The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-15

acter unjustly, nor was 1t guilty OF calum-
ny. There is no public demand ut the
present time for any enthusiastic demon-
stration in his behalf. We shall therefore
| try TO convince Mr.. FooTE either that his
SCHUYLER is not our SCHUYLER, or that he
| has been seriously mistaken in the charac-
| ter of his friend.
| Our SCHUYLER was Vice-President dur
| ing GRANTS first term. lie had been n
member OF Congress from Indiana, and
| then Speaker of the House. His political
success was not hard to understand.
Plausible rather than able, assuming vir-
tues which he bad not, cloaking mediocrity
under hypocrisy and cant, he prayed, ex-
horted and smiled his way into the con-
fdence of people lie was easily first
among shams who trade on capital which
they do not possess.
In September, 1872 when the country
was startled by the revelations OF Credit
Mobilier infamy, our SCHUYLER CoLFAX's
name appeared on the black list OF those
whom CAKES AMEs had bribcd. But
SCHUYLER smiled and said Mol Some of
the readers of the South Bend Tribune
must still remember the Vice-Prcsideuts
speech in that city, his own home, on the
evening of Sept. %. Here is some of it:
"Neithcr oAKEs ANEs any other person ever
gave or offered TO give me me share or twenty shares
other r,iroad ana unfortunately have never received
Ntue 81 ou nor %i tsv s3 bnnSr .
cent diyid mis- ia cash STOCK and bones you have read
cent cen Sn' nor one 's' cent? HO' "' N'" u Que yet
Thus smilingly did our SCHUYLER dismiss
| the charges against himself as trnes light
as air. He also thus raised question of
veraclty between himself and CAKES AMEs,
in which, for time, the Christian states
man was regarded by the public US having
the advantage.
But in January, 1873. after the POLAND
committee had begun its work OF investi-
cation, he suddenly changed front and,
still smiling, admitted an investment OF
$780, but denied under oath that lie had
prohted by it. Then CAKES AMEs made n
clean breast of the whole transaction, aud
even produced check for 81 200 OF divi-
bends, payable to IS. c. or bearer
| Though stunned for few days, our SCHUy-
LER still again came up smiling. and swore
| positively that he had received neither
| check nor money, but his oath was quickly
answered by the crushing disclosure that
this check. drawn by AMEs on June ~, had
been cashed for CoLFAX 10y the Sergeant
alarms on the 2lst. aud that on the very
next day COLLAR had deposited in the
First National Bank just 81 200 in green
backs!
For once the face OF our SCHUYLER lost
its habitual grin. Convicted a bride
taker, liar and a perjurer. he could only
and vainly appeal to the Eternal Tribunal
of Justice. He could not be expelled from
the Senate because he was Vice-Presdent
and although he might have been inn
peached or indicted for perjury, he was
allowed to pass down out of his high Office
broken aud disgraced. the most melan-
choly aud the most hypocritical OF all the
wrecks left by the Credit Mobiler.
Low as he had fallen, ii was reserved for
his own folly to consummate his degrade.
ton. After period of silence he ut.
tempted to explain his possession of tn,
greenbacks deposited by him in the banl
the day after the IS. c." check was cashed
In putting forward the flimsy plea that ,
stranger, business man of New York, hao
sent him 81, 900 Us a token of disinterestet
admiration, our SCHUYLER CoLFAx unwit
tingly disclosed the fact that he the Vice
President of the United States, had been
hired lobbyist regularly in the pay OF
one NEsBITT, a printer, who held a Gov
eminent contract for supplying envelopes
The wreck was so complete the disgrace
so humiliating, that the country would
have permitted this wretched mans nam
TO pass into oblivion. But our ScHUYLEl
was not satisfied that il should so be. Ill
went and established himself as q publ
teacher Of political purity and persona
morality. With the old smile still petriie'
upon his countenance, he wandered aroun'
from Sunday school TO Sunday school, iron
I Good Templars to Odd Fellows, from agri
cultural fair to Young Mems Christian
Association meeting, praying, exhortinG
, and preaching honesty, integrity, an
fidelity to principle.
This is the story Of the SCHUYLER CoLPA
to whom we referred. Our SCHUYLER Coz
. FAX is an arrant hypocrite, knavish bride
= taker, n dishonest legislator, perjure
g who owes it TO the lenency Of his fcllo'
citizens that he is still outside Of penIter
. tiary walls.
= Mr. FOOTE'S SCHUYLER CoLFAx, who Ia
grown venerable in long and faithft
service Of his country, whose public recor
for a period of twenty years is unsullie'
!. there is at present public demand, mu.
a be different person.