Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-01-03

i lis Treason, Perjury aud rHob6ery-
Action Of The tpo Crisis Conaminees--
Firm stand Of. tie Repu5iicans--- Soutl
Carolina Earoys and the japanese.
I Correspondence Chicago Tribune.
WAsniSGrov, Dec. %, 1860.
The city has been thrown into spasm
to-day by the discovery Of robbery of the
Indian Trust Fund of nearly one million
dollars. II came to light last night by the
voluntary confession of the cat's-paw in
the case, Goddard Baily, who has charge
of the safe containing the bonls Thomp-
son, Secretary of the Interior, had lust re-
turne'l from his disunion mission to the
Legislature Of North Carolina, where he
had failed to accomplish the object of his
visit. de at once summoned the Pres
dent, Secretary Of State, Attorney General
aad District Attorney. Upon Investiga-
tion it was found that 1872. 900 had been
abstractea from the iron safe Of the Indian
Trust Office. 1t is supposed that most Of
the bonds had been hypothecated TO raise
money to carry on the disunion movement
as the whole Interior Department is stuffed
with disunionists. from Thompson himself
down to the porters. But the panic by
which every description Of stock has been
knocked down, rendered the conspirators
unable to redeem them, and as the pay
ments TO tho Indians were about TO be
made. concealment was impossible, as
these Trust funds had coupons attached,
from which the annuilies arc paid. Furth-
er disclosures will necessarily implicatc
other parties, and the distracted bonds
will be traced to their hiding place. Some
OF them, doubtless, have been sold outright
in the New York market; but it is believ-
ed that most Of the bonds have been hy-
pothecatcd. Had Lincoln been defeated
this monster defalcatioa would have been
concealed. Some other Fund wonld have
been used to pay the annuitics. But this
is believed to be only the first installment
Of long catalogue of robberies .and pee
ulations on the public treasury that will
come to light ere long. This pro-slayery
Administration is rotten in every depart
men;; its finances and its patriotism on a
par with each other. The government
seems to be administered by men who unite
the double character of thief and traitor
Things are not done on petty. picayunc
scale. None of your vulgar villains who
can he satisfied with petit larceny and
shoplifting; but they bolt at once into the
circle of forgcrs AMI garrotcrs, ami do big
things. Other Administrations have con-
tented themselves with combating parti-
san opponents. but this one makes war on
the Constitution and the Union, which they
are sworn TO su port. 70 treason they
add the mild offense of perjury. Emp oy-
ees and clerks. in past Administration.
committed reculations and breaches of
trust; but here we have the heads of bu-
reaus sacking the treasury. Cobb cleaned
out his department, not leaving silver
behind.
Floyd has furnished the insurgents
abundance of arms and ammunition to
make war against the Union. and has sent
the army away to the ut:ermost corners
and wildernesses of the nation. The navy
has been sent 10 the fartherest seas, and
lastly il is discovered that even the poor
Indians are robbed Of their much needed
annulties. Was ever there such an. ad-
ministration since the world began? These
are the fruits OF pro-slavery rule. Can the
stream be expected to mount higher than
the fountain? Slavery itself is founded
on fraud and theft. and is maintained by
brute force and dcspotism. Men arc first
robbed of themselves, and then Of their
free will and the fruits of their toll. How
could an administration whose fundam.n-
tai principle is that slavery is not only
right but divine institation, be otherwise
than traitors to the Constitution, enemies
ofthe Union. and perpetrators of grand
larceny on the public moneys and other
convertible property of the Government?
Old Abe is going to have delightful lit
tie job in putting things to rights when he
takes up his abode in the White House.
We have now two Union Saving Com
mittees in full. or. rather in intermitant
blast. The House Committee of thirty
three were in secession Friday. and al
journcd over till January 7th. Three
hours were spent in discussing various
propositions. The firc-eaters demanded
to know whether the Republicans were
willing in order to ''save the Union,' to |
have incorporated into the Constitution q |
a provision expressly recognizing property
in man. The Republicans replied that
such provision would at once re open
the African Slave trade and place it be-
yond the power of Congress ever to again
close it; and furthermore, it would open
the whole North to the Introduction of
slaves in despite Of State Constitutions.
as the United States Constitution was the
Supreme law of the land. and all the State
Constitutions when they come in conflict,
must give way to it. Hence such propo-
sition could not be entertained by any
Northern man.
They were next asked whether they would !
agree to run line across the continent 70
the Pacific on the Meridian Of $500; es-
tablishing slavery in all the Territories
sou.h oft. future acquisitions included.
70 this modest proposition, the Republi-
cans returned an unqualified ncgative.--
"You have" said they ''far mere domain
near homo than rightfully belongs to you,
either on the basis Of relative population,
climate or agricultural productions" A
introduced by Winter Davis
was discussed at some length, and was IA
vorably received by several members, viz:
An act enabling Pixies Peak and Kew
Mexico to form State Consfifnf;os,s an1