Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-07-02

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Or. Louis. Juna ia sensation for
shs Wesf ID pending. Gen. Meknstry has
forwarded 10 Washington letter address
ssa 70 dan. ID. G. Msigs, Qaarsernasssr
| Genaral, ia viadication Of himself tram
the attacks and ssna3sieas Of the Van
/ wyck Committee, the Holt, Campball
and Davis War Claim Commission, and
Congressional assailanla In geaaral. Al
| : urorar time, have no doubs, you will
publish the whole Of the authors text, IL
not MOST of the appendix, containing W
lasters, afhdayits, dispatches, etc, form
| iag the basis on which Gen. Mokinstry
bases his defence. 1t IL not my intention,
therefore, to attempt anything Ikea gym
! opsis of this latter, which Ii now before
me la pamphlet form, brh merely TO no.
tee few points which possess nation
al interest
Il General Mokinsssy charges, in the first
place, that Notwithstanding the long Pc
4 rod that has elapsed aimee Ehe assaults
Ion him commenced, be has never been al
loved trial Or court OF iequiry, Or
anything like fair chance % vindieate
{ himself. His friends asssrs that ne
n would never have written this vindiea.
. ton il he could have had q military Oh
civil trial for tbs frauds indirectly i'm.
pused to aim by his enemies. But, pas
aing this by, she first thing which musi
o strike the reader of his vindieaGion, In ths
i, perfect control of the QaarksTmastar'
once, (at critical period, toe, Of th'
= eountry's axistsnce) exercised BY poll
q ticians and ofhee-holdsrs, as well Is til
8 subordinate position occupied By the OH
j.. eer in the presence of = Commanding
: General: His hands wage tied excepting
as TO the naoss commonplace things
II Where anything "bign was 10 be givsi
. out, there wAs . superior power bshina
:, the throne ssgraater than tbs throne il
, SELF" ready 10 jump upon him and carr.
il on. give few instances 30 illastZ&t
ID this statement:
.e TIL Van Wyck and Holt-Davis an
Il Campbell Committee have urged EiE
great stress the extravagaat manner Q
," purchasing supplies without advertise
ment, and allasion 10 made to sons L4amt
J. of Springfield, Ill. This Mr.. Lamb ws
j. introduced to AcKinatry By the followin
letter:
L Washington, Sept. 10, 1861.
el 81. Mckfassry, Brtsadier- General dn
o. Q4dTtermas!er, Sc. Louis:
E'Permit me to introduce James
Lamb, Esq, of Springfield, I'LL.
81 have known Mr.. Lamb for gre
IL many years. His reputation for integr
Is, ty and ability TO carry out bis sngag
set mants are both unqaeationed, and shs
&c be pleased, If consistent with the publ
~ good, that you will make purchases
IN bin Of any army supplies needed in 20
III Department.
Try E'Your obsdisnt servant,
-. LINCOLN
ote Accompanying this was letter fro
Secretary Cameron, indorsing Mr. Lar
= as a personal friend Of the President, Al
ID, adding: "H you can do anything
md Mr.. Lamb in purchasing supplies, y
81 will obligs, provided he will make
prices suit you" MeKinstFy, it seen
did not feel At liberty to ignore su
credentials.
Mekinstry makes streng point agar
Of Mr. Hugh Campbell, one Of tbs W
ma Claims Commission, by showing Ct
re- while a member Of the 6rta of Rob
n, Campbell l. Co., of ST. Louis, be allow
~ the claims of thai frm to ba audited
tna the full amounts, while other parties
Us the eame supplies were compelled to 81
ia fer deduction. Another instance
MFR. Campbelps fairness may be found
the deduction of Child, Pratt and Fo
Ach bills for blankets from s. to 1888 |
on pair. The amusing feature Of this traI
urs action il that the identical blankets ",
"a purchased from MFR. Campbell's own St
at an average of &c 90 IL per pair. ]
- Campbell, a. Commissioner, rejects
! bis own honesty as tradesman!
in The correspondence attached to t
vindieation is highly Interesting.
" name Of Frank P, Blair, jr.. figures q
ien' spiouously in it. Here Is one OF Blsi
tax letters: a
and ''DEAK MAJOR; wish you to give
Neal fair chance. He is personal fri,
~ Of mine and sound Union man.
IONS employing him you will confer III
,nal favor. 'SYour friend,
mil "FRASK 2. BLAIR, jr.,
- -, "Col. LIST Regiment No. Vols.
Az the Congressional Investigas
Committee and the War Claims Comm
sion put down slim Neal" a. q II
kKsr rascal, this recommendation Ia rat
~ heavy on the ST. Louis Representative
sy- He figures in other letters to Mckina
man He says his friend John Fl. Bowen 10
10 is right, % and wanIs Mckinstgy Tin anol
ack- motel to buy wagons from Espenschis
man ksarn Germans, as Murphy 4 VeRdin
The seceszioniats. He also wants a cont
ding for Alexander Peterson to buy horses
81 OF she is good friend OF nine.n He I
scta- that Col. Bogy, member Of the State c
Ient- vention, may have q contract for hor
m In But for the dictatorial, the followin
sired the best:
light "GENxRAL: Mr.. B. Gishard la the u
[ the Of whom spoke to you, and of who
% 40 sent you message BY Charles Ellaart
stor, He wants me 20 furnish some horses
par she Government. See that be is after
,iven to. ..
and ''Yours, &C., FRASK P. BLAR, il.
WITH Mehinstgy, in the text, says UoI. IS
sent more applicants to him than
and other ten men in the country,
for 9 Perhaps members Of Congress mas
IN to member law which prohibits an
table their members from participating In
ID he Government contract. Ii so, here
call case which they may think demands
said tention. Here In letter from Mr.. ia
s-of- D. Rollins:
ised- PkAETHRs' HOUSE,, Sept. IT, 1856