The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-08-30

AUGUST 80, 1861.


guished head down to Paul R. George,
who received his education in the New
Hampshire Democracy under Franklin
Pierce, and graduated with Quartermas-
ters honors in the Mexican war, all was
Democratic to the third and fourth gene
ration. The quartermastership of George
IN New England and all its collateral
branches is rich field ripe for the har-
vest Let the gentleman thrust in the
sickle. One single contract, the charter
of the Constitution, was made by lead
ing Democrat of New England with an
other distinguished Democrat of the city
of New York She was chartered at
$4,000 day, which, upon the 5th of
last March, had run up to 1915, 900, and
yet the Government had not received as
much service up to that time as they have
from the Cataline, for which the Govern
ment was to pay $4,000 month This
vessel is still under charter, and if with
out modification, it has to-day run up to
the amount of $6l7, 500 on a single YES
sell That contract for the vessel was
made by General Butler, of Massachu-
sets, with G. X. Garrison, of New York.
Then, sir, the Boxer contract, that most
refined of all contracts for successfully
drawing money from the United States
Treasury without any adequate conside-
ration, was made with no political friend
of this Administration.
Mr.. STEELE, of New Jersey. VIII
the gentleman allow me to ask under
whose authority this contract was made
Mr.. DAWES. That of Simon Cam
eron. ef5
Mr.. STEELE, of New Jersey. Is the
Democratic party responsible for him?
Mr.. DAWES. The Democratic party
is responsible for Simon Cameron
[Great laughter. That Philadelphia in
spector who received twelve per cent.
upon all the goods he inspected was q
Democrat Thomas A. Scott, the most
distinguished of them all, and the presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania railroad are
Democrats; and | am told this moment
that the celebrated George d. Morgan
belongs to this same political school
These will suffice for examples.
Sir, the plunderings of the Treasury,
and other frauds in contracts, of which ]
have spoken, and at which the country
has beenjustly indignant, had their origin
in the administration of the War Depart
ment under the late Secretary. He has
been driven from his post, and censured
by vote of this House, and he alone
must bear the odium The gentleman
has. not unearthed frauds in any other
Department They are confined to this.
The late Secretary, under whose auspices
they have ripened into rottenness, fell a
victim to his early political associations
and education. Those who made him
what he is should take him back
Mr.. Hendricks charged the Admins
tratiod with denying to keep party or
ganization because the Post-offices and
other civil Offices were given solely tc
ces are limited and stated. VIII Mr.
Hendricks explain how it is that in those
positions where the most money is to be
handled and the chances for stealing ar'
most excellent the democrats have beer
unusually well represented In all th'
large Government contracts democratic
fnanciering is distinctly seen.
We have been particular to presen
the above facts because Judge Law
memory has become so treacherous h
seems to have forgotten them entirely