The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-09-06
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THE IS. c. CHECK.



Letter Krosn Ur. G,elfhx-uars~se.
Washhnsne 1ahssansaaees tae etate.ss
nsents - Mr. Drew.
/ tFrom.the Burlington, Vt, Free Press.
| Mr.. Drew has handed us the fol-
lowing letter from Mr.. Colfax. II
| will be seen that Mr.. Washburnc, our /
Minister to France, fully substantiates
Mr. Drew's statement that he was in
Paris last winter, while the inyestiga-
ton into Credit Mobilier was going
ON in Washington, and stated to Mr..
Washburne that Colfax never received
the IS. c. or bearer" check. This
also shows that Mr.. Drew did not
wait for Mr.. Ames' death before max
/ ing known Mr.. Colfax's innocence in
4 the matter: w a
| sSoUrH BEND, IND, August 20.
Mr DEAR FKIENp:-Just returned
from Minnesota, 4 find among my let Z
lers the following from the Hon. E.
=. Washburne, United States Minis
ter to France: AA l
PARIS, July 81, 1873.
Hon. Schuyler Colfax: necs
DEAR SIR..l have duly received
your favor Of. the 7th inst. l have
seen the statement of Mr.. Drew. 1t
! is true that he was at this legation
pending the Credit Mobilicr investi-
CATION before the Poland Committee z
at Washington last winter. l we'll
recoiicct our conversation on the sub
ject OF the IS. e. or bearer" check,
and his statement that be had reason q
to know that you did not get the 8
money, Ny recollection of the con-
versation is confirmed BY ope Of my +
secretaries who was present and heard
it. 4 understood from Mr.. Drew that
he was abroad for the purpose of maxi
ing certain Investigations in regard tn !,
frauds committed on the revenues of !,
the United States. :" 8 i
u nsa Yours. very truly, zs
b g9aHi7a y. D. WASHDURNE.
I am even more rcjoiced, my dear !
sir, than you can be at this emphatic
confirmation of your statement. You.
declared in your letter to Judge Pc
land, that, when You first heard Of this
81 200 check (Which was frat present.
ed to the committee Jan. q, 1879
you were at the American Legation at
Paris, and told Mr.. Washburne at the
time that you knew Colfax never got Z
the money. The New York World. 1
whose malignant perversions and falsi-
ficati0ns in this matter have been as
brutal in their language as they have
been infamous in their euirit. deter q
mined to dishonor you also. because 4
you had dared to tell the truth on u -
matter in which you had NO interest
whatever. IL has, therefore, over and +
over again asserted that your state
1nent must be false because you had 4
been seen in Washington in my com
pany ut the time you said you were in
PARIS. Knowing this to be q false
hood. as | had not the slightest recol-
lection OF having seen you at all for
more than a year, | wrote to Mr..
Washbprne; and, as you will see, out
OF the mouths of two witnesses
only Mr.. Washburne himself, but his
secretary is your truthfulness doubly
confirmed, and the, lie of the World
newspaper doubly refuted.
Let me thank you personally for
daring, for the sake Of truth and JUS
ties, TO encounter all the yillification
t., which you have been subjected. He =
who knoweth all things, knows | never
received from Cakes Ames any stocks
or bonds of the Credit Mobilier or the e
Union Pacific Railway, nor any diyi- ..
dend thereon, in cash or check. or
stock or bonds. And consider it =
but little less than proyidential that
You happened 10 see Mr.. Ames him.
self draw the money on this very rs. -
Z. or bearer" check, thus confirming
Mr., Dillon's testimony, but also that g
you saw him pay the $500 he re- z
ceiyed at the Sergeant-at-Arms'c coun-
ter to stranger who had been talk
ing to him ON New Orleans matters.
| know this confirmation of your
statement against the aspersions of'ss
your calumnistors will be gratifying to &. +
ex-Goycrnors Underwood aud Stew :
art, lieutenant Governor Taft, Gen
erals Barstow, Wells and Henry. -
Judge Wales, President Buckham of
the University Of Vermont, Messrs. 20
Benedict and Huntington, and other 7 !
prominent citizens of Vermont, who
have borne such strong testimony to
your reliability and your unimpeacha 90
bic character ~
With grateful regards, yours truly, q
SCHUYLER COLFAX. -
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