The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-08-06
Radicals as seen by Radicals.

RepuOllcan SFeeCnesS He"epaPoio anu i0'
ters, showing the opinion which the MEM
bers OF the party of great moral ideas have
of each other. We have never esteemef
Betbel-F Fisher Butler very highly, bot the
following extracts from Senator Hender-
sons speech, delivered on last Saturday,
would hardly tend to elevate our opinion
of that grea: General. Speaking of the
report of the Smelling Committee, made
by Butler alone, Henderson says:
He insinuates that this note, taken in con-
nection with the testimony, proves some
thing injurious to me. Why does he not
publish the testimony Cooper, Craig and
Lacy all testified before the committee. l
charge that he Suppressed their testimony
explanatory of the note, and published the
note. not in connection with the teStimony,
but without the testimony. This, of course.
was done with the single purpose OF lnJnrlng
my character. This fact contains within
itself both species Of lying k,,opn to the ldtc-
the suppression Of truth and the suggestion Of
f6lsehOod. cannot conceive what good pur-
pose this conduct can accomplish. II II
tcere a larceny Of my property could dttrt-
butte 1t to a ,ceU knotcn infrmity Of ats author
end suffer the rel Of charity tn be dra'Un oUer
it, but it manitestS a drgree Of obliqoaty and
deUilish malice indicating total deprarity.
The implication here is not only against my
self. but equally strong against Messrs.
Evarts, Lacy, Cooper, Craig and the Presi-
dent, with no one of whom, up to the date
of this note, had / ever one word of conver-
satiun upon the subject of impeachment.
MT. Henderson here read letters from Messrs.
Evarts, Craig and Lacy, denying the allega-
tions and explaining the circumstances al
luded to in the report. On page sixteen of
the report a part of the testimony of Mr..
Lacy Is introduced for another purpose, and
it will be seen by his testimony that Mr..
Craig, having heard that | was going to re
sigu, called on me on the 18th Of May to
advise me against it. qnote from the queS-
tions and answers Of Mr. Lacy:
@. Was it the day you told the fact to Mr..
Cooper2 A. Yes.
@ Craig did 90 TO see H ? a. He told me
he did that night or the next day. | got the
information from Sls WoOdson When | re
turned from the post Office I met Silas Wood
son, from Misso ri, and he said, H. is going
to stick; he is not going to resign"
Instead therefore. Of the testimony haUing
The true meaning Of this note in obsc2rity IT
erpiains 1t IN such a manner as TO strip the
iHSiRuations Of ali pldmsibihty and to stamp
the author as Goid, tcilfid and intentional
.talSitier' Of the truth.
He then quotes Mr.. Crounse's opinion !
Of Butler as follows:
l must refer to one other statement con-
tanned in this document intended to affect
me injuriOusly. On page eighteen appears
the following telegram
WAsHrNGroN, May Is, 1868.
JOHN r. GARLAND, New York =
Senator Henderson says conviction will fail
by two votes. LOCKWOOD.
Then follows the insinuation, $50 the gold /
room had the benefit of Senator HendersUn's |
knowledge" AT another place We are told |
that Lock wood" is Mr.. l.. l.. Crounse, the !
intelligent and gentlemanly Washington |
correspondent of the New York Times.
l now send to the desk the letter Of Mr. /
Crounse, with whom had not the pleasure
of a personal acquaintance until since tie
publication of this report:
Hon. JOHN HExDERsox -
Dear Sir-Your note of the 20th inst is re-
ceived. In reply | have to say that the des
patch in question was not founded upon auv |
conversation had with you, and further. that /
never had any communication with you directly |
or indirectly on the subjecr of Impeachment
The information on which based this and other
dispatches, public and private, came to m. in
such positive manner from members of the !
Missouri delegation that felt warranted in put
ting it IN such brief and positive terms; but The
Crounse what is contained in this despatch, or
any thing else, is wholly un"arrantei either by
the despatch itself or any other evidence in or
out OF Buffers possession, and, | may add. is
simply another instance of those skiiful perver-
sons of the truth Tor which that gentleman has
achieved reputation which none desire
or hope to approa n.
! am, sir, very respectfully, yorr ebedient
servant, l.. l.. CROUNSE.
n. Y. Times Office, Washington, d. c., July
81, 1868.
The following is his opinion of the
Smelling Committee, its report and the
author of that report:
Mr.. President, one or two general remarks
and am done. forbear to characterize the
whole proceeding as history must receive it,
For selfish and malicious purposes the 1oholt
po,cer Of Gti5 government has been giceR foY
tJty days. Telegraph Offices have been ran
sacked aud the operators dragged before a
secret committee and subj cted to a species
Of examination unknown Ill this country
Private letters have been surreptitouslv
taken from the desks of the writer's; the
officers Of banks have been compelled to cx-
pose tae accounts of their customers, and t
tins II utter aStoniShment, have been inter
rogated as to the corruption of men whose
characters were previously without a stain.
Men have been subjected to Imprisonment
an insult such as illustrated the days nf the
base, ntemptiblc and cowardly Joff-i,s
Alter all this work of inquiry "a cunning,
perverted statement is madr, suppreSsng
the entire mass Of testimony taken, which
statement contains nothing except such
miserable assaults as | have referred to.
cannot close without an alusiou to what
seems to be the strong point in this report
The writer seems determined in some way
to bring suspicion upon the seven republican
Senators who voted for the acquittal. The
President is lost sight of. The report is the
work of vengeance. 1t is not to vindicate the
truth. 1t is the punishment malice uses to
soothe disappointment:
But in the absence of all testimony agains.
the seven. either from honorable or dishon-
orable witnesses. why should aspersions be
cast upon them and the records Of the coun-
try be polluted by the rawlings of the reck-
ess falsi6er
EnOuph of Bufler W. next nnbI;sb tho