, 1873-02-22
COLFAX.
That $1,000 Deposit and That
$1,000 Bill.
Comments Of tho Press.

|
iH no longor tho main element IN lila
caso. Ho Is on trinl bofore tho people whom ho
was elected faithfully to represent, and before
ll,o ,arty some Ct wllose highest llonora l,o Inns
Tu FGsaHG L. oSs oushs 10 M Sayo oug e toaoh
ipC, but for having quibblod and provaricattd Iii
regard to transactions whose criminnlity hc In
lifootly admitted, by taking unworthy noans to
ou$ht osans0 iiho hls tho umblost of bis fellow
Of judgment which can justiy 10
claimed on tho score. Of long md
hitherto undermined public caroer 'His ntato-
weight duo to then, when laid against tic con-
fused recollection and fragmontary notos Of |
convicted bribpr like Oakes. Amos. -Dnt when
all such deductions h1yo boon mh1o q IN Mr..
stop Of Lis Qualification becomes moro dtlicult,
from tho discovery that no statement yet made
BY him hRs conveyed tho entire truth In regard
to tho transactions covered by Ii This perpetual @
plantations, instoad Of anticipating these dis
coyorios by a full mud explicit narrative, cannot
but bo very damaging to she ylcs presidont.
We do not know that no hayo any comments
" ' t'romas b. New fors ,rertd.
truth about tic o5igin Il tho q 400 deposit and
liod not, aR he dIrnost aBBArcaly 10 and per5ure
himself, got mono tho 1ehH is ho guilty and proved
guilty Of vonaiitya falsohood, aud perjury. The
p9Gofa h driven ooax to such an a
contempt Of mankind. It laa nado tho hypoorite
moro odous by showing tho nttor haBonosa Of his
metal. but though 1t woro true TINT golfa1 got
$1,000 IN ono greonbnok, guarded only by a shroe"
In q lotter now destroyed, md alleged by the
writer to bo unbeknown to any one. even tho
vito Of bis bosom, and deposited that sum Juno
%, 1868, ho dooa not exp1ain tho deposit Of
81 $40 on tho 10th Of July, which nny well
enough hayo included 8 douoour Of that amount
from tho Department contractor for printing
stamped envelopes, # Nesbitt thought The I'm 4,
balanco-oheok for s594.72 Of March 8, 1893, nor
the aG0.75 paid him jim. %, 1869-each and all
equally confoundtng the quibb]ing falaAer Of
South bond and the trombling perjurer Of Wash-
From the Clnetnnat Gazette.
Tho statement OF Mr.. Colfax regarding the
receipt Of 81 900 from Mr. Nesbitt is again con-
armed BY tho evidence Of hr. Ncsbitt's son.
CorroboEated fret by me1nbera Of his own fam,
| ily, second by o gentleman In 1ndianapos. and
| now by tho son Of tho man who gave thomoney,
Mr. Oo1fax can afford to listen to tho wild con.
lectures Of some opponents who aro determined
From. the csf,oinnali Comn,erctal.
:, It does not Seem impossible or improbable
| thAt Nesbitt sont Colfa1 a one thousand dollar
tricity. Tho only thing that surprises us now is
that Colfax should have boon surprised whon he
got the money, and that ho passed. 1t around Ills
breakfast table. Perhaps Neabitt sent tho bill
bocanae he did not Ike to b. eending 90 many
tanning tho bill should not havo boon preserved
ns vol a8 those inclosiug tho ohooks. II hfr.
Colfax had many such frienda rs Nosbitt no must
bo In rather comfortable oircumBtanceH.
| From the ST. Louis Republican,
I Nobody, wo preHumo, fB TOOL enough to bo'
liove that a Bhrewd busineaB man, such as NoR
bitt is represented to havo been, would give
more acquaintance without getting, Or expecting
to got Oil equivalent In some shape. Tim
that equivalent consisted simply Of tickets
for the Nesbitt family to witnesa tho inaugura
: ridiculous to notice. Tho conclusion IL plai1
aud irresHtiblo that Colfax had aided Nesbitt il
the stationery contracts, and that tho y 900 ua
nothing moro or loss than SO m4oh e!nsh;
honor, and rho has herotoforo On
enjoyed tho respect md conndonc
Of oven political opponents, Is plunge
into Pit Of disgrace aud contempt. ffon r
preferable to tho fate which Schuyler Oolfa:
has brought upon himself.
From the Cincinnati Enqnirtr:
oas seo ss2s spastsE tsE Ct s tas SR
sontativcs and Vice President, and TINT thou
sands OF women were anxious to bear boys TIM
they might name them sohuyler Collar. Or,
Is a; matter Ct Ta9do Is no. 11P a e;
: modosty, admits TINT his social Vaccinations ar
such that D gentleman who had pasaed tho 70
mantio and enthusiastic period, and hea eve Hy,
PASSED the ofice-sceking period, gavo him 81 oo(
ward for himself 6aye only tho poor boon th1
. Colfax would doign to call on him and smile III
bewitching amilo at his toa-tablo:, It docs nj
R3 thst c9fa5 % rs aea his smile IN q. Mr. Nef
the ingratitude Of calling Nesbitt IN stranger
after tllo receipt Of $4,000 from him. Lot ii
'wiuter winds blow; thoy are NOT SO unkind {
sohuylor's ingratituae.- Two thousand dollar
sand dollars, aa far as ITO know, failed to pu
From tho Pittsburgh Post.
Poor Colfax, what a funny n1omory he ha
He should have objected to be sworn to tell t
whole truth, for tho aame reaaon the wituoBs
the Crawford County Court did, in old Judl
, Mooro's timo. stThoro are" said he, "a grei
many tr1thB I don't know anything about
!. Calfax WAS Speaker does that explain Why SON
OF these ronittanoes wero medo On person
8 From the Sandusky Register. -. .
l Altogether this Is the atrangcat Of Ill Il
: strange affairs Ut these degenerate polite
, times. 6trangor things may have haPpene
] but this Ii Is almost "fho strangest thing Of ii
! century.
t From. Tho Laports (Ind.1 Argus+
: One thing ia certain, and no fair-minded mt
7 will deny It: Schuyler Colfax is guilty Of sham
I'LL rreVar1cAtloa, anu 06HerVc9 t4e E!euteo!
! oensure Of all honest people. Ho may bo gull
t less Of tho charga Of being bribod by Credit II
bilier stook-that ia still an open question -b1
10 certainly did, and that too doaignedly, LEI
. nection with tho Mobllier stock. He afterwars
t eworo that 10 neycr received any such an anoul
OF money as A1uos ollargod him with, aud atatt
that If bio had he certainly would remember
Ho was finally driven from this position, Al
then ndmittod the Nosbltt matter. Since Il
. close Of the investigation. he has further boz
contractor, Neabitt, sont him $4,000
t four different times. during tho poriod
!. question. It is not too much to say that echu,
. . lor Oolfa1 stands immcasurably lower in IL
!. month ago. With q few blindly partisan oxco
: tions ho Inns forfeited hts former olaims to ho
}. orablo respect, md To-day, stands dishonorab
= condemned by the mass Of tie people. aui.
I Or innocent, ho has made Ills bed mud must re
= In 1t.
: From The South Bend lIrd.> linton.