Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1854-05-05


the board of commissioners, (tweuty seven in
number) was executed by Thomas Corwin to
Jacob Little. of New York. and the money for
the purchase was then paid by George Law,
to whom the assignment to Jacob Little was
transferred.
No testimony has been before this com
mlttcc proving or tending to prove that the
Hon. Thomas Corwin had any knowledge TINT
the claim of said Gardiner was fraudulent, or
that false testimony and forged papers had
been or were to be procured TO sustain the
same"
1t will be recolected that majority of the
committee were political opponents of Mr
Corwn, and that they made an unanimous
report. The ridiculous rumor, amnng Others,
that the papers 10 sustain this case were got
up in Washington, is simply absurd. This
was fully dlsproVed on the trial. where the
whole scheme and plan Of operations were
fully disclosed, with the names of the parties
IN Mexico who were the accomplicts in the
lra1d The certificates Of our Consuls at
Mexico and Monterey to some Of the sipna.
tues (ior all of the latte. were rot forperies)
also prove the papers were prepared there.
and in particular the documelt already allud-
ed TO, which the American Consul at Monte.
rey testified before the jury on the first trial,
was presented TO him by Dr. Gardiner IL
company with u Mexican in August 1885, AT
Monterey.
he whole OIL his fraud was got up with such
consumnate skill as WIS well calculated t.
deceive the most astutr. and the previous and
subsequent conduct of Dir. Gardiner was such
AS to ca'ry strong conviction that he WAS
innocent. Long after it was denouncpd rs a
fraud, was among those Who with Il pretty
general knowledge Of the facts and circum-
stances of ;hr case, had full belief in the
genuiueneSS of the claim, a belief, which was
first shaken by the refusal OF Cr. Gardiner to
aac1mpany the commission appointed by Pres.
ldcnt Fillmore to proceed to Mexico and point
out his mne. The information brought back
by that commission, and the other proof pro.
duced on both trials, leave no shadow of doubt
that 1t was ore of the most bold faced and
audacions mppsitinns ever practsed upon
this or any other Government
| TIL "Union."I see, makes an attempt tu
attach stigma, in consequence of the trans,
action, To the Wing party. aud the late Wing
administration Ii the rule is To hold good
that all frauds. prculatons. and deialcati,ns
committed uider any Administration is tc
attach To it or lis party. wonder where the
Democratic party uld find itself for all ;he
prccadillnes committed under its rule, partc-
ularly under the Van Bur,n dynasty?
| The Union" seems to forget that the re.
suit Of the recent trial, the exposure of thu
fraud. and the securing so large portion OF
the mocey. is exclusively owing to the prompt
ness and energy Of action by the late Admin
strstlon. upon the first inform ,liun at fraud
was Suspected,
The Treasury Department, Oh the very
! first intimaton, 'ook immediate steps for Sc
curing the money which Gardiner, who was
then in Europe. had left behind him. as Wi
be seen by the correspondence in the publish
cd teslim my before thc committee of 'ongress
MIR. Fillmore also directed the emplu, men
Of the Hon Henry May as additional counse
in the case, and as one of the commission t,
proceed to Mexico, and who, with Mr., Fen
dali. the U. s. District Attorney. has prose
cuted the case with tae greatest ZEAL energ,
and ability until the late result. On this pnin
l | quote the testimony Of the United State.
District Attorney, given before the committe,
OF Congress, in answer to the following ques
ion from one of the committee.
.. Has the Executive Department Of TIE
Government exhibited prompness and dill
g-nce in the investigation OF this matter o
Glriincr since there was suspicion o fraud
and in prosecuting measures to save the Treas
ury from loss?
A. Yes. sir Il is impossible that h Ex
ecuIivr branch of the Government could hav;
shawn more snlicitude .han it h done to have
this matter investigated. the cause Of public
Justice yindcatea The President throu III
ou' has acted in the spirit of the instruct M
which, rs | have stated. h- gave me at tn,
beginning. Every facility f,r prom ,ting thcs
ohj-cIs has been given bv every officer Of th
Government whose official duties brought hin
in connection with the subject; by none more
earnestly lnan by NJ Corwin, the Secretary
f the Treasury.
In conclusion, viii only add that tn,
friends Of Mr. Corwin in this city are well sat
isiied tha, Congress has determined to max,
further investigation into the subject, tn,
result Of which. they are fully convinced, vii
set at rest all the rilicuous and >anderou'
rumprs which have heen put nh,at in connec
lion with his name, and which have the
foundation only in morbid hnnkpring afe
SANDER or from political or personal enmity.