The sun., 1873-06-20

| who held all the proofs of his corruption
! and knew much more than he had dis
closed, is sleeping in his grave. While he
! lived GARFIELD did not venture to open
| his lips on this subject, any more than he
! dared to face him with denial while the
| investigation WIS going on. After his
| death he grows more audacious, and has
/ Just published II pamphlet, which when
stripped of ts glossy phrases confirms the
! public conviction ia regard TO his guilt.
/ He relies upon his own testimony and the
! too generous reticcncp Of Mr.. AMEs before
! he hccainc aware of the conspiracy to
swear him down. to patch up damaged
character, and to piece out a story winch
has neither truth nor consistency for it,
basis.
| The value Of Mr. GARrtELp's testimony
in favor of himself. aud wholly unsup-
/ ported Ivy any corroborating proof, is
easily estimated. That of Mr.. AMEs, sus-
| tanned Ivy records and dates made contem-
/ puranrously with the events, cannot I've
set aside hy the selfish dispsrugement Of
men who have forfeited all credit them
selves. If he Is good witness for Mr.
| GARFIELD when Withholding or rather
! declining 10 search for the proofs Of his
venal dealings, he cannot be discarded
when his refreshed memory and crushing
memorandum books appear upon the
scene to blast the reputation OF corrupt
dernagogues who had too long thriven on
cheap cant, profitable patriotism, and
speculating morality.
Mr. GARFIELD says in his pamphlet;
THAT In reference to myself the following
points are clearly established 10y the evidence
IT. That he nssfr ss T Thasea d %GF @SS sffSed M fo
AMEs offered TO sell me- nor did receive any
! dividend arising from IL. This appears from my
own testimony and from the nrst TESTIMONY
given by Mr. AMES, Uhtch Is not OrdWroUn ~
firmcd nv the fact that in the case Of each ~
| those VIII" did purchase the stock there was
produced AZ evidence of the sale either a certih-
cate of stock, receipt of payment, "A check
drawn in the name of the payee, or entries in
Mr. AMts's diary - a stock account marked
! adjusted and closed but that no one Of these
, evidences exists in reference tn me-
This is Mr.. GArFIELD's case summed up
hy himself. BY separating it into parts it
may bc best analy2ed and answered:
n5 Ea.G.c&& a & nor ,Sre'% TO PssrTe'c {. s tsf
me- nor did receive any dividend arising from H.
The committee of investigation was ma
nipulntcd 10 relieve Mr.. GARFIELD and his
coufcdcratcs. Throughout the whole iu-
quiry the paitialty and purpose Of the
| Republican majority were clearly visible.
They wanted to screen the guilty and to
-avc themselves 10y selecting two sacrifices
from among the corrupt crew. They re-
commended no punishment-no, not even
mild censure-for the men who had added
rank perjury 10 their other crimes. Now,
here is their answer 10 Mr.. GARFIELD's
bold statement, which we prefer to adopt
I ratnor tnan our own:
"IIe [G ,RriELp1 agreed with Mr. ANTS 10 take
ten shares Of Credit Mubilier stock but did not
pay for the same. Mr.. AMEs received the eignty
per cent dividend In bonds aud sold them for
ninety-seven per cent, and also received the
sixty per cent. cash dividend, which together
pal the price of the stock and interest aud left
q balance of s'sH This sum was paid over to
Mr. GAnfiELD by check on the sergeant-at-
sum was the balance Of dividends after payn-
/ the stock.
That is the case exactly as il was proved,
and the committee could not escape from
50 reporting. although they substantially
charged GARFIELD with perjury. because
this finding is in direct contradiction with
his sworn statement.
fact mat ~ ne caseo ,t Of tlo.e who dil purchase
r,e5s ttr,,,e 81 Irk Secoip ~ p,yment en- eb.
drawn iu hc name Of cra,ee ~ "ntr"s ia Mr tNr-s
oa mai 10, oae Of taJ,t % S,iaeace' % Exists ~ @ @ , cS.y
The fals,hoods of this paragraph are
deliberate and glarng, They are more
Shocking from having been long mcdi-
tat,d. There wa> not "A single certificate
of stock produced n evidence Of the sale. %
tn" only receipt of payment produced
was ia the case Of senator Patterson. 4
recent of senator ALLISON admitting that
he held ten shares subject TO the order of
I Mr. 1tt1nUhf Ittt tt..t,
proof of payment.
only two checks for dividends were
drawn in the name Of the pay ers. Tho
othcr- were To bearer sometimes with in
ltals, rs IN the cases of s. c. and w.
u. X
The entries in Mr.. ANrS's diary were
marked with cross when the account
was hnnliy closed rs happened with BING-
HAN, DAWES, NCoFlELD, HENRY WILSON, J.
W. PATTERSoN, and JAMES +. WILSON
while CoLrAN, ALLISON, KELLEY. and GAR
FIELD were lett unsoorcd. because their
interests stil survive and depend upon the
results Of the lawsuit between McCoMB
and AMEs.
The account of Mr.. GARFIELD appears in
the celebrated diary, in company with all
the others, and it is currobomtcd by vari-
ous dates, which fix the purchase the con
d1tIons, and the payment Of the cash divi-
dcuds beyond any possible doubt. The at
tempt to coniound the money dividend
with Il pretended loan was fully exposed
in AMEs's testimony, wherein il was shown
that GARFIELD approached him repeated
~, and with the evident purpose Of induc-
ing him to accept that false theory. Mr..
GARFIELD alleges that he repaid this loan
i'm the winter of 1869, ana yet he went
through the farce Of pretending to repay
it a second time, after AMES had testified
on "A certain day, but pocketed the anront
when the money was returned.
But while insisting that he had nothing
to do with the Credit Mobilier, and swear
ing vigorously to that allegation, Mr.. GAR
FIELD voluntarily went TO Mr.. AMEs's
lodgings during the investigation, and
claimed that large sum was still due him
ON account OF this stock, lie made mem
orandum with his own hand, which was
produced before the committee with the