The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-01-25

mot for the purchase Of arms for the men IN
the field, not 70 protect them In fighting thsir
countryis battles 10 this great emSresscy ~
pcril. but for some future ~, for sons lususs
occasion, or tomeet somc present. need of The
contractors. don't know whioh q THE monsnt.
And potoniy the appsopriatioa ef last session
has been exhausted, but seyenteen milIioos put
upon II The not Of ths 19th Of April n Hi.
timofe, opened this baIl, a1d % s66a 9lst Of
April, 10 the city Of New Yssk, thses ~ =.
ganizsd corpse Of plundefe1 Of the Treasury.
unfortunate, honest, but entirely iseoupessnt
editor in New York, 70 dispense 4 IN ~ bast
manner be could. Straighsvsy this espdsmsa
| began 70 purchase linen psntsloons, straw hats,
London iporter, dried behring's, On such Ike
provisions for the army, till be expsnded 10 this
way three hundred and ninety Thousand dollars
Of the money, and then he got sesIsd and sslt
Laughter] There 10 an appropriation, also. for
the supply Of wood to the army. This contsae.
. cord for all the wood delivered - The di0bfSn
commands-wood collected after the labes Of
the soldiers themselves had cut down The tsses
TO clear the ground for their batteriss and sllen
this contractor employs the army waeonss 70
draw IL TO the several camps, and be has no fuf.
ther trouble than to draw his seven dollare for Q
cord, leaving the Government to draw the
wood. ILaughter.1 II costs two millions of
dollars every day to support the army b The
feld. 4 hundred millioos Of dollars hsvs seae
been expended since We met here on the pa
day of December, and all that time the army has
been In repose. What the sxpeDdfturs VIII In.
crease to when that great dsy shall arrive waea
our eyes shall be gladdened with sight a the
army In motion, I do mot know. Another hun.
drcd millions will 60 With the hundreds moro ]
have enumerated. Another hundred miuoooo
may be added to these before shs 9Th Of NkBsA.
What It may cost to put down the rsbslltoa, L
down effsc,ualiy had faith without works y
dead, and I am fain to confess that my faltA
sometimes faile me. mean my faith u nsn,
not my faith in this cause. r2 no
When the history of these times shall Be writ
ten, 1t will be question upon whom the guilt
will rest most heavy-upon him who has CON.
spired to destroy, or upon him Who has proved
queathed to US By our fathers. Il Is no wonder
that the public treasury tremb!es and staggsrs
like strong man with too great burthsn upon
him. A strong man In an air exhausted receiv-
er is not more helpless to-day than - the treas
u.y Of this Government beneath the exhausting
process to which it is subjected. The mighty
monarch of the forest, himself, may hold at bay
the fercest and might;est Of his foes, while the
vile cur coming up behind and opening bic fangs
gives uitu Ibtdi WVuuu, huu alsuooku NO Aney
struggle on boldly and valiantly, the life blood
is silently trickling from his heart, and he II at
the last forced to loosen his grasp, and be grows
faint and falters and dies. The Treasury notes
Issued in the face of these immense Outlays, with.
out revenue from custom-houses, from land
sales, from any source whatever, are beginning to
pail in the market. Already have they begun
to soil at six per cent. discount at the tables Of
the money changers; at the very time, too, that
Hh las taOln NJ fra and
and Of struggle with the Committee Of Ways
and Means itself, in an endeavor to lift up and
sustain the Government of the country. Alrea.
dy the sutler-that curse of the camp-is fol-
lowing the paymasters % the shark follows the
ship, buying ,fp for four dollars every Eve dol
lars of the wages of the soldiers paid to them in
Treasury notes have no desire to hasten the
movement Of the army. or TO criticise the con.
duct of its leaders, but in view of the stupen.
dous drafts upon the Treasury, must say thst
long for the day of striking the blow which will
bring this rebellion to an end. Sixty days longer
Of this state of things will bring about result
one way or the other. It is impossible that the
Treasury of the United States can meet, and
continue to meet, this state of things sixty days
longer, and an ignominious peace must be sub
mitted to unless we see to it that the credit of
the country is sustained, and sustained, too, by
the conviction going forth from this hall to the
those who are bold enough to meet u face TO
face in the Geld of strife but all those who CLAN
destinely and stealthily suck the life blood from
us in the mighty struggle. Whatever measures
may emanate from the Committee on Ways and
Means to meet and. retrieve this state of things,
they will but fall like q dead pail upon the pub.
lie unless they give this assurance that these ex,
traordinary and extreme measures to resusitate,
revive and replenish the treasury, are not made
to fill further and longer the already gorged
pockets of the public plunderers. How, then,
are we to contribute in this matter to revive
public confidence in our public men here, if it
be not when these appropriations come up that
we probe them, that We ascertain whether thsS
be anything in them that at this moment cL.u
spared? Our pressing duty now a e Pl1secs
and save 'he Treasury from airtier .IolesMe
osner system OF pundeang. an conclusion: o:as ns
urged against paying aos printing tne treass.y
notes, on the groupd that the contract was I'M
properly obtained.
List OF Field, Stan, and C0mnleet0meo
0flcers 4th Regiment Iowa cavaAfys