East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-05-13

hr who hrst cries hnld. enongh r.
lLarghter.l What does the memher
FROM New York mean, with references t.
the Sacchi contract this Star of Dethle-
hem of hisy Does he hnI fault with the
committee for exp,' 'ing the fraul of one
hundred aul thirty thou>ant dollars? II
50, let him get mp aud lay so. Let him
say ~ a: once. aud not 20 heating about
the b lsh, aud dealing in cnuteuIptible
inuendns against coiun ttee constituted
especially IL defeat th 'se frauds, aud
when we expose them turn round aud
abuse H. Such was the rptteaueSs AMI
corruption of this Sacrhi contract that,
when expose although there were five
ia u.anl six hundred dollars dne on il,
fIr fear Of further exposures, these men
never appeared Ia claim the amount due
t. to them on it. Yet the committee
have been aSsaile'l for exppsng this
fraud, which in one instance alone, saved
near six thpnsand dpllar- IL the country.
Tho gen'lemal frru New York, who ha.
In the face to assail tue committees f,r
their etf,'t t. detect. ani punish fra Al,
himself intro lice'l bill, ~ ne time aIo.
pro oposing o. strike out and annil every
contract entered into by the government
hy these jpbberS ari spectators, an yet
he has the face To charge upon the COM
nittee that they are t-anpling upo, the
private rights of these pntractors.--
With this fact before ia. il m TT he ,n
ceiel that the meinper from New York
is worthy e. stalt up ~ the intro llcer
AMI advocate of bill e. punish frInis
Since then change has come over the
spirit Of the me nper', dream. Instead
of bei ~ oppose tp fran lilent sni thiev-
ing contractors, he nnw stauds mp here a.
their champion and defender. The attack
upon the com,nttee il basel upon nte-
re,te sui unworthy motives, and the
member, a. the most virulent of the at
taoking party, cannot hope to re: through
u iscatiiel. M nial will permit to
challenge INV cninct on this ilpnr. Ii
the affair of thi, Simon Stevens, we have
s,vel the Country fifty seven thonsani
d liars, claimed by this Stevens without
having rendered the government the
slightest service f,r il. II the repnbli-
cans are willing To allow Stevens TO
pocket this money, let them. For one,
NV vote shall not 90 in that direction,
anl Others of the committee, | presume,
will agree wit, me-, that this i not the
time to take the peoples money from the
treasury, alrea ly sufficiently robbed, ani
to PIT into the ham # corrupt specula.
tors anl contractors the fabulous amount
nf money ~ frar,lulently claimed, hut
the frauds in connection with which we
have exposed, aud ia loins 80 have
drawn upou u the wrath of the member
frmu New York. Ny colleague from In
diaua will disclose the particulars If the
extraordinary transaction with Stevens
and others, aud in his hanls now leave
| the matter.
Mr.. II .iman (,pp.), of Tniiana. a. a
me nber OF the select cnnnittee, briefly
referred to the helliyerents in this debate,
,d after declaring his cnol,eSs anl dis
asSiouatenesS, pr pceede % vindcate the
report, especially a. To what it says about
the transactions of Alexander O INNINGS,
ct whom he spoke as the protege of Mr..
Cameron, aud who hal been pnt forward
u snieli his principal. a. u the Pun.
chase of horses, not ole.foirth -! those
purchase in Pc uisylvaaii and l. mis-
Vile were servic 'able Tlere was ia
this No evidence of ilelity to public in.
| terest.
Nr. M'reheai |, (rep) If Pa. protested
aIain't such sweeping 'lenunciations. II
any persons were guilty, les them BE- ex-
posed. all he wal 20 ~ far a. any one
f,r pa lisiius them. Ii such charges
contInie to be ililIlgel, hmest Contract
nrS wml b. driven OF, aii bi,i ,ess fail
into the hsIl' of ciu,lrelS. Tlns the
COMMITTEES wsre destroying the very in
terests W.. are trsing tn buiId up.
Mr.. Hol olnaI referred {, Ne. Cameron =
p..'troas 70 t. tho Pennsylvania Central
R.ii.~osl, which was en,rm ,uI. a. s;nb.
,t.d by tie ignr.s. The e,npl,yn ut of
Nr. Camn,iugS in connection with trans
,,rtation sh swei that Mr.. Cameron was
yilliuv To lynnce the interests of his
own ia nily at the sacrifice Of the public
good.
Mr.. Mrshrai in1,irel ii NJ. Cin,
ming, was q member of Mr. Ca.nerol's
family.
NJ. Holman repliel that tho World
nawspape-, of which Mr.. Cummings was
nansger, waS the m,st noisy ia support
ia Mr.. Camaron's transactions. GA the
subject of arms, Mr.. Cameron hal male
9 ,ntracts snomtin t. SD D,O0C,0)0, aal
~ winch the profits woal have been
S7,5)D,00J over ani above the Legitimate
profits; yet Mr. Ciner M Ina deaici ever
making a coutract. Against these abuses
GeneraI Ripley ha stood mp like Iio-
ma Like a break water against the tide
ut corruption.
Mr.. Morehrad sail, on the 22d of June,
less than one month before the battle Of
Bail Rnn, General Ripley, in the belief
that the arm. would MT he wanted. that
there could not be much of war, Dis
pnsei of 1900 rh'd mn|ket1. as go"l
a. any in the w,rll To Mr. Colt, Ia ex-
Q ,ange f,r pistol. Mr.. Cameron direct
ell them tn he brought bask, at the price
paul for them.
Mr. II ,l,nan askej whether the gentle.