The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-05-11
For The Nonpareil.

dered secure as is possible With their limited
population.
For the Nonpareil.
LYsANDER W. BABBIrr,
Says in his article devoted to my benefit
in this weeks Bu9le, s'But had introduce
"ed proof, which can do, he Q) would
shave crawled out again under the plea Of
ga smere private memorandum, q little pass
shook etc." meaning that if he had pro-
duced the proof that had duplicated war
,ants,' and issued warrants "withous max
ing any record thereof" 81 would crawl
out of it," &c. Now it seems to me that
this is admitting considerable, at least for
Rabbit, that his cord, backed by positive
proof would 90 for nought ,chen coming in
conflict tcith my statement. From the zeal
Which he nauifests in bringing himself in
conflict with Stephen A. Douglas, General
Cass, john A. Dix, Franklin Pierce, d. F.
Butler, aud thousands of other lesser lights
of the Democratic party in the North, on
the justice Of the late war movements of the
Administration, one would naturally sup
pose that he considered himself equal to any
emergency.
But on the subject Of those warrants he
cave,, and admits that my ability to "crawl
out,' renders him powerless in the contest.
He says l admit in my communications,
that Issued several Warrants bearing the
same date. 1t is true l admit there were
three or four such cases, and still admit it..
But don't admit that duplicated one sim
gle Warrant, or that issued one without
making the proper entry thereof on the rec
ord. But he says he can prove it. call
upon him to do it. defy him to produce
the proof. Is he so stupid or wilfuliy igno-
rant, rs to believe that because two war;
rants bear the same number, that therefore
one is n duplicate of the other. under
stand duplicate to be an exact copy of the
original. And warrant 10 be duplicate,
must not only bear the number of the orig
inal, but must have the same date, be drawn
for the same amount, and payable to the
same person, and in every particular must
be an exact copy. And will admit that
if Rabbit can find any such case as this,
that there would then be strong ground for
that had committed frauds
upon the city.
In the three or four cases of two War.
rants issued bearing the same uumber, the
proceedings of the Common Council show,
hat allowance for the full amount issued
had been made by that body.
If Babbits keeps on, he will get himself
about as much in the fog as he did four
years ago, with Baldwin & Dodge, in inves-
:igating the sic, 900 loan which had passed
through their hands. In that case he had
article after article in the Bugle, charging
Baldwin L Dodge with swindling the city
,ut of large amount in the disposition of
hat fund. And finally, after spending many
,leepless nights writing articles on the sub
ecs, he got himself appointed special COM
nittee of one (he being member of the
JaunciD to investigate the matter; and after
,e had lane.ed for weeks to get the matter
hro' his wool, and bring it to a focus, gave
t up as hopeless task, and ut a meeting
II the Council, moved that the whole mat
er be referred to the City Recorder, with
to settle with Baldwin & Dodge,
md report to the Council. The duty then
ell upon me. l found it but the work Of
IN hour, as they had all their vouchers on
land, showing that every dollar which had
'ome into their hands, had been properly
appropriated, and that they had even ad-
RANGED large sums to carry on the grading of
Broadway, long before any of the loan had
ALLEN into their hands. All have to adi,in
'egard to my Bookkeeping, is, that if Bah.
,itt don't like the system, he is at perfec.
liberty to study another. l had a thought
1t one time, Of replying at length to some
II Rabbits prosy articles in relation to the
present war, but concluded it would only
'e waste OF time, as every body knows
hat while he thought that Lincoln was 20.
pg to withdraw the troops from Sumpser,
lie (Babbit) was for vigorous measures, and
n favor Of reinforcing Sumpser a. all haz-
rds, and shen,as soon as he found the reb-
Is had opened their batteries, and demol-
shed the fort. and reduced the gallant An
|erson to the humiliating position Of pris-
ner Of war, and seized upon the Arsenal
t Harper's Ferry, and taken the Navy Yard
1 Norfolk, and we're making active prepa-
atoms to march with large forcs and take
be Capital Of the Nation, and tea, 10 threads
he flag Of our country, and trample in the
ust the constitution, that then be cried
eace, peace. Is such Inconsistency worthy /.
4 reply? If so. better argument than
can make, is to be found in the response
'hich all parties make to the call of the
resident for aid in putting down the rebel. /!
ion, and iu the speeches Of STEPHEN A. /
Douglas, and other former champion, Of i
be Democratic party. On this subject, /
therefore, propose to .eare him in hi. glory. I
FRANK STREET. J