Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-09-27

OI sH tie cI.anl.es Ct ths cam2aigu BCne
exceed in malice or IN s5sug3ity the Credit No
5ljsr story. It first appeared IN the N. Y. Sun,
whch Is 9ria1 fccie egii5acs that it vas ma
Ecious lie; sn1 It has bAi SD IS Lsving gen.
a-ll circulation through tie other Greeiey o.
e1rs, many Of which, net uasorufa!ous or not
ialeaious euo-sh 70 Invent their eva lies, con-
tsat taems,.7,s si.b ;he steady copying Of The
faife sid aal eicgs stories Invented By Charles
!. D.az arI his corps OF faiaifer' This lA,t
story IS 60 ;as eject tlat or tie back OF .n en-
ve,opc. p-oiassl IL curt u : .aS suiE By Col
NcCcma, thsre vas memorandum by the
Hoa. Os1e, Am5s regarding certain shares in
Ga. C.cdt Nobiler. the construction company
which built lie Psclds r,sj, ard the manner in
which he v2s 20 dispose & them.
o. TIE strength Of this memorandum it is
eha-zcd tlst S.Oc0 shares of Credit
Ni5bil.er s.ock vent IS = bri5e to Mr. BlAine.
2.0cO 10 Nj. Boutwell,, 1000 to M Colf.x.
and other lots to Sen. Garfield, Senator Pstisr-
ton Of 4. Il. ,MrD4vss Of Massachusetts,. and 50
on, $4,000 shares in AL b5ipg thra divided
between thirteen msa. The par vslue Of each
ssa-e was 500. The actual value at the time
| u this slc.sj transaction vas $500. That is,
according 30 this st-ry, S-s)090 were given to
NJ. Blaine. $4,000 to Mr.. Boutwell,, the
gene s-loart To Mr. Colax, and 20 on through
the Eat, u;kiug N aggregate OF -. 100000
divided bstscea thirteen men for their infutnee
IL behalf oi tie Pscld, Railroad,
Speaker Bisiae. Senator Wilson. Cen Gsiheii
a1d Mr.. Dawes have eseh Iasie the most ex-
pliait deuiais that they ever received
thsle cf tie s.cck. directly or Indirectly.
| It has been shown lbst Mr. Boutwell, voted
against every at which he is alleged to have
b,en bri55d to support. But this was not
enough. Why don't Mr.. Ames come forwari,
asked the Liberals, and deny the bribery. il be
c.nY So Mr. Ames does comes forward, and in
letter rddrestei to tie people Ct his Congret-
sional dia,rc. isaies the whole story in the most
sweeping way. lie Gays:
The charges reierIel 20 made sgaiast me and
some Of my associates in Congress, With others
equsny fSlre sgsinst the company, were first
made by Henry g. MoComb in suit sgsinst
the Credit lobilies in tie State Of Pennsylvsnis,
for the purpose Of Obtaining money Srongtully
/ frcn the compsny, Sc every 0re OF the officers
and stockholders believci then and now. And
the executive cficers Of the company aEd several
| Of its largest stockholders, including myself.
have answered IN s.i1 suit long since. under
oath. that tie ehsrgas were entirely false that
not a single tb..e Of the stock of that company
was ever given to sny member Ct Congress, di-
rectly or Indirectly, By ne CT any one ete. to
ny knowledge. | u0W relterste and reAflrm
the statement, Ei;h the further declaration that
never gave q share Of stock Of that or any
oih-r other company, directly OF indirectly. 10
sny member Of Congress.
ihe svorn answers Of myself and these other
gentlemen, made aud sled in the same suit.
Icing side By aide iu the Same record. could have
| been published with the charges, had II suited
the politic.l purposes Of the New York Sun.
| And the list Of nsmes given by McComb, as in
dorsed On my letter and published, we're written
/ by himseif, as be stated when under oath at the
hearing in Pennsylvania.
Perhaps ought to add, all the legislation ever
ssksd for in aid Of the construction Of the Pacific
railroad was granted years before the alleged
transactions. 1 did not own share OF stock
until 1866, and this charge that distribution
Of the stock Of the Credit Moblier in 1868 oribed
members Of Congress 10 procure the passage Of
an act in 1854 is too absurd to be credited.
Even this does not silence the anything-tc-
eat-Grant organs. The Tri5Uas's rejOinder is.
"Nlr. Oskes Ames denies Nothing ia more
natural. The man accused Of bribery always
pleads not guilty. and it goes on to tubstan-
tally repeat the f,lrehoOd Ii personal charac-
ter is worth any thing. however, in this country,
Senxto- Patterson, and General Garfield, cannot
be damsged by this '',tink-pot' mode Of war
fare. Nor will many votes be made for Mr..
Greeley by the wholesale elimination Of men
thoroughly known and universally respected -
| pure and honorable.