and MIR. 4tuinonds, to reep the har
vest OF which they have sovn the seeds.
Tbs vile conspiracy, the last card o
desperate gamesiers, has been brought oui
obviously for the purpose OF excIIIns feel
ing OF Indignation against the " ing party
to operate upon distant States in the CON.
ing elections, IN the hope that from the re.
Doteness Of their situation aud the little
.ime allowed to detect aud expose the scheme
the antdoie could not be received 10 tlme
to arrest the progress of the poison. |; has,
however been promptly met, exposed, and
put down, and our confidence in the honor
Of the American People gives US full assur.
anee that the consequences of this base and
prohgste act will TALL With the weight Of a
deadly and irreversble sentence OF coudem
uatIon upon all who have participated 10
the netarous plot. We nov learn shat
we're the professional and political engage
ments which MIR. Butler, IN bis famous
New Brunswick speech, informed bis audi
tors would occupy hin until after the No.
vember elections.
A reference TO The sublolued effidavi,s
will show, beyond doubt, that tho only sha
dow OF shade upon which TO base this hole
proceeding was en- honest, honorable, and
perfectly legal act, on the part Of The gen
llemen sought 10 be implicated, OF eudeavor
ing 10 prevent the introduction Of spurious
votes by the Locofoeo party. Ou, Of this
small material 'he whole plot has been con
cocted.
The plot, IT appears, vas TO have been
kept back until the eve of the election, bu.
for The IndIscreIion of lbe Globe in prema.
tureiy letting the cat out Of the bag.
The certificates are too many and TOO
long for insertion.