Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-19
Oakes Amos TO His Constituents.

Hon. Cakes Ames has issued the following
address to the voters of his congressional dis
trict:
Fellolo Citizens. Charges of a serious charac-
ter, in reference to the discharge Of my trust as
your representative in congress, published in
the New York Sun, and extensively circulated,
seem to demand notice. 10 you who know ME
so well, and have honored me so long with
seat in congress, | trust it is not necessary to
refute such Infamous charges. If alone were
concerned, would not for the first time in my
life appear in public print to kvindicate myself
against foul and wicked SANDER; but these
charges involve the good name and integrity of
some of the best men in the nation. The charges
referred to made against me and some of my
associates in congress, with others equally false
against the company, were first made by Henry
5. McCOomb in a suit against the Credit Mobil-
Ter in the state of Pennsylvania, for the purpose
of obtaining money WrOngfuly from the COM
pany, as every one of the officers and stockhold-
erS believed then and now. All the executive
officers of the company and several of its largest
stockholders, including myself, have answered
in said suit, long since, under soath, that the
charges were entirely false, that not single
share of the stock of that company was ever
given to any member of congress, directly or
indirectly, by me or any one else, to my knowl-
edge. II now reiterate and reaffirm the state
ment, with the further declaration that l never
gave share of stock of that or of any other
company directly or indirectly to any member
of congress.
The sworn answers of myself and these other
gentlemen, made and filed in the same suit, ly-
ing side by side in the same record, could have
been published with the charges, had it suited
the political purposes of tho New York Sun. /
am willing to place the sworn declarations of
any one of these individuals of the highest char
acter and reputation against the atfidavitS of
McComb, wherever he is well known, with no
fear of an adverse opinion of the integrity of
any one OF them as against him. And the list
of names given by McComb, as endorsed on
my letter and published, were written by him
self, as he stated, when under oath, on the
hearing in Pennsylvania. He had no authority
from me for making any such statement.
Perhaps ! ought TO add, all the legislation
ever asked for in aid of the construction of the
Pacific railroad was granted years before these
alleged transactions. The last act of congress
in aid of that road was passed in 1864, nor has
anything been asked for excepting the removal
of the office of the company from New York to
Boston to avoid the Matchmaking suits OF James
Fisk, Jr., and McComb in Judge Barnard's
court.
A long time after the act of congress amended
in 1864, IN aid of the Pacific railroad, was passed,
the road being in great danger of breaking
down, was urged to aid in its construction,
which consented to do, and never since | had
any connection with it, or thought OF being con
nected with its construction, has congress grant
ed any aid, or been asked to. l did not own a
share of stock until 1866, and this charge that a
distribution of the stock of the credit mObilier
in 1868 bribed members of congress to procure
the passage of an act in 1864, is too absurd to
be credited.
| may have done wrong in my efforts to aid
this great national enterprise; if so l am un-
conscious of it. l have always regarded it as
among the most creditabe and patriotic acts Of
my life.
(Signed) CAKES AMEs.