The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-15

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revocable DEGREES with the gravity
of Solomon and the infallibility
Of the Pope. He. is q more, than
second Daniel come to Judgment.
Mr.. Collier prides himself on hs
practical Christianity. He il not
so much troubled about his duty to
God as his duty to man. His heart
overfows with love, and meekness,
and compassion, and humility He
abideth in faith, hope, and charity,
but especially charity. He is swift
to confess himself possessed of all
these gentle traits, and is not slow
to parade them should the accusa
ton be lacking Yet in the triple
role of Judge, jury, and prosecutor
he garbles the testimony, perverts
the facts, and assuming that to be
true which is not proven, condemns
a man whose trial is not concluded,
and who has only asked an extern
sion of charity until the evidence
is complete, How would Mr.. Col
her enjoy similar verdict in his
own casett He, with others, asso-
GATED with him in relief work, has
been charged with improperly APP
plying the money of the relief fund.
The charge. indeed, is more serious
than that against Mr.. Colfax. In
vestigation has been called for and
if it should take place, pending that
investigation does the gentleman
fancy he would, regard with favor
such public denunciations of his
assumed guilt - 4
After venting his spite against
Mr. Colfax, indulging in low jokes
and trifing wit. Mr.. Collier raises
his pious eyes to heaven, and with
unctuous phrase calculates: /" But
God, and charity. and love endure
forever Like God, let us love and
help one another Verify, there
was GOODNESS! The tongue that a
moment before had traduced an
other, that had condemned him I'M
heard, and sneeringly refused him
charity, now pronounced the empty
words which grew meaningless, nay,
hypocritical, on his lips. o. out
upon such charity! Shame upon
such piety. The world is better
without them or their apostles. A
man of true charity never delights
in accusing his neighbors, but in
dwelling upon their good qualities.
Spurious charity with a holy hor-
ror avails itself of every opportu-
nifty to parade the faults of others
in contrast with it's own hollow pre-
tensions. aAlas8t Ea tud
It will be time enough to pass
Judgment upon Mr.. Colfax when
the whole evidence is out. Till
then the press can afford to be
charitable even if MIR. Golfers pull
pit cannot a& aafai
After publishing the testimony
in full, the Inter Ocean of the 18th
thus concludes an editorial on the
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subject: rrsa5 aa
s.The bare, and now unsupported,
testimony OF Ames, who, like Bar
rere. may be said to mot have
enough truth in him to make a
reasonable lie Of We cannot be
lieve that there will be much hest
tation in deciding between these
witnesses Ames blunders, fioun-
4 ders. crosses himself, and at each
time tells different story about
the transaction. Mr.. Colfax tells a
reasonable and straightforward tale,
the same now as at the beginning,
and such a one as no sane man
would relate if the circumstances
as stated by the accuser were true.
There is not jury in the world
that would hesitate in Acquiring
MIR. Colfax of this charge, as there
is not Judge who would not in
struct them that the witness Ames
is mpeached. and totally without
credibility. If party hate and per-
sonal malice were out of the way
we could safely count upon a unan
imous verdict of not guilty; but Of
it is, we may expect to see the
charges still Haunted at the head Of
s.independent" newspapers, and
echoed by their sy1npathizers from
the pulpit and the rostrum, un-
softened by the evidence and una
bated in malignity. In the mean
time Mr.. Colfax and his friends
can afford to wait for fuller justice
and a more complete vindication.
which time will surely bring.
We clip the following from the
indianapolis Journel, of Thursday
as brief synopsis Of Mr.. Colfax's
evidence, regarding his ownership
of this s'Credit Moblier,' stock
We did design to publish the en-
tire evidence; but find we have not
room. fJ 1855 8s4t3
4 By far the worst feature in Mr.
Colfaxs case was the point blanl
contradiction between him ano
Cakes Ames as to the sum of 81, 20t
which Ames swore he had paid t.
Colfax on account of the Credit
Mobilier dividends and which The
I latter swore he never received
Ames first testified that it was hi
impression "that Colfax received
this dividend but he could not re
kcollect whether or not he paid it t.
/ him: afterwards he testified that b.
!, did pay this amount to Mr.. Colfa,
by check payable to Schuyler Col
!! fax At last a check was produced o
Cakes Ames, on the Sergant-at-Arm
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