New-York tribune., 1873-02-27

had never risen TO tac part say debate oppressed
with the OF responsibility under which ne now sd
dressed the House. He had spoken in many forums-n
those where the lives OF men hung waverng tho scale
OF justice but never whore he felt that precesent
being discussed which must settle for all time the right
OF the House of Representatives Of the United States
IL was not that he before him the of old
colleague, three and ten who had lived bamsIess
life up to this hour because he might cay for HIM all he
could and feel that he had done his duty TO him. He
stood here TO say the House had Jurisdiction
what doing; that it had constitutional
legal right to expel any member for crime alleged
against him five years ago. Tho report which no had
made from the Judiciary Committee the other day had
been slighingly spoken of. and 1t had been
said that he had got the Endorsement Of
socalled members OF the Judiciary Committee. but he
now represented. on his responsibility lawyer,
man, and legislator. that there precedent In
this country England for this procedure; and he
would undertake TO convince the House OF It, II the
members would give him their attention He cited the
case OF Humphrey Marshall Of Kentucky, where the
Legislature of that State asked fer his impeachment
the ground OF perjury but the Senate threo separate
occasions had decided by 16 to that IL had jurisdic
tion From that hour to this no legislative body In this
country had overrued that decision He commented
the the two cited yesterday by Mr.. Poland Of
the expulsion OF John Ward for forgery and
Christopher Atkinson for perjury. Those all
the cases that Mr.. Poland had been able 10
find. One OF the penalties for forgery
that the party to have his and slit, and
1t any wonder he asked the House. II they objected
TO have among them q man with his ears and. nose
sliti [Laughter] What must be the sort OF case,
he asked, which depended on such authortiesi
There was precedent in this country for the po-
sition taken by the Committee. and there was pre-
oedent in England except III Wllkess case, and the
record that had been expunged subyersve of
English liberty He believed that IL these resolutions
adopted he would live TO see, or his would live
to see the record expunged subvesve Of the liberties
OF all the people The Chairman of the Select Commit
tee Mr. Poland, had told the House. yesterday. that
murderer would be eligible to election. H. then the
pie could elect murderer what business had the House
to expel hint
oAKEs AMEss HONESTY.
He appealed to the members of the House TO stand to-
gether TO save honest man 80 honest he could
pass through the fiery ordeal which fatal to so
many men, and where according to Mr.. Bankss state
ent toay) Mr. Ames could have saved himself by tell
ing e But he swerved not from tho truth. While he
could, by lying, have saved himself he stood by ae
truth and ready to hence, as be must shortly go
TO meet the God of truth for whose oath he had shown
such respect They had been told that they must purify
the House. How long 1t since that necessity for
publication had come upon themi They had sat with
yea these many years, and mad got only four
DAYS more sit with them. They wero no worse now
than they had been five years ago on the finding OF the
Committee. II they had not been contaminated up to
this time no thought they likely TO escape for four
days more, and II they had been contaminated putting
them out weud not stop the virus. Lsughter They had
been to: by his eloquent colleague Mr Banks that the
credit Mobiier was everywhere; that it was pervadng
the House and influencing all Of them except, he sup
posed, five. Ten good would have saved GomOr-
rah, but there only five TO save this House Laugh
teri The case Of Mr. Bowen of South Carolina had been
spoken Of. bigamist who had done it before their
very eyes, and yet the House had allowed him to sit In
the House in danger of communicating every married
man among them. ILaughterl He cited also the case
OF the California member who murdered waiter In
Wizards Hotel and the of Daniel f. sickles who
while member shot down Barton Key, and neither OF
those men had been expelled And who was Oakes
Amesi A mechanic of Massachusetts,: shovel-maker
OF Massachusetts,; man who had carved out fortune
which might satisfy the ambition OF any man.
and who risked that fortune in order
to connect the Atlantic and Pacific with a
road OF iron. Up to this time that man had led a
blameess life. He could go to his home now with
proudor record than that Of OF those who accused
him. On the statement of his accusers Oakes Ames was
an honest On the statement Of everybody he was
an honest Was there man in the House who did
not believe that Oakes Ames honest and truth
full mani Who there that did not believe every
word he saidf Not the Committee. He had kept his
debit and credit account in his simple blacksmith way,
but with much accuracy as 1t would be kept in the
first counting house of the land Hero then was an
honest man, truthful man, patriotic man. and they
were asked to expe him lest other members might he
contaminated with his honesty his TRUTH and his pari
otism Laughter and appausel His style Of bribery
was ,the most peculiar he ever heard Of He
reckoned interest on his bride and haggled
about the percentage of interest He bribed
a man and asked interest on the hribe. tLaughterl
WHAT AMEs DID.
What Oakes Ames had exactly dOneiwas this: He had
cfnp ia |
have arranged it that it will be valuable IL are let
aoneif nobody is allowed to levy blackmai On us-and
therefore want you to have such little modlcum OF
interest in it that you will prick up your ears When
ever the Union Pacific Railroad is mentioned"
Was that bribe What were these gentle
men to dol II had been found expressly that
there was nothing asked by oakes AInes of them
To get them 10 take the brbe he had TO guarantee 10
per cent interest the bribe. Who ever heard
of such bribe that beforef And he had redeemed
his guarantee afterward, because Oakhs Ames's WORD
was as good his bond. II every man connected Win
the matter had stood where Oakes Ames stood with
Gods truth this storm would have blown over, and
would hardly made a ripple on the political surface.
There was not a man present who did not know that
The truth was that in the got shaky and In
cautiously denied it, Laughter Oh the Democratic sideJ
Mr. Bingham (rsing)-I did not deny 1t, and did not
get shaky. Continued laughterl
MI Butler-I am inculpating nobody,,but say that
what has troubled the public conscience OF the right
true thinking Of the country Is not Credit Moblier
stock but the lies that have been told about It, daughter
and applause And because you have got one truthful
man among you, you want to get rid OF him. More
Iaughter He had idea Of bribery than he had
OF living These records do not belong 10 him. Thank
God he told the truth. That is the kind OF man whom
we raise in Massachusetts, Laughter] am endeavor-
ing TO roll back the tide of infamy thrown on the old
man The outside world thinks he is mephstopheles;
ne has been compared TO SataD but he was only to be
.oronarad IN Satan before Satan fell You know him,