The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-08-27
EXPL0DEEp.
Pensions so Confederate Soldiers
"A Grant Campaign Document,
Their Tool Acknowledges That
REc Lied And SvTOTe so Ii.

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GREELEY never favored or even hintpd
q word that could be construed that he
favored paying pensions to Confederate
soldiers. Here IS a specimen Of the
falsehoods now going the rounds in
GRANTS organs:
( From the Noble County Republican, Sth ult.l
"rhe Tribune fails to answer :, sim
gle one of the charges preferred by the
Binghampton Republican. chiefest of
which, is that Horace Greeley now stands
pledged to the South to taror q la,c gran
tina pensions 10 rebel soldiers. This
charge is proven by atlidavits and is un-
denied, and, we arc therefore authorized
to pronounce it 4 fact
The Editor Of the Republican, we be
lieve, is not disposed to peddle out false
hoods to his readers, and it is nothing
more than justice to Mr.. GREELEY that
papers publishing that pension fal-ehood
should publish the authors retraction,
and the remarks Of the Tribune:
Mr.. p B. RoGERs-DEAR SIR There
appeared in The 9iDghamton Daily Re,
publican, of July 10, an affidavit made
by c. S. Carpenter, stating, among 9th
or things, that had seen letter writ
ten by Horace Greeley, of New York,
to Lewis Carmichael, Of Unadila, in
which letter Dir, Greeley said he favor
ed the pensioning Of Southern disabled
soldiers, DC. The last time l talked
with Carmichael i'll relation to Greeley
and political matters was no later than
November IS, 1871. Several gentle
men residing in Unadilla, of uHqWeStiOn-
ed integrity, who have seen oil Of Car
michaels letters from Greeley, inform
me that no such letter was written by
Mr.. Greeley: therefore conclude | may
be mistaken, and that my impression of
the purport of the letters was obtained
from Carmichael personally in stating
what he had written to Mr.. Greeley OF
intended to write At the time of Car
michaels visits to the Herald office, !
did not regard the matter he was
working up as possible, and gave him
but little attention I make this state
ment thinking may be mistaken, and
hope for a public production Of he
,rhole correspondence bet'Ceen Cdrmi-
chdel and Greeley, UNTIL WHICH TINE
RETRACr THE STATEMENT MADE IN MY AF
FIDAvIT!! c. S. CARPENTER.
Binghamton, July "a, 1872
What remains Where now be youl
terrible disclosures, your impregnable
evidence, your fearful dangers attend
ing the election of Mr.. Greeley? Fol
this rebel pension stuff was absolutely
the only point worth notice-with its
disappearance the bottom is out. But
deal tenderly with this youth of One
onta! His memory is bad, bat he has
capital powers of backing out He
ought to be made negro Grant elector
" Y Tri5gne.
From the Tribune.
A Mr.. Carpenter, Of Oneonta, made
the only averment of the least conse
euence in the lately paraded farrago o
affidavits and stories by Nokes of wha
Stokes had told him Jokes had hear(
Blokes reading out of letter which h
said came from Horace Greeley. |
was to the effect that he had seen Il let
ter wherein Mr. Greeley favored th
payment, by the United States, of pen
sions to rebel soldiers. The Tribune
denuuciation of the SANDER and de
mand for the publication of the preten
ded letter seem to have produced thei
effect. A despatch from Binghamtol
now says: Carpenter, of Oneonta, re
tracts-thinks he is mistaken-forme,
his opinions from Carmichaers tai
rather than Greeley's letter." And s.
exit the last foolish calumny- Bat ca
the calumniators print no single lette
giving a shadow of countenance to thei
monstrous invention2 Print, print!
Here is another article on the sam
subject from Liberal Republican joul
nal:
'HE NOW c6NFEssEs THAT HE swoRE r
LIE"
From the Cincinnati Commercial
The Grant organs are mistaken in as
serting that the opposition newspaper
seek to belitfle the importance of tn
Binghalnton Republicans evidence of
bargain between Greeley and the Demo
Gratis The chief witness for the Ad
ministration, Mr. c. s. Carpenter, ha
saved them the labor. Having swor
in his affidavit that Greeley, in one {
his letters TO Carmichael, expressed him
self in favor of the passage "of la