The Jasper weekly courier., 1875-04-23

attempts have been made by the Credit
Moohicr corruptlOnlSts 20 break the force
OF The testimony given before the com.
mlttee of Investigation. in the hope OF
raising a doubt a 10 their guilt. But these
posthuinons publications. instead Of weak.
ening the popular belief In their yenality,
nave only served 10 confirm IL more
strongly, because every effort 10 establish
Innocence has been stamped with fraud
and Iaisehood, and thus aggravated the
original sin.
The Rev. Gen. Garfield was the first TO
appear In a pleading pamphlet alter Ames
had been laid In his grave. filled with fab
brtcated statements which he did not dare
10 make while Ames was living and pre-
paI>.d Ia crush him with even more start
ling proofs than he furnished 10 the CON-
miitee.
Encouraged by this example. that emf
nent Christian statesman. SCHUYLER Col
fax, brought forward a swift witness 10
testify that he had seen Ames draw the
money on the famous =" :. CT cheek for
~l,2OO and pay il over 10 an unknown
third person on the 22d June, 1865. when
the check itself was dated on the 10th of
June. WAS paid that day by the Sergeant
alarms in greenbacks. and these green
backs were deposited by Colfax i'm the
First National Bank at Washington on the
I'D OF June. The books OF the Sergeant.
alarms and OF the bank, together with
the deposit ticket in Colfax's own hand
writing, Were prodnced 10 prove these
facts. which his new witness was hired to
dispute. five Years after the transaction
and when Ames was dead. on the faith of
a convenient memory refreshed by a con-
sideration.
Although the prompt and overwhelm-
ing exposure of these fabrications deferred
Others who profired by the Credit Mobilier
from experimenting in that way, Colfax
has been persistent i'm getting up ..ru-
mors" Tor his own relief. and mnufactur-
ing statements. which are paradei before
the public 10 whitewash his character and
To attract sympathy. The last attempt
has not been more successful than Others
which preceded it. and has drawn atten-
ton 10 the systematic lying which this
knayish charlatan has practised since the
investigation. The Hartford Post was in
duced 10 say that 1.-THE executors OF
Oakes Ames had discovered by his ac-
counts that the money he claimed TO have
paid 10 MIR. COlfax and others was ia fact
used for his own purposes at the time he
was pressed by financial embarrass-
II nts.n
Mr.. Oliver Ames, who was an executor
OF the estate, pronOunces ''the above state
ment untrue" and saws that Oskes Ames
''was not hard pressed by financial embar-
rassments at that time Not content
with this denial. he adds: II am also
thoroughly convinced that the payments
which Mr.. Ames claimed to have made TO
Mr.. COlfax and Others were made at the
time, In the manner and for the purpose
stated by him." Ofcourse there will be
no responsible answer to Mr.. Oliver
Ames's direct and unequiyOcal exposure Of
this latest falsehood. The purpose OF Col
fax was served in the publicity. for he had
learnelby long and varied experience how
fast a lie can travel. and how slow truth
would be in overtaking IL
III the testimony OF Oakes Ames in the
Credit Mobilier investigation had depend
ed entirely on his memory, he would have
been sworn down and out of doors. The
Republican leaders whom he purchased
with scrip and dividends already matured.
Were quite prepared for any necessity OF
that kind. AT first they intended 10 kill
The iniquity hy closing the doors. When I
public opinion forced them open. they ex-
pected Ames 10 forget the details OF their 1
dealings. and did not know Of his diaries 4
and documents.
In his original examination Ames en-
deayored by every means, short of false 1
swearing. 10 give the cOrruptionists the \
benefit Of all doubts and unrefreshed recol- 4
lection. still he shed a little daylight on \
the jobbery. They conferred with him 4
personally. and wanted positive acquittals. 4
which he refused 10 give. Then they com
bined against him. and swore 10 their own
versions. la this dilemma he had either
10 20 10 the wall. or to sustain his feSti- II
mOny with conclusive proofs. Then II
was that he produced each separate ac-
count. and subsequently, the diaries with
the cOtemporaneOus entries and cxDlana-
tons. showing what each member received
for his Influence and vote, and In what
form.
There was no possible escape from this
evidence. Ii was either forged absolutely,
which nobody ventured TO charge, or the
Republican leaders were positively per-
Iured. The reports OF the committees
were published daily all over the country.
Colfax. Dawes, Garfield. Bingham, Pat
terson. Kelley. Scofield and the rest OF
ihem.n saw the proofs Of their guilt scat
tered broadcast, and yet they never dared
10 appear again 10 deny or 10 explain
them. They adopted the policy Of silence.
knowing well that the majority i'm the
House would not condemn them, from
the fear OF other Investigations. They
knew. too. that Ames haa proofs in re-
serve which would blast some OF the best
populations. so they desisted from con-
and waited until Ames was dead ,
20 defame his memory. The Credit Mo- I
Dilier jobbers held the foremost places in
he last Congress. shaped all the legisla- ,
ion, and are to-day the leaders Of the Re
publican party. They are the pillars Of
5r,ntism. and most of them are third
ermers. who propose, of course, to .pu-
-ify the party inside" by managing ii in
heir own way, controlling the patronage
md enjoying the plunjer.-N. y. Sun.