, 1874-08-23

Foy and Stewart, and procure their aftldnvits Q
the several facts. with as much expedition AM
secrecy as possible. On no account was be Il
whisper word OF the matter, on ,pain of th'
Executives lasting displeasure- In due tim'
the documents were duly prepared, and placed il
Jackson 3 hands. They were very clrcumstan
ti1l, and seemed to point most unmistskably tt
the Senator's guilt.
For some time the President kept the in
tcEcsting papers securely in bus desk, and tht
secret Of their existence was carefully guarded
But one day, in confidential talk with tht
Hon. Joel Mana, = Member Of Congress from
Pennsylvania, no divuIged the important State
secret. Alr. Mann guarded it faithfully for
week or go; but. one evening, when filed viii
wine, he became unusually loluaclous, and men
toned The circumstance to member from
Rhode island
TIE pREss yEET1LArEs THE NATTER.
This individual repeated it the next day to {
frleud who forthwith communicated 1t to 4 Mr
Walden, who was employed as q le.ter-writer bJ
New York paper, the name Of which l cannot
| low recall.
Mr. Walden seized upon it with tho a7idity oi
| a modern journalist, aud dslled it up for hit
Tor with the following paragraph. Speaking oi
the afhdavits already mentioned, he said
''These al1idavits unIess destroyed By counter
balancing testimony, must and Will convict Sen
ator Ioindextcr, and contine him to the dungeons
OF tho Pcuitentiary."
As may we'll be supposed, tho publication OF
! this letter produced the widest excitement in
| Washington. Tho offense charged waA grave,
the accusation go direct and the social and po-
| ltlcAl Standing of the accused 30 high that 1t
| could not be overlooked
| THE CHARGE DENOUNCED.
| The Hafloaal Infeut9encer denounced it as O
shameless fabrication, and called for Con-
grcsslonal investigation to put the stamp Of
| faleehood upon the atrocons libel. The next
| morning. Senator John G. Calhoun, Daniel Web
ster, aud others Of the opposition. took up tho
| theme, and denounced the charge as vile
| calu1nny. po1ndexter himself rose In his place.
| poured the seven vlals Of his wrath upon the
| cha1g ge and it's authors, and concluded with q
| demand for the arrest Of the wliter and Com
mittce Of Investigation.
Vice-presldcnt Van Burcn promptly issued his
warrant, and Mr. Walden brought before
| the Senate. and The name Of his informant de-
1nanled.
AN ALARMED CORRESPONDENT.
Tho correspondent was alarmed The public
excitement VAS intense. aud he dreaded to call
upon those who had furnished the Information,
lest, owing to the storm the publication had
evoked, they should deny their agency ia giving
it currency. and leave him to braye the wrath of
the Opposition alone. He therefore asked for
forty-eight houEs delay III which to determine
Lis cou,ee Of action.
Tie information had como to him 80 direct
and 80 ci1oumstantial that he could not doubt ita
truth: yet le had lot scrap of documentary
proof to ofer, aud prosecution and disgrace
seemed inevitable. In lis desperation he re-
solved to appeal directly to the President, who
must be familiar with uli tho facts lu tie case
and throw himself upon hts generosity.
He PUMPS THE PRESIDENT.
Obtaining an interview, he stated his ceso
frankly, telling how in his zeal for the Adrniuls-
tration, ho had been led into an lndlsc1etlon
which threatened to wreck his journalistic Iepu-
tation He snld that he had asserted the exist
enco OF the nfiiavits upon what he deemed good
authority: but, now that the Opposition was
1,s.,,A T.:+ !
had none to offer; be lad, therefore, come, he |
said to see if the President could not 1urriah the
evidence for his Justification. He concluded his |
diplomatic interview BY 1cnarking that he had |
NO idea thar his E1cellcocy would suffer friend
to fall victim to Wing mulignity when ho could
easily prevent 1t. Therefore, If be knew of the |
existence Of the much-ta1hed-of afidavlts, and |
would lmpart that knowledge, it would cover his |
political foes with disgrace and confusion.
THIS was appeal ''Old Hickory" could not |
hesitation, ne rose, went to secretary. TOOK ont
q bundle of papers, aud tossed Iem into Ar.
Na!den's lap, saying:
''ae,o tley are! Copy them!" and, growing |
excited, he exclaimed, as his eyes tlazcd with |
"Here thoy arc! Now 60 and toll the Senate
that Andrew Jackson has the eyidonce of George
poinde1ter'a guilt, and is responsible to God AID
the country"
THE VICTORY.
With = light heart tho entcrprising Iotter-
writer went before the Senate the no1t day. sub
m11ted tie aailav1ts, aud was fully exon0rnted.
The evidence vas OF q character Wiuch could not
be ignored, and Select Committee of Iuyesti-
cation was at onco appointed consisting of
Slas Wright, of New York; Truman Smith, If |
Connecticut; Willie r. aIang1m, OF North Caro-
Ina; Thomas LIVING, Of Ohlo; and Joln Tyler.
II Virginia. The Committee was IN session for
SIX days, aud developed the following fucts:
COSoLusIoS. |
Richard Lawrence WAS fanatic. CODGtantly
aboring under the daluslon that ho VIE monarch
II England, and had come over to this country
o recouqner the Rebel PROVINCES that hc look
I'd upon Gen. Jackson az the chief obstacle to
lls Success, and had determined upon bis DEATH
liz NC. Aouse-painter b. trade, in the employ
If iobber in Washington; and, the summer
,seyloEs had been sent to work on Senator
'oindcxter's house, where he had been frequent
y seen by Foy aud Stewart. He was then ap-
'arently sane but, having latterly been out Of
lis mind, naturally weak, had been
omplctely unbalanced, with the result already
old. Of course, tho Committee broush. Ill
cpott completely exoneratiug the Senator, and |
le correspondent as we'll.
TIE would-be murderer Was soon brought be- |
ore magistrate examined, aud held for trial.
his insanity was clearly established,
nd lie tral sfe1ed from the jail to an asylum
Baltimore, where lie died some ten years after,
complete mental and physical wreck L. l..
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