New-York tribune., 1868-07-04

was thorCuFVn agreed that Mr. Gaylord, relation OF MT
PomerOy by former marriage, should be brought IN rs
yakehoder it being understood 10y the parties that Mr
GaylorPs taking part IN the business should DC teh
guarantee of the assent Of MI POmeroy, whereupon
Fuller introduced Legate 10 Mr.. Edmund Cooper late
ten Assistant secretary OF the treasury, az "''ti 'H
Upon being introduced Mr.. Cooper entered INTO Sc
OF negotiations with Mr. Legate TO procure Mr. Pom
eroys vote and to enable Legate TO act
unfOded him the state Of the vote as understood by
funds might be raised to carry out that enterprise Mr.
Cooper assured Mr. Legate that in addition 10
the votes Of Senators Fessenden, Grimes and
Trumbull that he had secured the votes Of
Henderson aud Fowler. aud although the latter was
embarrassed by some declarations that he had made
that the President ought to be impeached yet he was
sur0 of holding him ultimately that the President de-
pended the vote Of Senator Sprague through the in
hucnce Of the Chef Justice, who violently opposed
to mptaCmcut that he could not speak pleasantly on
the subject and that Cooper believed the vote of soma
be remarked here however in justice to these gentlemen
that there is evidence that Cooper pretended that any
else but the Chief Justice had approached either
gentleman tsprague or Anthony or that hey had gwen
g. anybody any utmaOns or assurances on the SUBJECT
Cooper also informed Legate, Fuller had done that
they could have ROsss vote 10 necessary through
Fuller but that owing to Ross situation IN Kansas
Senator Pomeroy did, except alastresort Mr. Cooper
further said 10 Legate that should be raised Tor
tins enterprise aud also to pay l@gate ana GyoIu Iof
their services through settling with the whisky men OF
Jersey CIV that as Assistant Secretary he had ordered
lists Of an The in those districts to be made out
settle the and having procured the list OF seizures
which Do exhibited Legae, he Uegate was TO 20 over
o
by him clf or Mr.. GAYLORD, and receive commissions
thccfom payment for his services in the above eX
had been sent for and introduced oy s Le,
Ss 10 T|GP pG' from Mr Pomeroy. Cooper was
dnuli ful about going with the negotiations without
Mr. Gaylord would make him proposition from Mr.
Tomsroy. Which Mr GAYLORD. having authority, de-
ccd % do that for time the negotiation ahS1lsneu'
but Afterwards the trial drew nearer It's cohGlns!o3
Cooner became "iuimoderately anxious and hlllseI
wrote for Gaylord, at New-IorR to come ana continue
negotiation. Before tins, however me llss OF uie "S
seizures having procured by Cooper and Ietter
o. authority to GoNernment agent VINO % So1 M 30 So1 f
April Leg,te went 10 New York for that purpose;
DnrIrnf through whose instrumentaty these lists
were procured without the authortyoi MS s9peIoI nj %
Elements and there, will appear by the following
Telegram -
EEw.YoRK April o. 1863
Hon Rp COOPER Assistant Secretary Treasury WdsngH D. c.:
Any orders Tor me Please write me by todys mail shall re-
9 ~ HS S9, 5 se from What occurred aferward between
Mr. Legate aud Cooper that Mr. Rs!eys presence there
was considered in the light of an Interference rather than
otherwise he never having been authorized to settle the
cases apparently Cooper claimed unuerahng 10 40 On
his own motion Wnat Legae rSeS SaT 70 WasTngon and
told by Cooper that The reason TnS & t5e Seueehs
encd out of it because of information received by MN
that he would he held responsible for such proceedings
the acauta should fail and sent again for egate ana
for Gaylord, and promised to send messenger & 10 Ne"
1t being Legates point to get the money INTO ms hss m u.s.
ana CGoPer & Sdie nS there We're dcGtes in the nego
otons. but snch was CoopeTs anxiety that at last he
onnded to RELY upOn the of Legate and pay
tIe I'Cpey: and messenger was sent to NewYork for
that very purpose, and which messenger Iegat DeIeNe
Mas hn the NEGOTIATION broke off, as it would seem,
because other arrangements had Deen made thrOugn
other parties at that time, as VIII nereaIter
examination of the testimony OF Thnriow Need @ ana ana
Others connection with Woouey wherein ~ was pro
osed 10 purchase the votes Of Senators at less price
Taylord and Legate. apparently taking advantage OF
cr C0opers necessities, bad risen S5VOOO on lneiF
YonT Committee have ROW given the main points in the
Of worthy of credit then the intentions and endeav
ors of Mr. Cooper who is shown by most ndubltabe ey
PTesden upon this very subject to buy and procure
rnpty votes and Coopers actual confession
The most complete and stringent corroboration OF the
truth of Legates narration appears in the account which
ooper and his associates attempt 20 give OF the rasac
ton and the exertons they make to impcate
Senator with IL R Sy gey OF s0G Gf
tee they essentially and completely fail Also by cor
rupt attempt to suppress Legates testimony and get rid
OF him witness. and in the words OF Perry Fuller
Treasury interim, of his transaction with Legate is,
substantially that Mr. Legate called on him. SO far as ap
pears without previous ntroducon claiming that Tor
a consideration, the amount not hxed, MI Pomeroy
would be willing, not only 70 control ms own voe, eat M
sufficient number Of votes TO insure the aequta OF the
snsTer to that proposition, Mr.. Cooper "led him to
oss.sos DID kick him down saEsl Answer dd not
What did say him led hun to believe that Put
ng me intended instead Of being caught BY fisherman, to
at n
Wow with Gaylord through Legate and aferward wrote
10 GAYLORD and procured other interviews that Gaylord
and himself cOud not agree upon terms because as he
says Gaylord alleged, Mr. Poneroy required S4ooO IN
money TO control his own and four other votes; but
but asserts that wholly for the purpose of catch
ing Mr. POmroy and that he required OF Legae letter
from Mr. before he would entertain the PROPOSE
tom that such letter was brought nun winch @ ne SneT
shown 20 him by Legae in the presence Of Gaylord
his frst Introduction that ne had any
personal intimacy with Mr. Legae after he saw Mr. Gay
It viii be observed that this very remarkable letter.
have aroused Randalls suspicious and Of great
auence that Wendes certified copy, instead OF being
left on file at the POstOice Department. was carried to
the President bears date OF 10th April only three days
before Legate himself produced the very properly
worded genuine letter OF Mr. Pomeroy in relation TO the
postal arrangements in Kansas, which left file,
and upon which Lesae received the appointment which
The Postmaster General ch such letter, apparently
from aSenqto 1sqIng pro.ssss s 'sheh %fye eT'dee Of
containing an injunction that ashoid be burned
osca or pers6naIy had eopg made OF IL 5y The person
rho brought it, although, as he tcas informed, the one 70
tc0s outside" carried hat copy 20 ne freside' evdeay
10 hold rod oEer NJ Pomeoy 70 tnJaeeea ms action
stand this had been genuine letter. that such use OF u
was not corrupt II II Were false one as LSat dcn rom
appears TO be- and the whole testimony makes plain, then
te use Of the letter and the failure TO notify Mr.
Pomeroy of its existence is more deeply corrupt
believed that no candid mind can examine this
by Cooper TO have been shown him the copied by
Wendell and believe they not forgeres by the same
hand and for the purpose, and made much nearer
torether in point OF time than their pretended and
substantated dates would show TO witt after the reso
luton Of Impeachment. That they and each OF them
been used for corrupt purposes stringent evidence
that they in like manner procured especially, In
view OF the admitted ability OF Luce TO counterfeit POne
roy handwriting his position in the Treasury Depart
mep in subordnaton 70 Cooper the assistant seeretary
TO have cOrrupty endeavOred TO suborn witness and
pay the large OF q 64i to defeat this investigation
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