, 1873-03-17
OAKES AMES.

Harsh Efcmarks About Nar. Coi9nx.
NORTH Easton talarch 1? R!spa'eh to tho &e'' FORK
After passing tho compliment of tho day,
asked Mr., AmeB how ho looked upon tue coming
reception by hia ellow-townan'en.
"0h, it is only lttlo homo affnir," he ro-
piled. suppose ny trenda @ gyo IT. 70 t,tf+ mo 70
and honest throughout this whole thing. haNo
been, too. Every nnn Ind arghsto buy this stock;
but 1t was brought against them as m election
sg1s essng aGase sa sose sn the eaeo oy osy
denied it. Thon, whom tue cry wnH started Tor
m investigation, they all canlo to mo, begging
mo to shiod tho1n."
"Dccause lIComb wanted this stock for his
own frlonds, mud accused mo, In his Credit Mo-
bilier suit Of uaing his stock to bribe Congreae1
mon. / had to protect myself; at hrst 9s !
to Waehington. They a1l rocolleetod thinga no
differently from mo, that hardly felt like setting
up my recollection against thom all was yory
lonient, thinking Congressman would show nomo
against the wall and make q acapogoat of1no,
backed up. showed how they cnlne to mo and
bought this stock paid for 1t, .grumblea because
they couldn't get enough Of It, and then ran a,
| Won, cir, That I sold tho stock to Colfax Us
! did to othorB aud aB proved In tho tnvestigar
ton. Tho 81 200 was paid to lin by tho ser-
| geant-at-Ar1na in grocnbaele, md on tlio ~.
bunk"
"Aro tlloro my new proofs 2"
~ layo learned from my brother Oliver"
| continued Mr.. Amos, that Mr. 9. A. Rumble,
| William 7. Hyatt, Of Now York, that, months
| ago, Schuyler Colfax told him (Runlsle) that he
had bought GONE Credit Alohilicr stock aud thut
ho thought it WEI q good thing. Now, # tho
the subject, hope it will do it, and If Mr. Run
lido is a candid n,n1l, na they say he iB, hope ho
will say whether this is 80 or not"
| "Dut it acens TINT Gen. Grant laa endorsed
| Schuyler Goltnx," s.,Bgosted.
| NO sir" continued Afr. Ames, III You road
President Qrants note to Colfax you will SEQ
that he congratnates him on tho fact TINT the
charges imputed wero not auatainod, aud that
bribery and corruption woro tho charges; and
iu just as much for me as for lin, for il there
! was no ono bsibea then there was no oribor. It
Schuyler WAS FREQ from bribery thcn I was. But
tho President don't commit, himself =; about
scl,uyler's Lying. He knows 10 lied, This ia
plain talk, but ovory monlLor Of tho committee
told me that in their opinion Schuyler l,nl lied.
There is not member Of Congress in W1sling-
ler lied, Yoe aud lied like dog, sir" -,
"How did Mr. Colfax appear whom you mot 2"
"Appoar? Why ho always hung his head md
looked guilty. 1lo could not LOOK me nc IN 1T tue
would hang tlloir facee and look rcd, as If my
prcaonco troubled tlom."
&"Did you get many letters Of congratula-
ton! i" ..
"Yes hundreds Of them. hold in my hand
q letter from the Postmaster nt Doston. 1io
says he is oorry that Schuyler waB 90 foolish aa
to wreck himaelf, md sorry that tho President
mixed himself up in it all. Horo's letter from
n Governor, and hote's ono from Wobstor sny-
dor, tho old Superintendent Of tho Union Paclto
Roal, who took Schuyler and A. D: Richardson
over tho road whom Schuyler owned stock in it,
and was, liz George Alfred Townsend said, riding
on free tiokots to advertise it."
/ sSypEn'g LETJEH,
LoHa ISLAND Ctry. March 10, 1878.
The Hon. Oakea Atnes:
M DEAR Sin: wiah to congratulate you on hav
Ing insned tho political career Of Schuyler Oofax
| Tic work was well done. II Schuyler over again hat
tho presumption to travel orcr the Union Pactfo 1t
hardly probable TINT ho will demand special train Of
cooking car. Without regard to hia politics, pro
uoullca him fraud IN 1868, and You certainly VII
now concelo tint, o}piuliy, treatoa him with more
rnher than less ciyy than he WIS entitled TO- Vor,
respectfully, WEnsTEn SNYDER.
"That is tho way with all those fellows" con
tinuod llr. Ames, laughing; "tley rldo FREQ OF
your railroads. a,ll then abuse you."
1t now became timo for Amos to make fov
notos for his oyoniug reception. As ho 10
down to writo, asked him it Ao Was going tt
say anything about Colfax.
"No, guess not. I'll lot tho poor follow G.
As said " good night" Mr., k1noa remarked
; "Ono thing moro. Tell tho Herald did no
vote for the Congressional increase Of salary, O.
, the papora any. l was opposed to it,"
h1r. A1nes afterwarl explained to his brotho
Oliver, that Bon Butlor asked lin to vote 10
the increase but that lie could not do it.