Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-16
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as the amounts you expected to realize"
/ ask all the honest men of the country to
read these two statements and answer wheth-
er General Garfield has prevaricated in his
statements Or not. Let honest Republicans
who ara SO anxious about the education of
the youth of the country consider what an
example is Set them when Garfield and Pat
teraon, twin brothers in the Credit Mobilier
scandal, are held up by the Republican
party-on as q candidate for the Presidency
and the other as the superintendent of edG-
cation in New Hampshire
In conclusion, General Garfield, admit
ting the Walpolian doctrine that "every
man has price, says:
''If there be citizen of the United States
who is willing to believe that for 1929 have
bartered away my good name and to falseheod
have added perjury, these pages are not ad.
dressed to him"
We are told that Esau sold his birthright
for mess OF pottage. Great inconsistent
cies of character are sometimes found in
great men, especially when they assume the
role of Christian statesmen. We have
scriptural authority for believing that there
are people who would strain at a gnat and
swallow camel, but the Police Gazette
shows that there are many men who prefer
the less hazardous practice of gobbling down
gDats when no oDe sees them to the more
dangerous effort of swallowing cameis, at
which they may be caught.
While society sometimes ovsrlooks the
crimes of the swaliosers of camels in amaze
ment at the audacity of the performance, it
neither forgives nor forgets the gobblers Of
gnats.
That General Garfield received money
from Cakes Ames under an agreement
which, at his option, might or might not
make him subscriber to Credit Mobiier
be admits. That he kept this money nearly
two years and until he learned from Mr.. J..
s. Black that trouble was coming about 1t,
he admits. See pamp., p. 8:
'In the winter Of 1869-70 received the first
intimatinn ever had of the real nature of the
connection between tho Credit Mobilier com.
paDy and the Pacific Railroad company, in a
private conversation with the Hon. J. 4. Black
of Pennsylvania. Finding in the course of
that con versatien that he was familiar with the
history of the enterprise, told him all knew
about the matter, and informed him of the of
fer that had been made me. He expressed the
opinion that the managers Of the Credit Mo-
bilier were attempting to defrsud the Pacific
railroad company; and informed. me that Mr..
Ames was pretending to have sold stock to
members of Congress for the purpose of influ-
enclng tneiS ac:lOn IN any legislation that
might arise on the subject.
Though had NJ itber done nor said any,
thing which placed me under any obligation to
take the stock, I at once informed MIR. Ames
that if he was still holding the offer open to
me he need do SO no longer, for I would not
take the stock. This Ibid Immediately after
the conversation with Judge Black, which, ao-
cording to his own recollection as we'll as mine,
was early in the winter of 1869-70."
In the face of this statement of facts can
there be any possible doubt of Mr.. Garield's
guilt? Or can I conclude this statement
better than in his own words, which will
become the judgment of the people: .For
a member of Congress, knowing the facts,
to hold under advisement proposition to
buy this stock would be morally as wrong
az to hold and receive the profits upon 1T.
II it was morally wrong to purchase it, it
was morally wrong to hesitate whether to
purchase it or not" JAS. r. CHALmEBs.