Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-06-11

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( gAMxxox 70 be hAs acts and taking Il
heir responsibility upon himself. This
oo q sla " oF sae lqfns N declaring
~ fssponslollsl 1oE w aoss =. als
secretary, q me same fssae aaknowieag-
ps sAsaf Megahty, y soiAesoing aiKe sns
,oioness " tne hignyay- man wnos sa "
W hss band pf THIEVES ana aDis
p put down ~ upppsasaons saxss upon
naasseaf ths fsspcEsih slfsy Ok aai she tnies-
lng and plundefing dene Pr his oands ana |
With . centempsoRs aneef aaSs sns piaar
dsFed individaais what they aEa going 70
do about iss The confession On shspas1
OF the President o. sompiiciss, y not
M actual participant ~ the swidliag eon-
tracts OF Cameron, Morgan, Cummings
d Co., - enough 70 cause she cheek OF
every American citizen 20 niash Watn
shame, end 10 psonaurce the title Of
sshoness Old abb" whicA the Republicans
hare given him, y shesat, and bassfF
by which that party obtained ONCE and
power under false prstences. H. a.
A Black Republican Congress passed
resolution eensuring Cameron for his lie
eal acts and public swsindling, and il must
Be humiliating not only to tho Repubh-
can partys but to the Whole American
people, 70 have the chief magistrate Of
the nation come forward in message
and confess himself do be the criminal
We said il must be humiliating not only
"a The Republican party &c !; But we will
IN ke that bssk. for no act of meanness
and swindlipg on the part Of those elegut-
cd 10 power by thsir 4otas, could halaiIl-
ate the leaders Of that party. Not only
are they proof againsg all sense of shame;
but after they have aimost unanimously
passed q resolution Of sansare against
oos Of the Cabinet, when the President
comes forward and assumes the responsi-
biIity of the acts Of his Secretary, they
pretend to be overwhelmed With admira.
ton and excIaian fswhat bogdness the
President exhibits In bis message
| The President says in his message: 81
authorized and directed the Secretary OF
the Treasury 10 advance without requir-
| ing security. t.go million dollars of pub
lie money. 10 John A. Dix. Geo. Opdyke
and Richard AZ. glathtord Ut New York. u
He admits this order vas made and the
money drawn from the Treasury, and
maid into the hands Of unofficial persons,
without authority Of law. The Consti.
tuition of the United States, which Mr.
Lincoln nrofesses 10 be attempting Il
sustain. eontains. tho following provis.
lion: /
an. -uuu--.h.t, - a-.n f.ov, N,
Treasury but in consedukn of appropria
tions made by law" ETC. ........ .
| Mr.. Lincoln in acknowledging that b
directed the two million dollars to be ad
vaneAd. sIwitho,1t ou1aorttu Of Iatc - &c
knowledpes that he il guilty of q viola
ton of TIA Constitution. Not only SO
but be ia also guilsy ofa violation of hi
oath which he has told as is s'regissere,
in Heaven, ,, in which he swore befor
| God and nan. to ssprsseyvs, protect, an
,iefsnd.n the Constitution of the Unite,
state,
4 Mr.. Lincoln SAYS 81 am not awar
| tkat a dollar of the uublc funds thu
eouadea without AUTHORITY of law to IN
official persons, was either lost or wasted.
Now we ask is the President grossl
IGNORANT of what was seally done with sh
money which he authorized to be draw
from the Treasury without authority c
| law. or does be wilfulI, state falsehoot
in the above quotation from his message
The renort Of the Van Wvck Euvestigat
/ ing Committee. shows that one AIsxan
der cum,aiaos. WA authorized to max
purchases for the Gavernment and {
draw uuop Msswrs. Dix. opdyks an
Blntchfor,I. for money 10 nav eff his bill.
! and that the said Cummings purchased
slt,seutzi-ome thoasanH dollars worth {
S.t. uua Ena,, ,,.rta,oo,s ,xb;.
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were t0oF'f''esS 10 'ae army anu NO. -
quifed By the regulations" Here v
ind s2l 400 Of the 8a 400 900 araw
e. tho - ts,.ns,.S ,, cad :. m,
be that the President i not ssawara'' ,
; this tyansaetion-he says he 10 not b.
who will believe him Mr. George 1
Morgan Was also authorized TO make pu
, ehases for the Government, and to dra
r upon Messrs. Dix, OpdYke and Blatel
ford ana in v,,yx,anss. az xy,,k, ms4h,,stt