Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-03-20
Defrees to A. R. Sample, Esq, Of this city.

He says:
.'You know that four years ago the long and in |
Colfax and myself were broken off, but my sense
of justice will not permit me to sympathize with
the bitter and cruel denunciation Of portion Of
the public press against that gentleman: I have
known Mr. Colfax from boyhood, and do not be-
lieve him to be corrupt, nor would he make state
ment under oath he did not believe to be true. 1
any subject and how unreasonable 1t becomes
when infamed; A reaction, however, always
to come in this instance more reasonable, a
more charitable and much less vindictive feeling
will exist toward all these gentlemen"
Need l add to this generous and voluntary
letter that, having heard how vigorously he
had defended me against ali reflections on
my integrity and truthfulness, l was
glad the first time / met him to
tender him publicly my grateful thanks,
and shaking hands together the
unpleasant alienation of the past four years
points in this matter would like to analyze
at length, but / have referred to those which
have excited the most discussion, and do not
wish to unnecessarily prolong this state
ment. The falsehoods that have been tele-
graphed over the country during the in
vestigation have been persistent and malic-
ious. / was astounded when, for the first
time in my life, I saw the 'S. G." check In
the committee room and found 1t was to be
charged to me, and the establishment was
Next it wastelegraphed that was going to
try and prove that received the 81, 200 from
Jasper Shoemaker, Stuart and Bowen, and
when it was found that this was false 1t was
| telegrsphed that I had to change tactics and
charge 1t to a deceased man. When / wrote
| to the committee in regard to the other Nes-
bitt remittances, and the desire of his family,
| and the decision of my counsel that they
| should not be presented to account for q
| deposit on certain day in June, 1t was that
1 r l.
falsehood was telegraphed that had, after
| Nesbitt's death, acted as his attopey, or
lobbyist, the Postmaster-G General officially
refuted it, and showed that ! had
done no more than any Congress-
man could have done without criti-
to any department business which any con-
stituent of mine, friend or foe, asked me to
have decided justly during the year l repre-
sented this district in congress. / could
read you more letters I have received on
| this subject from confidential friends with
whom conversed more or less about this
| generous man. Here l must close. From
| first to last have stated all the leading
practical points in this transaction, in identi-
cal and unchanged language, and 1 am not
| responsible for the malicious perversions
and twistings of these statements with
which the newspapers have been filed. In
| the confidence of the family circle, before
you here in public speech, and in the Com
mittee room at Washington, 1 have stated
what is the fact-that 1 never received a
dollar of dividends on the Credit -Mobilier or
Union Pacific Railway from Mr.. Ames OF
| any one else-on all occasions have stated
that while would be willing to buy it at
| par and to hold it as / understood it in 1868,
| no prospect of liberal dividends could in.
| duce me to buy into a lawsuit. For over
four years, by Mr.. Ames' own testimony,
| although we have both been at the capital
| there has not been a word exchanged be
| tween us as to dividends on this stock
Could there be stronger confirmation of its
| abandonment?
doing in this matter, in thought, word OF
deed. As was represented to me by Mr.
Ames, agreed to buy twenty shares; after
ward, and within a few months, on my Owl
convictions, l abandoned it, preferring tC
| lose what had paid than to hold it. Il
never influenced a vote or a ruling of mine
in the slightest degree. Mind, and heart
and conscience, all acquit me of the unjus
imputations to which have been subjected
My record has never been stained with dis
honor or Justification, and this extraordinary
manifestation of unshaken confidence anl
Interchangeable regard by old friends who
have known me from boyhood, answers
| thousand malicious attacks, and thrills m
heart with gratitude cannot express il
words.
After the conclusion of Mr.. Celfax'
address, the following resolution wa
unanimously adopted:
| ResOlUed, That in welcoming Schuyler Colfa
| home to-day, after his twenty years of arduou
public service, in which he has been excelled b.
none as model ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, judiciou:
| and faithful to principles-we do so with undimiI
| ished confidence in his honor and integrity, bot
| as public man and private citizen.