Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-06-15

made by the Buchanan Democracy agains
The Administration Of Mr.. LINCOLN.
The gentleman from Indiana is tn,
first man upon this floor who has sought
TO make party capital out Of efforts TO de-
tect and expose frauds upon the Treasu-
ry. No such course was pursued by his
political friends upon that committee
which has received his encomiums. The
baleful influences Of party never entered
that committee room. What ] said in
the extract just read here repeat
"My friends on the committee of diff
ferent politics from me will have the
justice to say that the Republican party
is not the only one that has participated
in these plumbers"
The gentleman from Indiana is not
satisfied with this, and go further.
For every dollar he will show plundered
from the Treasury by a Republican, /
will show a corresponding dollar plum =
dered by Democrat during this Admin
istration; and / invite him to the test.
] will give him few examples to aid
him.
The gentleman from Indiana took spe-
cial pains TO call the attention of the
House to the enormous frauds commit
ted in the Western Department, forget
ting-one would suppose from the tenor
of his speech, which was tocharge every
thing on the Republican party-that the
quartermaster's department Of the West
ern department was in the hands of a
Democrat, who learned, too, how to man
age money matters in war times by his
education under a Democratic Admins
tration in the Mexican war. On Quar-
termaster McKinstry, an old Democrat,
as much, to say the least, as on any
other one man-truth compels me to ex-
press my belief, more than upon any
other man-rest the enormous frauds
committed in the Western department
Mr.. Richardson. l would like to ask
the gentleman upon what authority he
states that McKinstry is a Democrat?
The Chairman. Does the gentleman
from Massachusetts, yield the floor?
Mr. Dawes. I do not. Why, sir, every
body knows that this man is Democrat.
l have the same authority for saying that
he is a Democrat that l have for saying
that the gentleman from Illinois is
Democrat except that the gentleman from
Illinois does not join those who plumber
the Treasury. The gentleman from In
diana right before me Mr.. Shanksl says
he heard him say so. The beef contract,
too, was in the hands of Democrats, the
wood contract was in the hands of Dem
ocrats; the whole New England depart
ment, from the distinguished head down
to Paul r. Geofge, who received his edu-
cation in the New Hampshire Democracy
under Franklin Pierce, and graduated
with quartermaster's honors in the Mex
lean war, all was Democratic to the third
and fourth generation. The quarter
mastership OF George In New England
and all its collateral branches is rich
field ripe for the harvest. Let the gen.
tleman thrust in the sickle. One single
contract, the charter of the steamer "Con-
stitution," was made by leading Dem
ocrat of New England with another dis
tinguished Democrat of the city of New
York. She was chartered at $4,000 a
day, which, upon the 9th of last March,
had run up to 1915, 000 and yet the Gov
eminent had not received as much service
up to that time as they have from the
"Cataline," for which the Government
was to pay $4,000 a month. This yes
sci is still under charter, and if without
modification, it has to-day run up to the
amount of $6l7,500 on a single vessel.
That contract for the charter of the vessel
was made by General Butler, of Massa-
chusetts, with one Garrison, of New
York. Then, sir, the Boxer contract,
tina most refund of all contracts for sue
cessfully drawing money from the United
States Treasury without any adequate
consideration, was made with no politi-
cal friend of this Administration.
Undoubtedly in the disbursement of
the enormous sums made necessary by
the treason Of Mr.. BUCHANAN and the
Southern Democratic leaders, such as
FLOYD, THOMPSON, COBB, DAVIS, WIGFALL,
TooAIBs, BRECKINRIDGE, large sums have
been squandered, but this, considering
the lamentable disorder Of the times, was
a misfortune rather than fault, and Mr..
LINooLN's Administration is still white
as snow in comparison to that of Mr. b.
cHANAN. Mr.. DAWES closes with this
personal notice of Mr.. VooRAIEs course.
We quote it with the remark that there
are other politicians in the North who
are seeking TO sell themselves and the
republic again to the Southern Oligarchy
for the sake of place and profit. Let
the Northern people mark them:
But there is one other point to which I
desire to call the attention of the gentle
man from Indiana. He has been sitting
these twelve months in the councils of
the nation, charged by his oath of Office
TO see TO it that the Republic suffers no
detriment During that time very many
measures have been discussed, all look
ing TO the supply of the Government with