Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-08-21
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gFeat speech sli red o. E<Gd bsaou
WEighs. ct Isdiad<e oks. = tn nj H. Of
the I'd inst. and would ask Coz il . candid
and careful reading. especially from such
OF our Democratic friends who think more
Of tbeis country than Party.
The following portion of il is q trium.
plant answer to the charges of fraud and
corruption against the Administration,
hsrped upon so necessarily by the Butter
nut sympathisers, for the purpose of ben
citing the cause of the rebellion. BY pre-
venting enlistments:-
but what about Frsuds?"
My answer is this: II | were to vote a.
gainst all men and administrations that are
not pure. could scarcely hope to vote for
any Of them. purpose being very brief
upon this point. and will tell you. my
Democratic friends. why / do not like to
have much to say about frauds. remem-
Der that once. in the past history of my
life. | helped to elect one James Buchan-
an. President of the United States, and
recollecs, also. that during his term of Of
fee. more frauds were committed than at
any former period in the history of the
government. Now, this man Floyd. Mr..
Bnchansn's Secretary of War. went into
office about the 4th of March, and about
that time or . few weeks later il was
known that there were in posses zion Of she
government, in one Of the public srsensls,
one hundred and thiry-6ve thousand
stand of Enfield rifles. A few weeks later
one hundred and twenty-five thousand
stands of these were in the South. and on.
ly ten thousands in the North. You know
how they plundered our srsenals. and put
all the cannon just where the rebels could
get hold of them with the least possible
trouble. You recollect the peculiar dispo.
sition that was made of the public funds
about that time in order that they too
might get into the pockets Of those South
ern people, and yet, my Democratic
friends. you insist upon my talking about
frauds when l tell you that am ono Of
the men who helped to elect James Buchan.
an.
Now, frauds have existed 10 greater
or less extent in all governments. You
recollect, perhaps, the Austrian frauds in
the time OF Napoleon. At certain time
during the war there were half million
of Austrisns in one of the celebrated Qua
drilaterial Forts. This large number of
men necessarily required great many cat
tie for their support. and, rs il happened.
one man had the contract. Well. il turn
ed out. by subsequent Investigations. that
every hoof had been driven into one gate
and out at another. and in again ct the
same gate, until the same cattle had been
paid for several times over. and the amount
Of the fraud was millions. There have al
ways been frauds in the English wars.
and we know that we have bad frauds in
our American wars. There arc frauds in
every country. We cannot expect thsa
there should be none in the present wss
At the same time it is my conviction that
the present head of this Government is sn
honest man. All that Iwish is that he
had little mo,e back bone! Loud sp-
plause. did not vote for him, but / will
support him to the extent of my power for
the sake OF the country. / have said on
former occasions that Iibelieved that this
country has had one great man within the
last twenty years. and that man was Ste
phen A. Douglas. should have rejoiced
to see him at the head of this nation. but
| am willing now cheerfully to forget oil
that is past. and support the administra-
ton with all the power that possess. And
would urse you. nay fellow citizens. to
stand by the men who are in authority,
whoever they may be: and shove all. do
not weaken the arm of the Government by
sending men to Congress TO pail down the
Administration.
No one will dare dispute the truthful.
ness of the above. or even intimate that the
picture is overdrawn. Then does il not
require . vast amount Of impotence in
Voorhees,. Vallandigham. Reeve. Packard
d Co.. to talk about the frauds and COR
ruptions of the present Administrator