Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-01-20
TuEpRoMISEO KE1KENCH MEM
AND ms FULFILl.MENI.

One OF the promises made Tue PooP'
by the Republican party during inc 'as'
campo ign, was that there should DC re-
trenchment and reform III the admins
frs,ion of the Government. Denouhc'
inp he Democratic party as thoroughly
corrupt, they declared that should they
come into power, all corruption shonId
Goa @. ,ha, igid scrutiny should be
kent over the expenditure OF the na''o'i
money. and that they would cleanse the
. Public Treasury Of the ro,tehness a''o
dishonesty which had, according TO their
accounts, hitherto been preying upon IT,
From the ychemcnce OF their denunci-
alton. and the earnestness OF their pro-
testations, the people had right to ex'
pee, that the party which had so re
Gently come into power, would prove a
model Of fruga!i,y and parsimony; that
every unnecessary eSpcrse would oe
done away with, and that all appropri-
atoms Of the public money won!d be
completely examined and the smallest
deviation from honesty instantly pun
ishcd. How have these Incompatible
patriots kept their pledges to the peo-
ples Scarce year has elapsed since
they obtained the control Of the nation 5
affairs. and already the people stanc
aghast at the disclosures Of stupendous
yillainy perpc.ratcd by those who SO
loudly preached retrenchment aud re-
tom. Led on hy officers high IN auth
or!tv, the Treasury Of the | nted States
has been fastened upon hy horde OF
bood-sucking lceches WHO have been
busl!y engaged in sucking the very lie
blood Of the nation. From the first
commencement Of the present war,
band OF organized plundercrs have, with
tho most unblushing impotence, been
busy extracting gold from orr national
misfortunes. 10 utter defiance Of shame,
fearless Of punishment, torgctinl OF all
feelings Of patriotism, these men have
wrought their work until the nation
has been bcwilGercd by the s,upendous
enormty Of their frauds. Horse con-
tracts, and mule contracts, and cattle
contracts, contracts for ships, tor arms,
tor blankets, for clothing, for every
thiny, have been made for the express
purpose Of furnishing bad men with an
opportunity of entlching themselves at
the nations expense. Millions Of dol
lars Of the peoples hardly ought wealth,
have, within the past twelve months,
passed into the pockets of these YAM
pitca, without the slightest service on
their part We do not cxaggerate.
We take these statements from the lips
of Republicans themselves, and not
from the enemies of the party. Witness
the following extract from the speech Of
Mr.. Dawes, Of Mass, Republican. in
the House of Representatives
Mr.. Dawes, Of the Govcl nmcnt Con-
tract Committee, SAID, in explanation Of
his former remarks, that the charges on
the Treasury are now such as to nearly
reach lis bottom. lie begged leave to
call attention to some OF the facts touch
ing the manner of the immense public
nf
contracts in April last was for furnlsn-
ing twenty two hundred cattle. Those
who received this contract put INTO their
pockets thirty two thousand dollars with
olt moving from their seats, they hav
ing sold it to parties who furnished the
cattle, aud who also made twenty six
thousand dollars by the spec EQUATION
Next came the Article OF shoes. A m l.
lion dollars worth Of shoes have alt. adj,
been worn ont, and a million dollars
worth more are to be manufactured.
On each pair of shoes there has been
a waste Of seventy five cents. There
were eighty three regiments OF cavalry,
each "A thousand strong. IN the fed Ii
required two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars to put each regiment in
motion. Twenty millions of dollars
were thus required to be spent on the !.
cavalry, before they left their encamp-
ments. Many of the horses purchased
by the government were brought h,ther
and literally starved to death, while
Some parts Of this district now presen,
the appearance Of a horse gogotha.
Four hundred and eighty five Of a thou
sand horses which had Just reached
Louisville, were found 10 he utterly
worthless, while the others we've not
worth twenty dollars a piece. Some
were blind, spawned, rlngboned, and
afflicted with everv other disease to
which horse flesh is heir to. These four
hundred and eighty horses cost the gov
eminent II ty-eight thousand two hun
dred dollars, aud ten thousand dollars
more to get them to Louisville. They
were purchased in Philadelphia, and
belonged to Col. Williams regiment Of
cavalry. He next referred to contract
for the delivery, six months hence, Of a
million and ninetytwo thousand mus
kets, at twenty one dollars piece, while
the same kind Of arm was manufactured
at Springfield for thirteen dollars and a
halt, piece. An ex-memher of Con.
gress from Massachusetts is now yery
busy getting machinery made by which
these guns can be manufactured six
months from this time. In addition to
thia there are contracts for two hrraro1