The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-23
The COnspirators Against the Administration
MicrOscOpically Examined.
BaAied Attempts to Concentrate Circum-
stantial Evidence on Govern
ment officials
Sowing the Wind to cap the
WhirlWind.

desperate effort to link President Grant with their
abortive scheme OF PLUMBER and to exhibit as glar
ingly as the world would care TO see what depth
OF cunning, treachery and fraud can be masked
under the name OF speculation. 81 am specu-
lator" says Fisk. II am another" exuitingy de-
clares Gould. The italian brigand takes pride IN
his profession and sees halo OF romance ana glory
surrounding 1t not quite SO visible to the rest OF
mankind. The Spectator, mounting over the ruins
OF other mems fortunes to san unsteady pinnacle OF
il-gotten wealth, sacrifices TRUTH principle and
honor, and stands before the world IN defiance OF
its good opinion, gloryng In his shame and blazon-
Ing 1t forth as something worthy to initiate and
admire. The ring OF SPECTATORS who sought
to suddenly enrich themselves by rushing gold up
TO abnormal standard would have COM
placently retired and felicted themselves upon
their brilliant exploit had they succeeded IN
securing the profits, though the consequences might
have been to shake the monetary credit OF the nation
abroad and spread panic at home, the disastrous
results OF which no mere figures could measure But
the profits were not reazed the fruits were as Dead
Sea apples pleasant to the taste but turning to
ashes on the lips. There was a wailing
In the camp OF the conspirators which soon
turned to the sharp accents OF complaint
and recriminaton. Then followed flood Of insn-
nations artfully framed to divert attention from
1sC kCoi CuipIlIe IuC VI ui5-
aster, and to fasten the odium and guilt upon the
administration Of the country The consprators
felt the fearful character Of their position, and
exactly as Macbeth sought to shake Off the burden
OF conscious crimlnality that weighed upon his
thoughts and In every effort made his infamy but
still more apparent 30 did the foiled, chagrlned
and self-Oppressed spectators seek q s0lace
for themselves and security against indignant &C.
cushion by turning the curious and inquiring gaze
OF the public in the direction of the White House
'Tn that fierce light which beats upon rulers head
and blackens every blot" This was skill. What
did the public care to know ABOUT such small fry as
Obper bu. make 0O sppear ana that s'0ch IN
the background on the supreme eminence
darkly connving at schemes OF unhallowed import;
In confidential communication through an exposed
cx obbyist with notorious spectators, and the in
stnct OF public curiosity becomes at once aroused
the petty rascas are forgotten and the great alleged
criminal absorbs all the attention.
THE MAZES OF THE RING.
To follow Corbin and Fisk, Gould Co.,
with their attendant satellites through the
maze Of mssa
through the congenial channel OF certain news
papers wou ld be as naGseating 1t would certainly
moment at the latest effort, as 1t is the most
daciOus that Mr. Jay Gould has yet made to drag the
chief MAGISTRATE OF this nation down to his own
level COrbin, let 1t be promised, Is past all hope
OF moral recovery; but there s limit to the extent
OF his being made the scapegOat for the sins OF Fisk
and Could Both these gentlemen seem to think that,
avDg succeeded IN crushing their co-conspirator
and leaving him without the credit of convict he
can now be made the pivotal point Of all their er
p0rte statements IN the future Securing tho obse.
quiOus aid OF some Bohemian writer Mr.. Jay Gould
furnishes MS organ with recollectons OF pretended
letter from Mrs. Grant TO Mr., COrbin, followed by
long rigmaroe from himself, in which there Is
painfully suspicious attention to details. This is the
letter from Mrs. Grant to Mr. Corbin which was
shown, as 1t is stated, to Mr.. Could
Ny husband very much annoyed your specuat,ons
s S 10 be @ % =
ma. viii GDn cSms up and the action OF our
There Is no necessity for authorItativey branding
the above as Migrant forgery. Its very wording
substance and the circumstance under which 1t IL
given are enough to show its counterfeit character
Corbn was not quite SO indscreet as to show any
such letter Qf he received t to Mr.. Jay Gould; and
the latter with all his financial SKILL is hardly gifted
with such q memory as would reproduce. word for
word. letter at which he casually glanced over a
month ago. On the other hand of course, 1t Is quite
possible that COrbin whose devious ways no one
seemed able to fath0m, might have written the let
ter himself and attributed it to Mrs. Grant, for the
Washington But, in either case, where is the con-
spiracy OF the President with the gold ring, and
where the startling disclosures announced by The
Bohemian press?
CORBIN THE SKINNER AND scAPEGoAT.
There was little enough patriotism and an ample
enough absence OF principle among the gold specu-
lat0rs TO seek TO stab the reputation OF the Chief
Magistrate to shield their paltry selves.
Here is sample OF their cunning story, Jay Gould
lOQuttur:-
emf Corbin stated to Mr. Gould that he had received
margin Of BIO $1,000 from General Grant with which
held for the by Messrs Stone
Nichols Stone, Mr.. Corbin's brokers.
All very well. Mr.. Corbin Is thus quoted in every
paragraph, and might be correctly quoted, too
while with the dupicity that marked every move of
his life, not statement he makes having reference
to the President could be safely relied But 1t is
safe to queue COrbin now. He natly denied, some
weeks ago. having seen Fisk in his house, when that
individual had an affidavit made out that re-
N he in
question This denial OF Corhin fell nat. Fisk was
believed ana Corbn's reputation for veracity went
and the other wrong; for Fisk might have gone in,
stayed awhile down stairs and then gone out with
IN es e ap
30 strong is the force OF hrst impress
sons would Guild, hardly ~, tell a.. in his favor now
Corbin's devoted head they are plling PeIion on
Ossa. Every statement In which that unhappy
PERSONS name appears may be lie OF the broadcast
magnitude, but who Is TO contradict its
PULLING THE LONG BOW.
Learning OF movement made to induce Secre-
tary Boutwell, to sell gold, MIR. Corbin procured from
General Grant letter to be delivered to Mr.. Bout
well peremptoriy instructing him not to sell Qold.n
as Corbln Is dead to society 1t lies with Secretary
OF the Treasury or the President himself to explain
truth fasty OF the statement But don't you think
Biz Knights OF the Wall street Round Table, that you
have tried the tension OF the long bow just little
TOO muchf Mr.. Corbin may have mad considerable
acquaintance with General Grant, but the latter was
hardly made such puppet OF by that astute specu-
lat0r a. you would make us believe, gentlemen Try
again. All through this elaborated narrative, with
It's precise dates and microscopic minuts,
the burden Is 'Corbin said thls'' and
.'Corbin said that and not scntlla Of proof
IL given that the President had the slightest know
ledge OF the gold ring schemes. shade OF Corbtn
here you come again This thrice unhappy man. 1t
seems, sent letter to Washington, Pa, by mes
pcnger OF G0uld's named chaplin, addressed to Gene
raj Grant The uninitiated public would at once sup
pose from the circumstance that the letter going at
that time TO that destination andInIcustody or spe-
cia messenger, must have contained something that
related to the conspiracy in gold Gould says he
read the letter; but wherefore IL that he fails to
enlighten an impatient public to Its contents and
yet gives us, Uerbhttnn ct ute'dtin the letter or q
lady, from which proceeding one would think his
native delicacy would have rec0iled, even at
the risk OF Disappointing vengefui and self
ish instinct Is 1t not within the range OF pos
sibty that Corbin, still DESTROYS OF showing Gould
his influence with the President might have said in
the letter that he, together with his friends Gould
md Fisk, was engaged IN heavy speculation con.
corning gold and bonds and that he hoped there
would be no interference on the part OF the adpin.
istratlon, and Is II not possible that this fmpudent
communication was put IN the fire by General Grant