The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-07-04


of the Universe takes the rens in. his hands, and
politicians statesmen, potentates, and nations be-
come the passive instruments of His providence.
CLOTHING THE NAKED IN KANSAS. THE FRAUD
ADMITTED.
We recently called the attention of our readers to
what appeared to gross fraud upon those who
contributed towards clothing the needy in Kansas.
1t is known that in every neghborhood where there
were Fremonters last year contributions de-
manded by the leading partisans for the relief of the
suffering in Kansas Immense quantities of clothing
are known to have been collected for that avowed
purpose. The amount of money actually contributed
Is unknown, but must have been very great Besides
the small sums collected, it is certain that many
tributed largely some to the extent of thousand
dollars The aggregate could not have been less
than several hundred thousand. These contributions
were demanded and collected in the name of human
y to relieve the needy and suffering poor in Kansas
Mr. Arneys letter to Mr.. Delavau gave the first init
nation we met with that these contributions had
been frauduIently diverted to another purpose We
suggested that they had been devoted to pay the
expenses of the Topeka farce, and gave reasons that
seemed to us conclusive. Other journals did the
same The New York Tribune, feeling their force,
and not daring to deny, nor knowing how to avoid
them, in recent number compelled to admit
the swindle which it seeks to excuse. We quote
its own words:
And there was debt owing by the freeSate organi
zatio of Kansas for the necessary cost Of eecting that
organization charge as lust and inevitable that for
the cost of the ammunition by which Bunker Hill was de-
Tended and the field of Saratoga won. The freeState
men of Kansas nearly all poor they who attended
their legislature supplied it with stationery &c were
men to whom the loss of weeks time a seri
GUS prvation The members of the bogus legislature,
chosen by fraudulent conspiracy in invasion from Mis-
souri, regularly paid out OF the federal treasury SO
were all their doorkcepers printer stationer &C., while
those who represented three ourths of the people OF
Kansas and upheld the Of free labor therein were
never paid at all unless it in Topeka scrip We
say then as contributor to the Kansas fund to the
tent of our ability that if contribution, after ing
The hungry and clothing the naked IN thai beeagued Territory
could be used again to defray the necessary cost OF
maintaining the freeState organization we arc heartily
glad of it, And if those who gave the money feel like
this-as we presume most if not all of them dove
dont see why those who never gave penny, but did
their best prevent Others from giving, should borrow
trouble about it.
The confession is complete, but the excuse most
lame and impotent. Lane, Robinson, Recdcr, with
all the actors in the Topeka farce, it seems must
have been quartered and supported out of the CON
tributions made and forwarded to sustain those who
needed the aid of charity. As the funds were not
there ready for use paper substitute was invented,
called by the Tribune Topeka scrip" and put afoat.
Those who protested to be playing the patriot at
their own expense, it seems were acting the parts
assigned by the political managers with the expecta-
ton of ultimate rewards, to be wrung from unsus-
pecting republicans in the shape of charitable CON
trbutons to clothe the naked and to feed the hun
cry We presume the mock senator's, and member
governor, and the whole retnue of State officials
down to tipstafs, were paid out of these charities
or in Topeka scrip, to be redeemed out of them.
more unblushing fraud was never perpetrated upon
unsuspecting people. None who are not lost to all
sense of decency win attempt to justify or palliate
it. In ignobeness, this peryerson of charity intend
ed solely for the poor aud needy is next to plumber
ing the dead in their graves of what affection may
have buried with them. If the republican press and
! party justify this base fraud, every crime against
morals and good faith may expect apologists
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