Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1860-03-21


From the Boston Courier.
THE SENATE INVESTIGATING COM.
! MlTTEE.
Time, they say, is the great disoov
crer of all things. In its progress il
has now brought round a variety o.
developments III regard to the Kansas
affairs, which unsuspicious persons
needed, in order to open their eyes to
the truth. 5 H..
A good deal has transpired in the
course of the inquiry, as to the secrets
of the Fremont campaign and the at:
fairs of Kansas in general. The
amount Of money raised, by means Of
the "shrieking" process, for election
eering purposes--partly expended III
the Presidential canvass of 1856, and
the main portion levied subsequently,
tile excitement in the meantime be-
ing kept up, and the proceeds devoted
to maintain the Republican party in
the several States,-must have been
very large. 1t appears by the state
ment Of Mr.. George L. Stearns, Of
Boston, who, it seems, was the Secre-
Rtary Of the Massachusetts State Kan
sas Committee, that he raised the sum
of SIS, 700 in five months, in Massa,
chusetts alone, as we understand him,
and that clothing and supplies to the
value Of $4,000 besides were fur
nished, in aid Of Kansas. In addition
to the services thus rendered, in the
way of depicting the pockets of our
citizens, by Mr.. Stcarns and his assist
ants, ostcnsibly for Kansas, but really
for general electioneering objects, it
appears that Gen. Pomeroy acted as
special collector in Massachusetts and
other northern States, on salary Of
$4,000 and ten per cent. of the money
raised for political objects. We do
not pretend to estimate the amount
rcalizcd, except by approximation; but
taking that gathered in Massachusetts
as basis, and considering the wide
field of action throughout the free
States, many hundreds Of thousands
must have been the result and, on
the whole, the effect produced in the
political revolution Of a variety of
States would seem to imply the liberal
for which the means were
thus handsomely provided, thro' the
contributions of our citizens "for
kars:ts.' z
In fact, it is now made fully evident
that very little of the money, OF even
of the clothing and supplies collected
in churches, ever reached Kansas at
all. The managers even outwittcd
one gentleman (Mr. Dclavan, of Alba
NY, who knew them too well, from
experiences we presume, but contribu
ted clothing to the amount of q thous-
and dollars, which was sold, in despite
of the cold and nakedness Of the Kan
sas sufferers, and the proceeds devoted
to the general political fund. Such
are some of the developments made
before the committee, calculated, one
would imagine, to have somewhat
depressing influence upon the pros
poets of the present Republican cam
paign.
! In running over these discreditable
proceedings, our thoughts naturally re-
verified to a fund appropriated by the
Legislature of our own State, undoubt-
cdly connected with the same objects,
or the application of which we do not
recollcct Of having CIV account. This
is the /" emergency fund.- provided for
by act Of Feb. Is, 1858, g for the de-
Tense and support Of the common:
wealth, and for the protection and
preservation of the inhabitants there
Off The sum proposed for this neces-
sary service was originally $4,000,
but was finally fixed at only $lO. 000-
contemptibly small, certainly, suppos-
ing it were required at all. 1t was
intimated, however, at the time, in
Republican journals, and tor ought we
remember in the Legislature, that it
was to be applied to the use of the i,e-
h0bita,ets Of Massachusetts then resi-
ding IN Kansas. The act provided,
that an account should be rendered of
lit to the next general court, son or
before the fifteenth day Of January
next" We have never heard Of any
account, and should be glad to see
what became Of the money. There is
too much reason to fear it may have
gone the way of Mr.. Del:van's cloth.
ing. and possibly have helped, indi.
rectly, Of course, like some Of the 9TH
err Kansas contributions" in the adven-
ture of John Brown. ,it.i,
IRISH CoMpurAr1oN.-A jolly set Of
1rishmen, boon companions and sworn
brothers, had made up.their minds to