The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-07-31

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The Binghamton Republican o
Friday evening published portion o
its promised revelations of Greeley,
correspondence with active Democrats
of this State, begun last year, and
looking to his nomination for Presi.
dency by the Democratic party. The
Republican says that Lewis Car
michael, of Unadilla, Otsego county,
New York, is the originator OF
the movement which made Horace
Greeley the Democratic candidate for
President. Carmichael is farmer,
probably between fifty and fifty-five
years of age, who owns and resides
on tract of 240 acres of improved
land, two miles west of Unadilla, in
Otsego county. For over twenty
years he has enjoyed the reputation
of being a politician of influence and
sagacity, and he was consulted in
times of important political move
ments by Dickinson and other men.
He has often attended State Conven-
as delegate and in
1860 he attended the Charleston and
Baltimore Conventions in the interest
of Mr.. Dickinson. The substance of
his statement is given by the Repab-
licaR as follows:
Carmichael wrote to Mr. Greeley
last September, giving his view about
the then coming Presidential cam
paign, and inviting Greeley to become
a candidate. Carmichacl's letter inside
was addressed to Hon. Horace
Greeley, the next President of the
United States Carmichael told Mr..
Greeley that the time had come to
raft over and he thought the Demo-
cratic leaders would drop old issues
and support him"
Mr.. Greeley answered the letter in
short time. He expressed 0hen or
afterward-the writer is not certain
as to the time here,) his willingness
to become a candidate, but was fear
full that the Democratic leaders would
not support him. A letter from him
invited Carmichael to an interview
with him. Carmichael said he went
down to New York soon after receiv-
ing that letter, and had a long talk
with Greeley in the Tribune Office.
Greeley told Carmichael that Horatio
Seymour was a standing candidate
with the Democratic party, and that
Mr.. Seymour would not step aside for
him.
Carmichael answered that he could
not tell about that, as Gov. Seymour
had not been asked, and had not
said what he would do. Carmichael
then offered to undertake to secure
Seymour's consent and cooperation
to the movement, and Mr.. Greeley
agreed to he a candidate provided he
succeeded with Mr.. Seymour, and
other prominent Democrats.
Within a short time after the inter-
view with Greeley, Carmichael saw
Gov. Seymour. He was not inclined
to receive the proposition with much
favor. Carmichael gave him his
views and left him to think the mat
ter over At that time Seymour
thought that perhaps Hutchins could
be agreed upon as candidate
1t was not long before Carmichael
saw Seymour again by appointment
and he said that he had made up his
mind that Carmichael was right, and
that the Democrats could support
Greeley or if a portion of the Re-
publican party preferred making
change in the Administration the
Democrats should not take advantage
of the movement.
Carmichael informed Mr.. Greeley,
as soon as convenient, of his success
with Gov. Seymour, and went about
the State, Immediately, consulting
with Democratic leaders. The pro-
position met with strong opposition,
but the fact that it vas about the
only thing they could do, convinced
the party leaders that they had better
do it. If they should elect a promi-
nent man from their ranks he would
have political associations, and friends
that he could not help serving, and
they could not get such an admins
tration as they could by taking up a
man with no former political associa-
tions he would be under obligations to
recognize.
The first plan, Carmichael said, was
to call a convention in Otsego county
to nominate Mr.. Greely, and start the
campaign in that manner.
Last April Mr.. Greeley wrote to
Carmichael saying that he believed
the Democrats preferred candidate
from their own ranks, and would not
unite in his support, therefore he de-
sired to be withdrawn from the can
vass. But Carmichael prevailed upon
him to stick to it until they knew
what the Democratic leaders would
do. at was not best to back down
before they had time to work the
thing up"
The Republican also gives several
affidavits of gentlemen who were
more intimately acquainted with the
contents of the letters than most of
the others. One of these, Mr.. Charles
S. Carpenter, is editor of the Oneonta
Herald, a weekly Republican news
paper A part of his information was
of an earlier stage of the conspiracy
than that of other witnesses !; it did
not include the Seymour branch Of
the conspiracy. The position of Mr..
Greeley concerning the rebel soldiers
he stated some time ago in his jour
nal. Below we give the
AFFIDAVIT OP Mr. CARPENTER.
ONEoNTA, July II, 1872
c. S. Carpenter, being sworn, de-
poses and saws that he is o resident
of Oneonto, Otsego county, in the
State Of New York, and that he is
well acquainted with Lewis Carmich-
ael, of Unadilla, in said county.
That Carmichael has for MANY years
been q Democrat, interested in County,
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