The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-02-21


party has stood fairer before the country than
schuyler Colfax. No public man has been
less suspected OF Official malverration or per-
sonal dishonesty No man. by his party
friends. has been 20 generally looked upon -
. pezsomhcstion Of all the political virtues,
and majority Of the moral graces. No other
man could boas. 80 many personal friends. 10
few personal enemies. No other man could
say that he had been elected . member Of AL
the social organisations. all the Odd Fsllows
and Temperance societies, the Dorcas societies,
and sewing circles, and Good Templas, and
Sundsy-school bodies, and all other sssocia-
tions Of the good and virtuous. Upon all
these moral and pure folk the light Of his
countenancs bad beamed. and the perennial
smile Of that angelic face had warmed their
hearts toward him. Only . few months ago,
all the sentimental Republicans we're looking
forward in . rather confident expectation Of
seeing little wings sprout ont upon the shout
ders Of the immaculate South-Bender. They
knew that ne wanted to b an nigel. and they
felt perfectly sure that whatever he wanted 70
be he would be-
There were les sentimental souls, indeed,
whom the 6chuylerian smile did not cause
incontinently to slop over practical. stony
hearted vreiches. Who regarded Mr.. Colfax ~
person rather under mediocrity In abilities:
who had . smooth unctrous facility Of getting
on in the profession of . place-hunter as .
psrson Who patronized the virtues when peo-
pie were looking, and contnved to make the
practice paw OF this class were the great
majority OF Mr.. Collars political opponents,
but the class also incluced . very considsrsble
number Of his own political faith. These. in
ths sinful phrase of the world did not take
any stock in Schuyier--and it il also note
worthy that very few Of them took any stock
N Credit Mobilier.
Bus & ~ the cloak Of virtue is rudsly
torn away the little angelic vinglets are So~
81 iRernfus, and there stands before the coun-
try hidcous caricaturc Of the moral graces,
covered al over with corruption, convicted OF
lying. Of bribe-taking. and Of false swearing
The prophet b uuvailed- and each Of the
dupes - are not still desirous Of being duped,
may learn . little wisdom from his mocking
words:
"rher-. ye viss saints, behold your Light, your
Ye rssid be dupss and vicsims. and ye are.
h Il enough: or must !, vhi1e . thrill
The fall Of Schuyler Colfax 70 indeed the
most pitifrl lesson IN political depravity ever
ses before this county. Only four months
ago, this man, occupying the exalted station
Of vice-President Of the United States. stood
up before the people Of Indiana. and de-
cisred in the most emphatic and explicit lam
guage he could command. his absolute and
entire innocence Of any participation whatever
in the Credit Mobilier infamy. He declared
that:
Neither Oskss Ames nor any other person
ever gave, or offered to give. me one share, or
twenty shares. or two thousand shares in the
Credit Nobilicr, or amy other railroad stock.
and thak, unfortunately, / have never received
the v-tue Of . faxthing out Of the 40 per
cent dividends, nor tho 500 per cent. divi-
dsnds in cash, stock, and bonds. ron have read
about every day for The past month, nor 100
pr cent. nor per cent. nor the tenth Of per
cont. 1 have sid thas il twenty shares Of il
could he purchased st Per, without buying into
Perspective lawsuit, it would be good in
vootmenk But never having been
plaintiff or defendant IN . court Of justice, l
vsnt no stock II any lind. II any price, with .
lawsuit on top Of Il, not even with the pros
psctive dividends Of ga 600. which, am free
TO maintain, neither there good eyee Of mine
nor this poeketbook have ever seen the first
dollar Of, although IL h 20 positively asserted
TIT / have beoo entitled to this handsome
s1ounk evsr since four years ago."
Nov al this b proven 70 have been . posi-
tive. deliberate, unblushinx statement Of un-
trnth- The line Of evidence, which Il last
leaves not locphols Of escape for this smiling
bribe-takes. In this:
Hint, Oakss Ames tsstifes that Colfox took
twenty shares Of Credit Mobilier stock and
paid thereon something over e5Oo. when the
AcCc0b lawsuit threatened 70 expose thess
conupt Transactions, Colfsx (as we'll - others)
turned his sharss 10 Amss. But he did not
demand . return Of the $500 b he'd paid, and