Daily national Democrat., 1859-08-18
Williamson ON Latham.

The following Card, in reioinder to Latham
at Sacraments, appears in the San Francisco
News:
To NJ. s. LATHAM:
Will you be kind enough to read the fol-
lowing statements from different gentlemen
and then state why you should attack me for
! trying to do you service by publishing
what am willing to swear is what you told
me. Three gentlemen state the same in sub
stance that do, but happen to be your po-
litical enemy and consequently you make n
target of me. The extracts from statements
| give below | am willing to leave to any un-
preiudiced mind. There is not any difference
except that Judge Heydenfeldts statement
to Judge Terry of your conversation to him
goes a little farther than the other state
ments.
Extract from Mr.. Boards statement of the
bribery case;
The only source, so far as know or be-
leve. of the charge against him. being the
fact that, to prevent the loss of property in
litigation by the clandestine sailing of the
ship Underwriter thereby defrauding his
client. as claimed by him, he requested me to
hand the record to the Judges and have them
decide the case as soon as possible, and to
send him, in the event of his being in San
Francisco, the earliest information of the de.
cision of the Court, after it had been filed in
my office. For my trouble in communicating
this information he desired to remunerate
me; no sum being mentioned.
Mr.. Heydenfeldt's statement to Judge Ter
ry of the conversation and statement of Mr..
Latham to him (Judge Heydenfeldt)
Heydenfeldt called on Latham for an ex-
PLANTATION. Latham did not deny having of.
fered the money to Beard, but said it was
oi'ered-not to influence the decision of the
Court, but as an inducement to Beard to pro-
cure an early decision and give him informa-
tion of the character of that decision in ad-
vance of its being made public. Upon this
statement of Heydenfeldt the three Judges
were unanimously of the opinion that even
on Latham's own statement he deserved ex-
pulsion from the Bar.
Williamson's statement of conversation
with Latham;
heard the Supreme Court rumor, and
told him he ought to contradict it, for it was
iniuring him. He told me all about the mat
ter and said, to the effect, that he did not at.
tempt to influence the decision Of the Court
He said that he was to receive fee of sever
al thousands of dollars, let the case result as
it might, and that all that he and his clients
wanted was a speedy decision and that he
had told Mr. Beard-it may be through a
third party-that if he would hurry up the
Judges, or something to that effect, he would
pay him so much money, or divide the fee,
forget which.
am willing to leave generous public to
Judge us between the above statements and
abide their decision, as to whether if Mr.
Latham made one of the above statements
might he not have made all of them
You also state that was not your friend,
and that you would not have trusted me.
refer as to the truth of the above statement
to Judge Frank Tiford and Capt John Nye,
whom YOU have acknowledged to have been
your friends in the Senatorial fight of 1857.
Mr. Latham, if you did not look upon me
as a friend aud had no confidence in me, why
would you have left your home after sending
for me to come to your room, and meet me
on the corner of and Third streets, Sacra-
mento, disguised so perfectly that johnson or
Lees would not have known you, and ac-
campany me out to Fourth street, down
fourth to NJ, down M to the levee up the
levee to j, and out to the very muddy al
ley that runs back of the Magnolia, up that
alley to the gate of the Magnolia, and into
the back way of the Magnolia to room No.
or q to beg Mr.. Broderick to make you Sen
ator, and after your conference with him, re-
turn with me to | street. up l street to the
back part of your own hotel, where left
you.
And, as another proof of your confidence !;
why did you mention my name in the kindest
and most confidential manner to Judge Til
ford, in your letters to him, signed Smith" !"
which name you wrote over for several weeks
before the Senatorial election, which letters
he read to me, and l must confess 1attered
me very much.
will not refer to the many other proofs
Of your confidence in me, but will leave you
with the above statement to show to the
world that you must have had confidence in
me- Ifyou would trust me in my latter
statement would you not have trusted me in
the former W +. WILLIAMSON.