New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-03-29

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"a r partially sd vii isi 70 md apy Just ground Tor
The i'm puts'ionS cs.t uron the"
3 Dir. Msttesos proceeds 10 SHOW that biz letter
to johnson was harmless and well meant. As that
letter s The gi.t Of the ca.e sgsinst him. we here
reprint it,
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tt ,h. n Is n uch ;rblr u IN" Wy Sonc oas ~'ss
ui,ctf Az yo- wi,g 70 i you' q ne r-coy 90 e
~. ~ ~ ,c,r, p-1ni,. outsiders stock in factory
Let me- NOV w.ao At 10. BY r;nfa OF u'l opu
w. {. Jcu>.oS, esq"
This letter. Mr. MstesCn argues. cannot have
rad ally corrupt motive, because !. 1t was ad-
| dressed 10 bis political antagonist, whom he had
beaten in the last preceding canvass, and was to
| encounter in the canvass 'hrn approaching g
When John,o offered 10 return it to hic, be- sup
posing DO copy w-s il existence, 1eclined to re-
| ceiye It. wren be might have taken ard destroyed
i. , Ii said nothing, intended nothing, about
paving money to Members of Congress. nor to any
one in their behalf, but simply proposed 10 avert
the hostility or satate the rapscity OF outsiders by
| dividing among them property which johnson
considers worth $50, 00o, but Matteson pronounccs
| dear az $1,000 4. Nobody has ever testified,
uor pretended. nor insinuated. that he (Matteson)
| sought to make anything out of J' huson or hi'
Company; hi. only Thought was to oolige and
assist c, rthis Of bis constituents in good part po
ltical sdyersaries BY obtaining for them WHIST nc
bel;.,pd tLeir rchteou. due, and which he knew to
b. needed TO save them from the heavy Pecunary
loss Which, Cor wSnt OF such relief they nave SINCE
incurred
4. The second point made against Dir. Matteson
bef ,e the last Congress, vas that mooted IN 'he
testimony Of Mr. Rcverdy johnson, who was act
inq as the confidential sgent and attorney OF the
Des Moiues Company, and who testfes that Mat
tesou once sold to him, in conversation on the
subject, "Mr. NV. c. johnson must have mere
500, OCO to carry his bill" This charge Is met
by Mr.. Matte son as follows:
"Ip relation 70 thi, ouy desire y hs willis ar not
str as we r. do recollrct TIE thought ihl'
which Intended 20 eCrsey 70 hun sI' ' am cher % con
hdep, esr that ny Te age wa nor , = u,ri.ey a, Il
Mr. Jobn'Sn q ma Re h ss5 ,d to suspend the r
t,kr the reoutior Rad b-cn striving to 60 passed y
os .f deSs sne-sd considering 't in the face Of the
very srso had sady x ys' ~ -
could b. adopted regarded az aopre'sly o' H
viii Mr. J9ha'on in tn bly, % S him p, oUSdt bei that
rch was the fs certainly did No, intend 20 recommend or
be d in purchasing for that e'cloon ar any other p
pos. Iheide. 20 express was N thr sol''s
could sec re is sage The expre-'ion whatever was he pre-
c R eupG, 3D. sG BIT vii not rsnsrk rther
on nj, roiu except subt the inquiry whether u oul
e, Jobrsn ard seriously proposed him that be should et
about providing the sum 81 ore hunoIso thousa ~ ,
are. ioi as S' sy G 70 ne convicted ey.
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convlcts at the same time OF id'ocs'
| s. Mr.. Matteson proceeds to deal with the
charge that he slahdered the last House BY
ASSERTING in confidential conversation with one OF
the Johnsons, that there thirty or forty scoun
drels in it who would only vote for measures by
| which any one would DO peculiarly benefited, on
being paid for so doing. AS there is very gen
eral conviction that this WAS pretty near the truth
and as Lobody proposes that he be turned out
this House for expressing that opinion Of minor
lily of the last, afford 80 space to this ale
CATION In fact, the investigation of last Session
was directly prompted by the statement of n Mem
Der that another Member had attempted to brJ
him 70 vote for the Mir nesota Land-Grant.
6. Mr. MattesOn urges that
"Bv zone of the witnesses called bc the Select Coomitte.
House was /, hmsted hsd the 'ose.t interest
in or sought expected reap any benefit FROM he pss
the icut e.ouon referred TO- Tier. no. Iited by tss,
Goa that directly indirectly in,oedssey %
oassi s,orS Of c to Re- on or d.
to mysef or to or for any Henotr nm OF u,o1ev or
thing, upon consideration wni s Ga d
tcty declare had particle OF iners't "a e IesIs
ton 70 be secured. that they na any ~ 10
,hs expected for myself any saysntafe 70 ~ RI h, p 'p
Iec,y from any suggestion or stat m . ?; a."
from Sny act Performed And let ne .v " VIA '1' 'P
| pesrs fyom th. testimony 'eds true "Jde'
:. Mr.. NJ. calls attention to the fact that he had
resigned his seat in the last House. and notified the
House thereof before its vots OF censure WAS
passed or con.idered His physician t"sties that, at
the time of such re.igDation h. WIZ near death
| door thst he (Dr. j. c. Hall considered that
/" YOU would have been obliged to resign your life
% had you not resigned your seat Dr. Mccall OF
Utica also testifes that Mr.. Ms disease still en-
dangered bis life when he returned to Utica the
| Ilth of last March. snd that his health was not
| restored, under the most careful seclIsion and
medical treatment for more than three months
| thereafter.
g. Mr. Matteeon closes with urging the fact that
| be had offered and wshed To resign II any ten re
spectacle men Of the ten thousand whose votes
elected him would signify desire that he should do
| so but that
From the loj 40 nbss.n Of tia: Cansr..o.. District
boss been hssrd t-se resolutions essd
orsir thai .hosd r sisn ny pes, sssins n. Hoass
| CIV. ne iion H.
| Tie Committee tmsjorityl Report closes with
| this resolution:
/ s..u,r ,r Has