, 1873-02-22

puntsllmont as Amos Of BROOKS, becat'5G Choir
mottyos woro not 10 pnlpnbly corrupt, or, to any
tho lesst, reokloss. But they do deBorvo con-
sl1ro, and #hether Congress administer it or hot,'
Confidence ia a plnnt Of slow growth and . yery
sensitive plant. These gentlemen havo tritlod
With tho public inlorosts, mud to cortatn oxtont
forfeited public condolences They may regain
or onta havo 70 snytLing 4 moro @ to do with tllem thoy
will lio,tf thom for o good While to come WITH
very tight rein. 1hoy may bo reelected to Con,
gron, but II tloy arot it ih anfo to aay they will
"0v0f p'"1 Ttn w. l'5s +, 9Eaia'; aEtss'sna Leader,
If tho House shall fail to execute tho aontoncc
Of tho Committee by ordering 0akea Ameh' OK
pu1siot, At will lny itsolf opol, to suspclon OF
thor and rataliatory revelations By hin. .Wo
nro constrained to say tlnt II thcne OongrcaHmen
did not know what tho Orodit Mobiiior wae ana
was doing, how 1t nato It's money ad WI wna1 es rog
| ought to have inquired thoroughly into -thoso
things before taking the stock, and NOT to ha7o
rolled upon OakoB Amos ssatomonts. Ihat thoy
| did not investigato TIN, matter fully anu ac5 on
| their OWN Judgments, Ia glgn OF Weakness, or
! caroloasneBs, or ovor-confdunco IN Oakog Ames,
though 1t mny not be Of corrupt knowledge at,d
1ntent It is perfectly p1nin, to-day, that Cretiis
Mobilior Btock was not proper inyestmMonsr M rs aoe
greBs who did not know o. much nH in 1S0a-G5,
TO shy tho lcast, NEGLECTED tholr duty In not lind
ing It out before touching the nnelean thing.
| From tbs Detroit Tribune.
There will DO an attompt, doubtlesD, to include
other mombcre Of CongroHB IN tho resolution Of
expulsion recommended by tho Committed. Hut
tho casea OF A1nea and Brooks stand out In diB-
tinot rollof and contrast. against tho others
There In proof Of criminal bribery and seoking
br1boB againat thoRo two tnenbers. Thore Ia
mono against the others implicated, Whntovor
neaa Or lnrfahteousnoas Of thotr inveatmonta IN
| Credit Mobilier stock.
Fad atrict justice been done, others Or tue
guilty pnrtios would haye boen sentenced to e1.
pu1sion also but the Committee have, Judged 1t
wi8o to resorvo this punishment for tue great9r
criminals and to leave tho others to tho public
scorn which their misconduct draws down upon
them.
Tho arraignment mud expulsion Of Represents.
tiyes upon any charge Is too serious n matter 70
bo decided otf-hand, ovon upon the rooommenda.
tion Of . Committee acting, a4 VIC must belioye
this one has, from II profound sense OF public
duty; and their associates may we'll pause ane
reflect before giving their approval 70 tts M terri
against Mr. Amos, tho Committee havo, sH wa
! inevitable, told but part OF the truth There
in tho history Of the Pacific 1sailroad enterprise
great body Of evidence that should qualify th
. severity Of their Judgment Tho building o
: railroads ACROSS tho continent In 1866 WAS b
no means the matter Of sclentifo certainty 1t lla
/ cd as b Wild and hazardous experiment.
t Capitalists, who had no hesitation nbo1
. Investing in raironds anywhere, With
tho limits Of civilized settlement ue!t
sea ns paas aay' nosds nosd"s rhs to sS ns
: to which the road wns Of creator immediate col
: sequence than to the people rs route for travo
I had mado liberal advances In vain to induce pr
t it; and when blr. Amos, tempted By the eplendt
o Of the opportunity, decided to tako tho risk ~
Q persuaded Home Of his friends to share 1t Wit
It him, he did so against tho Judgment Of most {
therefore, for the means he adopted to pr9to.
his private fortune, and to roalzo the fruitH
his during Investment, the circumstances Of tht
o time should, in our Judgment, hayo much groatt
q q too have given to thom. Those circumstance !,
o 80 fur from confirming tho Judgment Of Il
g Judgment Of tho country at tho time the rot
70 Ills aagociates may appea1 With oonddenc
u whether they succeed III weatherlng this stor
~ ~ or not.
Tho report Of tho Poland Committee docs n
do ita authors much orodit whether wo regard
81 of party policy. Of ;courso, thorc ie no TOLL,
b may hppa1 tn T. Hoe the sefbsas bu tie ssae
p" aro that tho action Of tho Committee will ros,
pc o in nothing moro practical than an angry doba
ae: attended with moro or less moral Bcarlt1cntion
O. From, the Albany argus.
IT. Even tho term infamous seems too weak
ad characterize the unspoakablo shamelessne
b. of tho report Of tho Polnnd Connittt
is Tho general statement Of tho facts vi
at regard to tho swindo dwarfa It's propc
n tions. Tho country Is excited with the report
'st gross frauds In connection with the constrt
u ton Of the Union Pacific Railroad Tho pool
no demand Information at tho handB Of tho Cover
ment which has voted millions upon millions
dollars only to have tho money seized By spee
10; lators. In fact, . gigantic Ring, including
no its secret circle Directors Of the Union Pacl
ty Railway and members OF Congress, las be
mt engaged III plundoring the public Treasury. =
m report concedea the fact Of the robbery,
IT. withholda the details? Why doea It not sprt
cir tho facts before tho people Of tho country, y
'm demand to know them in their fulncBs, in or
that they may reach and punish, il possil
~ those whom Gongross is powerloaH. to toas
no IL, Why have we not complete official record
~ 1as the infamous proceeding
,ot ~ The notorious Revere accident, on tho 3
nv nv ton l. Eastorn Railroad, In 1871, which will
~ ~ readily remembered, was one Of The most exp
IN. IN. siye on record. Tho Company has already p
IL | out Sd8A784 in damages. =,