The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-03-05
IyoXMuNcArED.
The Foulest Fowls go to RoOst.

Vice President elect-HENRY VIII
soN-denied his relation to the
llnow-nothing order in the face Of
fifty thousand opposing witnesses,
to get the foreign vote Of the late
national election, it was said by
good judges to be the most bare
footed and short-sighted, brazen-
faced and bull-headed lie that ever
came from man since, Adam fell
from his high estate. But recent
developments in Washington (that
colossal foundery offalsehood )show
that the WILSON lie was only the
forerunner of others not behind
the advanced column. Even Mr..
WILSON himself when charged be-
fore the election with dealing in
Credit Mo5ilier stock denied the
allegation, proclaiming u loud,
amen, at HAwLEYs defence in his be-
half; but now when driven to the
wall by the Investigating Commit
tee, he acknowledges the stock, and
like poor old Adam, comes out with
a guilty look, makes a tig-leaf apron
Of his wife, which renders his posi-
ton more ludic0us and yillainous
| than before. If he bought the stock
for his wife, why deny last summer
having any thing to do with Credit
Mobilier, when the Tribune was
exposeing those beautiful scoun-
drcls who cheated the Government
to the tune of forty, millions of dol
lars.
Vice President CoLFAX and his
successor are padding the same
canoe. If his article, written soon
after the late election, entitled
"does calumny pay| had been
headed-"does perjury payY' and q
few timely warnings given to thos e
having too little discretion to keep
out of trouble, and had set whole
some example himself, he would
not stand, to-day, that melancholy
spectacle OF moral ruin the country
now beholds. We find him very
unfortunate in his case, as two Of
his witnesses, knowing to his in
convenience, are dead; and the
others belong to the same family;
while the committee have proved
by wall Of evidence not taken,
that Vice President CoLFAx, after
repeated and unqualified denials,
is either guilty of perjury, or else
the victim Of conspiracy, standing
for years without any apparent OBJ
ject, any unprejudiced man can
discover.
A Radical court might acquit
him, and so it would a Jew for de-
nying his Lord, if his conviction
was not in harmony with this mon
eyed power, built up by the exigen-
ces of the war, and now holds the
Government helpless colossus in
the hollow of its hand. But the
testimony has gone to the country
where honest men of all parties will
weigh his case and / trust give
righteous Judgment. In the midst
Of this national scandal, one thing
is worthy Of notice; not one Liberal
has had the smell Of suspicion up
on his garment, the whole squad
are good GRANT Republicans of
easy integrity except one Democrat
from New York, and he was frank
to own he was caught in bad com
pany. This Credit Mobiler picture
is sickening thing; its fairest fta-
lures lasting disgrace.
When HORACE GREELEY and others
brought it to light last summer,
they were set upon with all the
venom the guilty host could mas
ter; denounced as liars and disturb
ers ofthe social harmony Of society,
but now we see why the wounded
lutter, and where the "fowl goes
home to roost.' They seemed to
assume an irreproachable standard
Of character; some sacred ground
where no vile thing could ever be
suspected; some great 81 AN" be-
fore whom all must bow and sue
for mercy But that delicious de-
lusion has ANONYMOUSLY exploded;
the desolaters, thank heaven, are
in the path Of desolation; and when
we add to this good Republican
picture the cases Of PoMERoY and
CALDWELL Of Kansas,and the States
which have been robbed of untold
millions and set back in progress
and wealth q generation or more;
we. have oaly commenced to eluci-
date their remarkable qualities,
their knowledge Of the art Of get.
ting into Office and governing mdn-
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