The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-02-21
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reputation SO suddenly, and sank so low in
public esteem. as Schuyler Colfax, Vice .
President of the United States. When the
scandals connected with the corruption and .
shameless operations of the Credit Hobilier .
were first made public during the late Pres
idential campaign, and in which the name .
Of Schuyler Colfax was implicated, that
pious and loyal gentleman promptly rushed ,
into print and boldly and emphatlcally !
denied that lie ever owned any of the stock
Of that Company, or that It's agent and (
Congressional lobbyist, Cakes Ames, had .
ever had any transactions whatever with Z
linn in reference - the stock Of the Com /
pany 1t was believed at the time that
Company had bean much abused and
slandsred man, and a very general feeling
of sympathy was manifested towards him.
The testimony, however, taken before the
Congressional Committee proves most con
clusively that Colfax, like his prototype in
one Of Shakspeare's plays, ''Inay smile and
smile again, and may still be villain
This evidence is so conclusive and over
vhclming against Colfax, that the radical
papers do not pretend to explain it or to
JUSTLY MS COuullCt- he SJGnuS bG1-COll-
demned and self-convicted. 1t is deeply
humiIating and foul blot on tho charac-
ter of our public men to see the second of
fcer of the government thus implicated i'll
this disgraceful fraud and corrupt transac-
ton. 1t is enough almost to cause one to
lose ali faith in the integrity Of human ma
ture.
los TDa- 7 ID
Collier, one of the most eloquent and prom
! inent clergymen in Chicago delivered
sermon to an immense audience, in which
he took occasion to refer to Colfax, Patter-
son, and other radical leaders, and their
corrupt operations with Oakes Ames, in the
following bold and manly language. Com
ing from such source, it shows the esti-
nation in which Celfax is held by at least
So distinguished divine as Laird Collier
The details of these Congressional in
vestigatiOns, l must assume, yOu are all
familiar with. That it was morally wrong
and particularly harmful and disparaging
for Congressman to buy, and hold and re-
ceive enormous dividends upon tho Credit
Mobilier stocks ; that it was known to be
wrong, and that it was an accusing spectre
in the consciences of Senators and Repre-
sentatives who bought and handled them,
is clearly shown by the fact of persistent
cOncealment, and then comes the added
sin of lying, one of the vilest and most in
eXcusable of all sins, concerning all Of
which Harper's Weekly "a journal of civ
iliZatiOn," the emineutly charitable car
tOOns of which ycu must remember, says
There is a painful feeling that the gen
I tlemen implicated have strangely prcvari-
Gated, if nothing more" 1t is not left for
US to determine the original morality and
rF,,l,, %
cealmcnt, the lying, the perjury, to keep
it concealed tell terribly enough what the
men engaged in it themselves thought Of it.
l need not recIte
THE CATALOGUE OF NAMES IMPLICATED.
Indeed a sermon should aim ALWAYS at
impeTsouality, but certain names are rep
resentative, stand for movements and
causes, and to begin at the beginning, Mr.
Senator Nye could not say to Vice Presi-
dent Colfax what be is represented to have
said to Senator PattersOn-that if he wish
ed to get out a patent for fool he should
deposit him in the Patent Office for bis mod
ell Those who have known Mr. Colfax
best have never mistaken him for a fool. No
man in America ever played a small card
| better, or on less capital did larger bust
ness. He was fortunate in being a citizen
of Indiana, which, if without great repute
for enlightenment, has extended rcnown
for religion. That he was a suitable man
to represent his State, Indiana has verify
believed.
When publicly accused of being a party
to the Pacific Railroad job, we all under
stand that these are the exact words Of his
full, flat, explicit, and for the time, efficient
( denial
/ Neither Oal1es Amss nor any other person
/ ever gave or offered to give me one share, or
! Twelve shares, or two thousand shares, in
the Credit Mobilier or any other railroad
! stock and unfortunately have never seen
/ or received the value of n farthiug out of the
go per cent. dividends, nor the 500 per cent.
/ dividends in cash, stock, and bouds, You
have read about every day for the past mouth,
| nor one hundred per cent, nor one per cent,
| nor one-tenth of one per cent.
HOW PITIAELE, HOW soLEnNLY SAD,
this asseveration in the light of these re-
cent Investigations, testimonies and con-
cessions
And what does Mr Colfax mean when
he asks for "a suspension Of public opin-
ionP" This is solecisrn. Opinions are
not passive, but active; cannot be kept in
abeyance or held III suspense. And the
public arc decidedly of the opinion that
| lie has been told and sworn to. Toward
this man who has been hOnored bcyond
his measure and merit by his countrymen.
/ words of censure have not been unmixed
/ with bo.h charity and scantmess. Indeed.
/ 1t Is very hard for our Western. practical.
/ perpendicular texture of thought to accuse
men of hypocrisy. Mr.. Colfax has set
/ great store by the ethical value Of rhetoric.
1t Is reported that, within a few DAYS. he
/ sent his card to a friend, bearing the fol-
/ lowing inscription: ~ our sorrouful but
Z truthful friend, Schuyler Colfax." which
/ has in 1t touch of tenderness-it is really
pathetic. It is no new thing, seeking
temperance meeting in Baltimore as a fit
ting occasion, for Mr.. Colfax to make pub
lie proclamation of the fact that he desired
ito stand right in the sight Of God" This
goody-goCdtish
sPoNGE-CAKE SORT OF RELIGION
mas been stock in trade which has paid
/ his Credit Mohilerstoc y ILons
/ for the publication of Congress by this
strange huddhng together Of all these con-
/ sPtc"ousIy Christian men-the Christian
/ statesmen par Grceyleacs-Patterson. Col
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