Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 3, Number 21, Plymouth, Marshall County, 19 June 1862 — Page 1

nn I HERB LET THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN; UN AWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBOUGHT BY GAIN. VOLUME 3 NEW SERIES. PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THUKSDAY, JUNE 19, 1862. NUMBER 21 WHOLE No. 125,

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12. K. Time Tables. P., Ft. W. & C. 11. IK. Time Table. SPRING AND SUMMER ARRANGEMENT. KFtftTCKC OF TRAINS FROM PLTMOÜTII STATION. EASTWARD BOUND TRAINS. Pav Express and Mail 10:35 A.M. Niirht Express, 11:10 P. M. Fast Stork 5:40 P. M. lire Stock and Ex. Freight 11:50 P. M. Local Freight, 12:30 P.M. WESTWARD BOUND TRAINS. Pi7 Eapresa and Mail 5:15 P.M. Night Express 0:15 A. M. Local Freight, 4:05 A. M. Fast Freight, 3:35 P. M. S.R. EDWARDS, Agent. C. P- & C. R. 11. Time Table. SUMMER ARRANG EMENT. EASTWARD. Leave La Porte, daily -.qq A.M. (Sundays Excepted,)) Arme at Plymouth, v- A. M. WESTWARD. LeaTe Plymouth Arrive at La Porte, ...5:40 P. M. ....7:30 P.M. Trains run by La Porte time, which is kept at E. Vail? Jewelry store, and is 15 minutes slower than r.,Ft. W. & C. R. R. time. II. R. DRULlNER.Supt. Attoviioyss. RFFVP &l CAPRON, Attomevsand Notaries. Plymouth, Morshall Co., Ind., practice in Marshall and adjoining counties River to Rahcock k Co., Phelps, Pod ?e V ro.,Nrw York. Cooly,Farwell A: Cx, Go-V Hro., Chicago, London k Co., Thih., C"Renette .t Co M Pittsburgh, Hon. A. L. O.sb ; Circuit Judge, La port, Ind. JOHN SBENDE. Attorney at Law and Real Estate Agent, Knox, Knox. Ind. . Collections, Tax paying' and examination or Titles, promptly attended to. n3-ly DR. T. A. BORTON. riirsician nd Sunrenn.ouiceoverPershin; .vCo.'s Dm Store, in Dr. A. O. Hot-ton's Pent a 1 Room. Michigan street, eat side corner of Gano, where he may be consulted during office hours. J. J. VINA L. Homeopathic Physician. Particular ttont-onn:iTiI to obtetric practic, and chp-n-c i'-a- ' 1 women, and di-ea?e?of children, o'hee ore ( P.almT! ?tore, corner Mietr-ran an-' To-t c tsreets, whehc maybe consu'te.l a all hour. DR. O. BAIRO. flr.iduate of Jefler"n M-die.il College,) residence and office nearShilt's .Mill.IJremen, Ind. DR. A. O. BORTON, Surgeon Dentist, Plymouth, Ihdiana. Whole or partial ett of Teeth inserted on the mot approved plan?. Special attention pnid to the preservation ofthe natnral teeth, and Ineirularitv of Children! teeth corrected. Fan: and diTirult teeth extraeted with or without Chloroform. Can be consulted at hi office at any time except on Mondays and Tuesday. farcin IVr-hinc's block, up stairs, corner of M'chijran and CJano strot?. i:t! Hotels. EDWARDS HOUSE. Plymouth. Ind. W. C. ndward.Propr.c-tor. IImlwav. - D1CKSON & co Dealer in hardware of every description, alo, store?, tin, sheetiron, and copper ware. BUCK & TOAN, Dealers in FI.irIware of very lcseripti'n, und manufacturers of Tin, Sheet-Iron and Copperware, Michigan street. Dry Goods V Gnwcrics. J. BROWNLEE, Dealer in dry goods of all kind, roccricrt, ware? etc., Michigan street, Plymouth, Ind. ä PALMER De&lcrin Dry Goodj, (Jroccrie?, etc., south side La Porte street. NUSSBAUM &l DAVIDSON, DeVers in Croceries and Provision, cast side of Michigan street. Itnotn S1iom. J. F. VAN VALKENBURGH. Manufacturer and Dealer in limits and Shoes, first door -bove the IJ.ink Iiu'ilding. E. PAUL. Dealer in boots and ihoei. mamifaftui a all kind of home work in his line, Michiptn street, Plymouth, Ind. n RI AIM Co.

t)r-i '-tit-ant! confectioners, west si.le of. Michigan! ba been humiliated by their urr-Plrm-ntli. Ind. iArMf;if tholatter.il wa '' .1

T A LEMON, Dealer in dru, medicines, notioii, literary magazine, paper, etc., north side Lapoite street, Plymouth, Ind. JÖHNM ' HOErV.KER, Dealer in .tehes, clocks and jewelry, Plymouth lud., keep constantly on hand clocks, watches breast pin, car rind, finger riiis, lockets, etc Clock and watches, etc., repaired iu the be manner possible. I fmiMiitir. MICHAEL GINZ, n ..i I i. . : .1.,..,. ".v... .;.i.. .f;.i.;..f. '""vr nii'i r i-p-"ii v..r-. - -treet over Patterson store) Plymouth ,I.,d. Kverjthingin the above buaincssatttnded tola me in the best style, C. HASLANGER & BRO'S, Manufacturer of wagons, carriages etc Plack Smithing, paintin r Ci rt r eiid I'Minin? none in oroer Ii-viv N. B. KLINGER. Proprietor Buckeye Livery," opposite Kdwards Houne, rivmoutli, Ind. " H27ly T. MCDONALD, Real estate agent and notary public, office in rk.on'a hardware store, Plymouth, Ind. Draws deeds, mortgages, bond, and aree merit, sella laudi, exaujiiics titles and furnishes abstract of the same, pays taxeand redeems land ioM for taxe.

INDIANA DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. Whereas, The Democratic party having, from the date of its organization, been in favor of the

maintenance of the Union und the preservation of the Constitution, and seeing iu the present condition of the country the deplorable effects of a departure from its time honored and conservative principles.. and the triumph of sectionalism ; and firmly believing that the Union and the Cocstitu tion can be preserved alone by the restoration of that party to power, we invite all the union men throughout the land to unite with us in sustaining its organization and carrying out its principles. Therefore. Resohed, 1 . That we reaffirm and endorse the political principles that from time to time have been put forth by the National Conventions of the Democratic party. 2 That we are vnalterably attached fo the Constitution, by which the Union of these States was formed and established : and that a faithful observance of its principles can alone continue the existence of the Union, and the permanent happiness of the people. 3. That the present civil war has mainly resulted from the Ions continued, unwise, and fanatical asitation, in the North, of the question of domestic s'avery, the consequent organization of a geographical party, guided by the sctionol platforms ndoptcd at Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Chicago, and tho development thereby of sectional hate and jealousy, producing (as had long been foreseen and predicted by us) its counterpart in the South of secession, disunion, ami armed resistance to the General Government, and terminating in a bloody strife between those who should have been forever bound together by fraternal bond?, thus bringing upon the whole country a calamity which we are now to meet as loyal citizens, striving for the adoption of that mode of settlement best calculated to again restore union and harmony. 4. That in rejecting all propositions likely to result in a satisfactory adjustment of the matters in dispute between the North and the South, rind 'specially those measures which wntihl have ocured the border slave States to the ITn:on. nd a harty co-operation on their pirtin all etw '"'innal and legal msurcs to pronr a rei-i " more Southern States to their '' -: no. ' M nnMicnii nartv assumed a f-rV -e-rw.n and acte! in total riistegai'l 'th 't int. f't of the whole country. 5. That if the party in mowt had shown thsame desire to settle, bv nmicuMe ;iljus'mi'! -mr internal dissensions before i nutilities had 'v commenced, that the Administration ha r- v xhiluteil to avoid a war with i.ur aneieiif . . Great RrWain, we confidently hi liev th and harmony would now rt.rn thron til ' borders. 6. That the nriin'"nince of h T' ..- the priiv -inles rC tin- I'-drd C ..- be tin1 conrollinr I j -c-t ' nil in'. '.. tv to the Government and in our judgment Ml purroe can only In- accompli-do-d. by the ;i-rei.-dencv of . I'nion partv in the South- rn State, , w hieli yhall. bv a counter revolution, di-pl ice those f ,.or,trd ami diri ei the present nWlinn. That ,,,, .-iy. .rt to cre;lt,. ,,r siuti on surh a parfy on be f)( ,, ft,,. ,,n-tWn- at tue lief ween the two sue "-!ul HHMI I- ihi ii:-eii a ueiiniie r l l.i ..... I. 1 ....... .!..... . -efioiH; and e therefore d inand tliat some Puch setth-mt t.t be made bv adilitiotial cot:tituf ionol "tiaratitv. either ini'iated hv act " f Cmurevs or through the inediuin of a National Convention. 7. That the Republican party Im full v demon - yfrated i' inability to conduct the Government through it; present diflicult ie. b. That w" are utterly opposed to the twin here-ie. Ne.rth-rn seeti-maliin and Southern ro-ce-ion, iii ipimical to the Constitution and that Ireetnen, a? they value the boon ofenil ljlirty and the peace of the country, should frown indigHihtly uon them 1). I hat in tliM national cmerwencv the lemoc- ' ,. . i . n - t-" r rie. of Indiana. bar.ihiPir all techno of passion' and resentment, will recollect only tli.-:r duty to J .. .i . . i. .i r . .1 i i .... i . i the whole conntrv; thnt thi war vhotild not.be w aired in the ppirit of conquest or 5ulu ition. nor for the purpose of over'hrwiii or inteift-rinj with ihe riirht or in-tit' tion of the Sf :it-y. hnt to defend and rnnint ür. the uprem-ey of the Constitution, and to ; reserve the Union with ali the dignity, equality ai.d fights of the several State? uitinip ".red; and that as soon as these object. are accomplished the war ousht to ceasi1. 10. That, we will urtain, with all our enerpe, a war fr the maintenance of the Contution, anfl of the integrity of the Union under tt Cnnttitutinn ; but we ir opposed to a war for the cnrMu-i'iafion of the ncgroe., or the subjugation of the Southern States. 11. Tliat the purpose avowed and advocated bv the Northern li-unioni?ts, to liberate and arm the negro slaves, is a difprnce to the aire, calculate.! to retard t'ie suppression of the rebellion and mecta our unqualiifed condemnation. 12. Tliat the total disrejerd f the writ nf hubrnn corput by the authorities over us, and the seizure and imprisonment of the citizens of loyal State where the judiciir is in full operation, without warrantor law nnd without aii.'inn any rauf e or givinp to the party arrested any opportunity of defense, are tlaprnnt ii lation- of the Constitution and most alarming act of usurpation of povrer, which tdmuld receive the stem rebuke of every lover of hi country and of every man who pnzfts the security and blessing ot life, liberty and property. l.'l. That the liberty of perch and of the r res are guaranteed to the people by the Constitution, and none but a usurper would deprive them of these right ; they are inestimab.e to the e,t17en and : which have been made sinre our nrcsenf. unfortu nate troubles, to muzzle lhe pre and stifle free discussion, are eiercise of despotic power atraiiwt whih freedom revolt and which can not be tolerated without converting freemen into 11. That the seizure of Maeon and li . .on board a neutral vessel, on the hiarh s.vi. wa either in accorda neo with intern itioml Inn . nn l j so leal; or else in violation of u' h law, and so ... mm m illegal. II tne Tornier, we lamert , Mi n it-.rj ti ti r it 1. mini-trafioii at once to h i e ,hr . 0 their onVer, an l in-tea 1 of ' - . ,,. ,. tive in r'oit Warren, to I: i xtelr paired the wron by placin ' -on, . I tr a pr -tieable, in ttie same -or.iiii i -n in m i Ii t!.if . ', cer four. d them. In either cm m, the jieti"?. the Administration wa vacillating c 1 ardly and degrading tothc di nify of a .fl.r. That the action of the Ifcpul.:as manifested in lhe p tt ti- u c-li ira p;intmciits of the Adniinis'r tio i tu and, in hot-', r' partv c nu n-- s l.y !. ,.,f.:;. nienil r of Conrcr for the purp", i.r h i. .-u. upn the leui-liiti ve action o th .tt ld !, j.eenli ndogmas, of that P'irty, hae dein nc'i if. d ihit their profession of "saei ifieing put v pi form, und partv orgaiiiza'ion-, iijMn the alur of their coii;'v." are but oiiukv h Mn ritic.il and fal-e preteit-e- by w hich tlcv I ope to dufe the unwary . ....I 1 1 I.....I . . -; " . : a me, .o.- ...... j. ... ..o uau.n. I II' I o Ifi That the dich ureti made by the investigitim: committee in Cotig'eH ol the "iioruioiH frauds t it b ie (.talked int., the army and u ivy department, implicating the head of those department in a contrivance at, if not an actual participation in a nyiein of corruption, and iu which our brave soldier have been defrauded of their proper pupplie., an I our Government threat med with bankruptcy, demand a thorough investigation into all our cpeiiditurcs, both State and National, and that a speedy and marked oxample be made of-all such "bird of prey," who, taking advantage of the necessity of our country, hate fd and fattened upon public plunder. 17. Tht the meritorious conduct of the Indiana troop?, in every battlefield where vic'ory hai jierched upon the national banner, ha (died the people rf this Slate with the highest gratitude to her pall Jit son?, and that we send our beet wishes to oilic -raand men, dipcrsed throughout the rowiitry.and the heartfelt greetings' of every Democrat for their further brilliant adiievincnts in the coming contests for the maintenance ol the Con stitution and the L 'niou

THE SPEECH OF THE SESSION.

A Review of Some of the Acts of the Lincoln Administration. All Exposure of the Corroption of Cameron, Welle and Fremont. SPEECH or D. W. YOORHEES OF IXDIAXA, IN TUE House of Representatives, Mav 21st., 1862. (Continued from last week.) He further saya. I regret to see what has been stated in several of the papers, not that they believe this was an honest transaction, not that it was a fair one, not that it wis one that deserved to receive the nppiobaiion and the sanction of the Government; but the excuse is, that it is not half so bad as what has been done in other cases, and I have no doubt that is true. I have no d ubt if borne of the iuvesti aiini' com miltees gu on they will find that there hüve boen transaction compared with which STJ.OUU was a smil sum, and that it will b i;onidied ungracious to call up one of iheg" pniy offenders that lias only taken i7.,UUU and deal with him when there are ti. . -i n going staggering under tho load of him iivdrt ot uioueandg. ) m am about to call upon this people i I ti taxes; you are about to call on w t '.r a latge Joan, and a large tax to mieivst on that loan, to mantnin w. faith and to enable your armies r - uie thi war successfully. I Senators, with what face you can o your constituents when they e ,n hing which they all know and ui.derstMiid; when they see that 7U.UÜU h:iv- b--ti paid for the services of one man fix lis than h'x inotitLs at a time of such dititiess as ibis, and appeal to your own pvople and ask them to como forward and put there handrt in il.eir p-cketH and their shoulders to t!ie whe'd and forward this car? JSir, I do not Li.ow viat other men may do; 1 cannot; I dare not. I tshouM expect the linger of scorn from the hut of poverty to point mo out as reckless and faithless for b'iing here a member of the .Senate, in thU hour of our country's pril if I had failed to rebuke profligacy in ihe expenditure of the public money, let it be wher. and where it may. ..1.: e, , t t i Airaiu. ibis feenator exclaims, from Ins ' expensive knowledge of lhe management of I ! our affairs: " I do not know hut I may over estimate the character of this transaction; but 1 tell yot , sir I believe, and 1 declare it upon my responsibility as a Senator of the Uuited Slates, that the. liberties of this country are in greater danger to day from the corruptions and profligacy practiced in the various Departments of th i 4 Government than it is from the open enemy in the held.' Sir, I might here pause and dwell upon ihia terrible accusation, coming from a quarter b j high and so fully entitled to credit. A hostile army has ben for ayear in ight of this Capitol. Treason has usurped by far the largest portion ol the teritory of tbo United Slates; our rivers hav beeu turned to blood; our mountains have become Golgothas; our valleys are the buml place9 of our first-born, slain in battle; the wail of motheie, wives, and daughters goes up from one ocean to the j other as the voice- of Kachel weeping foi l,er children, and refusing to bo COmfortd b-caiiee they an not; thn very sun above our heada seems vailed in mourning over the funeral sorrows of this once happy pMoplc; and yet. iu the midst of thea thickening Hgns of naiio ial calamity, it is anout'ced by a Senator who helped to place bid Administration in power, and em phan.cd by nn appeal to Se-iatoiial honor, ttiat a more deadly evil than them all combined i now annulling the existence d th (I.tvei nmeiit "that the liberties of i i r.Miinry are 'i greater langer to-day .. w.e corruptions and from lhe prolli y j:a-iced in various Departments of is (i veiiinient than it iü from the open in l lit field.' Sir, I call upon tho ; ' all ranks ad cotu'itioni in life, oi hui parfy, of every creed, and of every I ii h, to give car to this warning-, and to defend themselves at the great tribunal of the ballot box against wror.gg so wicked, oppression so inhuman, ciimes so revolting. I abhor treason; my ruI has never sympathized with designs of a traitor to the constitution of my country, I would stand hre an I consume all my time in denunciation of th f-ttal doctrine aooessioa and all its deplorable consorueuces, if any result would thus bo accomplished; but when I find proven offenses in our midatof sufficient enormity to prostrate any nation that ever had a place in history, it not upeedily checked, I aoe not why I should pass them by in order to discuss a subject on which thero is no diversity of opinion. I havo not, however, completed my proof of the charr-q which I mako of general and wide-spread fraud n ha management oM

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the financial concerns of the Government There is one dark chapter morG to which I wish to call the attention o! the House and the country. I allude to the melancholy history of the military department of the West, as written by the commitI te0 on war claim8 at lhe cilr of Sf-Louis Would to God that this Republic could have been spared this additional and most bitter cup of shame! The report of this committee is so extraordinary, 60 utterly amazing in its monstrous revelations of lawlessness, and fierce, devouring cupidity, that the mind almost refuses a belief in its statements. I venture to Assert that it is without a parallel in the recorded transaction of any nation on the face of the civilized earth. But painful and humilating as the facts therein contained are to every man who loves the parity of our natioual name, vet the character of the gentlemen who compose that committee, eminent alike for their ability, their patriotism, and there integrity, together with clear and enquestioned evidence on whk-h they b as j their report rivet the belief in every candid mind that the simple truth has been conscientiously told. There is no eacape from this damning exposure. Its light is as scorching, withering as tho hot blasts of the simoon of the desert. It will not do for gentlemen on the other side of the Chamber to attempt by studied silence to ignore its existence. It is not a document to be treated in tliat way. It emanates from a source of the highest responsibility. It is the work of honest, faithful labor. No malice from personal griefs or political rivalry can be charged against it. Let us eee then how bo fair, so able a report deals with the idol to which a great party has linked its fdnLing fortunes. I can quote but enough to show tho general license and corruption which prevailed. My timn forbids more than this. In July, lUb'l, General Fremont, surloumled by hU personal and political favoiiies, gathering fiom the Atlantic seaboard and tho co.ut of the Pacific, like vultures , assumed command of tho wes tern department, with the rank of major general, and established his head quarters at the oily of St. Louis. He at once proceeded to inaugurate a system in the purchase of military supplies, of which th committee speak as toliows: This system, alike fatal to the pecuni ary interest of the Government and the and tlie morality of tho s-rvice, was not conüned j to tents, but extended to every portion o jtho field of arm v sunoliea which was Kuf r.rtion of riiou oi j llciently fruitful to attract the avarice of this class of men. Honest mechanics who Lad tents for Hale, and merchants who had supplies which tho (iovernment needed, and men from the country offering horses and mules were turned from tho quarter master's office without a conference, and driven down into tho meshes of the 'middle men, to become, in common with the Government, a prey to their rapacity.' Starting with such a system, each daj'a practica under it was a new page of corruption. Whether fortifying St. Louis, at a loss ti the Government of 8250,000, or in the infinite folly of building a worthless pontoon bridge at Paducah, at another lo68 of 8125.000; whether in ordering the conatructiou of railroad cars at a I033 of 87.1.00O, or in the purchase of forage, by which 8100,000 were plundered from the people, whether in the purchase of arms, of clothing, the building of boats, the purchase of hordes, mules and their equipments, the rent of houses, of bartacks, of steamboats, the uro of railroads and tele graph liuss, in all, in everything, everywhere, all pervading and omnipresent fraud of lhe boldest and most audacious character is discovered and dragged to light by the labors of thia committee. It is not, sir, poor, pitiful, sneaking fraud, but fraud of gigantic dimensions, and of a daring Fatanic aspect. It is fraud kii.1i as a corrupt and aspiring consul ol Rome might commit in soma distant and opulent province, when he cast his ambitious and longing gazo upon the imperial purple. It is fraud such as has marked the career in all ages of those who entertained the usurper's design against the liberties of iluir country. That I do not state this caso too strongly, let tho following extracts from the teport bufoie me bear witness: "The most stupendous contracts, invol ving an a 1m ost uiipieccdented wato of tho public money, wem given out by him (ieneral FrHinout, in person to favorites, ovor tho heads of the honest and competent ofiicers appointed by law. It scemd to be his purpose to present himself as tho embodiment of political power, and to show aliko by his words and his conduct how little he depended upon the Government of his countiy, and how utterly ho disregarded its laws, it regulations nnd its policy. Of four such an example could not bo otherwise than contagious, 'lhe wholo frame work of tho political and military systems, as organized by law. was embraced, and disorder and criminal insubordination every where prevailed. There could bo no obedience when the general of the department openly taught and practiced resistance, to the laws as a riirht. if not a duty. 1 here could bo no economy 1 i - 11. . where the gcneial exposed himself contin-

ually to imputations of laboring in his great office to teed the greed of his follow

ers for gain. He occupied, with his family and several members of Iiis staff, a marbl palace, and lived, amid its luxuriant fur niture and glittering wares, at a stipulated expense of 6,000 per annum to the Gov ernment, at a time when the homes of millions of our people were darkened by the horrors of civil war. Could it be ex pected that his subordinates would di-nbiy any special sympathy wiih our national Bufferings, or marked solioitude to guard the public treasury from plunder? In9'ead of going to Cairo, as he cou!d have done for a few dollars, on one jf the vessels transporting the troops which accompanied him, he chartered a magnificent steamer, at a cost of Si, G00 to lhe Government, to convey himself and cortege alone. This Pteamer was anchored out in the stream instead of lying at the wharf H3 all others did and do, and when the general drove in his carnage and four to the water's edge, yet another steamer, at still further cost to the Government, as we learn for a claim presented for it. was employed to put himself and suite on board. A foreign prince or potentate, in a season of national mourning, might thus live and ihu enter his pleasure yacht or barge of state, but insensibility amid the calamities of civil war, and wastefulness, when the public debt is being increased at the rate of from one to two millious daily, when exhibited by a general of the American Army, is a spectacle from which the patriot may well turn in grief and humiliation." Sir, there was but one ll-ing more needed to complete this wretched picture of public debauchery and crime, and that, unhappily, was furnished. The following extract from the report of the committee shows that Major General John C. Fremont conspired to overthrow tho Constitution of hid country, and trample under foot the liberties of his Government: "The statements of these witnesses officers of unimpeachable integrity and intelligence will, we are eure, be hoard by the Government with equal astonishment and sorrow. General Fieniont proclaims, on asstrning his command, that there was no longer any civil rights; that there vn no Government except that outside the Constitution, which had been suspended; that it was his determination to administer his department without reference to law or regulations; that the people of tho United States wero iu the field, and that he was at their head, aid that he meant to carry out such measure a3 they, tho people, expected him to carry out, "without regard to the red tape' of the Washington people, lhat U, the president! and Congress. It is singular how per. feclly ihene sentiments harmonize with i fl,naa Ii 1,1 hv th usnrnnia wlir in thi! LnJ o,.10r a,r,JS of .ilp ,Vüllt. ,riV0 60U..t iii'T i i i 7i amj established absolute p;wer upon the i power up ruins of public liberty Some of il.ese usurpers, taking yet higher grounds than ., . 1 1 , ,, n 1 1 tbnt assumed in the interview with Coionel . 1 I 1 r .. , Andrews, have claimed Kr themselves a . . . . ,, .. ,, e i" i i . mission to 'carry out the will of (j d. but r ,i i i .1 : . none of them have sunk their pretension M. , . . r ., ow a special mission to 'carry out the ,, , ., 1 i g- . J , , i will of tbe people, ( ;ear, when bo stood .1111-1 i i i i upon the banks of the Kubicou and waved ',. , . i i , to bis voterans to advance, did not make a iii ii.- . i . .i holder declaration against his nountrv than - j this. The words, so earnestly and so of len spoken, announced a revolution con - ceived, but which, happy, most happily for the country, the parent had not iho strength to hi big forth. No man has lived in tho tide of limes wise ami pure enough to bo iotrus'ed with such a power as is here claimed. Military chieftains who cut 'red tape always d: it with their swords, and histoiy proves that tlio throat of their country supers quite as much as does the 'tape' iti the operation. As free institutions have their foundations in law. and in the obedience of the people nnd their repreeutames, civil anil mülitary, to it, lhi expression ot purpono to cast aside all political and constitutional restraints, inadd in ihn halls of legislation even, would alarm, but when made in the field br a chieftain at ths head of a creat army, it chills and awes the patriot's heart! by its parncid w spirit. It reveals an nn scrupulous ambition, which awaits but the pi estig and power of victory to sweep the Government itself, as a cobweb, from i s path: "This sad page in tho history of the late commander of this department, gathers n deep shadow from the circumstances uudsr which these declarations were made (ieneral Fremont had few weeks before taken and subscribed tho following militaiy oath: 'I, John (J. Fremont, do solemnly swear that I will bear hue faith and allegiance to the United States, ami that 1 will 6erve them honestly anil faithfully againsl their enemies oropposers whomsoever; and that 1 will observe and obey the orders of the 1'iwsideu! of tlnj United States, and the orders of the otficetsover me, accor dim; to tho rules and articles of war. Mt ilius, in sight of God and his country, had plighted faith with his Government that he would boar to it 'true allegiance,' ami he stood pledged by the most solemn of hiiniau sanctions to support that Con stitution which, when 'the people are in lhe field,' places at Mbeir head' the Presi dent of the United States, and not any gen eral holding a commission under him. With a confiding fondness h) had been summoned from the obscurity of piivate life. and, preferred above thi veterans and n winde army of patiiots, bo was ma le a major general. Scarcely has he girded on his sword, to whoso honor tho best interest of ti i nati n had b"en j committed, when ho says t his subordi nates and followers that hodriws it, not in tho name of law or of th" G. v-i nment but in defiance of both, to ei t,.ir-e ti h measures a, in his judgment, 'the pe..i.expected him to c.iuy out.' TIkj-o word woie sp k'.'ti, as it vere, in the eiy sick

chamber ol the Republic, and had the tone of the undertaker while he patient was

yet snuggling for 1119. They were uttered against th Government of a country, not then tranquil and strong and able to battle with all assaillants, but of a country distracted him! humbled, and bleeding un j der the stabs of traitors. They came from no flush of excitement spinging from a triumuh of arras, but were lhe solemn and I oft repeated enunciations of a general just ! entering the field of his futuie operations, J and surveying the first time the strength of his gatheiing army. They were adft .00..t f .ffikA.a .ri. c...t. 1 n it... n . h i : . P. .i vice, and were intended to impress them with obedience to his revolutionary pro gramme. General Fremont already held thesword, and it was most important for ins purposes mat oionei Anarews. tne head of lhe pay department here, and Ma for Johnson, a paymaster under him, should not interfere with his free uae of the national purse." Sir, in what age do we live? Is this the age of republican simplicity ard integrity, or are we transported to the days of fraudulent usurpers, to the unhallowed scenes of the Roman Caesars? Are we in republican America, or have we, by some mavic process, been dropped down in the midst of oriental luxury and kingly indulgence? Has the Administration of this Government sought for a model amonjr the principles of Washington and Jefferson, or from the examples of Tiberius, Caligula, and Domitian? The great philosophic poet says that "Corruption wins not more than honesty." But is that true in these latter davs? I have 6hown that, by the deliberate finding of a committee raised under the authority j of this House, and by the action of the Uouse itself, the late Secretary of War, Simon Cameron, is declared guilty, in this awful crisis, of plundering, and with criminal knowledge permitting to bo plundered, the resources of the people, the Treasury of his country. With that brand upon him, he steps from one exalted station to another, and goes as our accredited minister to the court of the greatest and mos; friendly Power to us on the continent of Europe. The conclusions which tho Kassian Emperor may draw iu regard to the American sense of public morality! will not, perhaps, advance us much in his estimation. Let Mr. Cameron present the following resolution, adopted so recently ! t r oy tins House, as a part ot Ins credentials. and our degradation in that quarter of the i-.rl,J .Iii U.. ..n...-lin. . , "n-.'SOlt'fif, IhatMflli hi Canwon, late j S creiaiy ol War. by investing Alexander t v ......;.. ...1. .1 ..l rl . , , . 0 ... I'd money, and authority to purchase 111 1 1- - .. , J . . ! kiiy supplies without restriction, without ; 3 . .' f . .. . r.-quiiii'o- from him any otiaiatiiee for the : , , - . ft , . , . i t u htul performance i f Ins dune, when I , .r , ,. ' ! in- -t vices competent public in.'ers , 1 . w-re avatUble. and by lnvolviuir the Ijov - , . b , eminent m a vhnI iiumbei ol contracts wih ... , li'tsoiis not ieuituately etigaged in ihe . . . . f , r I tmines t'ertaihiii" to lhe fubiccl matter . r J of such contracts, especially iu ihe pur ilia? of aims for future delivery, has nd opted a policy highly injurious to the public service, and deserves the censure of this House." I have shown that, by the deliberate finding of a regular committee of the Sen ate, the present Secretary ol the Navy, Gideon Welles, in connection with his brother-in-law, Georgo D. Morgan, has unlawfully extorted from the tax payers of the Government 870,000 of their money. With neither justification neither restitution on his part, ho yet retains his seat at the board of the Cabinet council, wears fine linen and fares sumptuously every day while tho wives and children of soldiers ; have died in the great philantropic cities of the North for lh want of bread. I have shown that a commission of rnosi eminent gentlemen appointed by tho President himself have proven, conclusively proven, that the blighting touch of John C. Fremont during hit hundred days in Missouri palsied public credit, defrauded the people of millions, filled the bloated purees of his favorites by fraud, demoralized tho public service in every branch, and sought to destroy the Constitution itself. The exhausted soldier is put to death for yielding to irreistahle slumber at his post, the victim of pinching poverty is sent to the penitentiary for stealing provision for his wife and children: but this exalted criminal finds approval for his conduct, is surrounded by llattereis, is restored to the field, and sits in the saddle of command and of power. Sir, Cicsro brought the haughty Veires to trial and to condemnation for his fraudulent practices in the Sicilian province; and Burke enriched the English language by his denunciations of the extortionate measures imposed by Wanen Hastings oi the people f the East Indies; but in th midst of fraud and robbcrj iu the very highest departments of this Government wo hav as yet seen no official delinquent brought to answer the law for the plunder of the public Treasury, but raiher wo havo seen t ,c perpetra'ois of ihes.o wrongs leceiving s.iil giea ur mails of confidence- and of favor, and mounting to s;ill loftiel heights 'of honor,

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But, Mr. Speaker, having es'.ablisheJ, by the highest proof, the charge which I make of fraud in the management f our pecuniary affairs by which our public debt has been so fearfully increased, I shall now proceed to the brief consideration of a few other points properly in this connection, and which I conceivs to bt of publio interest. We seek to take refuge, sir, from th enormous figures of our national indebted? , ness whenever they are brought to our attenuon, in tbe fact that we can dfer tta Payment, and bequeath it 89 an inheritance j t' coming generations. Admitting that j this utiw.,rthy thin may to some extent : he done vet etm.M.frtfmnm.Bi. what amount of money this Government will be compelled annu dly to raise in order to prevent open and confessed bankruptcy before the world. I will content myself with a specific statement of the various items of current yearly expense which must be regularly met. Against the sub stantial correctness of this statement I challenge successful contradiction. The interest on the public debt, at very low estimate, will reach S 100.000,000. The ordinary expenses of the Government, including appropriation! for thaincreased magnitude of the army and navy after the war is over, will reach 8150, 000,000 at another low estimate. I an especially warranted in fixing this amount in view of the declaration on this floor, by the chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, Mr. Blair, of Missouri, that hereafter our peace establishment will con sist of a standing army of a hundred thousand men. The pension list comes next. Thia Government must not fail to meet the requirements of civilization and of humanity. It must and will provide for the support ot its maimed and wounded and for the maintenance of the widows ami orphans of these who have fallen on the field of battle, or been stricken down br diseas? while in tho public service. It U of course difficult to calculate tha amount which will be lequired to meet this item I CAr":uoc uul m.orraeti person j-fssMA.Aa Vt . t 1 T C - T win preienu inai u win oe less tuan the sum ol 8100,000,000. To the above must be added at leMt 850.000,000 more as a margin, lor claims against the Government, contingent ex penses, and unforeseen events during this convulsive and unsettled period oi tbe world's history. We have thus an inevitable annual expenditure, without making any provision whatever for the payment of lhe snm itself, of the sum of 8400,000.000. This amount will make i;s demands on the resources of ihe peop'e in each succeeding year, as regularly as tha seasons com and gc, and in a voice as imperative and i-ex-omble as the cry of fate. You need not avert your frightened gaze from ihB sore conteinplutiou of this terrible fact. It is the lion in the pathway of the future, bit it must be met. De ah it.e!fH not more certain to all thau is this ainnsit-ou-4 annual burden on thf whouMers of the American people. And now, rir, bearing this fearful fact In minJ. from whieh there is now no escape, the question now arises with immense overwhelming force, rsto what system of 5nance s! a'l be ud?i ted to r.iie annually this mc-ntrous siun of riif-ney. It is tho vital question of the day, und paramount to all other save that cf civit liberty an l republican government. I live, Mr. Speaker, in a Und of corn, in a land where th fruits of the earth constitute the res ard of labor. I live in a great valhy, beside whoüc agricultural ! wealth the famed valleys of the Kujhrstes and thu Nile and the richest fields of Euinne sink into trtter insignificance, nnd whose more than Egyptian granaries iuvile the markets of the civilized world. The plow, the harrow, the reaper, aaU the threshing machine are our implements of ro dustry, and compose the coat of ariuu ol our a&bilitv. The soil h our faithful mother, and t re her children. Wc fill onrcrilis with grain, and stock our pastures with cattle, a cd with there we seek to purchase those other necessary articles f life which are not made in our inid.t. These are our possessions which we offer iu tarter and exclwne with the trading merchnrXs of the world who give us the best returns. This we contrive to be our rieht, and that this fiovcrnment ti which wc live thould protect us in its enjoyment. Uu. to turn to the contemplation of another region of this country. You there b hold the land of nunufactnrins machinery, and hear t'.ie sound of the loom and the spindle. The people ef th North and East makc.fabrics of cloth, and manufacture all those articles which man needs, and which do not grow. These constitute their wealth and their vtock in trade. The markets of the world are open to them, and cf right ought to be. The Weet is an immense consumer of thoe article which they have to sell. Wc are willing to buy of thcinof our own choice if we can buy there as cheap as we cau ekemher fl. Hut I here aver that the unequal and unjust system of finance now adtpted by the party in power give to the manufacturing intcrcfts of this country the arhitrajy power to tt its oirn exorbitant prices, and the laboring agriculturist ia compelled to pay them. To this no people tan Fulmit. Against this outrage the people of the Wert will cry out. You hare fiftcned upon thiscoantrr the most odious system of tariff on impcr't 1 gocd that ever paraly?' d the ue.-i sofa nation or oppressed its agricu'.tuiid citizens. You say by that tariff that the manufacturing institutions of this country shall not be b otiht in competition with those of other j,.r:?tf the wor'.d. You say that our ports (.hall be closed to fanden traders for fear they will un-d-. rell the rasm.farturer of New TnUn4 or th