The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-08-03
THE BINGH4MPTON LIE.
The End of the Farce.
From saturdays New York Tribune.l

TFronl saturdays New York Tribune.]
There's no end to the richness of this
campaign. That the Binghampton mon
KEYS should raise bray loud enough to
make every Grant editor in the United
States prick up his ears was droll enough.
But they had one plump, comfortable sen
sation. that was really worth while A
Youthful editor, s. c. Carpenter, to wit,
burning with the widest ambition to be
known, had sworn that he had seen Ho-
race Greeley's declaration, in Horace Gree
leys handwriting, i'll favor of paying pen
sions to rebel soldiers. See again how GER
tain this interesting youth was about it:
''ONEoNTA, J1ly.-C. s. Carpenter be-
ing sworn, deposes and says, = = that
one of Greeley'S letters, which deponcnt
recognized by what he knows of Greelev's
handwriting and by The T3't5une lrea5is,p
this letter being an answer to a letter of
Carmichael, asking his views on the Con-
federate pension question:, expressed the
views of Mr.. Greeley as favorable to the
passage of law providing that the General
Government pay pensions to Southern dis
abled soldiers although he Greeley doubt
ed whether Congress would pass such a
/ bin; that dcponent read the letter care
fully, and this was its true expression and
meaning and it was freely discussed
between Carmichael and deponent. That
/ this letter was, according to deponent' 5
/ best recollection, dated i'll August or early
/ in September 1871. Deponent saw n
letter from Horatio Seymour on the same
! subject at about the same time. Mr..
/ Seymour expressed himself in opposition to
making the pension question an issue then -
! And now comes the richness:
NJ
appeared in the Binghampton DdfIg Re
| publican of July 10 an affidavit made by
G.. 5. Carpenter, stating, among other
things, that | had seen letter written by
Horace Greeley of New-York to Lewis
Carmichael of Unadilla, in which letter
Mr.. Greeley said he favored the pensioning
of southern disabled soldiers, &c. The
last time | talked with Carmichael in re-
lation to Greeley and political matters was
no later than Nov. 15, 1871. Several
gentlemen residing in Cnadilla, of un-
questioned integrity, who have seen all OF
CaT1nichaefs letters from Greeley. inform
me that no such letter was written by Mr.
Greeley; therefore | concluded | NAV be
mistaken, and that my impression of the
purp0rt Of the letters was obtained from
Carmichael personally, i'll stating what Inc
had written TO Mr.. Greeley, or intended tC
write AT the time of CarmichaePS visit
to the Herald office, l did not regard the
matter he was working up as possible, and
gave him but little attention. I nuke h5,
statement Thanking may be mtst0ksa ana
hope for pudttc productjoR Of tie tcholl
/ corrcNp01ldence bettceeR CurmichueE ultd
Greetcy, UNTIL WHICH TIME 1 RETRACI
THE STATEMENT MADE IN MY AFFIDAVIT!
{. ). CARPENTER.
BINGHAMToN, july "a, 1872.
" hat remains? Where now be you
terrible disclosures, your impregnable evi-
dence, your fearful dangers attending tho
! election of Mr.. Greeley? For this rebe
pension stuff was absolutely the only poin,
worth notice-with its disappearance the
bottom is out. But deal tenderly with this
youth of OneOnta! His memory is bad.
but he has capital powers of backing out.
He ought to be made negro Grant elector.