The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-02-22


gentlemen implicated have strangely prevarica-
| ted, 1t nothing more" X was ROY for Us to de-
termine the original ,mu.prAiity OF tho transsc-
ton. The solemn lying, and il some Instances
perjury, to keep the matter concealed, demon.
, strat-d full we'll What the IGen engaged in il
themselves thought of it. He would not recite
the catalogue of tbs names implicated Indeed,
Il semon should alwgya aim ~ absolute imper.
sonali,y But certain names he would have to
mention to give his rem ,rLs the pertincncy he
desired. To begin At the beginning, Senator
Nye could not say to Nice-Pre,iieut Colfax what
he is reported TO have said - Mr.. Senator Pa,.
terson: If l wished 70 get out patent for a
fool, should deposit you i'll the piten: office for
u model"
Those who had known Mr.. Colfax besr-and
he had known him personally for years-h.ve
never mistaken him for fool No man in
American politics ever played small card bet.
ter, on less capital did larger BUSINESS. He
was fortunate in being citizen OF Indiana,
where, If they had not great repute for enlight-
eminent, they had extended renown for religion
| That he was a suitable man 10 represent the
state Of Indiana they verify believed. When
publicly accused Of being party to this Pacific
railroad job they all understood that these
were the exact words of his full, fat, and ex :
plicit denial:
Neither Cakes Ames nor any other person
ever offered to give me one share or 20 shares,
or 1000 shares in the Credit Mobilier or any
other railroad stock, and I have never seen or
received the value of u farthin9 out Of the 27O
per cent dividends. or of the 800 per cent divi.
dends, in cash, stock or bonds, that you have
heard about every day for the past month, nor
100 per cent, nor per cent, nor one.tenth OF
per cent
| How beautifully and solemny said How
should they regard these asseverations in the
light OF these recent Investigations and tes.i'
mouy and confessions VIVA. did Mr.. Colfax
mean when he asked for a suspension of public
opinion? This WAS II solecism. Opinions are
not passive. Opinion. cannot be suppressed
ana kept down. The public were decidedly OF
the opinion that "a strange prevaricstion" has
come to pass.
1t was not enough for Coltax 20 proclaim
publicly, that Ill he desired was to stand RICH,
in the sight Of God. This kind Of sponge.cakc
religious air had been his stock in trade, which
had paid him about as large dividend as the
Credit Mobiler. The speaker said he hated a
man that would kick dog. Had he not said
these Same thing. of Mr.. Colfax, and published
them years ago, he should consider that he had
the right to say them now. He hoped the hud
ding together Of these Christian statesmen, Pat
terson, Colfsx, Pomeroy, Harlan and others
would result in a publication of congress from
all suoh men. Histrionic religion with drAmst
ic piety he considered the most heinous sin
against God and man. There acre Christian
statesmen ut Washington. He thanked God
for that! But they carried no card around
with them advertising the fact. They said MOI
their prayers in the market place to be seen o.
men.
The speaker then alluded to the course o.
Senator Patterson in terms of reproach and con
| domination. II such q state of things we're "a
continue all decent men would leave public life
ns he had.
From AN officer OF the great railroad built by
the government, every foot of it, by their money
and his, but owned by neither the government
nor themselves. they had learned that Senator
Harlan had received $4,000 for electionee r in
purposes, when he himself was the candidat,
for reelection. This expenditure Of money TO
election purposes was growing evil. TIT
apology for doing it on one side was that thel
did it on the other. Tbs money was ofte,
handled BY unscrupulous agents who sometime
oversteppsd the bounds prescribed by the origi
nal party to the transaction.
Mr.. Harlan WAS now editing Washington
newspaper. In that newspaper he had said con
cerning tho charges which had been brou2h
against Mr.. Pomeroy, that he WAS "utterly at
loss to account for these misrepresentation o
Mr.. Pomeroy. Those who knew him we'll be
loved him to be on. of the noblest and trues
OF our public men" In congress he had beer
known for years as Subsidy" Pomeroy.
That Cakes Ames was the chief of sinners, i
he alluded to original sin, he would admit bu
he had been followed by others who were equal
ly guilty. In past days our national congress
had been notorious for the drunkenness AM
brawls Of its members But there was d create
sin than drunkenness and debauchery. The
had "become companions Of thieves, and ever
one loveth gifts aud followeth after rewards"
All the names he had been compelled to men
ton were Of men who had been identified wit
the interest and worship of the Christian church
The church should not, however, be held re
sponsible for the acts OF wicked men who use
religion IA cloak for their lniQuites
In conclusion, he exhorted his hearers TO scare
their own hearts, They should inquire if the
h ID been Just in tina, which was least. Only
conscience at rest could enjoy tho good gifts c
the world. 1t was only by performing the con
mands OF God honestly and truly that the
, could win the angel Of peace to their soul
I The world and the passions thereof passet
t away. Oh, how soon and how suddenly!
, WAS like the dew Of the morning. But God, IL
Creator of life, endured forever. They shout
=. reveren,ly comm, themselves to His guidanc
. aud msufully beat back the tempter until the
! were secure, in an all.atoainy sense, and
Q strong AS the Creator. That was the only WI
OF peace.