The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-22

King knows about perjury and Ito pains
and penalties. Last November, he was
elected member of Congress from Mime
sofa, and now 1t Is alleged that he Is guilty
of willful and corrupt perjury. Believing
in the truth Of this charge, and believing
that Minnesota would be disgraced by
being represented by an actual or alleged
perjurer, It's Legislature, by unanimous
vote, cave one, requested him to resign his
seat In Congress. To that request, or de-
mand, the redoubtable William s. responds,
In letter without post-mark or other init
nation of the place where 1t was written
why this secrecy, wiliam?-and plainly
informs Minnesota's legislators that, bis
"prvate affairs" are none of their business;
neither have they any right to censure him
or demand his resignation. All of which
may be true, in his opinion, but 1t will
strike the common rind that alleged per-
jury on the part of a member of Congress
is something more than the alleged perjur-
er's 'private affair."" and they may be so
uncharitable to ask who has the
right 10 censure member of Con.
gress, IL the representatives of the
people, his own constituents, cannotp Who
is 10 demand his resignation, so long as he
refuses to do SO, and more especially when
he Is so pulled up by his own conceit as to
characterize "tbe assumption that he has
done anything wrong" as legislative lie
we Use his own italics? We take 1t, that
looking at the matter only In common
sens" manner, the legislature of Minnesota
would have been recreant to duty, had 1t
failed to censure or hesitated to demand
his resignation. "Private affairs" indeed;
so every notorious criminal pretends to
think, and resenting any inquiry relative
thereto, only asks to be let alone.
What he did with large sum of money
about the time Of the passage" of the sub.
sidy bill, he does not propose to disclose
to the world, except in his own good time"
nor until evidence which he is ''unable to
reach can he secured and which he asserts
will bring him 1.-THE fullest and most
complete vindication against the false
hoods which the Legislature has spread OH
their journals. He does not leave us in
doubt as to the nature Of the expected
'vindication," for he goes on to say that
''not one dollar Of money" received by him
''was ever intended or applied to the infiu-
encing of vote" on the subsidy. 1t may
be true, we trust that 1t Is, that not one
dollar was SO expended. We presume that
the statement is correct. We never be-
lieved that members of Congress were as
corrupt, or as easily corruptiblc, as has
been charged. Admitting their perfect in
tegrity, aud that King did not corrupt or
attempt to corrupt any member of Con-
glcss, what of it Is this, as we are bound
to assume from his letter, 1.-The fullest and
most complete vndication" he can make
for himsclf9 Does such a vindication re-
lievc him from the charge of perjury |?
Not at all, and no one knows IL better than
this King himself. He ueed not spend any
of his valuable time on this poiat. He
need not tell the people of Minnesota that
Ignatius Donnelly is mo better tn IN be
should be ; they understand it already.
What the people OF Minnesota, what the
whole country wants to know. is whether
William S. King, or some other person, is
guilty of perjury Some one has commit.
ted this crime, the question lie, who Is
guilty? If King will openly place him
self within the Jurisdiction of the proper
court, he will receive justice and this,
judging from his actions, is what he least
desires. He need not fear but that he will
get vindcation at the hands of the next
Congress, but 1t will be of that kind that
will vindicate Congress from his presence.
William S. King should remember poor
Colfax, and not like him, the more he en-
deavors to get out of the mud, sink deeper
into the mire. But William s., you have
our sympathies, for why should Mime
sofas legislators endeavor to coerce or in
timidate you into resigning: Oh. the
cruelty of the attempt
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