The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-15

Col. W. p Wood, who was recently dis
missed from his position as Chief of the
Secret Service Division Of the Treasury
Department, seems to be making the fur
fly We copy the llowing from publ
cation OF certain letters in the New York
World of the 10th
You are acquainted with resident Of
Washington, known as Rev. w 3. Match
EFT. Mr.. Matchett informed me that he
served you faithfully while you were upon
the impeachment committee at the trial of
Tresidont johnson, and he has written ev-
idence in his possession of your confidence
, in him. Mr.. Matchett had reason to be
lieye that | possessed information which
the Impeachment Committee were DESTROYS
of obtaing. He called upon me and sta
ed that a member OF the committee had
authorized him to say that he would pay
me $4,000 for the information referred to.
Mr. Matchett did not at that time give the
name of the member making the Offer, but
proposed an interview between us, which
declined to have. He stated that he mast
Inc very prudent in the matter, lest An
drew Johnson or the copperheads should
get hold of it. MIR. Boutwell,, neither An
drew johnson, nor the oopperheads, nor,
prior to the commencement of this COM
munication, any living person was made
familiar with these facts. Mr.. Matchett
subsequently informed me what member OF
the Impeachment Committee made the
offer, and George S. Boutwell,, Secretary O
the Treasury, .'rhou art the man T.
I'll IL. lat
the Uuited States, desired to see me on {
certain occasion, about the time the evi
dence was being prepared by the Impeach
ment Committee. Accompanied by c
friend, I called on him. aud, after some
conversation, the friend made some ALA
sion to Hon. Edwin NJ. Stanton, the late
Secretary of War. Mr.. Johnson appeared
to desire to hear from me upon the sub.
feet. remarked, "Mr. President, / am q
Republican, Mr.. Stanton is my personal
friend /; entertain the highest respect for
him. | know him only to be an honest,
faithful, and humane gentleman, and ]
would rather be guilty of wronging one of
my children than to utter one word against
my friend, Mr.. Stanton" Thus the mat
ter ended. IN your effort to obtain nfor-
nation, through your agent, against An
drew johnson, how different was your
effort to obtain information, through your
agent, against Andrew johnson, how diff
ferent was your course of procedure--ho hold
ing out inducements by the offer of q re-
ward OF $4,000 for the possession of what
you desired mo matter how obtained) to
consummate the impeachment of Presi-
dent of the United States-a gentleman
with whom | did not agree as to some of
his vetoes, nor did / like the political an
tecedeuts of many of those who protested
TO be his friends after his disagreement
with Congress; yet Andrew johnson is as
lar your superior in veracity, integrity and
honesty as the mondays sun is suEerior
IN briiliancy to the dim Pickering of \ two
cent candle. You have lately written =
manifesto intended for the RECONSTRUCTED"
citizens of Tennessee, advising them "a to
how they should vote at the late Gubern,.
torial election. You iiane heard the tbnn.
der tones from that State in responsc and
You understand how your advice has been
appreciated. If President Grant is to
Keep such characters rs yourself as one Of
ms official advisers write out more of such
Letters, and such responses as came from
tennessee will bury you in that oblivion
which such political demasogues es your.
self merit.