Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-05-03
Cameron's Doings Coming TO Light.


of troubles A few days ago, as he was
about to depart from his Russian exile, he
was brought to a sudden halt by an arrest
at the instance of Mr. Pierce Butler, a
prominent Philadelphian, whom he, while
Secretary of War, had, without any al
legged cause, incarcerated in Fort Lafay-
cite. This proceeding, it is said, disgust.
ed exceedingly the chaste and pure.minded
patriot who was about to 'eave his coun.
try for his country's good.' But, scarcely
had Mr.. Cameron entered the required
bail in this case, when Secretary Chase,
the sleepy, fangless Cerberus of the Treas
ury, comes along, and asks consultation
with the Ex Secretary in regard TO ga de-
falcation in one of the Departments amour.
ting to millions This was adding Re.
publican "insult" to Buffers Democratic
"injury." Then, there was that vengful
Jersey Wall, prowling around Philadel.
phia, waiting for an opportunity to give
the unacdged Plonipotentiary farewell
greeting in consideration of services rem.
dered, in having him, the said Wall, torn
from bis family during the hours of night,
and thrown into dismal dungeon, a
"prisoner Of state" But worse than all
this--more annoying than Buffers writ
more unkind than Chase's Consultation"
more dreadful than all his visions of
Walls pistols and bludgeons-Executive
Document No. 81 appears upon the scene
and oonfronts tho harressed Minister with
its army of ugly figures and startling rev.
elations. The curtain is lifted and the
American people obtain glimpse into the
Augean Stables of the Federal Govern.
ment. There stands Simon Cameron, not
as the faithful officer, not Us the true and
trusty functionary of a people threatened
with all the impending horrors of the
bloodiest anarchy the world ever knew,
but us the selfish, helping SPEC.
ULATOR, the partner in corrupt and
Government>ruining contracts, the chief
spokesman of all the hungry jackalls that
hang upon the skirts of brave and devo-
ted army. And to our vision Cameron
has always appeared in this shape. We
needed not the assistance of light afforded
by Document No. 67, to enable us to be.
hold him in his true coIors. Nor was the
President deceived in his man when he
selected him as his Minister of War. Well
did Mr.. Lincoln know the character of
the adviser he had chosen. We'll did he
remember the Winnebago frauds with
which Cameron was notoriously connected.
Well did he recolleet the means by which
Cameron was made U. s. Senator. But
little cared our model Executive, "Honest
Old Abe," for all that. His admnistra.
ton could not afford to lose Gamer on's
support, and to secure it, this hoary- head.
ed incarnation of political knavery mus t
have seat in the Cabinet! Parasites may
fattcr and expectsnt Office hunters may
sing hosannas to tho President, but We
say to him, as will the people say ere long,
and that, too, in tones of thunder: Mr..
LINCOLN, you not only struck fatal blow
at the welfare Of our country, but you did
violence to our own conscience, when you
elevated Simon Cameron to office
In conclusion we quote the following
from tho the Philadelphia Inquirer, of last
Friday:
"A startling exposition OF the misman-
agement of the War Department under
ex-Secrctary Cameron and Assistant Sec
retary Scott is furnished by executive doc.
ument, No. 81, recently printed by the
House Of Representatives. 1t appears by
this, that these two functionaries were bus.
lily engaged during last summer and fall
making contracts for muskets and other
small arms, until The aggregate OF their
operations summed up one million, nine
hundred and seventy.six thousand two
hundred and forty muskets, rifles and car
bines, seventy-two thousand fonr hundred
and forty pistols, and one hundred and
forty-two thousand five hundred swords;
for which they obliged the Treasury to
pay the triAing amount of SAC, ,144 $685.
The arms were to be delivered, according
to the convenience of the contractors, at
almost any time along in the next two
years, the delivery of hundreds of thou
sands of them being accommodatingly dis
posed over periods extending from July,
1862, to December, 1851
While the public will bo astounded at
the vast magnitude and wild improvidencc
of these operations, there are other atton-
ding circumstances that will leave them