American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-09-01

machinations or e'lobbying' of the said Horace
H. Day, who, as the defendant stated to the
plaintiff, had counted noses" in the Senate,
and had sscounted a majority Of one or two In
favor of the, aforesaid bill, whensoever the said
Hon. Hopkins T.. Turney should move to take
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And the defendant requested the plaintiff to
write a letter to a distinguished and influential
Senator in Congress, soliciting the said Senator
to oppose hasty action ON the said bill, and re-
quested the plaintiff to sign his own name to
the proposed letter, and to obtain the signature
Of certain friends Of the plaintiff residing in the
city of New York, who were known to be friends
Of the aforesaid Senator, and were believed by
the defendant to have the confidence Of the said
Senator SO far that he would credit any state
ment of facts which they might make III anv
such case on full informatioh and due delihera5
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i And tho plaintiff desiring the defendant 70
inform him Of the facts as to the alleged injus-
tice of the aforesaid bill then pending in the
Senate of the United States in order. that the
plaintiff might write intelligently and intellgi-
bly, on the subject, and that he might write with
full knowledge of the truth, was, by the defen-
dant, put in possession Of numerous and yolumi-
nous documents relating to the subject, which
said documents the plaintiff perused and studied
with all due and proper diligence to the neglect
Of plaintiffs other calls Of business. And the
plaintiff being requested to attend daily at the
defendants Office to be informed of any new
facts presenting, or any new suggestions occur
ring to the mind of the defendant in regard to |
the proposed bill, and its expected injurious
operations on the interest of meritorous inven-
tors and rightful patentees and proprietors Of
patents, did so attend OF defendants Office from
day to day, and held long and numerous consul
tations with the defendant for the purpose of
obtaining such information as would enable the
plaintiff to !" make strong case" for the defen-
dant in the plaintiffs proposed communication
to the aforesaid distinguished Senator in Con-
gress, md in the communication which he was
requested by the defendant to- make to such |
other Senators, and such Representatives in |
Congress as might be influenced by such argu-
ments as the plaintiff, thus Instructed, might
make to them ~ sNtAshl ..aFl 'taN.atA
And the plaintiff, after receiving such in
structions in the law points Of the case, as the
defendant could furnish, was, by the defendant,
requested to go with the defendant to the Office
of Seth 2. Staples, esq, 'fCounsel learned in
the law especially in the law of patents, and
retained as such in defence of Charles Goodyear
against Horace H. Dny, and in defence of var-
GUS associates and employers of the said de-
fendant, William Judson, against Horace H. |
Day. f.r ~ -s4 4n n |
And the said plaintiff, Bacon, did, according |
to the request of the said defendant, Judson, 20
Staples, and was then and there by the said
Staples further and extensively indoctrinated as
to alleged merits of the case of Charles Good
| year, and other inventors and patentees inter-
ested with the said Goodyear, and with the said
defendant, Judson, against the said Day. and
as to the alleged demerits of the case of the
said Horace H. Day, as against the said Good
year, the said defendant, Judson, and the said
other patentees and other proprietors of patents
associated with the said defendant Judson.
And the plaintiff did, at the place and time
last aforesaid, receive from the said Staples
draft or form of a letter to q distinguished SEN
ator in Congress concerning the aforesaid bill
for the alteration of the patent laws of the Uni
ted States, with special request from the said
Staples, and from the said defendant in this
action, that the plaintiff would peruse and re-
wise the said draft or form, and correct and en-
large it, so as to make it most effectual to its
purpose of convincing the said Senator land
through him the Senate of the United States)
of the alleged Injustice and impoicy of passing
the aforesaid bill for the alteration of the patent
laws Of the United States.
And the plaintiff took the said draft or form
of letter, and did revise correct, and enlarge it
as requested by the defendant.
| And the plaintiff in the aforesaid month Of
February was requested by the defendant to 20
to the city Of Washington, within few days,
| to oounteract the alleged Vaccinations of the
aforesaid Horace III. Day. and to prevent If
possible, the passage of the aforesaid bin for
the alteration Of the patent laws of the United
States. u.@ -..r ... #.s
And the plaintiff consented to 90, and pre-
pared himself to go to the city of Washington
aforesaid, for the purpose last above named, on
any day and at any hour, which the defendant
might name and appoint for the plaintiffs de-
parture.
And the plaintiff being requested by the de-
fendant to communicate any information in his
possession as to the prospect or probability of
the passage of the said bill, or any such bill in
| Congress, stated to the defendant that it would
| be impossible to take up the bill in the Senate
and pass it through Congress at so late pc
| riod of the session, (which must terminate in
less than three weeks,) il the opponents of the
bill would exercise due vigilance And the de-
fendant having named 20 him certain prominent
Senators who were opposed to the bill, and GER
tain who were in favor of it, and certain who
were undetermined in regard to it, the plain
tiff advised the defendant as to the course to be
! pursued with such Senators, and recommended
that Senator Dickinson and Senator Foote
should be induced to act and speak against the
bill and that Senator Seward being opposed
| to the bilD should not say a word on the sub
| ject, or permit it to be known that he was OPP
! posed to the bill, except by giving his vote
against it, and that Senator Baldwin (being also
opposed to the billy should pursue the same
course as was recommended by plaintiff in the
case Of Senator Seward. .-a
And the defendant informed the plaintiff that
he had engaged o correspondent at the city Of
Washington to communicate with him by tele-
graph on the instant Of the taking up Of the
said bill in the Senate, and that the defendant
expected the plaintiff to go. to Washington by
the next train after the receipt Of such commu-
nieation by telegraph from Washington.
| And the defendant requested the plaintiff to
attend daily AZ the defendants said Office until
the receipt OF said telegraphic communication,