, 1873-03-15

must DO regarded as u sort Of apothooaia of civil
virtue and aolf-donial.
The Amos reception WAS organized by no COM
mon mob, suoh as might haro beon rooruitoa
from tho adjoining shovol-faotories. It waa
composed Of Ills aristooratio townn-pooplo, and
1atr ladica gavo 1t tho aanoton Of their prosonco
lilo banquet Was hold in tho Amos School House.
Iho presiding officer WAS ono Dr.. Cogswe1l,
probably tho Amcs family physician. Tho aon1-
onstration waa mado by tho Amea purity, md aa
tito Amea family created tho 'vilngo Of North
Easton and furnlsh occupation for ita iuhabi-
tallts, 1t Is not improbable TINT A,nes' money
finally paid for tho Amos banquet. This ciroum-
etanco only contributed to tho harmony aud
cordially OF tho occasion. Tho President Of the
festivities gayo tho honorod and distinguished
guest tho assurance that his constituents looked
upon him as "that noblest work Of God, an
honest man." As this is tho moat TINT Gen.
butlor recently claimed for hlmso1f, Mr. Amog
must hnvo boon aupremely satiaflod with IL.
Tho sentiment Of tho occasion was exceedingly
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to gold. Nothing could hago boon moro appro-
Priato, unless the toast had ltkenod him to
Union Pacific honda.
Mr.. Amos followed tho Congressional order Of
tho day, and availed himself Of the opportunity
to mako general Justification. His was not q
torsmiad. He mado no lamentations. Ho had
done nothing he was sorry for. He was
tho Same noble embodiment Of patriotism that
completed the Pacific Road and provided good
Investments for impecunious Congressman. Ho
glored In genorosity which had induced him to
part with Credit Mobi1ior stock below it's value.
Ho allowed his friends to lave It ut tho Sumo
prico he paid for It, and oven then supplied tho
money for tho Investment. It was evident, from
the manner In which Mr. Ames referred to this
foaturo Of the case, that no intended to
have Lis constituents congratulate thamBelves
that 30 exceptionally philanthropioa man ropro-
eentcd them in Congress-. He admitted, howov-
or, that tho ingratitudo Of Republics and nopub-
licans had brought about m investigation Of his
generous conduct, and that somo Of his col
'leaguos lad got themselves into trouble by i'll
considerato deniaa Of the roal facts In tho caso.
Tho result of tho Poland Committoo's labors, lo
stated, was "to badly damago tho characters Of
somo mon high in office, for truth and yoracity."
With MI aouto Bonso Of tho ridiculous aud with
cutting breyity he referred to tho "wondorful
discovery" TINT he WAS guilty Of selling stock for
1esH than Its value while thoy were innocent who
accepted tho stock on thcao torms. Oakes Ames
felt that tl1a situation required no comment, and
aat down congratulating hlmsolf upon hiaextraor-
,dinary ability In bribing soma Of tho most in
'telligent mon in tho country without their know
ing anything about It,
As q matter Of course, thia short speech was
'roceived with great applause and deafening
cheers. It Is probable that the ladies clapped
their little hands and waved their perfumed
handkerchief, In high gleo, without the slightest
comprehension OF tho matter. It is likely that
oakes Amos bowed in acknowledgement, and hid
bis confusion behind d bouquet. It would not
bo unnatural that tho gentlomon should have
quaffed generous bumpers at this junoture, and
all North Eaaton certainly rejoicod in tho pos
session Of 40 noble representative. As mt
tor Of fact 1lr. Aes justification ia tue plainost
statement Of the case TINT could have been
made, though probably not what tho
party managers would havo dictated. hlr.
Amos is ;, not altogether wrong when
ho makes i moral distinction between a man
who gives. .hriboa and admits it and a, man who
acoepta bribes aud lies about 1t. But there ia
one point which h1r. Amoa soe1ns to have
ignored. There Ia gentleman from Delaware
who has an account to aottlo with tho diAtin-
guished member from North Easton. There is
suit now pending In Pennsylvania, in which
Col. NJ Comb has called upon Oakes Amea to nc
count for $50 shares of Credit Mobilier stock
Upon Mr.. Amos own showing before the Com
mittee, he distributed but 1888 Hhares among
Congressman. Mr. Ames has nevor yet explained
what he did with tho ei1ty-ssven other sharoa
which he represented to Col. M'Comb he had
"placed whore they would do most good" It
also remains tor him to account for tho
manifold dividends upon shares which
he was holding "aa Trustee" We appre-
hend that these unsett1ed accounts will give
Mr. AneB more trouble than speech ut ro-
ception banquet But II he comes off equally
in Ills tusslo with M'Comb, another
banquet and another testimonial will be in order.
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