Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-11
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cal urpstration from malaria, contracted III In
dia and too long neglected., TO olfer vi! oaAea
A,n.s and mvsclt us sacrifices 10 Il public c:;:iii,
or, in which Two Vice Presidcn;sul the United
S,alrs, several members of The Senate AID
eiuht other members Of the llouS" were ulorc
lnyulv~ than myself.
The sacrifice OF Il Democrat WAS dccnlcd III
dis,cnsublc 10 offset, II Got U protect them:
and hence early lu December a c"nlnlt:cc was
organized, seemingly on PURPOSE, u br'lls III
nv uauIe with theirs. 50 iS 10 Giakc me tc"Io'
si6lc for $50 shares OF the stock oi the Credit
Mnbilcr, owned by {. IL. Noiisoli. Inc GET
l~iic;ltcs of this stock were notoilnu$iy III tiic
FIJI posSc.sion of Nelson as long ago is De
cclutcr -. 1861, (sce cvidcnr1, page o9' Ou'
nj those certificates the committee III JANUARY,
INA. chose to make ne the owner upon the
nrct,.ucc that he, being my Snr-ll law, w't'
| only Inc apparent uwncr. The connl!l:"
Was thus organized, | say, Tor there "trr
nut upoi it such men is General bal'k>,
a Mcrnlicr d m,IuSty1e, Tor years liVii"
in chatotmn n Espny"c, bcca'lsc 81 his
known hostility to Auics, who, when asked,
refused to subscribe with certain rich Boston-
Jams, 10 free his WaltI,anI house from II heavy
mortgage; and Morrick, of Maryland, an cS-
rebel Judge of this District, III the olcnlEg 81
the civil war, whose Crurt tongrc:a had to cX
| lir,atr t, be- rid Of hlm, and who, therefore,,
sore and sour, pow more tlian ever, hates INC
Whole human race because Ut the defeat OF his
3, piratious to return 10 Congress; with ~Nlplack;
i very. very small man, III the plastic iingcis"l
such a Sly, sleek, aud crafty chairman as ~
land nj Vermont. whose autccricntS IN railroads
at home arc verse than anything alleged a2alnst
the Credit MOhi!icr, this committee, alter slt-
ting two months aud Il halt, purpoS:iy neglect
irg the exploration Of many rich mii!cS OF les
tilnory, ~ticrccly iclI upon noe IN eleven different
sittings, when my physical prostitution was such
that the newspapers daily reported me dyln%,
and at last, after refusing me- Il hearing, WHICH
earnestly demanded, Il fact which they sup
pressed in the first report OF o25 pages: "Alctil
no member OF Congress could iind 'itnc to rGat
50 late in the SESSION, Wl!cI. 1t Wa mace cni!plcG
me. 4 Democrat, with Mr. Amcs,a Republican,
for expulsion. while they let eli thirteen ether
| Rcrlilic#IS. who. all hut one. had EiaII!c':
{...1i, M]oiilicr. Wien not Il share had even c,lnc
into ms hands. The House and the country
from the start secuted such an absurd report
the moment they could ret at 1t by refusing to
vote on expulsion at ali. They did not ccn>u:c
hIr. A,ncs or myself, only condemned IL! act rs
old IL ls67, in order thus 10 carry OIL as on Il
lightning rol, the electricity that had been
generated by the batteries of the Press upon
Ccnarr5s and the county. But even IN this
the House did me injustice. because | vas not
in Congress when it was alleged my interest
BEGAN in the Credit Mobilicr, or il. as alleged,
| had any interest, it was fully dispo,cl of be-
fore | went into the directory. Some Demo
cratic members Of Congress assciltcI 10 THIS
Injustice in the bciicl that they could then con-
denim such leading Republicans as Dawes, Gar
field, Bingham, Kelley Scollrld aud Hooper:
but in this they were justly foolcd, because The
great intelligence, high character, aud tho we'll
Known antccIlcnts Of these men are SUCH Il to
make ridiculous the charge that O&kcS AlncS
had bribcd them, or that they We're his dupcS,
as the Poland Committee reasons, and did no:
know what they were about. 10 you, my Old
constituents; who have stood by me for twenty
five years and over, both as an Old Line Wing
aud a Dcmocrat--wh0 have seen me, whether
as a member of the Legislature in Maine,
and as your own representative in A!f,a-
nv. both in the Legislature and IN the
| Constitutional Convention. and who now sec lie
In my eighth Congressional term, hitherto IN.
spotted and unsu>pectcd IN every !ubilc sta
| ton. | shall appeal in lcrsnn, if tic good God
restores me 10 health aud lite, is | think be
will. | shall demonstrate to ypll that neither
lnysclf nor Mr.. Nelson. from a New York city
family of over one hundred years Of stainless
antccCdcnts, were guilty Of perjury. as Poland
| charges, and that both of US tod the truth
when tcstiFyiug that | had no hand in the
| Credit MobiIier dividends, allotmcntS or profits
in any form. | shall satisfy you that the
| James Brooks whom you adopted i'll 1856, aud
to whom the old Wing and Democratic parties
have often given the highest honor of the city
and whom Congress has honorcd on its most
important committccs--Land Po>totlicc, Pa
cifc Railroad, Reconstruction, and, moro cs
p~cciaIly, the Ways and Means and twelve
years there, at times appropriatins millions
and millions of dollars, and ut other times levy
Ing. with others Of the committee, the vast re-
venues of the country, is the same 'jamea
Brooks, n0w in his ri opening old age, that h.
was when you first adopted him and ever since
Won thus honorcd him. Yours truly,
JAMES BRooE&.