Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-01-24
REMARKS OF Mr.. DAWES, OF MASS
In he Boise de Reprsserta,ivss, bioaSd1
tanhay,f iAb fsf5 It4JINch
january i5h, 1852.

amendments, reported to the House from the
Committee Of the Whole on the State OF The
Union, to the Civil Appropriation bill, Mr.
Dawes of Massachusetts, from the Committed
of Investigation on Government Contracts
proceeded to expose some Of the frauds that
have been praeticed upon Government, as
iollowsi-A D
Sir, havo mt tsilea to nolce. and believe ihe Com
mNee OF which an member have not failed 90 notice
In common with the whole tonnuy that Tor s1iuc fac
countabe rcasor he chafgcs npon ihc National Treas
ury at this time of have bern sch Track
the botaaf ofthe publ ctst DuTihg theipvcsigs,ion
startling fsc hsye rrpn before The ntuec u TUX Com
the mode ana nAnifr 81 the expenditure W ihr pblit
money. Some VI those items propose 10 can public
Attentions 10 and thero ask gentlemen the plsin qaes-
and Il 50, how. When ard whers Inc YER, drst con,
tract entered into by this Governments atr the troops
fend the Capital, ,y which they 70 be fed vas 4
contract entered into IN cattle IL was rot made with q
man whose business was to supply cattle To The market
not With a man who knew the price Of hctf in The
markets 81 the country--but was entered into by the
Government here with a we'll kuowu iu this and
in the other branch or Congress Tor the last Ten years as
an old Aipendiafy-one of the class of men WHO. 10
times past. made their money by such operations buy
ing the oertihcaes u members fut books discDunt
made 30 that the hrst twenty two hundred head Of
lie furnished was charged at rate Ebir einbled their
S 30 man 'IR n Se IA gH 5 9ss o ef s
beef SO thath pqt into his pockets, vitoh stirring
from big chair. s5loJo apd ne meb who aeuals (qt
COZ moro, SO fhA, ihe contract under which those tseu
two bundled head of cattle nrnisled the arms
made At Oe profit ~ s5S 900 was reeneei 6ycr
sand head Of cRtlle 10 reach ibis CITY foD Ole States
where uiey afs PprehNtd umiy takes The amy % CON
how long Die most AMPLE pro'sious Of lhe Treasury
would be able tp meet the ple lonaud- io hc subss-
Say. n5s " P2o "a S Ssc @9 ao, 5 t3
million more are being mapaf,epred, rad yet upon
.ery one ~ ilfPe ipgq nag been vase O seventy
shoes is now being mn ufptwt,d. lnttAu dgrnmfu
ct the Government epniracts hafe been So lruy that
government officials have gone about The Streets with
their pockets flied ih them ard " which they nnd~
pfcscustpl the drrgymuu Of thuir PARISHES md with
which wee healed old political sores al Gutd ppuuepl
public f1nctionanes have gfaced ihc love fat- which
were g0t 70 celebrate these political reconestuus,
thus brousht abput While tie hatohet of pol a ani9si-
y was burned in the grave " political confidence, aud
the National cnait cruafcd amongst inacta ciors. We
have reported to US the first fruits e these euirae
regiment OF cavalry lltely reached Louisville, Loo
strong, and the bard Of army officers there app linted
for the purpose have oondeih ed isi OF the O0O
utterly worthless. The man examined these horses
that worth SD They were blind spavucd, finu-
houed afflicted with the braves viii, the qiandcfs aud
with every discase that hotsehc-h is heir These iSj
horses cost thc GQvcrmcnt before they mastered
INTO the seNicS s3S2O9' besides mare than 40 addition
al Thousand dollars To- usnspot them rom Pcunsy lvania
I" iui.YlW, NlNte ihS were condemned AND cast Off
Mr. MALLORY ,r Kentucky, (Uniou,) asked Mat reg
lueut tiNsQ hUf7cs Dcuugt to, aud who them
Mr.. DAWEs-1hey belonged % Col Williams rcgi,
ment Of cavalry and they purchased ia Pennsyya-
mia. from which STATE they forwarded To- Louisville
where they we're condemned. There am 50 gmcnts Of
cavalry to-day, 90 strong Il takes $3.50 900 put
Of these regiments foot bpfurc il moves Twenty
'pillious Of dollars have thus been expended on these
cl'a.r) regiments before they Jeff the eneampmeuts
where they were mnsiercdno service, bud hundreds and
hundreds Of thcss horsos have boeu condemned and
back to kmira' ana to Annapolis. aud 10 Ibis uty.
spe the winter. aAnY day ifuud eds VI them can be
seen round tho city, ehepcd to- trees where they
lc; to staTye 10 donth Gangs Of iwo hundrei nurses
ia various platSsiha'e Oeen mus oii tdde aud rot I'll
the Commitiee Do the Distant Of Cohnbia hAyeoaed
for measure o, gsls1on 10 protte, the oiI iron the
danger 20 be eppTehshdod from these horse gDlgpthas
Az TX GovefHsr from one state offered To Ex Jatge
VI another stats, Eve thnpf and lars get pemis
sion raise one Of ihess rreiaicus n eNhlfy and
Ahen the TX Judge brought BACK the si0n, tn
-X Governor takes Il 10 his the hotel mHe an
ither plmdereI sits at jhc kcyhoc watching ke amas
a. while he inside eounis up fary thousands doll s pro.
10 on he horses, and calculates TWEEN thousdnd more
upon the aeeUr emrnts and the other deiais OF
nis hing these icinenfs- In addition tn the the
hlnds Of che sis huadred Thousand snnrs IN the heid
there are numerous outstanding contracts, made with
private indsldua-iiot made upon advertse uient
made with the know ledge Of the pubin but made
of Congress- who knew Of the differ
cuce between class Of aud another than does
Methodist minister There audng oonrauts for
The manufacture Of Springfield nuskets the first Of
which cannot be delivered in nonths from ihs day
There Isl contract for the supply of million aud
ninety thousand mnsseis at SO apiece when the
quality Of nu,kes are manufactured Springfield
SJ 30 apiece and an 'iuember Of Congress isnow
machinery
which he viii he able 20 ian,ssiurs IN some six months
hence, at S2l apiece, those Tfed muskets mAnuacnred
t-da in that arhor fbf sf3 90 Providence, heforesiS
months, will dispose Of this die will dispose Of
Us. Not Of those AhSkets thus contracted n wilt
be II the sghtes, service in this emergency, before
the providcnee uf God whether for gnDd fnI evil viii
dispose Of It, ask my FRIENDS from the North and
Northwest how they expect To benefit 10y
Choago at Rock island and at ainc, when 09t'uOl
mu,kets will according this ountuct he thrown upUn
this country and that after the WARTS over and such
an enoruous ice, Ia addition 10 othet outstanding
tracts for the uAnuseturc, sVnetme hence Of $4,000
Enfield rar Besides these 70 jt8 Of harness arc
90 be delivered by and by, at the cost Of S97Sif6l
nave hotume 10 enumeTv'a all these emit acts Whom
we appropriated the last 81 ssuu Of Couyrois this
purpose 6D1 of dollars, thiryseveu millions and
thousands Of dollars had been already pledged 20
contractets-i0 Or the purchase Of for INC
the field, not to protect them in lighting their eoutfy
battles in this great emergency and peril
for sumo rifc occasion Or " meet some pres
ent need Of the contractors, don't kpaw which this
moment And not oiiy The appropriation Of lus, scs4
sion has been exhausted, bur gil R9 900 put upon it,
The riot Of the i9h prin Baltimore opened this BALI
and on the 2lst Of APra 10 the city Of New York there
was orgaizfd corps Of plimdererb Of the Treasury
Two luions Of dollars were entrusted tUa poor, unfor
tunaie honesH bat ehuftly incompetent editor Of
paper in New Notk, 10 dispense u IN the best manner
he could. st~ightway This gentleman began 10 pur-
chase linen Paaa'Oons, straw hats, London Porter,
dried herrngs aud such like provisions for the army
I'LL he expended IN this S3Jl,OO0 Of the money!
and then he got scared and quit daughter There
is appropriation, also, for the supply Of wuod to
the army This contractor is pledged the payment Of
seven dollars cord for all the wood delivered the
tue soldiers themselves had cut down the trees T. clear
the ground for their bait fies and then this
employs the army wagons to draw il 10 the several
camps, and he further trouble than to dra his
dollars cord leaving the government 10 draw
the wood daughter 1t costs two millions of dollars
every day 10 support the army in the field hundred
million dollars have thus been expended since We met
the FIRST Monday Of December, and during all that
time the army has been in state Of repose What the
expenditure will increase TO when that great day shat
arrive when eyes shall be gladdened with sight %
the army in motion, do not know. Another hundred
millions will 20 with the hundreds have enume-
rated. Another hundred millions may be added To these
before the 4th Of March. What may put down
the rebellion very ltle provided always, that
be put down eiectuRly. But, Sir faith without works
is dead, and free confess that my faith sometimes
fails mel mean my faith in men, not my faith IN the
cause. When the history Of these times shall be written,
II will be question upon whom the guilt will rest most
heavyupon him who has oonspred 10 destroy or upon
him who has proved incompetent 20 preserve the usti-
tuuQnA beqaeathed " "a By fathers. lt Is
ofg nat the public Treasury trembes and saggers like
strong man with too great burden upon him. A
strong man IN an air exhausted receiver less help
less 70 day than is the Treasury Of this Government be-
meath the e1hausting process 20 which is subjected
The mighty monarch Of the forest himself ma, hold et
bay the hereest and mighuest OF his foes while the Vi
cur, coming up behind him. and opening his fangs pye
him a fatal wound and although he may struggle on
boldly and vaanty, the life blood is silently trick ing
from his heart and he is at last forced to loosen h
grasp, aud he grows faint aud ialters and dies The
Treasury notes issued IN the face Of these immense out
lays, vi bout revenue nom custom houses, from land
sales from any whatever is beginning 20 pail ina
the market. Already have they began