New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-06
A GLIMPSE ar GRANTS PERSONAL CHAR
ACTER
THE BOWEN CASE IN wAsHINGT0N-Nrs con-
NECTION WITH FISK IN THE BLACK FRIDAY
PASIG.
F'~DH' Tts Hsshir zion Capital
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No man ever held office III this country who
has been treated with the same tenderness 10y his Onpo-
neuts IA Gen Grant This originates suspect IN tho
fact that he was rs known to the public IA brave aud
efficient army officer, and the delusi0n Is common tnat
cOura geous able soldier Is also honest capable man
anu therefore 20 whom tue popular heart mas turned
with gratitude IN the hour OF peril we SHRINK IRON cr-
csing. and. satisfying ourselves mat ne means We'
there ia disposition 10 overlook ordinary plumbers.
But unfortunately for Gen. Grant his errors to use the
mildest term are not Irdhaiy ounueIs Nne tne 'inc
in which his trial u 10 be bad IS pregnant with peril
Tie first and itOceurred 80 close after the Inaugural
ton That il must be considered the beginning is that in
voyed in the sale Of the gh0lse, Formerly tho resi-
dence Of Gen Grant Now as MI oaSles o. Boweh tne
prosecuting witness states te case we Inu no pane
whatever attaches 10 the President But this Is not the
case-and Mr. does not state the He cannot
very we'll, for all the truth eliminates himself III Is as
serted and believe shat 1t can be proven mat IN re-
turn his release Of the contract MI Bowen was prom
ised tho Executive patronage OF this District. But
whether no bad the promise or not. he undoubtedly
at the tme but gave good and sufficient proof
that his boast idle one: Bowen3
friends filed all the positions in the gift OF
the President that belonged the District of Columbia
And here como several significant facts OF crcUlnsLan
Writ These places were ned TO the exclusion OF the
Presidents own friends They were nlied by Bowers
people after promises made the friends Of the President
without word Of explanation we speak OF mna' we
know One Of these eIpectants was Dr Robbins, an
estimable citizen, who had been promised the POstOnee
He only knew that he had been saeIinceu IN sone p9
zeal the nature of which he could not under
worth OF official patronage. This included COMFORT
able place for Mr. Bowenhmsef never gwen and at the
OF the discontentmay e found here motive lof
the subsequent wrath and disclosure -,
The ne xI case and that never has been properly
investigated. Is that known as the gold conspiracy OF
New-YOrk-the Black Friday We know tnlt FISK
1;oud and Corbn-one brotherIn-aw OF the President
and three unprincpled ldyenturerSconspred To con
troll the gold market OF NewYork. To accomplish this
t was necessary keep gold OF the Treasury nder
lock aud the market. Fisk the then friend anu
associate OF the Presde undertook 10 give him reasons
Tor a retention al the g0h aud Corbn claimed to have
such control the White House as To make the opera
tion perfectly safe. IL an Infamous conspiracy,
Organized TO rob- aud lad its base In the Executive
MnnsiOn. - =. -, -
We will not occupy sIaee In telling over what AL so
windy remember-the barfu struggle OF tnat eyehttui
day In the very mOmeAt OF victory Mr.. Boutwell,, con-
trary the orders OF the President broke the coino
tion by opening the vaults Of the Treasury Inc relet
was When this mOnstr0u5 affair was over
te people saw that edged close upon the threshold
of the Executive mansion that an Investigation was
demanded. But IL never had. The committee made
u 'n ire majority OF the political and permanent
friends OF the President oowed the trail TO the door Of
The White House and then suddenly dropped IL. one
day the committee passed resolution inviting the fres
idrut TO render such Information or expina-
tion az he wish and the next day, after midnight
visit TO the Executive Mansion by Gen. Garfield, the
rhan that found in Presidents brief reionder that
he had nothing TO communicate" The committee, as
IL through lis majority then reported that no
facts had developed duplicating the Administration
Now we driven 10 one or the other conclusion: Inc
President through his DrOtherinaw COrbin, VINO yet
holds his confidence, knew Of the conspiracy ana mad
sone reason for helping it on he had become intau
az ed with Fisks financial theory OF locking
p gold in the transportation OF western produce
III the first true the President should be mpedched
for high crime II the last correct, ne lacks sadly
the intellect necessary 10 his position