Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-04

Thurlow Weed ON the Smelling
iCommfttee-He Charges Pome-
roy with Offering to Sell Tipton's,
-Nye's. and his Own Vote-Bliler
Walked Into. sta7si1 q .' So. -
From the Commercial Advertiser. May asl
Though in condition, of health which
furnishes good reasons for avoiding ia
tigule, I was not willing to subject my
self to abuse (sure, however, from the
Tribune and Herald; whatever I do or
omit to de) by asking for delay inobey-
ing General Buffers subpoena The re-
suit is, therefore, Of my examination Tor
so much of it as General Butler chose to
publish) viii be found on the first page
Of this paperSssIt ntas--..ot -+rov iSod,
spsosna,,i by myself after it was given al
though, in similar cases, witnesses are
allowed that privilege. General Butler,
I was informed, devoted the whole of
Sunday {it was taken, on Saturday in
preparing it fol: the House. I have
nothing, however, to object or complain
of in this respect. What is given of my
testimony, with one or two not import
ant errors, is given accurately. 1t con-
tains nothing to explain or regret. I
have neither done an act nor said
word in relation to the impeachment and
trial of the President that would not do
and say again. IF the results of my in
formation and observation teaches me
anything it is that Senators Grimes,
Fessenden, Fowler, Henderson, Trum-
bull, Ross, and Van Winkle voted upon
their convictions of duty.
In explanation of the proposition made
to myself, have just this to say Sem
ator Pomeroy0 either intended to dispose
of three votes (including his own) or he
was willing that his friends should use
his name to make money; or, as some
believes there was a conspiracy between :
Butler and Pomeroy to implicate the
President, thus obtaining new material
for impeachment. My reasons for this
belief are, that several months since, Mr..
Leggett, an intimate friend of Senator
Pomeroy, wanted, the appointment of
postmaster at Leayenworth, Kansas.
He was supported by Pomeroy, who
wrote q letter, which was shown to the
Postmaster General, promising his
(Pomeroy's) vote for Presidential confr-
nation and his influence against i'm
peachment. The ePostmaster-General
was furnished with copy of Senator
Pomeroy's letter copied from the orig
inal in his possession, and Leggett re-
ceived Postal Agency. Some few
weeks ago. Leggett appears before Colo
mel Cooper with a letter from Senator
Pomeroy, saying that he would
carry out in good faith any Ear
rangements'' made with Mr.. Gay
lord, who is Pomeroy's brrother-in,
law; whereupon Eeggett and Gaylord
undertake, for money, to obtain the votes
of Senators Pomeroy, Nye and Upton.
I did not believe that Senators Nye and
Upton had authorized this arrange
ment," nor did I believe that either of
them would vote against the conviction
of the President. But 1 did and do be-
lieve that Senator Pomeroy baited the
hooks with which his friend Leggett and
his brother-in-law Gaylord 6shed.
Whether they caught anything or not,
am unable to say. Nothing, certainly,
from me or with my consent. If it were
not necessary that I should avoid both
labor and thought, / should reply fitting
ly, to an offensive personal reflection of
General Butler, and reply also to one or
two other assailants. General Butler,
aware of the bitterness of feeling enter
tanned by Radical leaders and presses
against me, choose to avail himself of
that feeling to stave off action upon the
articles of Impeachment. If he is sat
isfied with the result of his coup d'etat,
am content.