, 1860-12-27
oES. WASHINGTON LETTER..


0IS. WASHINGTON LETTER..
Thc ksreut Robbery OF the Indian Fund
--C2snrActer of1t4e Present Admins.
tratfon--s:~ Trcn~an, rcE1urt ntu
Itobbrr, OF iac Two Crisis
CoE1infItccA.-s'Irm Stand ct tho Ac~
f. p,.t.licaus--Sout5s Carolina E;uvoss
uhl t7tc Jar,a tacso-
So --- -A---- -
-rrm7 Cn- or .-e'-"-ror"ent,'
WAen1Hercs, Dec, -. l.a'.
The itv Luz. 4,ecn thrown into i .raena TO-
day by :Ac discovery II = robbery Of ','e 1ndi-
m T~,,s; Fund Of nsarly one n.i1lon det'rs,
l, came 70 }iSa. Ian. night s,y tAc voluntary
confession Of the cH;'s-paw In the case, Codard
Bailey, who Las r!,a7gs Of The safe containing.
tho hrE.9=. T;:t:ai,'sou, Saerc;ary Of The tnic-
sio- had jE., tt:ur1ed from his disu1,:oA lt's-
cI:n 10 t'.c Legislature Of S"f'h c'r"ilra'
--her: re :'cG {::.:cd - co'"pl,s'' tbs ohr:'t
III his visit. IL: q: u1lre f::El:ontd lhe Ffssi-
dent, Secrstiry o. State, Asss'1t!vE Gcuc'a1 Ind
Dist.i:t a,:..:n:- l:I;ei: ias csl .sst:ai 1t VAS
found ,.:.i 5672.1oe .ai bec:4 ab=tsaslcd
from She irun sa!c oI the Indian Trust Office
il Is supposed that most of tho bands had
BEEN ly|>1'srcs:r.. 10 rs:-': ln.snt: to'arr! on
tl3 tlItHLi iun :luTeE.~nt, Il; tlc Wf"'ic inltfi"s
Dgiau;, ;,asut j. s1ul.rG with sl.sunl"uislr, 1ro1i
Thorols.,1 tm.tlf htW1. I" The pertere. But
The 11a:4:c py r..:e!s G.e: .!:scf'dian tt et"tk
llas been kEt''s>cd s'o3n. re1'.icrcd t"s. e"n'
epir..tnrs u1l4s'ic II r'.!te.1 1hc;i. Aid 4, :ac
payments ~ ;hc l..iiei:s w...t ab'": 10 be
lna4lc, .:uH:ra|nv1tl "a> in!lrrsf}lc, ;c lnosc
Trust fluids Aal coapons attached, 4Et.n WHICH
lit al.,:1i;:."a are }a:;'!. Further disclosures
".iN nccre*Ariiy duplicate Other parties. and
~. ;f,=t'u~:"l .l!,!. viii ',c Traced IL tilfir
n.a'E. irss':. sH'et't tEeil,, doubtless, latc
se~n roll; outright in tI.c New York market;
hui ii j. ~ i:cs~t :La, ai4,s1 IT the bonds l:4yc
Lccn Ly;a'!'v,*tt&. lisd Lincoln De+l, defeat
ed 1h:g monster ~de!alca1iun would have
Dteu euuctai~l Some other tunl would
have bctn ,:s.'d .n IFy thu auIuitlcs-
But tl:!s il believed 10 oe only
the fist :'.r'allntcM ue Il long catalogue
u rc!,br7.,s .!nti rarrl":io"s o'l t},r public
Treasury TINT will cu:.!s to light ere long.
THIS },ro.s1av.ry Administration is rotten III
every .icra:.al mi its s,slanrcs ard is ,a;ri.
otiein ol j i...r ill earl. other. The govern
.ucut accrla to t'c a::.iij'istercA by lncn who
unite, the .ut.le character Of THE: and tra4itn7.
sr,4su. Sunc yuur vulgar villains wl:u cal
he 6Iti~lsd w.tI petit la:tcuy and slo 'lif;ng::
but they h.!* II orc. i,rtnl nliic circle Ol fn::t7s
anu garru:, ia, and du ;,i, things. Other -as:-
ministra::, rs have c2E:cn.ud themselves with
tks,,nbattiE:: }ar:!stn opponents. hut the o1i',
which they arr sworn IT, support II treason
they aid t!.c mild o!1cr.sc Of perjury. EMPLOY
ecs and clerks, il lMst Administrations, COLI
mi:.tl prcu.a:iuIs anI breaches If trust; but
hero we Lave thu lca Is Of hurcare s7c}ang tho
treasury. Calb eie::lvI out his department.
no: leavfn:: e.!,rr t'ct'.H.-
Floyd L:is furnished t;lc insurgents afni'd-
au.e Of arms anu ammunition n t::is war
ugainft tic Union. aud las sc,n thu ARMY away
to the ttit;3.e-t corners and WitcrneFAee ri
the nation. The navy 1ias 'letn sent to the
far1hc-, :.3@ :na Lastly it is discovered that
even the 'our indians arc robbed "f their sl:urh
needed uul.tIi1itk, Wa. cycr there aHrts Ill
administration s.,,cc tic world began. these
are tie ira,: Of i'rus!a.af; rule. Can the
hrrra:.l lw c::lnrtcd tu mount higher N,ln the
:ouuiainny S!accrv i:.clf is founded iii .r:tutl
and theft, and is .nt:Et,iuclt,y b7uscforcc aEd
deapotietn. Mca arr 1irst robb i Of lhe;:!'
st:lycs, ard lt:>a If IT. ir free vii! at;d tue
fruits oi their toll. Iiuw could Hi aAmini<tta.
;ion wlu,e Fundamental lsr:EelIl~ Is tia: II
rery III nu: Oily right Int disluc ns:itaio.l,
be otherwise tI,au 1raitnt. 10 tho Constitution
enemies vi thu 1ili":i, AMI perpetrators d
grand larren: on tile rnslfc moneys and othe1
convertible Tloicl1; q; the government! Wt
Abe is co:sg IL have delightful li1.!e joh II
putting ti;ir~- f. rights wtitn lie takes ni' hi
abode IN the Whit. Hvu.c-
Nrh,v. E""tW Cnion Saving C"1oEilltcel
il. full. or, :i..ucr III lutcrMllAtI; h':st- Ih'
Housr Committee of t!4irts-th7cc wc... in rrs
rinn Fsi,a:, :,al adjoa:ued over till Januar.
9Th. Three hnHr" We're el'snt ~ t!ltco.:ia;
various ,:y.,,n,sit!u4~. Tic 1srtt-atrrs demanded
to know whr:!,rr The KepEh!ioaE6 were " i'iln:
in or,:rr Il, "sa|A' Tic En:on," to hay'
Incorporated into the Consti!ntt"n l're
vision expressly recognizing property i
nna- The net'u'lic:B replied thu; .rr'.
pruvieiuit woi.id u once rc-t'lWn the +A1i!c:
:. Slaye trade .uG p!acc it bvsond the I",ws'r {
Congress ever tv u gain c;nsc ii; and. ,!r.hr
more, it world urvn the who!v North l" th
iutrotiuy! ioH ii -iaet., iu despite uf Stats. To:
.titutiu;.:. Is the Enilvh States Constitute
was the S:l,.r: TIT l:w If thr land, AMI ai 81;
Cvnst.lu!i.'ue when they co:nc I'll confit
,nuk. give way to it, Hence such n lrojusltio
cpul,l m; s,r entertained by any Hurtltr
uulI. -,
They were uot "@l,..l whether they wt'u
a.rcc H. .:t, Him ncr.ss thc crnsanell. 10 Il
Faci,ic ~. the s1c.iGi;s,l nf ;G:t;u: .'.t!''iAn
rlau4Ev il Ill :Lc irrsilulcs .'t'uth off !niu
ACQUISITION, Included TO his 'aoAcsi 1rs'l'
Aitlo,l, TIE itc;,llt's!saur returned ~ H;.I::'
tlcl ner1;:.r. I" IoH lavc rail-! they "'
tnvre dua.a.n near l",nc linn ri.ftt':l'y !!
long, to v.:'.. %;.;r1 t,ii ti: bars II l,!::;s
tu,1,nletE,,n, s!1Mste agricultural lrott1
fions,1 4 !luposition introduced 'H "in;
Du1i. VIZ. t!iE,.s. ri ut e.IsIte length, ;sfli "
fisyo'p'1; s':Sci'ad y: several 'netahcrs, W "
leo tn form State constitutions. aud he adm
ted nr-x1 w::ltcr, and kansas t' br a'lp'i:1
i1nurs;;utc!s uuIvr her rrcrclst constii'ith
But tile u!:ra South refused to :n.cf!'; /
rroros:.ioi:. t., Ev,Aius sa"t OF = slave CO
aud Alnv,,'l1ucrtn viii ratieiy the 1rc-t:lsrsh
Alsvr 1ht committees had adjourned The
uublic:,I members held caucus and canfc7r
freely T4,ey car;l,. tn the c"nclusion that
pro:ro+;tiua :1t:s:lttt.:y ~ the ultra soathe
Stuire. Nv WAY Of amendment to the uoust3
tiou, could he Rtop'nd hy ta's "enple, a
therefore i: IVA. sA.3. Lc:Fs-arr I" 1reiurc oi
Jhcy an,tcGn thu, the Constitution fs 50
cuo;,cl, rs II row Glands; nothing shnu1a
stricken o,t and rotI;:lg inserted. All cn
promises ,nu.t be in l!ic naturc Of Conssc.sis
ii aet. subject to the present. provisions Ut
Constitution and they could not consent
force slavery into Territory now free: ~ Ct
,.r1ssio,1Nl Griiun or otheEw1fe
The Senate Crisis CommIttas IL thirtg
were iu aessior: four AouTs yesterday. All
1neua}urx wt.e 1,rescnt hut Seward, who Il !
.cut from 1be ely. The amendments to
Constitution proposed by Crittkndsn, to IT,
slavery new rigi1ts and s;unra'ltecsr and ch
freeIou: to It's car, were ths subjects ot disc
] ~~A@kA
3Iou rropos9s division Of the TcrritoEie.
tbs line Of lhc Missouri Compromise, maxi
I'LL soEtl Of it xEa,r territory forever. cnlb1
In. Central America and clcar down to G.
Horn. Til: North t., retain tht territory nc
Of tla: liuc. ,Th':.ll II not w:s1isrd ny the 81
hulJers, E,ecalet unified for their IHTpo!
This monssrons scheme was nt:yt1r'tcl
Duuclne, higher mud Crittcndcn, with zeal y
tly oi a bcttcr causc. Mcssrs. Waass, Doo!,t
C6l!au,cr md irlmas opposed the prol'os:t
with mach earccttac=t and ao:i1ty.-
maiutainod Tint thu people In the late elect
.lcridrA the question o1 slaFcry III 1eITAo'
aud, therefore, they lad no concessions
1nakc or nder. Tbs Republicans lad q
nothing wrong. raid Wade. They had
n,n,|pcics. 10 make. They were satisfied. :
tie CSn.tf.uticn rs the fnthers made IL. 7
, vr7c opposed tu Tathing or tinkcrin;; II.
changes would he ior tae wore. 10y ls.
Of the N.nth would ucTcr consent 10 mas
more proSlaycrY. nor did 1hry ask I" n'ak
.nore ,,nti-eIA,ety', hut desired that it. elt
hs ld allow, Tootnbs, Davis and Huutcr
cusscd the condition III public Affairs, aa.d
necessity for giving tAc siAv"l!oid"ts atlo1i !
II rights and privileges, elsc they xouad na,l
tks Gn,o,t .,c H"as hs1ra|n rsttH Void sesure @
.sser1t Of both parties to release either
The 3,.u.l. The Union must and 6l4au oe
acryed, ,uu the bssls OF the present s1ons
,;o,, .'..Hsk--.
- Tic PROPOSITION wns votcd a:;a'nSt = Mc
:. Co3laincr, Dolitut, Grimes n!as naoe: e.
remainder Of the Cyptnitt &C ao!ea 10Y
rrCpoiaso <at as j t$99d no: :. 1na!sr,sso N ~
Ea,,ublicaus it was llseeate1 under tAc
sda,tcl III The commit That no lrop1s
should he considered adopted and rcco'n:l
cd TO tho Senate which 'dld not receive 4
lorlty Of tac 3sapu},itcan votes znd 3!s4
~. liz scco,,d proposition submittei b.
s-.A: rritteadep; 'uenylh=: the right Of Consre
= abolisl: slavery il tie locsyaras and ars
was rejected. =: