National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-01-18

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THE CASE OF SENATOR HARLAN.
The paper owned and edited by Mr.. Harlan
In this city said yesterday morning that Mr..
NiblaCk has placed the REPUBLICAN under
n great many obligations by drawing out an
alleged fact from Mr.. Durant to the effect
that he spent $4,000 In the senatorial con-
test In Iowa six Year, since" To this asser-
tun We beg leave respectfully to demur. We
acknowledge no obligation whatever to Mr.. |
Niblack, saving the obligation which every
citizen Of this country owes him and the COM
mittee Of which he Is member ln ferretlng
out and unearthlng the bare faced and scan
dalOus corruption of the credit mobllior com.
pany. That Is all the obligation under which
the REPUBLICAN Is to Mr.. Niblack. No one
uf lie editors, no one Of Its attaches, no one
has been in any way authorized or instigated
10 speak one word to Mr.. Niblack, or to any
other member Of the committee, or to any
other person whatever upon the subject Of
Its lnvsstlgations,- TO what II should or
should not do. There Is another point, or
what Is intended to be point, In the article
OF our contemporary, which we do not chouse
I" answer at this time because we do not
wish 10 be led away from tho real point In
issue and because, further, We do not with
To DO Involved In a mere personal wrangls
With which the public has very littlo sympa-
thy.
The point ut issue i5 this Was or was
not Senator Harlan involved In the credit
mOblllcr scandall Was he or was he not
aided and assisted by Its stockholders, and,
II so, to what extent and for what purpose
The question Is, did the members or
member OF the Credit Moblllcr Company help
10 send him to the Senate of the United
States, and, II so, for what purpose7 That
Is all there Is to II. As a Republican journal,
and individually as a member Of the Republi-
can party, We propose to do all in our power
to ascertain that fact, to help punish him II
he Is guilty, aud acquit him II he Is innocent
We mean TO do this because we be-
licye that the future of the Republi-
can party depends upon Its virtue
and integrity. Certain grave charges have
been preferred agalns men who have been
COuutcd among Its leaders and prominent
supporters. Mr.. Harlan, according to the
testimony Just disclosed, stands In that cate
gOry, and To him, as well us to every one Of
his associates, we mean, so far as we can
help in doing It, that stern, impartial justice
shall be dealt out. We have Just come out
Of an exciting political campaign, out of
"hieh -hr. ~ nu'iun' reports oo eorree''
""uo soouiS sum Vi nionoS I'LL 'he P'in'
,ns Oh cuinPaish uocuinchts' campaign
IN "h''h u'c s'ons asuihcnt upon our
s'uo va" 'n"' our party was no"esr' ~. anu
'r"t 'i'1 "fPUsiuo" D'O, "ae vo'I"P' We uo-
nouli'vu '''o Liooi" NcPuoii'"n parry because
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~, We III 'oag"'' WIN 'ne unCon''o'cu 'nieNes oi
'u'i'"'au' nan "nu h"" u'asseu uo"n iar
S'a'I i"'o 'no s"''eIs "n" ii'uo no, Uy-
"''u "tio"S the ha'iohs VI 'ne e"rtn' we
VlI"''u "'o e,c''ioh VI 'i' '"'o W. "IVeie!
"eI'us1 We oc'leNeu nun W oe ,n eonsor' WIN
"'I "nu u'iS''"Pu'ou' nIeh-"th t'o iMeeu'
"''u 'he ~o,holss "nu 'ho nuns anu INC
""'cnV!'' haNiug ucuounteu p'u auu un-
s'suPu'o1S h'u u she oIpo'l'on Nno .oooeu
" S'''V We w no' il'vnu NV" W a'ul'iiy ou'
se''en y! 1u','i.s 'ouiu y, atu asnins anu
"Po'os'@ius 'o' ,ne, !" ouI o"u parry VIM
"ouiu ''Vii' 'ouuvu 'no niteu s'r'' iua'
- oui loe''ou, anu ior !hr' har'Hn 'niorin',
,'"'' "a' y "ne'e We nn'enu W ''anu' Anu
having saiu 80 nluch Oy "ay ol ehPihhauou
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"non' u uuS eou''i" Wv eo"'' W 'ou''uo'-
nuoh oil MS case
Immediately after the late campaign closed
Nr. HaTlhnh paper deprecated an
investigation of the credit mobIlier
charges, and loftlly declared that the highest
court known to the country-the peOple-had |
already passed Judgment upon the charges |
that were so freely made during the progrcss |
~ III, strr,,,l,.. We wcrc then simnIe
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u,e's,eu ,,s' ou' VI =" ,oSa'u 'o' ''' p'u'"o ana
Mr. " llSon ana hr. Da"es' ana olher gentle |
men who have 40 clearly reiulcd the charges |
made against them. We saw no reason to |
suppose that II was dictated solely by purely |
-slash motive. Mr., Harlan's name had moi