The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-01
The Gold swindIc.

Some Of the "loyal" journals rush tc
the defence of BOUTWELL,. in the matter
of the plundering operations of the gold
gamblers in New York last week. Al.
though they deny that he had any hand
in the swindle or shared any of the
profits, there is little doubt that two
days before operations were begun he
consulted with the Balls in New
York, and pledged them that he would
not thwart their movement. Not only
this; the President himself has been
freely charged with completely in the
grand swindling Operation" We give
the statements of each side as presented
by two leading New York papers:
The New York Times tRadicaD in an
article on the "gold swindle," said:
They not only bulled gold with will,
but talked freely of the warrant which
they had from Washington that the
Government would not interfere with
them. The highest official in the land was
quoted as being pith them, and he, of
course, controls the action of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury and the New York
| Assistant Treasurer. Although this
must have been known to be false, there
were abundant rumors and suspicious
insiduously spread around the street to
create the belief or fear with good men
that the Administration would not in
terpose by further sales of gold from the
Treasury, or extra purchases of United
States 5 POS in exchange for gold.
Among these rumors was one that the
Gould. Fisk party were about 10 secure
the services and influence of Mr.. Corbin
(the brother-in-law Of the President) as
President Of the Tenth National Bank,
which they have recently purchased in
connection with Messrs. Tweed and
Sweeney. The consideration ives to be
S25, 900 per annum-equal to President
Grants own salary! This was too mon
strous for serious belief. We have re&-
son to know it is wholly out Of the chap
ter of probabilities with Mr.. COrbin him
self.
The New York Sun, also Radical
copies the above extract, and says:
1t is very interesting fact that when
the editor of the Times asked the Presi-
dents brother-in- law-wbo is an old
Observation-Disclosures the report was true
that he was about to give his services
and his "inhuence" with the President
to the gold spectators for SIS, 900 a
year, Mr.. Corbin would not ven ture any
more positive contradiction than that
such an arrangement was improbable.
No one who reads this statement of the
Times could entertain any doubt that
such proposition had really been made
and entertained.
After all, what room is there left for
General Grant to do anything which
shall create surprise, seeing that he has
appropriated the highest offices under
the Government, openly and without
any attempt at disguise, as the consid
Grafton and return for pecuniary ser
vices which he had receivedf If any
one is disposed to say that the Sun is
unjust TO General Grant, we wish every
snch person would write Us letter ex-
pressing his houest opinion whether
General Grant was right or wrong in
men as Cabinet Ministers
because they had given him money.
Will any man sign statement that he
thinks it was rightl And if it was
wrong, will any one say that it is not
right for US to say SOL
The large amount of surplus gold i'll
the Treasury, instead Of being used to
reduce national Indebtedness, is used to
speculate for the heneft of gang of
gold and stock gamblers that infest the
White House and the Treasury Depart.