The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-07-05

in the House of Representatives on
Saturday the 10th inst. Should an
edition of $4,000 copies of this report
be published, it will be found wieldy
weapon. in the hands of the Republi-
cans the coming campaign:
Mr.. Train made report from the
Covode committee; signed by Messrs.
DIN and VIM. 1t sets out by speak
ing of the embarrassment which at
tended their labors, and stating that
the President saw fit to send solemn
protest in the way of proclamation
to the world, that the whole power of
the executive, instead of being exer-
cised toforward an Investigation into Ad-
ministration affairs, would be exercised
to protect those who might choose to
disobey the summons of the Speaker
of the House, or who, having obeyed
the summons, might. refuse to testify
before the committee, who quote prec-
edents to show that they have felt at
liberty to Investigate the conduct of the
President or any other officer of the
Government.
In regard to the Lecompton Consti-
tuition they say the country will pause
with astonishment over the shameless
record. They examined. ssss5 aa0
LIST. The emphatic and indnbitable
pledge of the President, as well before
as after his election; and the pledges
of all his Cabinet TO the doctrine of
leaving the people OF Kansas perfectly
free to administer their institution in
their own way.
I'd. The deliberate violation of these
pledges, and the attempt to convert
Kansas into Slave State by means Of
forgeries, fraud and force an
Sd. The removal and attempt to dis
grace the sworn agents of the Admin
istration who refused to violate their
pledges.
4th. Theppen employment of money
in the passage of the Lecompton and
English bills through Congress.
5th. The admission. of parties en-
gagged in the work of electioneering
this scheme, that they received enor-
nous sums for this purpose. 5
9Th. He offered to purchase newspa-
per editors with extravagant sums Of
money. 4s58-rz. = lxr13fsss x.eT@
18th. And even the prescription of
Democrats of high standing who would
not support the Lecompton and Eng
lish bills. : 4ar
The witnesses on this point wero
Gov. Walker, Wendell, Bean, and III.
w. Walker, and fortunately for the
cause of truth, the evidence of the
witnesses does not, the Committee saw,
depend upon their own admission. 1t
is proven by the books of Record of
the bank of the Metropolis, which con-
tains the names of those who conduct
their business there, and by the uncon-
scious contradiction of the witnesses.
The testimony of Harvey is not to be
overlooked in this connection. While
it shows general willingness on the
part of the President to snbsidize the
public press, it proves also that there
was a strong determination to buy all
who could be bought, and to crush ont
the honest men who could not be bribed
or reduced to an affiliation with the
administration in its Lecompton poll
cy. ~
Mr.. Forney was offered the printing
of the Post Office blanks, worth at
least $4,000, on the condition that he
should, by an editorial no longer than
mans hand, support the Administra-
ton in the Kansas policy. The COM
mittee refer to the fact that "a Demo.
cratic members of the House opposed
the Kansas policy of the President.
The number dwindled down to II, and
enough were found to carry the bill
through the House. The COMMITTEES
say it had always been supposed the
war liz w Washington was gotten mp for
the purpose of fastening slavery on
Kansas, the troops being diverted to
operations in that territory. - siss
The next point examined involved
the abuses in the Philadelphia custom
house, and other public Offices in the
navyyyard, in which the committee say
there were improper combinations
among Federal officers with the view
to control the sentiments and preiu-
dices of the people in their primary
political movements. Secondly, tho
improper and corrupt use of the public
money in the employment of persons
in the public service, in violations of
the laws and government regulations |;
and the fraud on the part of officers of
the government to defeat the statute of
the United States enacted for the pur-
pose Of protecting the public treasury
from the unjust claims and improvident
and unnecessary expenditures.
The witnesses are Jno. H. Bryant.
Francis and Samuel B. Rice, Francis
McC ormick, J. F. Schnell, Ander Bru-
maker, Geo. Convey, Pat Gaferty,
John Dunn, and others. commit.
tee say Collector Baker is subject to
the highest censure. They procured
investigation into the management of
the Postofficee, aud examined the sub
ject of executive binding, and say Mr..
Pettibone was wrong in the matter.
and thatlthe patronage was retained in
the hands of the Presidents most eff.
clent friend, Wendell. The committee
say the evidence proves beyond doubt
that the prices paid for the executive
printing and binding, were utterly dis
proportionate to the work done. The
committee also alluded to the emnlov-