The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-11-03
THE GLENTwoRTH PAPERS.


The Federal Loco Focos, mortified and cha
grined at the explosion Of the conspiracy, and al
the disgraceful exposure Of the principal actors
in il which followed so suddenly upon their au-
dacious attempt to execute this plot upon the
people, have been trying hard TO recover some
Of their lost ground, by the most exaggerated
stories about what the private papers Of Mr..
Glentworth would disclose. II one might Judge
from the tone of the Federal Loco Foco press,
Il might be inferred thar the Administrative =
pected 10 prore all that the hirelngs have been so
industriously and steadily circulating against
honorable and unimpeachabie men, by the pa
pers taken from Glentworth. The Globe and
the Richmond Enquirer, and the other journals
in the pay and interest Of the Administration
have talked of them, as il they would contain
proof to that effect quite overwhelming.
Well, these mysterious papers," as MIR.
Richie calls them, have at last come out. For
the Loco Foco Recorder Morris ventured one
step farther than the Illegal and unconstitutional
seizure Of them by himself and the Loco Foco
Mayor The person who held them would have
been perfectly justified in maintaining his pos
session of them by FORCE OF ARMS against these
titled invaders of his rights, as secured under
the Constitution and laws. But he yielded TO
the unlawful requisition Of the Recorder; he
gave them up; and that creature of Mi. Van
Buren, has contaminated his outrageous course
by violating the seals of the package, and caus-
ing the papers to be read in open court, and pub
lished to the world
And what are they after all2 They not only
prove nothing against the Wings as party !;
but there is not line or word inculpatiug either
Of the gentlemen in New York or Philadelphia.
whose destruction has been SO industriously
sought. g
The papers (says the Commercial Advertiser)
consist Of some half dozen letters, memoranda
of the names Of various individuals residents
both Of New York and Philadelphia; OF various
small sums Of money paid and received, but for
what purpose, with a few exceptions, does not
appear; and few other memoranda, Of no sort
Of consequence to any one
Among the letters is what appears to be the draft
Of one, written, as is supposed by Glenworth some
time last winter when rumors were rife that the Go
vernon contemplating his removal from Office
Il is not signed and is addressed to nobody In this
letter allusion are made to the Arrangements which
preceded his appointment, and the writer insists
strongly upon his claims upon the Wing party The
arrangements referred TO we know all about. They
relate to the basis Of Stevensons resignation TO wit
that Glentworth should receive the Governors nomi-
nation, that Stevenson should procure his confrma-
ton BY the Van Buren, Senators and that Glentworth
should rent from him the tobacco warehouses.
Then follows letter TO the Governor, from @. s.
D. demonstrating against the proposed removal Of
Glentworth, followed by a note TO the purport
from Dudley Selden.
There is also handsome letter of thanks TO the
Wings Of New York. from Wing committee Of Phi
ladelphia, for the kind treatment they had received
when visiting New York. at the election Of 1884 to
prevent illegal voting by Philadephians in favor of
Tammany Hall.
There is also note from J. W. Edmonds to Client
worth, proposing and urging an interview at his Ed
monds house, on late Sunday whilst the consp-
racy was brewing) Also, sort of halfsympathsing
letter from Stevenson to Glentworth, dated October
II, 1910.
Such is the ridiculous abortion of this mountain
labor