National Republican., 1873-02-28
THE END OF THE CREDIT MoBILIER.

The journals that nave been hoWnng ioI
the blood Of the members Of Congress con-
nected with the credit moblller company Will,
Of course, donounce the action Of the House
yesterday. We shall be told that the Repub-
llcan majority In refusing TO sustain the
report Of tho Poland committee and expel
Mr.. Amcs and Mr.. Brooks has dug its politl-
cal grave, and that we shall hear Of II no
more forever. Angry editors will paint Its
rottenness and corruption In glowing colors,
and indignant stump speakers will scream
more loudly than ever for reform. All this
is to be expected. The ylals Of wrath will be
poured out on Gen. Butler, to whom will be
attributed the defeat Of what will be termed
the righteous Judgment Of the investigating
committee. Journals like the New York
World, which aided and abctted the vlllaiuy
Of the Tammany ring, will work themselves
with q frenzy of indignation and proclaim
the death of the republic. But the splendid
rhetoric to which we shall be treated during
the next month will all pass away, and In It's
place will come the SOBER second thought
and judgment Of the people.
There are one or two points in the whole
case to which We desire to call attention.
First Of all, 1t must be remembered that the
investigation which has just been brought to
n close was begun upon the motion of the
leader Of the Republican party In the House,
so far as any man can be called leader. II
was not forced upon the party by the opposi'
ton; Il was tho act Of the party itself. Dur
Ing the late canvass grave charges Of cOrrup.
tlon were made against half dozen Of the
leading men in the Republican party; they
were accused Of having been bribcd and
bought Of having made u large amounts OF
money in a corrupt way; Of having been un'
faithful to their trust, and violated the conf
dcncc reposcd In them. These charges were
made, and received the widest circulation
long before the election took place; the pco-
pic had ample time to consider and pass upon
them, and what was the result? Mr.. Blaine
was reelected In Maine Nr. Wilson ran
even with General Grant; General Garfield
and Mr.. Kelley, Mr.. SConcld aud Mr.. Dawes
were all reelected by maioritics greater than
they ever before obtained. The House Of
Representatives yesterday only set Its zeal
upon the verdict which the people had al.
ready rendered.
There Is another point connected with this
whole business which the people will not fail
TO note. In oil our political history no party
ever subjected itself to 80 close aud rigid a
scrutiny as that which has Just closed. II
the Democratic party had been in power,
and II charges similar to those preferred
against the gentlemen who have been dragged
through the cutters Of defamation and SLAM
der during the last three months had been
preferred against It's leaders, would II ever
have authorized committee, armed with
the supreme power of Congress, to institute
an investigation The case is, to be sure,
hypothetical, but the probabilities arc oil
against such course upon Its part. When
the Tammany frauds were disclosed in New
York, not Democrat In the country raised
his hand TO strike the accused swlndlers until
compelled to do so by the Just Indignation of
the people. When Senator-clcct Bogy, Of
Missouri, was accused Of having obtaiucd his
scat by the corrupt use Of money, q few
weeks ago, the Democratic majority in the
Legislature OF that State appointed q COM
mittec, but the intention from tho very be-
ginning was to conceal, rather than to find
out the truth. The proceedings be fore 1t
were so much Of mOckery and sham that
the organ Of the Democratic party In Mis-
souri, denounced the committee and de-
manded that the committee 60 to work In
earnest In addition to that there Is the
report OF the minority of the committee,
solemnly asserting that the inquiry was
stihed, and that the majority absolutely re-
fused to send for witnesses who would con-
clusiyely prove the guilt Of the nswly-elceted
Senator. That Is the Democratic teaching,
theory and practice from Andrew Jackson s
day down to the present.
Aswe said, we have no doubt that the
people will lndorsc the action of the House,
not only on tho mere technical and constitu-
;lonal grounds upon which the resolutions Of
expulsion were rejected, but upon the broad
and general ground that no crime was COM
mitted In the premises.