Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-07-17
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its the infrnty of Yankee nature to look upon Gov
eminent as Job and every scheme OF policy VIII refer
suce 70 the facilities Il aorGs for deProdAtng upon the
public treasury This prominent and leadcg trait IN Their
tsrse,er has convinced many observing men OF their IN
compstsney to manage public aAirs, or to conduct
War In their hands Government must degenerate INTO
alob; and war enlarged system, under the iorns o
law for the few plumber the many Enormous Is the
expenses Of the doubtless are they are double
.,y, ne New Orleans Bee, in consequence g.
pendous vAiny Of large prop9hS6 brings charges Of
In lsvying and sGSlpsnert against Governors and Gen
beredSA Cabinet officers. These charges are made by
Northern and Northern presses We &c, IL stated
that Simon Cameron, Secretary Of War ha. disposed Of
every contract for clothing prOvons &C. in favor Of
bis immediate relatives stpulatng for certain share in
the pro6,s. The unlawful gains Of this robSer of the
people estimated at the colossal amount of fur MI
Eous Of dollars One Of Camsrons absest coaSiutors in
MI the by which soldiers stnted OF their ratiOps
ana covered With rags Curtin Governor Of PennsyI
EAns woo boased Of raising three hGndred thousand
volunteers in the Keystone State for tie defense Of
Washington. fhS upright and Immaculate gentleman
has fingered much o. the three millions appropriated
by the Pennsylvania Legislature that Ore-haf of the
has mysteriously disappeared, and cannot be a..
counted for
same fruitful field The money raised In Ohio for the
equipment Of her troop - Ss-a ~ ;.iA tAa uu-
fathomabe recesses Of the Governors pocket and tie
Buckeye battalions halt starved and almost indecent
through their nskednesS fully eatsd TO the isno-
minious nickname commonly bestowed upon them Of
The ragged regiments" At Cairo the pay Of the SOL
ders Il Sithheld that according Abolition author
NV the yegy officers themselves lack the means Of pu
chasing newspaper. OF course, when almost mi.
versAl system Of STEALING prevails i. is the army which
/, the principal victim Mr.. Lincon's troops from all
accounts, are i,l-elOthed, iI-fed and iItreIsei
Il nav be readily understood that the most camorcus
champions Of war are the interested individuals who
have received fat from the Federal Govern
meet For instance George Law, who expects TO make
sir hundred thousand dollars eont'se. to furnish
twenty thousand beeyes TO the army; Cornelius Wander
bTt who leases or sells his vessels outrageous price.
this Arm which furnishes hats and that which supplies
shoes this purveyor Of pud pork and that caterer Of
worny biscuit and besns-sn the muldtudnOus swarm
Who directly indirectly pull the streaming paps of
the Government justly claim the right to patriotic
ally indignant a. the base attempts Of few Apply heads
Who in their anquated and obsolete notions OF justice
aud humanity and Christian duty are DESTROYS Of witness
iog the return of peace Such up shot would spoil
the calculations Of Cameron Curtin DeDsoD Law, Var
Srbt and the pOpulOus tribe Of contractors, and they
are naturally to any policy which threatens TO
close the ex1berant fountains Of wealth they have tapped
90 boundfully.
HOx clearly has this demonstrated the inherent
rotsenness and rascaity Of Northern exbrsthren,
from high Cabinet officer down to the lowest under
strspperl With what INSCRIPTIONS APaei;y do tAey
prey upon one another, How elsvery DO they cloak 4
themselves with the mantle Of patriotism eectua
blind to their frandulentnarRuvres and how low have
the moral sentiments Of the people fallen, when they
suffer such vlainOus conduct with nothing empha-
tic than feeble remonstraDce from those Who the
dupes and vctims Should the South rejoice hav-
ing cut loose from the inquitOus band? Would that
sea Of fire rolled between them and Us,