, 1873-03-04
CREDIT M0BILlER.

huy HuLoFlAl NJ all ~
CREDIT hi0BILlER,
Tho Action OF tho EnonHo OF 1,oprc.
scntatlvcs.
From tho Helo FORK Ere,,t,ag To,t
Ino protoxt howovor, tint tho House could
nov tako cogntzanco Of tho oirorlBe of bribery.
because 1t waa done two or three Yoarg nno. VA
ono Of tho himacst and nnhblcBt tlnt wag oyor
uov'aoa 20. @ to screen dlggracoful scandal. Had
peal tnken to the people aa TO the fact and tIo
Inv, tho decision Of tho people might hnvn hoo,,
regarded aa tho decision OF court Of ulli,nnta
omaemont @ ~; put when tho ,offonso was a secret
sH:s:s d's5sa Sse@ @ Z y I'LL 81 Ae oa pspfs sS &C.
tth'onsolvos; then when, moreover, It was Of 3
inauonPP lima PeoHar}Y sor liz to bas2 dls2ua;y hg Do:
wllon 1t was proved that ho was not a legislator
representing tp tho people and onacting laws iot
tho 1urtheraneo of Justice mud tho common
moa b1t eonsplrator u,,sing his position to
1ee Io q m h pookets do not
eay tilat 1t Ind nothing to do with tho affair.
~ me ononBe, w1lonevor md wherever commit.
tod, WAS all ononae against ita own integrity and
onafactori not like murder or robbery olaoI
o s saSn iS y Of f.
ing practices Of tho 1ato mombor, AIr. Morriasoy.
whls.l public sentiment regqlatos but specific.
Ra"loontasy Raa,i n ermo' d6no BY nombera WHO lad
conaequonce0 Of whoao nctg, aa 01r. Wood in
tto!Iigently remarked, were continuous, oxtond-
iang M oycr the whole subsequent ti,no Of uorvlco.
iog9o, and yet be competent to lealulato imnar- a
tlally, II not altogether wisely, on most mattora
o. public CONCERN. Indeed, tloro hayo hunn
statesmen who ,wero desperate gamblors, and
stasosncn Who laughed ut the goyentl cons
mantlment, who were mono tho less atln,itte9 admit % r.
eminent rank as atateumcn, both in thoir own,
day and by poHtority. Their liceuso Il, ono al.
rocsion was not accompanied by 1icenco in al d.
aGft,ohs ;f sra,,> bat man eannot accept Of direct
Bl1ts from personn WHO have Bnccinl objects ia
accomplish by meaun Of his official assistance.
Gnd bo imputed m honest legislator. His ofs
ncfonoy is invaded ut tho source, and tho very
GROUNDS Of Lis boing and usofulness, rs ropro.
;, The gist Of The decision Of tho House is, that
1t absolutely condonans" D(r. Oakcp Amos for
try1ng to bribe other members in his own intor<
est, hus that tho members SO triod, md who
donucd.. Il is virtually alleged that thoy took
1t in perfect innocence, not knowing TINT t}loy
wero bribod, not knowing tho cha,actor. Of tho
company into which they bought without paying
that stock which WAS solliug at ESQ In The,
marriott Was given to them vt par, Iunocant-
indeed, they must have beon, to be no obliyious|
In a 1nettor that had bcen SO frequently dis
innoeent to snci, - dot"ran ns osa2lo s"; snem,-
question as to thoir ,enora1 cnrnnntaun1 ~;
legislators.
F+on, ~. Nh. r7or. tr,or,d
Tho Honac Ja ns tns nntc so N or, m ura; +
II tho doctrine Of tho Judiciary Committee 1a
admitted, tlat' tho Inst election by tho people
condoncs oil previous olfenses, ayole Of conHllro
yote-of o-nnfeton T'l,o orcnfnr ;rc,nIo. ~
lcus: md II crnoa nro t I'm noroer nj %oco,a,, .n
m olection ms jntcrvonod, moro 1,ccco1;iioos
should bn hur;oG out of a,rRt j,v m ollscnnions
stance, in tho wLolo hlntory OF parliamentary
rrococdngs, Of q yoto Of colisuro PASSED on acts
ttono prior to tho election Of tie censurcd menu
bcra. II crimes cn1. escape their lust penalty by
peccadlllocH.
= THO Judgment of tho country on tho proceed
ings. Yestor;lay will DO that the HouEe hna malo
itsslf accolnpilco after tho fact in the Credit
Of morality ie, it il too painfully oyidont tint
tho standard OF Congress is below TINT of tho,
country. Those Credit Moblior disclosures havo
shocked and inccnsed public fooling; but Con-
nifty. Tho tnvoo:ivou OF Dut!or aud other attor-
noys of fraad against Tho public prc2a, show how
dlnercnt tho general BefttEent Of tho country
-, H. from tho average aenti,nont Of Congress-
Iho preHy, during those Investigations, 4a :
reflected tho Just moral Indignation Of tho pep
pes and tho fact TINT Dutlor and othor apollo
gista Of corruption hayo thought it neoessary to,
berato and denollnce nesYapapors ahowa now
much lower the moral tc:lo Of Congrena ts than;
TINT Of the country, which tho newspapers fa'th-
The tendornoss Of tho House towards Its
Offending members iB ono Of tue most alarming
sigma of tho tinloe II confirms tho provalens
impression TINT great railway corporations, anu
other nloneyed corporations, arc omnipotont IN
controlling legiaativo bodies. mud That membera .
Of congfcas, like mombors OF tho state Legisin-
tures aro the willing toolo Of great corporations
which have money enough to buy thom'
...',~' From. the Detroit 7tiouns.
Tho House haa fallal, short Of the porforu1-
anco Of its full duty, in failiug to oxpel Ames
and Brooks. Their .onoaGo was 30 tlagrant TINT
tho eevorest hotion in thoir cnso was demanded:
it should clear itself Of NIL suspicion Of By1npa-
thy with tho corruption which haB boon laid open
to the sight Of, tho world, by puniaing, to tho