Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-11-13

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sand q 2,0oO) more, sahe price. Bought the two
thousand e ,000) blane send contract for same
to day - 3. ~
[Signedl Ros'r DALE owKs
-, ISDIasAroLrs, Ind, Oct. 8, 1861.
ROBERT DALI 0wks. (Care of Winslow, La
nier Co. New York City: Buy the other two
thousand 10000 overooats, if you can, deliver
able same time, e1ls
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81 - isss4 s7s Aejor and ouartermastea-
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MAJoR A Moxrsos<kEy, @ N. u s. A, In
coats bought at nine dollars and twenty Eve
cents 80 25), delivesnble in twenty one (2l)
days. as.4ad & j zsisfs .a.se1'. a
tsignedl zasa. RoBnRr DATE Own.
L3idr ss1aus ssil o-- 81
8 Governor Morton Suggested Mr. Owen TO me
as proper person . make these purchases.
This is all he had TO do with the matter His Ex-
cellency has done so much to merit the thanks of
the people Of his State that il is not necessary TO
'ssteal thunder" for him, and misrepresent the
General Government BY attributing to him what
Respectfully yours, nle
las 'nsntsia.if A MoSreoxKRY,
. sl1' = - M~jor and Quartermaster
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Our paragraph clearly did injustice TO Major
Montgomery, and we are happy to be able to cor
rect t so completely As Mr. Owen is the States
agent we naturally inferred that the purchase by
him for the State, and not the General Gov
ernment.
In commenting upon the card of Major
MONTGOMERY the Journal in its issue of Yesterday
makes a weak apology for Governor MORTON, a
defense which better had never been written To
make thunder" for himself and to depreciate
Major MONTGOMERY for inefficency, his Excel
lency, it appears, endeavored to create the i'm
preston here and elsewhere that he had contract
ed for 10000 overcoats for the Indiana troops at
s. so each, aid that he had transferred that con-
tract 10 the General Government There is no
evidence that any such contract was made, or
that overcoats could be purchased at such price,
and sbere is proof positive that Major MoSrGoxE-
RY promptly did all in his power for the relief of
that he had and that he turned over the contract
the 18th October to the Quartermaster General as
he teegraphs from W ashington oBthat date that he
had done, four days after General MEIGs advises
the Quartermaster here that he had made con-
tract for 10000 overcoats for the Indiana troops.
it is certainly, in the language of the Journal "a
disngenuous attempt" on his part 10 obtain "per-
sonal credit for an act with which he had moth
ing to do. Unless the Governor can show that he
made contract for 1000 over coats for 81 so,
and that it is not the contract referred to by Gen.
MEIGs on the 22d of that month, two DAYS at
least before he could have reached Washington.
but another and an additional contract, the Gov
ernors organ places him in the following predica-
ment:
If the Governor, or any of bis friends, has at
tempted to represent an order from the Quarter
masters Department, made at least two DAYS
before he could have reached ashington, as a
contract of his own, he has done what is both
silly and false, and what is peculiarly silly be-
cause the stolen credit can be so easily exploded
Gov. Morton is not fool enough for that, we
take it.
That is the dilemma in which the Journal
places His Excellency, and we hope he will be
dotc W Sdticf. tiiC pcouS tfot NC hdo hui uOHc
"what is both silly and false" The secret of
this controversy is, that Governor MORTON dis
liked Major MONTGOMERY, because the latter
would not allow any interference or dictation by
the former in the discharge of his duties. Major
MONTGOMERY was representing the General Gov
ernment, not Governor MORTON, and he thought
that twenty-five years experience and confidence
of the Government fully qualified him for the po-
siton he occupied. When the Governor found
he could not bend Major MONTGOMERY to
his purposes he Immediately set himself to work
to remove him. letter from Washington ad-
vises us that the Governor writes to Secretary
SEWARD complaining Of Major MONTGOMERY for
lack of business qualifications. ineficiency, &C.,
and demands as right that he should control the
disbursements of all the public funds used IN this
military department. Major MONTGOMERY has
been removed to another field of duty and il
remains to be seen whether the Governors de
mands will be complied with in full. The in.
quiry naturally arises here, what object had Gov
MORTON in view in making this extraordinary de-
mand upon the Administration?