The sun., 1873-01-27
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The Duty Of the Day.

The Forty-second Congress will adjourn
sine die on the ith Of March. Only i've
weeks time remains in which II can cleanse
lite halls and make them iit for the occu-
pancy of its successor.
The corrupt transactions whereby two OF
three members of the present Senate OBJ
tanned their seats, and which have been
proven by irrefragable testimony, imperu-
lively demand the prompt expulsion from
that body of CALDWELL and CLAYTON, not
70 speak of HARLAN, whose case does not
involve 30 much tuipitude as theirs.
PArTBRsoN of New Hampshire should
not only be expelled for his connection
with the Credit Mobilier corruption, of
which there Is not n shadow of doubt, but
in addition to this. unless OAkBs ANEs IL
n shameless falsifer under oath and also a
forger OF receipts and letters, PATTERSON
ought to be indicted for perjury and sub
ornation of perjury. If AMEs has sworn
20 the truth before PoIASD's committee
then PATTERSON testified falsely before
that committee, and by letter addressed
TO ANEs tried TO get him TO swear to lies in
his behalf.
In dealing with the question of expulsion
for cause. we pass over other Senators
whose characters have been deeply stained
by the Credit Mobilier investigation, and
eonfine ourselves TO the three fragrant cases
OF CALDWELL, CLAYTON, and PATTERSON.
They ought not to be allowed TO sit in the
Senate; nor can the honest, respectable
members of that body permit them TO re-
main within their chamber without them
selves becoming responsible for their Of
fences against the Constitution, the laws,
and public decorum.
Mr.. CoLFAx cannot be disposed OF in this
way. The Senate cannot expel the Vice
President, though he Is in one view mem
ber OF the body, and presides over their
deliberations. The testimony before the
POLAND committee establishes beyond a
cavil that CoLFAx was implicated in the
Credit Mobilier transactions, and his whole
conduct shows that he regarded all those
who received its stock and dividends from
AMEs rs guilty of corrupt practices. But
though CoLFAx cannot be expelled by the
Senate, he can be impeached by the House
and tried and condemned by the Senate;
and moreover he can be han led over to
the Grand Jury to be indicted for perjury,
OF which he is most certainly guilty unless
AMEs is himself n perjurer and forger.
As TO the House, and passing over all the
doubtful cases the proof before the POLAND
committee shows that KELLEY, GARFIELD,
BINGHAM, BROOKS, and AMEs himself,
ought to be expelled. The testimony in
respect TO each of these members is as
strong MS was ever produced before the
House as a justification of expulsion in all
its history, and in it's essential elements it
Is far more damning than has sometimes
been deemed sufficient TO warrant that ex-
treme measure.
Moreover, in respect TO KELLEY, either
he or AMEs has been guilty of something
very like, if not precisely like, perjury in
their testimony before the POLAND COM
mttee; and tn5ir case should be sent to
the Grand Jury to determine which of
them is the culprit
Will Judge PoLAND's committee meet
the question with such candor, conscien-
tiousness, and courage rs the facts de-
mandi viii they do their dutyi In such
an emergency dare they shrink from per-
forming III
Do members of Congress imagine that
they can smother this investigation, or
even smooth down its worser features, and
let of these corrupt Senators and Repre-
sentatives with few mild and meaning
less words of rebuke, to be administered
in the House by Speaker BLAINE and in
the Senate by SCHUYLER CoLFAxy
We warn Congress that if they adjourn
and leave these corrupt men undisturbed
III their seats the two Houses will sink into
public contempt with the American people