The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-09-05

The private salc Of the Fort Snelling
Researches fns 500, 900, ~hsa Il was
worth nearer eo0O, 900, has naturally ex-
cited mach public indignation. The sals
Of nine thousand acres Of choice land, In
the close vicinity q the growing commer-
eiA centre which embrace St. Paul, St.
Anthony and Minneapolis, for the trifing
sum of ten dollars per aero was 30 palpa-
bic swindlc, that the powers that be
can offer no decent pretext for its consul
nation. Even the New York Times, a
paper deep in the Interest Of tho Admin
istration, . sort of pet Of the President,
and the apolosist of his misdeeds, is con-
strained TO reptOvc the corrupt transac-
ton. True, It tries to roll the chief blame
upon one Of the Cabinet oficcrs-the
Secretary Of War But as the members
Of the Cabinet :rc merely adjuncts Of the
President, holding their posts at his will
and pleasure, responsible to him alone for
their conduct, and he alsne responsible to
the country for their official acts, the re-
proof administered by the Time, 70 the
Secretary, is in fact a blow across the back
Of the President hir.ssef. The Times Of
the 18th inst, s:.ys: ..u 4" .s.~. I'll
"lnstead =: being sold on due notice,
and fair mretition,it was sold in elan
dest.ac manner, without notice of any
::'net and without any opportunity Of COM
petition whatever. property worth ,on
the most moderate calculation, million
Of dollars, was put, ostcnsibly, into the
hands of Mr.. Franklin Steele, for $780,
600, by these very shrewd and conscien-
scious agents of tie War Department
Major Eastman and Mr.. Hciskell. We
say ostensibly, for we have no idea that
the gentiemanly and opuleut suffer, who
is the nominal purchaser of the reserva-
ton, is the sole beneficiary of this gigan-
tic fraud There are no government off,
cials more vigilant in taking care of their
friends than your Virginia Secretaries. --
MIR. Mason, we remember, lost some hun
dred thousand dollars to the Treasury by
renting money to Marseillcs by the way
of Richmond, through Virginia tobacco
house When the money was wanted it
turned up missing. Now Mr.. Floyd is
too much of Virginian to have permit
ted an army sutler, with no special claims
on the administration or the Democratic
party to make million of dollars or there
abouts, by a transaction of this nature
with the War Department. Other par
ties are in the back ground, who partici-
pate in the wholesale plumber; broken
down politicians who are to be provided
for, and live politicians to be propitiated
in the event Of cutlery aud investigation.
We do not know that Mr.. Rice, or Mr.
Douglas, or Mr.. Orr, had anything TO do
with the matter, though limitations to
this effect have been thrown out in the
Western newspapers. They have all
been about ST. Paul during the summer,
and arc familiar with speculations in
Government lands. We are inclined to
beliepe this sale has been ,.6ected Nth their
privtty, for they are well posted in these
affairs, and they must have had their eyes
opened by the passage Of the law giving
this important power to the Secretary
Whether or not they are among the par
Elephants in the fruits Of the job, is a point
on which we reserve our opinion till we
are more fully enlightened as to thefacts. -
1t will be seen that the Times squints
hard at the Little Giant, and suspects or
broadly hints that he ha, had his finger
in the pie with the others. One thing is
quite clear--it was purely Democratic
transaction throughout, aud the immacu-
late leaders of that party have done the
government out Of million of dollars,
and put it in their own pockets.-Chi
Tribua.