Daily national Republican., 1863-08-11
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tpft apy man no hai q fair proposition "
rhdhs ts either the War or Navy Department,
no matter where he came from, WIS always
granted hearing, at least. Undoubtedly this
might have been the case with Mr.. ts lI...- :, Z,
1--WE quote from Laird.) II must bc rssem-
fsfcft fthss u tho breSkIsffAs ,t6h(Hlon "
had been almost wholly deprived ~ m army
ndssvyrhy the generous thisSlnx propsnsi-
lss pr the men whom lJsmss Buchanan had
called about him to administer the Govern.
nesk. But the fact that nj. A.. - ~ had an
interview with tho "Dspasamsnt Of Naval Az.
fairs" "a John Bullism,l and actually saw
and taxed With the " Minister Of t,U Nsvy,',
(snotbcr John Bullism, ,9,is no evidence thit
~ obtained a contraet. .ifyt Laird 70, buIld an
Iron ship. .of-~ur for our navy. o. fhe contrary,
ve hssvshs most positive evidences, non, The
sleg statement Of. Secretary wenss ,hlpsslf,
that A. dse'ined all 81 rs, from agents Of prfnc..
pah TO 6uiid ships out Of the Unltsd States.
Butwe arc permitted to lay before our readers
ano'her piece Of evidence that Mss Lsifd sent
oaAofu hls special sgsuts Mr.. J. Howard) 10
theNavy Department with drawings, Ac., and
Howard, In behalf Of Laird, mads frspssak N
ss5d Aars for Ss. Howard 'hrst called Upon
thy Hon, G. p. sedgwick, then chairman Of the
Naval Committee Of the House Of Represents
tlNs, who sent him to MI. Secretary welles,
who sent Howard back to his master Laird
ndh ut a contract Below we appsud copy
Of Mr.. sedgwick'S letter, addresseq TO WIN.
Fsxop, Esq.,, chief clork of tho Navy Depart
ment on the subject; -, d1pL Il
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DEAR SIN: / was sorry TO. 70 be- Shie to see
you again In Washington. wapted 70 say
that havea full recollection Of all that IN alter
OF Laird's building ships for us. II may have
passed. from Mr.. Wcllos' memory. VIZ 'tb
AT the special session, (July 1oBf}, Mr.. J..
Howard Of Now Yor&, 'cashe To see me, as
chairman of the Committcp ON Nsyal AfYalrs,
and pfoduced sundry trawlhgs, specifications,
estimates, &C., &c., nom, tls Lalrds,t saying
proposals to the Navy Department. N tSid Nm
70 go To the Secretary, which he ala. Aud he
told me that M. Wellts declined etiterlne into
any negotiation about It. Mr.. Howard YVES
not very we'll pleased with the result. / ssw
hin several times. S15v''Fi
iprssuhAsitis Is CORES po,idsssee wah Nm which
Laird has published, although have not seen
NJ fbo truth Is, he was an sgent Of Lsirl's.
not In any sense Of the Navy. Department. II
not Laird's agent he was mere voluutecr,. per
hsps, expecting a commission from LSIrd. but
he was furnished by him In advance wiki plans,
osti mates, &c,, DC. ...,.,,
Tam, very truly, you're, ~ FIh0
s,r.rr. o. -, q. y. SEDG~Icx.
We would state, In this connection that the
facts alluded to by Mr. ssdgw,ck, had mo.
"passed from Mr.. Wsics' memory. I" INV. .
The most interesting fact connected Win tho
extraordinary history Of Mr.. Laird b, that one
Of his agents, ~ tho tins alluded y above, rep
resented 70 the Navy, Department. that he
(Laird) was a rotid A1o.i;ostss, end - Sssl<. Sssl<
toss 70 DO something 10 giss shlseyv dean olosy
The ysvidence Of this Is positive. We have
lived long enough to see how truthful were the
representations Of Laird in 1851, and how great
has beau Ills anxiety, ever since, 70 erush
slavery. Hs has written himself down q con.
temptible hypocrite and hlreling. 4 He bss
probably done more than any other living mai,
70 encourage the rebels, increase thsip strsngth
on sea and land, to rivet the chsins OF the
slave, to destroy American commerce. aud 70
encourage bad people, evsrywhsrs, to apposs
Legitimate government. He stands before the
world the desplsed of all good men. .9EIH'TD