The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-22
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the wind away, name Of shame and moth
ing more than name There is an end of
his smiles, his politics and his power The
shape Of him may walk the earth or re
committed 10 the custody Of its clods 1t
matters not. The shadow of his name,
only, lies across the long sunshine of our
history.
Who ascends to his place, who succeeds
10 his authority in the Senate, to his sta
ton in waiting forrthe Presidency, thrice
vacated by death in our timer
Henry Wilson succeeds Schuyler Colfax.
Is the country permitted 10 rejoice that
a pure man, OF untarnlshed name, now
serves her iu this highest place save one?
The House of Representatives of the
KILL Congress, in which his own party
were in q majority OF l39 to l02, voted CEN
sure to Cakes Ames, a member, for brlb-
cry Bribery, like matrimony, is never
unilateral. 1t is an affair for two. The
consent Of briber and bribee makes brib-
cry. Here is the briber's record Of the
long consent of this bribee:
Tuesday, january IS. isGs-Henry Wilson
credit by cash $40 ON account OF Credit Mobiier Of
America 49,. -, -, so
per cent, Union Pacific Railroad Company bonds,
81 900. cash t238; Cedar Rapids and Missouri Raj
road, $3.50 Interest for February 81, 81. Total,
81 400. Cheek on Bank Of Commerce, SRA
February ~ Paid Henry Wilson for sixteen
$lOO bonds; scOheld check, $685. Union Pacific
Railroad check, sSls.7ai sergvant-at-Arms check
go. Total, SJss %"
The service expected by Ames was duly
rendered by Wilson. The Senator. was
Chairman Of the Military Committee dur
ing the war, and member of the Senate
Pacific Railroad Committee in 1867. Had
Washburn never exposed the relations OF
the Credit MObiler 30 the Union Pacific
Railroad in 1854, had they never been de
bated in the House, as they were, or dis
cussed in the Senate, as they were, Henry
Wilson was the one man in the Senate
whose position did not permit him to be ig-
norant thereof In lS67-S Henry Wilson
could no more have been unaware OF those
relations than Of the name OF the Chair
man Of bis own Pacific Railroad Commit
tee Ills knowledge qualified him 10 rem
der eifectual service, and he rendered It..
!. He never exposed the plundering of
the Government He joined the conspira-
cy Of silence. .. He voted for the bad
bargains of the United States with the
railroad men and voted 10 construe them
most unfavorably to the United States.
3. He voted in 1869 40 as 20 suppress all
inquiry, and, as Davis of Kentucky said,
so as 20 permit this deIelict directory u
proceed in the contamination Of its vast
schemes of plumber and iniquity." & lie
praised Oakes Ames precisely as Oakes
Ames praised himself in his defence read
just before the Republican House of Rep
resentatives 'censured' him for bribery,
3. He thus lauded the legislation which
had put money IN his purse:
~ rive no g-uaF,as vote ~ giving away either
Hons to build the suAd, and do &c most cheerfully
and think had done great thing for my country.
As 70 the lands, do not grudgc them"
After accepting brides from Cakes Ames
aud rendering service therefor, Henry
Wilson, ike Schuyler Colfax, gave evi-
dence of his full knowledge of the charac
ter OF his behavior by settling with Ames
and denying the previous transaction.
The falsehood was uttered by General 10
seph Hawley, Of Connecticut, on Wilson
authority, in Wilson's presence, in speech
advocating WILSON election TO the Vice
Presidency, and was circulated by Wilson
throughout the campaign, rs his authentic
defence, This was MIR. Hawley S language
II defy the world prove that h scsr took DOL
Tar interest an any measure Uhich has CONF bsfOr'
CoHqrsss / tell his slanderers to go 10 Washing
ton and 20 among the Hobbies there and converse
with the most notorious gambler, and they VII
ind that among the zen who cannot be bought
will be the name Of Henry Wilson"
Probed by Mr. Cox's sharp question,
Mr.. Hawley on the floor of the House
made frank admission that on that occa-
sion he said (innocently of coursel what
was not true. The report Of the colloquy
has been kept out of the Globe, but the
fact is notorious.
The Senate Credit Mobilier Committee
also declared as follows that Wilson lied in
his account of his relation with Cakes
Ames:
Informed a. 90 the character Of the Credit MObiIer
nor does a appear he was aware. or had reason to
suspect Ames had any object In commencing the
investment, other than that Of friendship. The
Committee does not believe Senator Wilson is AZ
fected by the transaction with Ames, bat they feel
constrained 70 advert, In this connection, to the
fact that on the 18th Of September last Wilson al.
thorzed To he sent 10 the publc press Of New York
Ned Denial that he had ever obtained from dake-
Ames any other person, the slightest interest IN the
Credit Moblller, and 10 remark that TIE djspIf,A
ods caicHidtsd 10 coHUey 10 he public an erroneous
iBipresstOH.'
Although this Committee of Senate in
which MIR. Wilson, party is in a majority
of 81 20 IL, damn his intelligence as Pa
cihc Railroad Committeeman to rescue his
honor as a legislator tan obviously absurd
theory, for he opposed investigation in the
Senate, as he lied 10 escape il out of the
Senate), nevertheless they squarely charge
him with wilful lying 10 deceive the public
in matter where the public had right
TO know the truth
Henry Wilson has less than Collax t.
regret, in that he has not committed per.
jury. But he is thus, upon the evidence
Of his party friends exclusively, convicted
of veuallty as Senator, of rendering ser.
vice TO his briber instead Of 10 his country
Of concealing facts by ialsehoods while IN
nomination for the Vice Presidency aud oil
widely, through the public press, cir.
culating falsehoods TO deceive those whC
were about 10 pass upon his fitness for Of.
fee.
Will Wee President Wilson resign?
The honest men of the country, Repub
licans OF Democrats, demand an hones
man in his place, next 10 the highest, pos
sibly TO be the highest. The country i.
entitled TO truth from its public men. Il
veracity is not Of universal obligation, a. il
may indeed not be, at least public meI
speaking of public matters are obliged u
speak the truth, and no citizen votes oi
pays a tax who would not, IL he could, ex
net of them fidelity TO that obligation.
Will Nice-P President Wilson resign
There is no such thing as maintaining
integrity, efficiency, or reputation in oul
public service if our highest public ser
wants may thus discard their honor forfeit
their word, and deceive the people
Will Vice President Wilson resign?
The country cannot tolerate that its ser
vice shall cease TO be u career for men o
honorable ambition, that its offices shall b,
badge of open profigacy instead Of hon
orable distinction.
VIII Vice President Wilson resign?
The republic has not forfeited It's RICH
70 have a man Of honor preside among TIA
Senators, or in the line OF succession 10 il,
chief magistracy.
VIII Niee-president Wilson resign ?
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