The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-08-01
AFFIDAvITS. A


Chas. S. Carpenter is young man OF
unusual ability and probity; Was
reared in Unadilla; is respected by al
who know him; aud he 10 widely
know. As the editor of the Oneonta
Herald, one of the best and most
trustworthy weekly journals Of the
State, he 10 highly esteemed. With
his own readers, no certification could
be stronger than his own word. 4
part Of his information was Of an
earlier stage of the conspiracy than
that Of other witnesses; 1t did not in
clude the Seymour branch Of the
conspiracy. The position Of Mr.. Gree
ley concerning the rebel soldiers he
stated some time ago In his journal.
AS part of the great scheme which
has now developed, the facts of Mr..
Carpenters affidavit are Of stupendous
interest.
DR.. Ireland. who makes the other
affidavit, Is q citizen Of high character;
enjoys the esteem Of everybody; and
the clearness and very essential inn
portance of his affidavit contributes
much to the completeness OF the case.
He, with Mr.. Carpenter, was averse to
personal prominence in the matter;
but sense of duty admitted of no
other course than that they have pur-
sued. They are entitled to the grateful
regard Of all fair-minded men.
AFFIDAVIT OF MR.. CARPENTER.
ONEoNTA, July II, 1872.
G. s. Carpenter, being duly sworn,
deposes aud says that he is resident
of Oneonta, Otsego county, In the State
of New York, and that he is well
acquainted with Lewis Carmichael,
of Unadilla, in said county. That
Carmichael has for many years been o
Democrat, interested In county, State,
and national conventions. which he
frequently attended; and that he has
for about year past been engaged In
seeking Democratic candidate for
the Presidency. That Carmichael was
last fall in correspondence with Horace
Greeley and Horatio Seymour, on the
question of making new issues; one Of
which was the payment of pensions to
disabled rebel soldiers, as well as to
Union soldiers; and that deponent
saw letters from said Greeley and from
Seymour on that question. That one
of Greeley's letters, which deponent
recognized by what he knows Of Gree
ley's handwriting, and by the Tribune
heading (this letter being an answer
to letter Of Carmichael, asking his
views on the Confederate pension
question:, expressed the vieWs of Mr..
Greeley as JauoraJte to the passage Of
q la,o l1rouiding that the General Co..
ernment pay pensions to Southern
disabled soldiers; although he (Gree-
leyl doubted whether Congress would
pass such bill. That deponent read
the letter carefully, and this was his
true expression and meaning; and 1t
was freely discussed between Carmich-
ael and deponent. That this letter
was, according to deponent's best
recollection, dated in August or early
In September, 1871. Deponent saw q
letter from Horatio Seymour on the
same subject, at about the same time.
Mr.. Seymour expressed himself in
opposition to making the pension an
issue then.
That deponent also saw another let
ter of Horace Greeley, addressed to
Carmichael, in which Greeley invited
Carmichael to call on him IN NesO
York. to talk over political issues that
had been broached between them !;
and separate part Of that letter,
which deponent did not have an op-
portunity of reading carefully, express
ed, as deponent casually noticed, and
was distinctly informed by Carmich-
ael, the possibility that Greeley s0ould
accept the nomination for President,
ii the nomination were rendered to
him in 1872. That Carmichael was
absent from Otsego shortly afterward,
and received from Greeley, as Car
michael distinctly and emphatically
stated to him, Mr.. Greeley's positive
consent to be the Democratic candidate
for President in 1872, II the nomination
were given to him. The date of this
letter was in October, 1871.
That Carmichael endeavored to in
duce deponent to consent to advocate
paying pensions to Southern soldiers,
as measure of conciliation between
North and South, and to support Mr..
Greeley for the Presidency.
That it was fully understood be-
tween deponent and Carmichael that
Greeley was to be pressed for Demo-
cratic nomination. That deponent
regarded Carmichael as q candid man,
who treated these subjects with the
utmost seriousness and that deponent
is fully convinced that this CORES
pondence and interviews, and their
meanings and results, were described
by him honestly and faithfully.
G. s. CARPENTER.
Sworn before me this 18th day of
July, 1872.
+. M. CARVER, Notary Public.
AFFIDAVIT OF DIR. IRELAND.
Louis e. Ireland, Of Unadilla,
Otsego county, N. Y, being sworn,
says that Lewis Carmichael, also of
Unadilla, whom he has known for six
years, has frequently been In depo-
nent's Office in Unadilla, and has
shown deponent letters from Horace
Greeley, Of New York, five or six In
number; and one letter of Horatio
Seymour; that deponent did not read.
lily read Greeley's letters, except the
heading and signature-C Carmichaa.
being addressed as "Friend Carmich-
ael" in one or more of them-which
letters deponent held in his hand,
Their contents related TO matters un-
derstood between Carmichael and
Greeley, some Of the letters passina
on as though connected with previou
business; and one Of the letters invited
Carmichael to go to Gncinnati. These
letters were shown to deponent in the