The daily gazette., 1877-03-16
[From the Albany Argus March 10, 1877 :
CQLoNBI4 FELTON, AND HIS,
leSeif CALUMINIATORSI Il So 1gnru

|CQLONBL PELToN AND HIS,
sSri'' CALUMINIATORS. q 80 4e'.4u
Though a lie will travel a. league
while the truth is putting on its boots,
that ID no reason why the truth should
not put on its boots and pursue tlss lie
% fast as 1t can. II IL under that eons'
viction that we give place to-day TO o
vindication Of Mr.. Pelton which ap.
peared in the New FORK Herald Of the
9Th inst, and which gives fIem the
lips Of Mr.. FELTON, himself a full state
ment of all the facts by, which, his
name has been calumnieusly Iassocia,
TED. with an alleged attempt to purchase
q Republican elector in Oregon. noRdii
BY this statement it appears con-
clusively: 'tn "a .4e,.,,.a /. 51.STst
First. That none of the Republican
electors who were in Washington and
examined before the Senate Commit
tee pretended to have ever been ap-
proached with an offer OF O, bribe,
(which Is scarcely credible IL such an
offer had ever been addressed to
Ithem. So ..h q oie-tIn,@- i.,A ~
Second. That no money was ever
actually sent from the East to- Ore-
Igon. l'r 'nl ~ 'sao A3so ''l,ng. y, y
Third. That credits were opened in
New York to meet the contingent ex-
penses that might arise in the legal
struggle which was, expected 70. come
off before the Oregon Court, but none
were ever used. s4.J wtI .4o'oo s'T.,ga.
Fourth. That whatever money, il
ANY, was used, was raised in Oregon,
and by the people Of Oregon, and was
appropriated not before but after
Cronin had been designated as the
elector by the Governor of Oregon, to
pay his expenses in coming to Wash
lington, ,and in paying lawyers fees for
arguing and presenting his Casa
Iperfeotly legitimate and proper ex-
lpense. ~"
Fifth. That Mr.. Pelton never saw
what Is called the Portland dispatch,
Isigned Kelly and Patrick. .1
Sixth. That he never heard it in-
timated by any one that Governor
Grover or any oneielse in Oregon was
to be paid or 10 receive anything for
his action or that Mr.. Cr0nin was to
be paid anything even for expenses or
for any other purpose until long after
the December dispatch, and never
hoard that any money was desired for
such a purpose until he saw the evil
dence before the Senate committee
and. ta
Il Finally. That Governor Tilder
never received any telegrams In ref
erence to the Oregon business; nevel
knew of any money being sent there
or raised there, or that any was re-
quired.
No one who knows Mr.. Pslton, or hal
any opportunity of appreciating hi
singular discretion, good sense ane
} manliness of character, ever supposed
him capable of doing anything tina
was dishonorable. Unfortunately ,
successful consummation of the con-
spiracy which was formed immedia
tely after the October elections in th'
brain of the then Secretary OF Interior
capacious of such things, rendered l
necessary to strike another, and, If pos
sible, effective blow at the character o
Mr.. Tllden; and the Oregon electer
: ship, with the aid of superservicea'
BILE telegraph company, seemed to fur
nish the most convenient and effective
, weapon. 1t did not matter to the con
spirators how foul the blow might be
. how false the charges, how many char
I acters were ruined by it, provided thel
, could command the attention OF th'
public for the few days which yet re-
NAMED before the completion OF thu
J count,
Of 1t was base and inhumAn thing t
: do, but in the long run calumny onl,
Injuries those who propagate it. w
place this vindication before our read
ers as matter of simple justice to Mr
Pelton, and avail ourselves of this &C.
, casion to say that IN our judgment i
, would be very difficult to name any
person who could have discharged thu
onerous and delicate duties which
have been imposed upon Colonel Pei
ton during two or more years in way
to entitle him in an equal degree to the
respect and gratitude OF the country
Now that Mr.. Pelton's character ii
vindicated, would it not be as well fol
Mr.. Durman B. Eaton and his com
rades in the Union League, to explain
the purposes to which Mr.. Secretary
Chandler wished to apply the SOC, ,OOt
which the Union League was asked tc
furnish few weeks after the election
and while the conspirators were hold
ing back. under pretense OF counting
the returns from Florida, Louisians
and South, ,Carolinae That was largs
sum to call for at such q time, from
such quarter, and 1t would be very
edifying to know how much was
Il raised and what became of 1t.
Fours years ago Mr.. Henry g. Bowen
subscribed $500 In five annual in