The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-03-24
DR.. GARDlNER--wHO WERE HIS
!s 4 ACCOMPLlCES.

AOSOUAk ohSAaGs
3 Mex. to ths passage Of the Nebraska
bill by the United States Senate, Of all
the events Of last week the desih Of DR..
George A, Gardiner, at Washington, hss
awakened the most general and deepest
interest. A felon, stepped in crime, dy-
ing BY HE own hand, and with q false-
hood on his lips, his death has YET pros
duced shock throughout. the coua,ry.
There is hardly room for doubt that
he deserved the severe punishment that
had beeh sdjudged to him. Bu. tina. .
man OF his talents, education, preposses>
sing manuers, and social position should
have plunged into such & depth oicrime,
and should have beon consigned by the
law TO doom so horrible, that he PREFER
red even death itself, this very fact is cal.
culated to excite pity and compassion.
Il is subject painful to contemplate, and
the mind would fain turn from it; bu, by
some lnysleriouS principle Of our nature
and organization, our very Thoughts invOl-
UNFAIRLY recur, again and again, 10 the ter.
rible close Of this brief career of guilt
and crime, 10 the prisoner in tho guard
room,i 10 his narrow dea,h.bed--ihat death
bed Of unutierable agony---,het even lin
ger with this wTe,ched being, 80 sudden.
aly changed, by poison from the condition
of life and health "a @ discolored corpse,
and follow him 10 dishonoEed grave.
Nor will the public interest, now fully
aroused, rest satisfied here. Inquiries
begin to DO made for those who shared
with DR.. Gardiner his grea, plunder; who
Partook Of the fruit, If not cognlzani oI
the sin. & iasaas s
& The large award 10 Dr. Gaidiner--moue
.haa four, hundred thousand dolIais-was
made by q commission, consisting Of the
Hon. George Evans, Of Maine, the Hon.
Robert II. Pane, Of North Carolina, and
the Hon. Caleb B. Smith, OF Indiana.
1t is deserving of remark that che lei,
iimony Of Mr., Evans himself, the Presi-
dent OF the board, given on the occasion
o. Gardeners previous trial, showed iha,
the award was made under circumstan>
ces, and OIL evidence which, in the minds
of most people, would by no means JUS
tify il. In connection With this, il will
be remembered that Major Lally, sons
in law Of Mr.. Evans, was q participation,
in heavy amount with DR.. Gardiner in
the proceeds.
Neither will il be forgotten that il was
one Of the leading counsel Of DR.. Gurdi>
ner, the Hon, Thomas Corvin, of Ohio,
who subsequently, made the order ,as Sec.
retaty Of the Treasury, on which the
money was paid. He sold on, his iater-
60, just previous to entering the Trsasu-
" Department, and, We believe, for the
express purpose Of enabling himself to
act 10 bis official cspsciiy in the premi.
ses. ~
For along time il was asserted by Mr..
CorwiH's friend, that the whole sum which
he received remained on deposit with his
bankers. Meesrs. Corcoran g. Riggs, and
tina, il was determined, If Dr.. Gardiner
should be convicted, pay it back i'm
medlately into the United States Treas.
urY. We shall now have an opportunity
to see whether hs will do il.
Ono act, a, least, in the tragedy, with
all its changing scenes, is closed. The
sparkling wine which has been drunk
The epicureun dinners which have been
eaten; the jovial and noisy hours which
hive bsen enjoyed at Washington on the
strength Of this award-ahd, finally, the
life Of him who figured mos, tonspicu>
ously in the dark and fraudulent iraasac>
ton, have all passed away fot ever! IL
may be that the only guilty one has al>
ready been exposed; BIZ, We apprehend
that il will be found some what difficult to
convince people ,ha, gray.headed law
yers, used 10 the exposition Of villianies,
aud 70 weighing SvidSnce; could thor
oughly Investigate this case, enoGRh SO
10 become lie successful adv6tSteS, with.
out discovering indications of something
wrongly Y. ESesiAg Post.
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