New-York tribune., 1873-02-01

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tlemselvos by charging the consequences 0,
their scts upon another To lay the whole SIN Al
Oakes Amess door, IA though he were the archtemptes
who dosgod them at every corner and lay in wait for
their sous most ptfu and contemptble business
sad We Are 90. a nat ASS or ,bn gps
taxable evidence OF their oupdty folly. and fraud Had
the pretended victims Of Ames stood up like men when %
aos different face would have been put upon the case.
and though % they might have been blamed Tor mPru Ssr
do to-day the objects OF pity and contempt The public
cannot but believe that there is YET much behind the
curtain that will not bear to be revealed and there is
vague expectation that at any hour and still moro
| startling evidences Of corruption may be disclosed
| WHAT SHALL THE PUNISHMENT BIZ
| From TIE Utod 0bsrpr (Drnl
| What is TO be done with these Congressman
convicted OF corruption aud PERJURY Perjury Is crime
asanst God and man Corruption is crime aganst y tne
ley, James A. Garfield John A. Bingham James w. Pat
terson. and william B. Ailison.haye betrayed their
trusts and broken their oahs The VioePres1ent must
DO removed and disqualified from again holding
any office OF public trust The others must be sunmarily
expelled They cannot be dsgrsoed beyond the point
that they have already disgraced themselves No Con
gressman with clean hands vote against the expul
sion OF these men without furnishing his reputation
Now, never the shackles OF partisan
ship. One Demoorgt-James Brooks or New-York-a
party belongs in 2 the black s Ho SaS not oSacy per
tured himself, but. while not under oath. he told
straightforward lie in the House and backed IL by his
honor as Representative" Moreover he has betrayed
his trust as Government Director Of the Union Pacific
RAILROAD Any Democrat who votes for BrOoks'S roten-
ton does so at his peril.
THE COUNTRY DEMANDS THOROUGH WORK or n.
\ ,u From TAs Ger"aaoyH lPcnn) chrost'I tTadJ
We do not know what Judge POand's Con-
mtee intends to do but 1t to that there
buf two things which IT, do is continue tins
tho Credit MObier in its relations Congressmen aud
the other to report resolutions for she impeachment Of
member who has been found 10 be Implicated,
that the INVESTIGATION bo carried another way
But Ave weeks OF the session remain snd the matter
will adjourn and there will be All end Of it, This may
fs 70 so ssy nothing Of oSers e Vice PedeS should
not be allowed to retire with such sstan resting upon bs
wish believe him, he ought to have opportunity
clear himself from Amess aspersOns Dut he DC ooth
be- would be better for the country that the truth
should be known.
From The Boston Journal (Ada R.p1
The case of Vice President COfax, we regret |
TO say requires farther investigation IL was honorable
to hm that he should propose the inquiry ts6bo which he
objections In the however and at all events 1t Is
better that the investigation already in process should
any other form. While tue uncertainties and doubts
friends Of the yce they ali feel that nothing
but the most thorough clearing up OF tne matter
made ts' against him, his vindicaton is certain
or later, and tho clouds Of the moment will
ton But while more evidence is said to be impending,
it is too early to indulge In any comments upon what
men to SUSPEND Judgment TIL tie whole sub
stance OF the case is fairly before the country.
mR. AMEs HAS TOLD THE TRUTH.
While we admit that Mr.. Ames has shown
himself be corrupt aud that he is dscredted thereby
to some extent yet no has fortified himself by doci
mentarY evidence by the c0rrOboratye testimony or
Others and by the admissions OF some OF the cupris
that no one reasonably resist the conviction that he
has the truth 1t certainly will require something
beside the denial OF Mr.. Colfax 20 overcome the
damaging testimony against him. Neither he nor the
other culprts improved their cases by the papabe
aricatOns to have been involved IN their de-
mails interposed when the charges were made in Sop
ternber last We cannot under such circumstances, re-
sst the conclusion that Mr. Ames Is to be credited and
Mfr. Colfax Is not. We are forced to the conclusion,
much against our WISH that Mr. COax did purchase 20
shares OF Credit MObier that he did receive the enor-
NOUS dgidends upon it, but that for prudential reasons
the stock was held by Ames in trust for him.
TWO BADLY INVOLVED VICTIMS.
From Syracuse Standard (ISf)
We have profound respect for Patterson,
but do not he is to get OF this scrape and
approach with any degree of serenity that lettered
shrine in Ohio which he has been invited he got
Oakes Ames whitewash him whom he was candidate
Mr. Ames in the whitewashlng business last Fall,
and responded all claims OF this nature which his
friends made upon him but he has gone out or the
decOratye business since he found that ugly memoran
dunn book. But the climax Of sensation was reached
when Mr. H. c. SWAIN cashier OF the District OF COum-
ba National Bank testified to what he knew about the
account OF Schuyler Colfax Mr. Cofax must now rise
TO explain into the possession OF the money
or checks deposited at the time when Credit Mobiier
dividends were paid to the stockholders OF that famous