The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-09-21

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ton t,;tv and vonF an - tha Adminiatrataon
ths,,e Yor T,cn.l.s men nav think there Il NOT
sns;.;ant enercv msn;fesfed in the nrosecutjon
of the v.r Terv vell. 81 NAV think Co. You
ma tb;nL a. Won nsv. think Simon Cameron
. had man T NAV thinf 20 Too. but I think him
. bsdlv ahused nm. You may think he does
vreng. Int Won cannot rely on al you hear. !, I
vas secsntiy IN Wssbinston CITY, and had to
mass three DAYS in the War Department, and
found the rooms of that Department full every
day. Nine tenths Of the men who were there
were for place and plupder, and, they were not
all Republicans either, BY . great dealt Laugh,
teri They consumed the time of the Depart
ment that ought to havs besnsgisen 70 other
matters. They 70 there and force themselves
on public men: and when they 20 away, % thou
sands Of them, do, disappointed, they brand the
man Is corrupt and imbecile who disappoints
them They get sons scRibbler to write some
thing for the newspapera changing incompetent
CT and venslity ON the ofaeefs Of the Govern
ment That's the ways great dsal of that sort
Of thing is done. Hundreds and thousands Of
newspaper SANDERS are gotten up by men who
have been disappointed in getting contracts -
But for the swarms of these men in Washington,
crowding all the avenues of the Capitol, the
War Department would be Tbie 70 devote its en-
ergics more effectively 70 is legitimate duties
As / told you before, was there three days in
the Hall of that Department before could find
the men whom wanted to see. Why, they even
got to know was Governor OF Iowa, and they
never forgot mel The reason this yas 50, pro-
badly, was because ! looked SO mucn unlike
other Governors. lGreat li e. bps even
with the advantage OF my omciai Posiron' ana
knowledge bY the departments q we pressing
nature OF my business, ! Was unable ior some
time to reach the presence OF the secretary OF
open to the charges preferred sgainst him. l
do not believe . word 81 them. ! 40 think ne
allows too much OF MS time % De gwen 70 MS
friends, and to be imposed upon oy them, Out
that he IS corrupt man 90 not peheve.
Let me say to my Democratc Trends, tnat IN
my Judgment they have nothing 70 complain OF
relative 70 the manner in which appointments
have been disposed OF by the war Department:
Have you been ignored. Have you been treated
as outsiders IN TINS contest! LOOK AZ hign mil
itary names which have been brought before the
country since the commencement OF feis war;
Are they those OF Republicans merely Look
at the appointments which, as the Executive OF
lows, nave nysei maze! nave Ignored you,
my Democratic friends! Douglas Democrats
aye, Breckinridge Democrats-ha been per
m'tted 70 divide WITH keploiicans the pest mil
itary appointments OF the State! Look at every
loyal State IN this Union, and you will find
spirit Of liberality manifested by Republican
officials In the dispensatiOn Of offices and patron.
age, such ss you neuer showed to your opponents
when you were in power. Go back to the his
tory of the Mexican war. Tell me the name of
single Wing who was placed in high command
by President Polk. Gen. Scott was in command
before the commencement Of the war. The
same was true of Gen. Taylor. Tell me, if you
please, what Wings were ever placed in high
military command BY President Pierce? You
cannot do it. Your party never practised this
kind Of liberty to your foes. l know It because
was once of YOU and among YOU. TLauehter
and spnlausei / The Democrstfc nartv aIvays
made Il prInciple to confer the spoils Of Office
on its friends. As partizans YOU were vise.-
You were never known to extend reva,ds n
vour enemiee. Won aIw.ys held these in reserve
for vour friends The conseoneice vas that Won
rallied a spait.n band around YOU who. with
the spos Of victory ever before them Iabored
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