National Republican., 1873-03-10
pRooKs, COLFAN AND AMEs

Mr.. Brooks has issued an address TO his
constituents, defending his action In the credit
mobilicr business; Mr.. Colfax has made q
speech at his home In South Beud, Indiana,
and the telegraph informs us that Mr.. Ames
will be publicly received by his fellow-citizens
Of North Easton, Massachusetts,, on Thurs
day evening next.
'welli" Well, these three gentlemen have
evidently made up their minds to, II VIC may
be allowed to use phrase which ls more ox-
pressive than elegant, brass 1t out" 1t was
Thomas Carlyle, we think, who said some
years ago that either wo or our English
cousins were so many millions, mostly fools"
Messrs. Ames, Collar and Brooks are evidently
acting upon tho theory Of the historian Of
Cromwell aud the French revolution.
This Is not by any means complimentary
view to take Of Il, either so far as these gen.
tlemen, or we, the people, are concerned.
Least of all Is 1t complimentary to the people
But II Is nevertheless the fact. There is q
mutty proyeTb that Is occasionally made TO do
good service In our political buncombo that
the voice Of the people is the voice Of God.
II would be curious ending TO all this
tragedy and comedy upon which the curtain
fell only few nights ago in the House Of
Representatives, II 1t should turn out that the
Lord has all this time been fighting on the
side Of the credit mobilier men. II Smacks q
little Of profanity, we know, but II the
premises be true this Is the logical deduction.
There Is no escape from It. But, however
that may be, there arc one or two points which
suggest themselves in this aiterpiece Of the
credit mobiller play TO which VIC wish TO
briefly call attention.
Aud fret Of all as to Mr. Brooks. The an
peal Of this gentleman to his New York con-
stituents is the most magnificent piece Of i'm
pudcnce we ever read rsaw. There is moth
ing like Il In our history, or in the history Of
this or any other civilized or barbaric coun-
try. Mr.. Brooks Is the only man who could
have written II. Only month or sir weeks
ago this man was solemnly holding up his
hand before the American people protesting
that be knew not oakes kmes and the credit
mobiller only few weeks ago he was pour
ing out his gratitude 10 the Representatives
Of race upon which, for quarter Of CEN
tury, he had heapod the groSsest Insults and
keencst sarcasm, to man who generously
blotted out the terrible record that
Mr.. Brooks had made for himself
only o few days ago he sat in the House
Of Representatives, appealing by his en-
feebled condition TO our sympathy and our
mercy; but all that Is passed, and Mr.. Brooks
turns up in a new role Indignant, defiant,
hurliug the thunderbolts Of his anger against
Judge Polands committee, his colleagues on
the Democratic side, aud, Indeed, the whole
House Of Representatives, who had dealt so
~ .l..l ,.l.l
is denounced as q ''cheyaller dindustrie,"
Mr.. Merrick, Of Nd, as an ''cx-rebel judge,
who hates the whole human race" and
James Brooks In particular; Mr.. Niblack. aS
"a very, very small man." Judge Poland, as
'sly, sleek, aud crafty" and the other ac-
cuscd Congressman as ''all more involved
than himself" Nothing could possibly be In
worse taste, tone. and temper than this an
cry, petulant, senseless diatribe, and the
only person II will hut Is Mr.. Brooks himself
From 1rst to last 1t Is fantastlcally silly
and ridiculous; and we shall be much
mistaken II such will not be the Judgment OF
the country and Of the constituency to which
he appeals. II he really desires to get an
opinion upon his conduct from the electors
Of the Eighth Congressional district Of New
lOTk hA9 sNes a. sAAS AS1h NSh-
gress and again offer himself as candidate,
His reelection, II he should be reelected,
would be his best yindicatlon. All these
magnificent promises about what he will ana
what he will not do; all this twaddle about
the pure descent for one hundred years Of the
Neilson family is the dreariest rubbish. Mr.,
Brooks may write until the crack Of doom,
but he cannot convince the country that he
did not do wrong. He is the princi-
pal witness against himself We are free 10
say this ipasmuch US we have endeavored TO
defend both him and Mr.. Ames while the
resolutions for their expulsion were pending
and the country was clamoring for their heads
As TO Mr., Coliax, The ways Of Indiana
constituencies are exceedingly queer, and the
reports from South Bend do not surprise us
In the least. II appears that fifteen hundred
citizens have signed paper expressing their
entire confidence In Mr.. COlfa1S integrity,
and that at public mcetInga resolution In
dOrsing him from the beginning to the end OF
his career was unanimously passed. but what
ducs II ull prONo3 Nothing, excepting that
ST.. ty.NS lfa great fayohte in South Bend
that there 10 u spartan band Of nfteen hun
trsd men there whowill stand By him through
thlck and thin, But It does not and never