Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-01-17

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snroMn upon the country, and that after thn 80
- oYeri ana at such an enormous price. in MA,
Ilon 70 otner outstanding contracts for tba man
ulsctnre, wa some time hence, of 272 OOO Enfsid
rineSt besides, there are 75543 sets oS hss
ness, ~ 70 oe delivered by and by. at the cost =,
$l'sfe'ffo' have not time 10 euumersts ali
saese contracts. When wo appropriated AZ tho
nnn ee session OF Congress- for this purpose So0
ooO,vVo, tnirty-seven millions and some fhon.
sano collars had been already pledged 10 CON.
nsctorsc NOT for the purchase OF arms for men
~ the neio' not TO protect them In fighting
sneIr country's battles in this great emergency
snu peru, out Tor some future use, for some fu.
.s.e eoeaeiou' or 70 meet some present need OF
tne oOD'racSors, don't know which at this mo.
ment. AND not only the approximation NJ last
session has been exhausted, but SI7 .00O mn ms.
upon 1t. The fiot of the 18th of April' IN Ri.
tlmore, opened this ball, and On the 9Ist of
ALrl' IN the City of New York, there was OF.
ganized corps Of plundeFers of the Treasury
Two mltllons OF dollars we're intrusled to the
poor unfortunate, honest, but entirely incompe-
eent euitoF OF a paper, In New York, to dis
pense IL ID the best manner he could. Straight
way tnls gentleman began to purchase linen
psbtaloons, etraW hats, London porter, dried
herrings, and such like provisions for the army.
TIL he expended In this way 1890, 900 of tSe
money, and then he got scared and Quit
[Laughter.J f'''T
There ie an appropriation, also, for the sup.
ply OF wood to the army. This contractor is
pledged the payment Of 81 cord for all the
WOOD delivered to the different commands
Wooa collected after the labor of the soldiers
themselves had cut down the trees to clear the
ground Tor their batteries, and then this con-
tractor employs army wagons to draw II to the
several Campo, and he has no further trouble
tnan 20 Draw his W Tor cord, leaving the Gov
etnment 70 ara" the wood. Laughter. It
eos's TWO million dollars every day to support
the ~ my IN the field. A hundred millions of
GUITARS nave thus been expended since we met
on the % day OF December, and ali that time
the army has been in repose. What the ex.
penditure will increase to when our ewes shalll
be gladdened with the sight OF an army in mo-
tion, donot know Another hundred millions
Wlll 90 with the hundreds more | have enumer.
atea' Anotner hundred millions may bo added
70 tnese before the 4ih Of March. What it NAV
COST 70 put down the rebellion care very little,
ProVloeo, always, that it be put down effectusl-
~ But, sir, faith without works is dead, and
l am free TO confess that my faith sometimes
iails mel mean my faith In the men, not M
faith In the cause. When the history of these
times shall be written, IL will be question up- |
on whom the gnilt will rest most hesvily-upon
him who has conspired to destroy, or upon him |
VINO has proved incompetent TO preserve, the in |
sututions bequeathed to us by our fathers. 1t
= no wonder that the public treasury trembles
ana staggers' like strong man with too great
burden upon him. A strong man in an air
exnausled receiver is not more helpless than ia |
tne treasury OF this Government beneath the |
"a, e1,naustl9g process to which it is subjected
Inc mighty monarch of the forest himself may |
n9ia az pay the hercest, mightiest of his foes, |
Tnlle the vile cur, coming up behind him and
opening his fangs, gives him fatal wound, ana |
although he may struggle on boldly and val
antly, the life blood is silently trickling from his
heart, and he is at last forced to loosen his
grasp and ne grows faint, aud falteis, and
dies. T-
Inc, Treasury notes issued in the face Of
tbese Immense outlaye, without a revenue from
from land sales, from any source
gnateveT' are beginning to fall in the market
Alreaoy have they begun to sell at six per cent.
llscount at the tables of the money chanRers;
.nd at the very time, too, that we here exhibit
ne singular spectacle of fraud, and of strug-
gle with the committee of Ways and Means IL
self, IN an eldeayor to lift up and sustain the
5oVernment OF the country. Already the sut.
er-!hat curse of the oountry--is following the
Paymastet, as the shark follows the ship, buy
ng up for four dollars every five dollars Of the
wages Of the soldiers, paid to them in Treasury
notes. | have no desire to hasten the move
nents of the army, or to crihcse the conduct
u lts leaders, but In view of the stupendous
traits upon the Treasury, must say that long |
Tor the day of striking the blow which will |
oring this rebellion to an end. Sixty DAYS long. |
Or OF this state of things will bring about re |
suit one way or another. II is impossible that |
The Treasury OF the United States can meet, |
and continue to meet, this state Of things sixty
lays longer; and an ignominious peace must be |
submitted TO unless we see to it that the credit
ot the country is sustained, and sustained, too,
oy the conviction going forth from this hall to
me people OF the country that we will treat Gs
traitors not only those who are bold ana manly |
enough to meet us face to face in the field of |
strlte but all those, also who clandestinely and
stealthily suck the life blood from Us in this
mighty struggle. Whatever measures NAV en-
anate from the committee on WAYS and Means
to meet and retrieve this state of things, they
will but fall like dead pail upon the public
unless they give this assurance, that these ex-
traoriinary and extreme measures to resusci-
tate, revive, and replenish the Treasury, are
not made to fill further and longer he already
gorged pockets Of the public plunderers. How,
then, are we to contribute in this matter to re-
yiVe public confidence in our public men, if it
be not when these appropriations come up that
we probe them, that We ascertain whether there
be anything IN them that at this moment can
De spared Our pressing duty now is to protect
and save the, Treasury from further wholesale
OF other system OF plundering.