The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-22

Ar. cesfaHs xDlanstion
WAszndrox, Feb. 18.SThe for
lowing statement regarding Mr..
ColfAx il made to-day upon tho au,,
thority of his counsel, Judge Hale:
Whem Mr. 6uffax went before the
SvaDtgating' Committee on the 18th
inst, It was for the purpose of show
ing the-somce from winch the e4;z-
200 deposited by him june az, was
an attempt having been
made to connect that with the al
legged payment to him by. Cakes
Alnaa. His testimony in that con-
nection related solely to the receipt
of 81 600 from Mr.. Nesbitt, of New
York, between the 18th and AID of
June, 1868, and to the sunset $500
paid him by Mr.. Mathews, his step
father, during the same Time Mr..
Colfax in fact receivedrifrom Mr..
Nesbitt, during the year 1865, S.
900, contributed in part for person
al and in psrt for political purpo
SEES, in four remittances of 81, 600
each, sent respectively in April, June,
July and October In giving his
testimony Mr.. Cofax, acting under
the advice of counsel who had full
knowledge of all the facts. and TO
whom belongs the entire RESPONSE
hiity,of the conduct of the case in
this regard, confined himself to 4
statement in regard to the remit,
lance of june, that being the only
one having any possible connection
with thelsubject of inquiry before
the committee which could be
brought before them without being
deemed wholly animportant to the
issue.1q After the committee hua
closed its public sessions Mr. Col.
fax learned that inquiries were be-
ing made privately by the commit
tee, concerning his bank account
during the months Of May and July,
concerning which no question had
been under them raised ! He there
upon Immediately notified the com
mittee by letter of the above re-
mittanees of April and July, stating
the reason why he hadrnot referred
to them in his evidence as above
given, and laying to the committee
that he would be glad to appear be-
fore them and submit in the first
instance to- their private inspection
the letters covering the renittances
of April and July, and that if, on
such inspection, the committee
deemed them pertinent to the in-
quiry with which they were charged,
he would then testify publicly con-
corning them, and submit the let
ters for publication The propo.
sal WAS again submitted by mir.
Colfax's counsel to the committeein
person, but the committee have as
yet accorded no further hearing to
Mr. Colfax, public or private.
Meanwhile j grossly perverted
statements charging Mr.. Colfax with
having informed the committee that
when he testified concerning the re-
mittance Of June he had forgotten
the check received in July, and also
that he had deliberately suppressed
a part of the truth, material to the
issue have been circulated and tele-
graphed to tho press. In fact the
remittamces Of April and July and
the correspondence covering them
confirm, instead of weakening, the
testimony of Mr. Colfax and the
witnesses by whom he is sustained.
OF Mr. Colfax's defense the Gin.
cinnati Gazette gives an opinion
that will find Endorsement with all
save bitter partisans whom nothing
will satisfy: Mr. Colfax has kept
his promise, and has done what few
men of q busy life can--brought,ur
details of money received four years
back, and shown where the curren
cy andother funds came from which
made up this deposit in which was
supposed to be the proceeds o1
Cakes Ames' check. When the &C
/ cusationo of public men RACES in pro
portion 10 its Lack of every element
of legal evidence, and demands Of
them to establish their innocence
by proving . negative, II forces
them to bring their family and theil
most private affairs into public. II
derry full credit to Mr. Colfax's
statement requires that we shall
believe that he and his father in-law
Mr. Matthews, and his half sister
Mrs. HOLSTER, havets committed
perjury.,3riIt requires rs to believ'
that his mother, in order Il
| prepare future corroboration TO,
this falsehood, wrote to her daught
! er in Iowa, telling of this generou
gift to Mr.. Colfaxs champaign ex
pensea a. if in motherly pride a
this token Of the popular apprecia
ton of her son. 3 It requires us t
believe that years ago, when MI
Colfsx was on o wedding journey
he told his wife . lie, to prepare he
to testify in future to corroborat
his fhlDahOod. 1IaSH si4 fIg5da D3itC
eWAsH1xeroN, Feb. 19-Judge Pc
lands committee held a specia
meeting this morning to hear tn
additional statements Of Vice Pres
dent Colfax, who was present wit
his counsel, Judge Hale. Anes sd
directly opposite the Vice Presi
dent snf inoo@ tt5i'I9f ~
] Judge Hale said that when Nj
4 Colfax came upon the stand, on til
11th inst, the immediate questio
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