Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-04

AtNSe
to which | can more safely turn for a
just judgment than to q judge OF the
supreme court who forgets that when
he becoms a judge he should cea Sc to
be a partisan. ADRIAN s HEWITT.
New York, November Ii.
SOME CORRECTIONS.
From the st. LOUIS Republican,
The last issue of Harper's Weekly
has this editorial sentence:
"The main reliance of the democ-
was upon the charges against
Gen. Garfield, which were lsng since
disposed Of"
We have no disposition, now that
the campaign is over to bring to the
;ront the record Of the president
elect. Mr.. Garfield, whatever his
character and conduct,-is TO fill the
executive chair for the next four
years and national honor, as we'll as
public decency, demands that The
great Office shall not be degraded in
the eyes of the world by needlessly
dragging the sins of the Incumbent
into the light of day. But when a
republican paper of exceptional posi-
ton aud influence has the %audaciIy
to intimate that the democracy had
no justification for their charges
against the republican candidate, a
healthy rule must be broken.
These charges were never ''dis-
posed Of" They are to-day just
where and what they were on the
18th Of March, 1873. when Harper's
Weekly contaiued a picture from the
pencil OF Mast, representing Justice
pointing her damning finger at a
group Of congressman. among whom
stands James A. Garfield-wlth this
Legend above his head:
"Disgraced i'll the eyes of the pub
lie for owning Credit Mobiler stock,
which was i'll fact aud intent ii
fraud upon the government-also
for deceit and svasion-the high
trust Of legislation misused - the
people will not long respect the laws
If they lose respect for the law
makers"
In the same issue of the same paper
was this editorial comment:
1.-The Credit Mobilier WAS all asso.
,.iation formed to pluuder the nation
through the Pacific railway. Its real
aim to make greet profits by contract
ing to build the railway at sums fal
greater than its true cost. Garfield
consented to subscribe for one thou.
sand dollars worth of stock"
When. where and how, has Har
per's Weekly "disposed OF" the
charges made in its own column.
seven years ago? When, where an,
how, have the following been "dis
posed of :"
From Con. Gardeld's Testimony Before til
Poland Committee, Jan IA, 1851
"I never owned, received, or agreed
receive to any stock Of the Credit Mo
bilier or Of the Union Pacific rallroa,,
nor any dividends or profits ~arisin!
from them"
From Juds sc Poland's Report, Feb. Is. 1873
"The facts in regard to MIR. Gal
field as found by the committee, ar
that he agreed with Mr.. Ames t
take ten shares of Credit Mobile
stock, but did net pay for the same
Mr.. Ames received the eighty pc
cent. dividend i'll bonds, and sol
them for ninety-seven per cent, an
also received the sixty per cent. cas-
dividend, which, together with tn
price of the stock and interest. left
balance of 1929. This sum was pal
over to MIR. Garfield by a check o
the sergeant-at-arms. and Mr.. Gal
field then understood this sum wa
the balance of dividends after payin
for the stock"
From the New York Times, Feb. 10, 1879. l
"Messrs. Kelly and Garfield pr
sent a most distressing figure. The
participation in the Credit Mobile
affair is complicated by the most VI
fortunate contradictions of testiIH,
n.y."
From the New York Times, Feb. 20, 1878 ]
"The character of the Credit M
bilier was no secret. The source
its profits was very well known
the time congressman bought i
Though Cakes Ames may have su
ceeded i'll %concealing his own motiv
which was to bride congressme
i, their acceptance of the stock was H.
OH hat account innocent. The di
honor of the ect, as a participation
all obvious fraud, still remains.
oohA0 VI thChI hoNS lluulSSo
: testimony with reference to the m.
/ The committee distinctly rejects t
q testimony of several of the member
, This can only be done gu the groul
that it Is untrue. But untrue ties
| mOny given under oath is morally,
, not legally, perjury.
i sit is the clear duty of congress
visit with punishment all who TO,
!, Credit Mobllier stock from Oak
!, Ames."
Il lFroD the N. Y. Tribune. Feb. IL, 1873. ]
t James A. Garfield, of Ohio, b
e ten shares; v paid y dollar
ceived 1929, which, after the iuves
CATION began, ne Was anxious to ha
V considered as a loan from GAL
1 Ames to himself.
n "Well, the wickedness of all OF
N is that these men betrayed the trl
Of the people, deceived their const
It uents, and by evaslons and fal
v hoods confessed the transaction to
re disgraceful."
is From the n. Y. Tribune, Feb. q, 1873. ]
"Mr. Ames establishes very clea
to the point that he was lot alone
G. this offense. If he is 10 be expel
Re for bribery, the men who were BIZ
a ed should 60 with him"
3, RecollecL these are all republic
CT documents. Not a line or word
st them from a democratic pen. d.
ul ocrats are in no sense responsi
&c for the charges made against
VI Garfield; charges which have
ut been, and can be, ''dispo
to Of" Are democrats to be denuu
nd ed for merely using a republican c
8 : against a republican candidate?
ed The Harper's Weekly article fl
,ss which u first quotation is ms
is cont iins also the following:
gsl Throughout the contest, in ev
l." republican speech that we heard
he read and in all republican papers,
it democratic candidate Was tres
IN? with candor and respect. His
I'll Orabie military services were no,