, 1869-03-15
ADApgRRRp "PBILosoPHER.'

a Senate E0mmlLtee OF Inc new 10fK
legislature, appointed to inquire Into the
alleged corruption Of members by agents
ot the Eiio Railroad Company, made Il
rcpor: few days since, tu-whict they
chow that not less than ha1t million Of
dollars OF the money Of that company
was expended ior "services" st Albany.
But who received the money, OF in what
special sums, or 10 whom pad, the report
docs not show. The alleged corruption
WAS first charged in the New York
Tribune, ard the editor OF that paper, Afs,
Greeley, was called before the committee
to reveal the ground on which his
article Vas based. Mr.. Greclcy's
reply implicated only o1e Senator,
MI. Mastoon, and bis information
10 regard TO him, he declared. was de-
rived from Mr.. Thomas G. Fields. bir,
Fields was then called, and he asserted
that the only information he ga7e to Mr..
Greeley was given only a. current rumor
and that he DID not mention 10 him the
lame Of Mr.. MAtsoon or anybody else,
This, Of course, rhites question Of
ve1aci'y b.tween Mr.. Greeley and Mr.
Fields, Of which, as YET, no explanation
is given, and, as Mr. Gtee,ey's usual way
Q! getting out Of such dilemma Is to ssy
,-"T Tcu lie, villain. you lie!''-posslbly
the question Will EemAsn unsettled.
We received few days since resolu-
ton offered in the New York Senate,
which VIZ. laid on the table and ordered
10 be- printed, and which, read In the
| light Of this report, Is easily understood
The revolution was sf1e1ed By Nr. Mk::-
toop, and Is as follows:
"WnrRkAs, IN the ptctens vet1 delicatc s&ata o.
gu1 nav h.ny rs H. IT,
Of a1cpresen su'a Of this gorornmeas At tho Brit
aWrxsass, Tbs posst.op |, ora that eal], sor ,
ss1c unton d qualities. such ~ dlmaess Of pur
pore with su1sit. tnd eTcnnesa Of temper, grett
knowledge ! international la., With eonttly asn
Eess aLd pollrhsd sdassss, long p.1ettce ia ihs
hsb,t Of conn nnrtttnx coufoFefsle9 Without hat u
rIrit meut. with fllt,dtoua and dcticato re2att
es 20 fssaxs 9.
, | 10 lbs F1rsldent-rltct Tho sppolntmnut OF tha
. taotet American fcrtleuatn and rtasesnAr, Ho:
Cent Of ii. Jxnts."
TAa. vsuhy Is vice, all moral1st
agree. That it Ia misfortune also
hardly less trulsm for very few nc
rersistently pass their lives In attempt
,ng TO appear what they are not, who ii
no, stripped as last of al theiS disguise
and made TO stand forth "all naked i
1he open cir tor what they axe, II
7 Greeley having said what was usterl
false and unjasndable about MI. Mastoo'
l Mt. Mattoon is provoked, under the gui.
Of covert SARCASM, to say the truth abot
: MI. Greeley, as the aeverest punishmc!
s lie could il fl.ct upan him. Nobody III
< knows Mr. Greeley will fail to s.
:s that this resolution, to be ,undr
~ stood, is TO be reaa back Wal
!" The quail les hers attributed to hi
T. are prec1se]y these 10 which he most pi
&c .es d., snd precisely those Of which he
utterly dfsti,ute. The New York Su
u which delights to amuse itself and
u readers by nominating Mr.. Greeley
.flces which it knows he would be 81
u IL get, hut to which there is not the I
~ notezt chance ot his ever attaiping,
u lersis,ertly advocated, Tor some III
H. psss, the sending Of Mr.. Greeley to t
y Court cf 81. Jsmes, ard on precisely
~ syue grounds as those put forth
.. Mr. Ma.toonfs resolution. Mr. G1,
III Icy has, in rather pathetic me-
nc r4r, begged the Sun to deslst, viii
~ Of cturse, ia cn1y new incentive 10
y Sun 10 insist with renewtd ear1cstn
~ upon holding him no as spectacle to
~ amused readers. On the whole,
It. Greeley probably wlshes, by this til
10 1Eal he had let Alr. Mattoou alone,
NC WILL as that tha, Sun, (which shines
o1 I'll, price Two cen;s,' would come
sursef.