Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-05-19
Special Correspondence Of the Chicago Times.
From Washington.
Departure Of Simon Cameron and 100000 for
Russia-The Morality and Honesty Of the Pre-
sideHts FrieRds-The Conference Of Conserra-
tire Members.

lire Members.
WASHINGTON. May IL.
DEPARTURE OF CAMERON FOR RUSSIA
INV YORK. May Z
''Among the passengers on the Persia were
Minister Cameron, Bdyard TAYLOR, and Bishop
Lewis, OF Ontario. Size has eight hundr ed thou
sand dollars in specie"
The above is the exact copy OF the dispatch
which was sent out through the United States
announcing the departure OF Simon Cameron Tor
the friendly court OF Russia To act as the repre-
sentative of this government.
SIMON CAMERON AID EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS IN SPECIE HAVE SAILED TOGETHER.
TO my mind this is quite suggestive, just as
notorious jail-bird escaping from u c0mmunit,
which has censured him With their condemnation.
upon horse, or with ctrpe,-sack. that every
body knows he didn't buy. exciles suspicion.
Ard this brings up again the theme of the
MORALITY AND HONESTY or LINcoLSs FRIENDS
'fhis man Cameron stands convicted by the
Committee on Contracts. lie is shown by his
own party TO have squandered upon his partisan
favOrites millions of dollars OF the public money
money which Is raised by taxing the people
The testimony proves his completely in the most
stu9endous larcenies. robberies and theits OF ali
kinds and degrees ever penetrated upon the
ire tsury OF the United ST ties.
In u court OF Justice. Simon Cameron would.
upin the evidence already ELECTED by this Van
WSck committee, be convicted as a common
tibet: anu sentenced 10 long term IN the peni-
Tertiary. Even IN ReDublictn House OF Req
resentatives enough OF his own party friends
have turned Safes evidence against him to car
~. with the un ,nimpus vote of the Democracy a
resolution censurng this man and ms reeking
corruption. The Republicans who voted for this
az a
they discovered that even with an their adrmt-
ness. they could not up the mountains OF
raSs.Iity. robbery and rOuenuess which loom up
Through every branch OF the Cameron cOntrac.
business.
give no credit to the majority Of the aboli-
florists Il use the terms abolition and re no
can synonyms for voting to cen>ure Came
ron. He could not be screened any longer. He
was out OF patronage, cut of power and could
be Kicked by his former accompces with impu-
nity. and 80 he kicked and spurned
But what is his punishment How. does
Honest Old Abe" vindcate the law and the
elulry in this caSe2 D1es he cen~ure Simon Cam
eroh Tor his patent guilt Does he propose pun
ishment or fines for this colossal cunvictg No
sri No sir,
Honest Old Abe writes to him laudatory let
ter cOmmends him public officer believes
hini IS a personal friend and closes the delicate
pointing him Minister to Russia
Gtmeron may represent the great all the mo-
rlliiy party of abolitonism in Russia but he can
never be called justly the representative of the
honest heudel Democracy OF the North
The farmers OF | linois. Iowa Indiana, Wiscon-
sin. Minnesota and Nebraska would lock their
stables more carefully, the old ladies' in those
States would stand guard over their chicken coops
and the children watch anxiouSiy the vi-tuals be
longing 20 the old house dog. if ever they should
hear ct tins great G., eminent b. hway MN being
IA Their section Of the country HIS name j. a
synonym Tor thief No children 20 be born in the
neNt thirty yesrs viii be called SimDIi-as soon
call boy Larceny girl RottenneSs.
The Noni steal will grow obsolete: we will say
instead, A SirionsG NV horse from the sta
ble last night We viii SAY. when terribly
swindled b, some rascal. We have been sadly
eamsTORed AL other words signifYing robbery
THEFT. larceny, depreciation. pilier.ie spolitiiOa
shopliiiing. plundering OF embezzling will be de
spoiled OF Their eNpress.yenes>. and the names OF
Simon and Cameron eugraited anon. the yo-
cabuary of the English language a. intensitives
TO be used in describing great villainies
Aud il is question whether the people will
not. by unanimous consent, strike the prefix
honest lrom the name 81 that man whom a a.
natical party have maue President of the United
States. and tho disgrsces his own country and ia
suls Russia by sending the ex-Secretary OF Wat
the our Minister Hereafter shall drop the
word honest from before the Old Abe, unless
public opinion shall permit the prefix DIS just be
fore H.
Ia another letter il ~il give me great pleasure
70 show up still further the morality of abolition