The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-16

TSeTefore we challenge the statement Of the
| lines that General Grant supports Congress,
and demand the evidence.
rr.,,.s Turped-Who the ConOver
" Copspirators Really Are'
| from the NJ T. Times
rrbe effort recently attempted in the interest
! of the President, to crush the radical advo-
Gates of impeachment, and divert attention
from the crusade he has inaugurated against
the promoters of reconstruction, has proved
worse than a failure. The ridiculous aspect of
the affair became apparent when the garbled
nature of the statement prepared by the AS
sistant Attorney General was brought to light.
The point of that statement was that radical
members of Congress were in intimate relations
with the convicted perjurer, Conover, whom it
was alleged they proposed to use against the
President. That was the story sent to the
country under the direct sanction of Mr.. John
son. Few, probably, attached credence to un-
supported assertions on such q subject from
such source. The dishonesty of the docu-
ment was realized when it became known that
while eoncocting charges against opponents
OF the President, other documents on file
in the offices of the Government duplicating
certain of his Democratic friends in a move
ment to obtain the pardon of Conover, had
been passed over. The exposure not only
convicted the Assistant Attorney General of
gross unfairness in the compilation of what
purported to be a semi-oficial statement, but
fixed upon Messrs. Rogers, Radford, Nibaok,
Eldridge, LIE Blond, Latham, notable Demo-
Gratis, the Odium originally intended for
Messrs. Ashley and Butler.
The matter has not ended here. The motive
of Mr.. Rodgers and his Democratic associates
in seeking the pardon of Conover was more
than suspected to be desire to strengthen a
movement then and still in progress for OBJ
tanning the removal of Judge Holt from his
position as chief of the Bureau of Military
Justice. Next to Mr.. Stanton, Judge Holt
enjoys the distinction of being the man best
hated by the enemies of the Union; and Como
yer was relied upon as a witness available for
damaging Judge Hollis official character, and
justifying the President in taking the Bureau
into his own care. That done, certain records
involving the loyal standing of prominent
Democrats would pass under the control of
some one less likely to be troublesome than
Judge Holt. .
Much is done towards revealing the history
and mystery of this movement by the series of
extraordinary afidavits which we published
Yesterday. We commend them to the careful
study of all who would comprehend the in
fanny of intrigues, promoted by supporters of
the President, with the four-fold purpose Of
serving him, damaging Judge Holt, helping
JEFF. Davis, and securing the pardon OF Como
yer. 1t will be seen that Messrs. Ben. Wood
and Roger A. Pryor, in active conjunction
with Conover, last summer undertook the
manufacture of affidavits designed to fasten
upon Judge Holt the charge of suborning
witnesses. individuals were asked, for Pc
cuniary considerations, to commit per-
! Jury for the furtherance of these ends.
| They were hired, or were invited to be-
| come hired, to state on oath a succession of
| acknowledged lies, on the ground that by
perjury alone could the Bureau of Military
| Justice be overcome. With these hired per-
jurers as witnesses, Messrs. Wood and Pryor,
acting apparently for others as well as for
themselves, proposed to beat down Judge Holt
and hasten the liberation of jeff. Davis and
the pardon of Conover. In one instance,
money was paid and received in this connec-
tion; in other instances, for reasons assigned,
the overtures failed. But the essential fact of
the conspiracy, with false swearing as it
weapon, is apparently placed beyond dispute
! by the afidavits now published. Others OF a
similar character are on record in more than
one department of the Government. These
are enough, however, to explain the reckless
criminality with which war is waged upon
prominent officers of the Government whose
| bnbending loyalty has marked them out fol
attack and removal. Had the plot now ex.
posed succeeded, Judge Holt would have been
suspended, on pretexts acquired by perjury
The American Fleet In Chinese Waters
-AvenRIng National Insults.
From the ~. Y. Times.
There is always difficulty in dealing witt
weak Governments, whether the issues in
volved are of a commercial or political char
acter.
We have found this true in treating will
the Nicaraguan Government; still oftener trut
in trying to keep the Mexican authorities tt
their word. We shall probably gain yet fur