Evening star., 1870-03-02
THE GOLD 90 NSPrRACy
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Repers % the Gemmssser.

ren6y, submitted the majority repotf of m.
COMMITTEE I'm reisticrte their Investigation OF
The renor, u ,nr s2,a psniS Septemoer last;
the testimony heretotore referred 90 in our
ca. mns. AZ begins By reyiewiugthe movements
tails the scheme - sn ,seS,s % SsP,smssr e de-
,e ,ne appointment of Cottouwooi 90 the Sab
lreasnry Al New York, and subsequent APP
adventure OF Fisk With the President on bosrS
one OF the formers steamers: aud saws that All
tnese skilfalty contrived eforts .seiicited from
the fresident only one remark. and this opepr.i
I gloomy prospect for the slcculaforS.. la ,i.-
tails the sending OF Fisks messenger 90 WASH
lngton, Pennsylvania, with a letter from Corbin
20 the President. who read " and replied a. No
answer" upon which the messenger teleeraphcf
10 Fisk, - All rigbt'-in Tact gives the whole
history OF the efforts of the spcculstors 10 ia
nut nee the President and their utter failure to
accomplish their object. The materisl facts
given I'm the sirst portion OF the report have al
ready been Published. The conduct OF Me-ars.
s: rsN: Gould and Cotbn, IN their inenectual
efforts To involve the President and members OF
nls family, Secretary boutwell,. and others i'm
tneir Conspiracy, ~ criticised severely n lraving
cry. -
The eommitiee's conclusions show. tirst. that
vi. golu s,AenSnge aud gold exchange bank
designed 20 meet q legitimate busiuess nes..ss
sity during the war, but soon becoming instra-
ments OF reckless speculation, and that in the
opih1un OF the prominent bankers aud mer-
chants Nho testified before the committee there
II no sufficient reason for such institutions, that
tnot are ihe source OF mcasurelcss evils, aud
ought To be destroyed.
Second. that at the time of the conspiracy
The tendency Of gold Was downward, the move
ment Oh the conspiraton was wholly artidciaI
and unnatural, aud its effects were ma Jsf dis
credit abroad.
Third. In regard to the relation Of officers OF
The Government % the gold movement The
committee hnd that the wicked and cunninglv
ueslsea el, attempts OF the conspirators 20 COM
his family utterly failed Mr. CorbIn. usiny ,Ss
% portuDities which his family Relationship 20
the President afforded, and under that worst
and nc pun n ON ON the saiSe Of religion
thing from the private conversations of the
President which could be made profitable 90
him and his co-consplrators. But with these
and all the efforts of his associates the testi-
mony has not elected a word or an act OF the
President inconsistent with that patriotism and
integrity which bent the Chief Executive of the
nation.
Even Mr.. Gould, after all his attempts 10 dis
cover the purposes and influence the opinions OF
the President, testified as follows:
am satisfied that the President has never
had any connection, directly or indirectly, with
any of the movements that have been
made Nothing ever occurred i'm any
OF these interviews that did not impress me that
the President was q very pure, high-minded
man; that If he was satisfied what MAS the best
thlng. that was what he would do
BY the Chairman: q. Was there anything
SAID or intimated, at any of these interviews 10
the President or i'm the resid q hearing that
would have led him TO suppose any private pur-
pose or speculation, or gain, was sought 20 be
know?
"a. No sir-
The committee insert at this point the letter
OF the President 20 Secretary Boutwell,. which
was published in yesterdays STAR, and saw
The message sent to Corbin when his dupiici-
" was first suspected, and the order which laid
the strong hand Of the Government upon the
conspsrators and broke their power are the most
significant declaration that the President held
and treated them enemies OF the credit and
business of the country.
Ii is impossible TO saw whether the charge that
Mrs. Grant was interested I'm the speculation i'm
gold originated with Fisk or Corbin; and the
charge ls only made ON the hearsay testimony
OF Mr.. Fisk. He avers that Corbin told him that
s5ocooo Of the gold that Gould was carrying for
Corfdn's account was for Mrs. Grant. and that
the $4,000 profit paid 10 Corbin BY Gould had
been forwarded TO Mr.. Grant The statement
+ S aenled @ ~ Sor5ln and uWnsuPRorted by GoSld:
the original check for the SIS .00o and Mr.. Cor
bin 20 show what use he made OF it. The check
v, was 81 produced, and Corbin produced the account
ing that Immediately ON the receipt of the check
Corbin paid tt and the debt which he owed 70
the bank. Corbin swears that he never sent or
promised to send any money 20 Mrs. Grant, or
10 any Of the Presidents family, and that he
never proposed TO give them any interest I'm his
did not think any member of the Presidents
family had any knowledge Of the gold specu-
latlOn.
The pretense Of Mr.. Fisk that Horace Porter,
secretary of the President, WAS interested in this
speculation Is utterly groundless. Mr.. Fisk adj
mitted that he knew nothing on the subject. ex-
cept what Gould and Corbin had told him.
Corbin swears positively that he never pro-
posed TO Mr. Porter TO take any interest i'm their
speculation, and never told Fisk that he had
ton. in which Mr.. Gould was asked II he knew
OF any officer Of the Government who was in
terested in the gold movement, he not only gave
no intimation that Mr.. Porter was In any way
a conclusion impossible. Moreover, IL Is in evil
dence that Gould only proposed TO buy gold for
Mr. Porter, and received from that worthy OF.
hcer prompt and merited rebuke.
In regard 70 Gen. Butterneld, il appears from
the evidence that during his administration the
yigor and intelligence, and all the public funds
entrusted TO his charge were faithfully ac-
counted Tor. Ii Is not conclusiyely proved that
he was interested with the conspirators in rais-
ing the price OF gold, though on this point the
testimony n conflicting.
The committee recommend the adoptiou of
the following resolutions:
hesefred. That the Committee Of Ways and Means
ne instructed 10 report bill levy ing such ON
exchange clearing house in their Judgment
terests Of the Country shall require.
.kesotred That the Committee the Judiciary
De instructed 20 inquire inte the expedency of re-
porting 2 bill TO define and punish conspiracy
against the credit Of the United States and The bust
"kesolred, That the Committee on Banking ana
hurrsney be nstrueted TO inquire whether fur
use ~ ser s to fhs %prop
that they have leave to report By bin otherwise"
"oTHER CASES IN PrcKLE.--U ndersthis head
Dixon" Of the Boston Advertiser, says:
The testimony taken caught another man,