The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-03-15
Au Ovatioa 10 fise Great American
Briber-- Grand Receptions or Oakes
Ames at North Eaasnns

! Sraber--Grssnu Receptions or Oake,
Ames at North Easaen.
NoRrn EAsroS, Mass, March IA com
| piimcntary reception and dinner were uirny
| 10 Cakes Ames by his townsnlen and thei,
hdies TO the number OF $50 In tho Asar,
school.house this evening. DIR. George d
Cogswcll presided, and when the cloth wa,
removed welcomed Mr.. Ames to his home
IN brief speech highly Mandatory of hi:
course aud expressive of continued conf
aence in his honor and Integrity.
lie announced that the demonstration was
| irrespective Of party, aud he felt he express
ca the sentiment of all when he said that
| WINE others sought to cast q stigma upon
their representatives fair name and rcputa
tlon MS constituents had always locked l,por
| nm as that noblest work of G dan honest
man. he concluded with the sentiment
nc hon. Oakes Ames-- Like gold from the
crucin'e, he has passed through the dery
oraeai ana come out brighter and purer." :
Mr: Ames responded as follows:
Mv friends and neighbors, l should be
less IMAM human not TO be gratitied and happy
ut tSiis great gathering of my constituents to
snow their confidence and faith in my honor
truth, ana integrity. / am not in the habit
OF speech-making, as you well know. !
..
subject Of abuse for the last six months.
The press Of the country has been full of
what has been called the Credit-Mobilier
scandal.
my whole offence, If offence it can be
called, is in selling $4,000 worth Of stock to
eleven members of Congress at the same
price paid for it, and at the same price !
sold the same stock to others; and If the
;ar les purchasing the stock had simply told
the truth, and said they had right to pur-
chase it, that would have been the end of it.
| But from the fact of their denial the public
suspected there must be something criminal
in the transaction, and to find out what the
crime was, Congress appointed committee
10 inquire il Cakes Ames had bribed any
member of Congress.
"The result was the appointment Of the
| notorious Poland committee. That commit
| tee was engaged nearly three months, and
| the result Of all Its lahors was to badly DAM
age the character Of some men high in office
for truth and ver,city; but the object of the
| committee 10 see if Cakes Ancs had bribcd
any member was admitted not proved. But
that committee made the wonderful disco
very that | WIS guilty of selling stock for
less than il was worth-butt the parties taking
| the stock and Keeping it were very limo.
ccnt-and that had the extraordinary abil.
ity TO bride without their knowing it, and to
TO they did not know what"
This short speech was received with ap.
plauSc and cheers.
Mr.. a. Il. Fuller. Of Taunton, character.
lied Amcs'S dclamcrS rs pcrjurerS.
Mr.. +. a. Hobart, of BrailI1ree. said the
grand tranS-continental highway was last
ing memorial of Ame,'S enterprise, and il
called upon to express their choice for a re.
preventative to-day, they would put their
votes where they would do the most good,
and send him triumphaAty back to his old
seat.
NIr Hobart closed with the sentiment
"Our Gucst-Thc man who knows how to
build railroads ana don't lie
Charles Slack, of the Boston Common
'rCGHh. gave Il short resume OF Mr. AmeS's
good work, public and private, through Il
long and honorable life, and urged that bis
great accomplishment for the benefit of man
and Americans in particular, should entitle
him to the benefit Of every doubt when ac'
cusaion is made against him by persons with
motives of opposing interest. A poem was
read by the principal Of the high school. and
remarks We're made By Rev. w. l.. CMaiiin
Jonathan White of North Bridgwatcr, G.
{. horSc Of Stought0n, and Others. The
| recent ion Terminated at p'rlock