New-York tribune., 1868-07-27
Of May to adv!se me AGAINST h. I quote trOm tne


n. Tg d TO- ses H. rom ne s @ s WaS Pc S1 % n s SI es
from The Post OHe woolsou from Missouri aud he said H.
Is going to suck, be not going to resign"
Instead, therefore, OF the testimony having the true
meaning OF this note, in Obscurity, IL explains 1t in such
manner TO strip the insinuatOns OF all plausby and
TO stamp the author as bold wlfui, and Intentional
alser Of the truth must refer other statement
contained in this document, intended to affect me ser
PssS Ms s 3 E" iRSMS GxRsD ' SsSoii scna
Then follows the insinuation $50 tho goidroom had
the benefit Of Senator Ilendersons knowledge" At
another place told that Lockwood is Mr.. L.
L. Crounse, the intelligent and gentemaly Washington
correspondent of The Nec York Times On the same page
is given the testimony of Col McClurg Member of Con-
gress from Missouri taken not before this Committee but
extracted have said. from the unpublished records
OF another committee in which testimony appears the
senator Henderson banded in writing h' reply hs dslega
The The most s1t and positive aga'ge nat The .ns
Least or about two votes viii not y which, aud the eleventh article
asking III might repeat this conversation my colleagues and being
Inow send TO the desk the letter Of Mr. Crounse with
whom had not the pleasuee of personal acquaintance
until since the publication Of tins reports:
csySa In @ have mat 9s dispatch r question ton vas not
Impeachment The information which based this and ether dis
acGers the Missouri delegation that felt warranted IN putting in
er'o told Crouuse What contained this dispatch anything else
dence in or ont of Bgs possession and may add is simply another
has achieved reputation which desire hope to
Proach.
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n Y 7Yn,s OGo, Washington D. O., July a. ls68
And now, Slr President the following facts appear:
First, that l did not communicate the tacts TO Mr.
Crounse for any purpose whatever second l1at IL was
active friend OF impeachment with the privilege that nc
might communicate it TO the other Missouri members, @
who equally favorable to impeachment Ihrd that
the information for good bad purposes was conveyed ny
them to Mr. Crowse aud not by me- and further that the
nsnuatiOns contained in this report against me- are gr-
tuous and false. Mr. Prestent one or two geheral re-
marks and am done forDear TO chaIaGterlze sie
Iif, mi T.
and malicious purposes, the whole power OF TINS govern
has been given for ft dyays Telegraph offices nave
been ransackcd, aud the operators dragged before
secret committee and subjected to species OF eNana-
tion unknown in this country Private letters nave been
officers of banks have been compelled TO expose the ac
counts OF their customers aud TO their utter
have been utcrIOgated 10 the corruption OF men whose
characters previously without STAN. Men nave
sratcd The DAYS OF the base contemplate and cowardy
JcGries. After all tins work OF inquiry, cunhi,8, &
entire mass Of testimony taken, which statement CON
taus nothing except such miserable assaults as nave
referred TO- cannot close without allusion to what
seems tho strong point I'm tins report The writer
determined In some way, TO bring suspicion upon
the seven Republican Senators who voted for acqutta
The President Is lost sight Of This report Is
the work Of vengeance. II is not to ylndl-
cate the truth. IL Is the punishment which malice
perate effort 10 jure private character Is
reads as follows: while Adams aud OF his stamp,
admitted are so freely Offering the votes OF other
Senators IN the market as almost 10 eslaDls5n q
price current for them yet man upon the evidence
/ before your COMMITTEE Dfcdth5s lhe lhOuEhJ thul
any OF the open 10 tho slightest suspicion OF
approach" The report proceeds; Does not TINS stud
died silence OF an witnesses to the seven appear az
the attempted concealmcnt OF ali clue 10 ther
motives. less they should be discovered" We are tOld
in this connection, that the names OF Senators
Nyc, Pomerory, Upton, Wilson, mayer AnInony, y,
/ spraguc and Morton are canyassed as proper
subjects for bribery and corruption, nut
no one breathcs the Of the seven Ihen comes te
conclusion at the eCyCn necessarily guilty. ana thc
others not. What right has any man TO use the
names Of Senators Nyc, Upton Thaycr aud others IN so
dlshUuOrabe connection without giving the wOlc cs-
tuouv uuon which such statement j. predcaedi How
devsh the spirit that refers TO the fact breathes sus,
Pcon ion,sS connects Rypocriticai In defense. IN
ny Judgment these gentlenen need nc, no
defense from benjamin r. Butler When the necessity
Tor defense shall arise thousands OF honest ana patriotic
throughout the Land Will spring forward 10 NauuV
their Integrity and purity. But In the absence of all tes-
muny against the either from honorable or dishon-
orube witnesses why should aspirations be cast upon
them and the records of the country De polluted by e
rawlings Of this reckless alshcrf The humanity OF the
law teaches us less than the dictates OF common
/ guilt Is never 10 Dc iuicrftdi
N must be established beyond reasonable
doubt this long investigation Is bad, and are told that
witnesses testified against the seven, ana that tact ot
Itself We are informed, establishes beyond doubt their
corruption.
After the conclusion of Mr. Hcndcrsons remarks unim
pO.taut private bills were passed.
I Mr WILSON Otcp, Mass tried To call up the House
iOiut resolution In relation 90 organizing tie militia n
and DRAKE objected !, saying that the only thng that
could Justify them IN holding session tonight was the
pressing matters Tor which especially they had met
on motion Of MIR DRAKE, at 95 the Senate went into
| Executive session.
The senate was Engaged upon the ratification Of rcate.
during the executive session, up to one O'clock a. i u
had not at that time disposed OF them.