Year: 1876

have read carefully the extracts you publish In the
HERALD this morning in reference TO the charge that
the Governor or the Lieutenant Governor knows OF
the existence OF letter series of letters written
by Mr. Boutwell, TO Mr. Clcws during the election Of
Grant the Presidency for the second time, asking MT
Cews TO send money to Pennsylvania, and promising
him certain advantages in the OF the Treasury for
doing Let put the case in the clearer words OF
the evening paper from which you quote


We have responsible authority for asserting that
Governor Samuel j. TIlden and Lieutenant Governor
William Dorsheimer have, during the last ten days,
both in this city and IN Albany, averred repeatedly
that they hold in their hands original letter OF
George s Boutwell, Henry Cews which affords
ground for the impeachment OF President Ulysses ).
Grant and that they describe this letter as written to
Clews BY Boutwell,, Secretary OF the Treasury, IN
SEPTEMBER 1872, directing Ccws TO send 10000 TO
the Republican state Committee of Pennsylvania Tor
the purpose OF securing the success OF the republican
ticket that State the election which TO occur
In October, and promising, on the authority of the
President 10 reimburse him by early secret lnforma
Of sales OF gold to be made by the Treasury De-
parment by means OF which information he could
gamble securely and successfully In the gold and stock
markets Wall street.


lfTide. and Dorshcmer do hold sucn letter they
reprehensibo Tor withholding II IRON the public TO
suit their democratic partisan purposes oil melo-
dramatic occasion Tor its exposure


Ii they do not hold such letter their averment de-
serves denial and rebuKe


Now, you will observe Mr. Editor that here is a
clear averment ahat the Governor and the Lieutenant
Governor both expressed their knowledge OF the exist
snce of such letter. ask attention to two
reports One take from the Evening POST


Tho Governor when questioned to the correctness
OF the report silent Tor somo moments Then he
said that the report was well founded. When
asked If could give idea To where the report
originated he said had better wait and him again.
The Governor SAID that the Lieutenant Governor knew
htte less about the matter than he did.


On questioning the Lieutenant Governor he told me
that he had letter like the referred TO in his
possession, but said, "there is statement that there
Is such letter"


The other quote from the Albany correspond
ence of the HERALD OF this morning.


| called on Sovernor Tilden this morning and
showed HIM the article that appeared IN the Tee9ram
oi the lith inst.


''Governor Tlden," said your correspondent 81
have called to learn from you whether there any


The Governor read it carefully, and after doing
so handed 1t back to Inc and said, "We have no such
papers"


ter in existence and that you and the Lieutenant Gov
ernor are in possession OF II. Is that iactf"


He looked at Inc in comica sort Of way, and again
replied, "We have no such papers"


THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS DECLARATION.


met Lieutenant Governor Dorshemer ut the Della
ran Oh Wednesday, and on stating to him the sub
stance OF The Telegram article he said, There is not
word OF truth in it"


Now II you will read these two reports carefully you
will observe a discrepancy The Governor in
sonversng with the Post correspondent did not deny
!he story, but asked the correspondent to come and
see him again 'The Lieutenant Governor" he con-
nnued knew little less about the matter than he
did" In other words there a matter which the
Governor knew about and which he would not divulge
until later time. The Lieutenant Governor said to
the same correspondcnt:-'Th is statement that
there such letter" So you that both Of these
high gentlemen in talking with this Post correspondent
admitted that there somethng-most likely q
letter.


But when they TO talk with your correspondent
later have different story. The Governor said ''n
4 comical sort OF way, we have such papers, ~
In other words there might be such papers, but he did
not have them. The Lieutenant Governor who told the
Post correspondent that 'there is statement that
there is such letter aays to your correspondent
''There is not word OF truth in it,"


Now, Mr.. Editor, l am not great statesman and
lawyer, like Samuel J. Tiden, but confess | am not
tatisned with this record There is something under
rue, Grant should be impeaehed Are they true ?
rilden and Dorshemer here stand arragned having
given them currency, and they do themselves
OF this imputation, matter how you read this ev
dence.


am convinced that Governor Tllden is too much OF


gentleman, democrat as he is TO give circulation
SANDER against the President OF the United States.
xious therefore, TO have the suspicion that he
has given currency to any such story denied more
clearly than has been done yet Either rctraet the
story give the truth. Yours respectfully,


NEW YORK, March Is, 1875 A REPUBLICAN