Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-02-15
Davenpor,, Thursday. Feb. is' ,s's.
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A. communication appears in the Du-
hunue Herald over the signature OF NJ, NJ
Havden, Capt. Dubuque City Guards, IN de-
fence of the oairage piece OF wrong and
robbery committed through the agency OF
Mr.. Shields Of Dubuque, supported by Mr.
Love, of Lee county, in appropr.auag the
sun Of $3.50 to the above named military
company, tor services in defending the
western frontier against the Indians The
abatement Of Capt Hayden by no means ex-
culpates Gen. Shields and those members Of
the lows Legislature who united with him
in securing this most just and unwarrant-
ed appropriation Of the public funds We
give that portion containing the gist OF
Capt Hayden's article to prove by his own
words the weakness of his defence
The charge made by the company for loss Of Tine
and expenses is thought by some 10 be eNotpsn''I
il therefore due the public 10 state, thai ihe ea Pr
senisd TO the Legislature did ROT lbs hue Sils -
item in the bill Of expenses that eonhi &c fe'affe0
af,eti was foand that the services OF the company
were not required. II sslse said shat ieof ~ eh
constituted the number enrolled under lhe above ea
aud that carpet bags comprised portion OF The
amount charged in the bill This, permit say,
is false Is a claal presented for settlement SHOWS
and asked for nothing boy end services actually per
formed ana items necessarily required, n comPl-
anee with the call Of The executive q tbs STATE Of
Iowa.
If the bill presented the Legislature in
cluaed not single item that could after
wards be returned. how in the name of
common sense could this Captain have en-
pended $3.50 in preparing his men fer bat
tlel II IS or 30 men did not constitute the
number enrolled, pray tell Us what was the
numberl 1t seems the redoubtahle Captain
received an order from Gen. John G. Shields
the same aisinterested individual who OBJ
tanned the appropriation OF s75o--to mus
Ter into service enc hundred men and TO
provide them with four days rations. Sup
pose he did so, and that on the fourth day
thereafter, a. he states. he should receive
notice that the sanguinary foe had LETT the
State and ''dismiss the company from fRr-
Tier service what could he have done in
thai. time to have incurred an expense so
enormousi The brave Captain denies
that carpet bags constituted an item Of
expense. Gen. Shields in fhe Legislature
not only asserted such to be the fact, but
admitted that those very carpet bags Were
now the private property of the company
The question is one Of yeracity between
the two gentlemen-let them settle II to
their own satisfaction in the meantime
the people will give credenee to the state
ment OF the superior officer
In the bill of items presented the Leg
islature was one charge OF $500 for wagons
for Transporting military stores to the seat
of war. In the House evidence was given
that those wagons never left the city nor
even appeared on parade. Was not this
item one of those unnecessarily required"
&C cording to the ideas of necessity INDUCED
by the valorous Captain! And further,
didn't he purchase lot Of ammuniiion, say
gunpowder, and was not this destructive
legitimate use and with the knowledge Of
this intrepid Captain, converted into an IN
s,rument of political jubilee! Must the
State of Iowa foot the bill whenever the
office-holders and seekers Of Dubuque
the futtest leech hanging to the body poll
tic-choose to get on bust' And when
the candid and the honest are disposed TO
complain. must such valiant gentlemen as
this Captain and the conductors Of tie satan
ic press of Iowa, attempt to frown them
down by eoneocting such equivocal articles
as the one in question and palming them of
upon the people as plain and straight-for-
ward statements Of facts! Such wholesale
swindling of the public funds requires IN
explanation more satisfactory than the point
less article recently put forth by Captain
Hayden Of the Dubuque City Guards.
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