Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-06-10
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The Gazette of Tuesday, with that
poltcncss and urbanity for which it is
so celebrated, charges us with 'fraud,"
Misrepresentation" and falschood"
in our statement of the facts clicted by
the Tariff Investigating Committee and
to give its charges an appearance OF
truth, publishes few garblcd extracts
from the report Of the Committee.
We charged distinctly that the
most prominent leaders of the Rcpub-
lican party-thc men of tender con-
sciences and high moral principle who
view the institution of slavery with
such religious horror,-all are implica-
ted. Father Greedy, of the Tribune,
Thurlow Weed, high priest Of the
Albany Junto, Chcvalicr Webb, Of the
Courier and Enquirer, Nathaniel =.
Banks, prominent candidate for Prcsi-
dent in eighteen hundred and sixty,
and Matteson, captain of the forty
thieves have all been caught in
transactions OF fraud, bribery and cor
rnption in connection with the tariff
act Of eighteen hundred and fifty
seven. In answer to this charge the
Gozefte says that none Of the men
whose names we have mentioned are
implicated IN the slightest degree, and
that the only person who has been
criminally connected with the trans
action is Mr.. A. Il. Corbin, Demo
cra,; and to prove its assertion, pub
fishes the following among other OK
tracts from the report
"Ihc only person subject to the
control Ofthe House, who is shown to
have been criminally connected with
the transaction which the committee
was called upon to investigate, is Mr..
Corbln, who resigned his position as
clerk OF the Committee Of Claims as
soon as he asccrtained that there was
evidence Of his having received the
$1,000 paid to him."
The wording of this extract, will be
noticed; "rhc only person subject to
he control of Tie House dc. The COM
mlttcc was empowered only to report
to the House facts against members Of
Congress and persons connected with
the House, who were "thc only per-
sons subject to the control" of that
body. Matteson, chief of tho "forty
thieves" was not "criminally implicat-
cd,' it is true but that he was not, is
no fault of his own. lie proposed to
MIR. Stone a witness examined before
the committee, to sell his own vote and
the votes of his band of thieves, for the
sum of twenty-five thousand dollars;
and the only reason why the corrupt
bargain was not consummatcd was the
fact that the witness was unwilling to
pay "his price" The proposition Of
Mr.. Mattcson, was coupled with the
provision that the twenty-five thous-
dollars shonld be placed in the hands
Of Father Greedy, to be delivered to
him, Mattcson, when he should have
performed his part Of the bargain by
casting the vote Of the "forty thieves"
for the bill. Greeley was not "crimi-
nally implicated" because the bargain
was not contaminated, and not being a
member Of the House was not subject
to the control Of the House :" but the
fact is written against the great mouth
piece of republicanism, that he was
willing to be made the depository o.
money which he knew was to be used
for purposes of bribery and corruption.
"Thc receiver is as bad as the thief" is
an old saying and true one. The
chevalier Webb, editor of the Courie,
and Enquirer, also, was not "crimi
nally implicated" for a similar reason
He offered himself for sale, in writing
but was not accepted. Thurlow Weed
Editor Of the Albany Evening Journa
} the State organ of the republican par
ty Of New York, and the High Priest
of the celebrated Albany Junta, by
his own testimony, under oath, giver
, before the committee, received the sun
of five thousand dollars for purposes o
corruption. The Gazette must ..enter
tain an opinion by no means high O.
!, the moral character of the High Priest
OF its party, if it supposes that thi.
statement made under oath, and impli'
! eating himself in the blacklist fraud
wa - falsehood." live are in erro,
! In stating that Mr.. Weed received thi
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