The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-01-21
Senator EDooEits3s.

The New York W0riG represents Senator
DooITTTLE, of this State, US defending the Adj
ministration in the recent debate on MIR. Hale's
resolution for special committee to investi-
gate the affairs of the naval department, by
admitting its corruption, but claiming it was
not guilty Of as great corruption as has char
aCterized some other Governments. 1t adds
that 'the force Of all his remarks was to pre-
vent the exposure Of corruption"
This was the position in which the copper
head minority sought to place the Union SEN
ators but their attempt most signally failed.
The discussion arose in this way: The reso-
luton for an investigation was based on char
ges made in pamphlet that had just been
laid upon tho desks Of Senator'S Judge Doc
LITTLE, in common with most Of the other
Senators, had not read it, and did not wish to
vote for the resolution until he had an Oppor-
tunity to form an opinion whether the char
ges it contained were Of a nature that would
| iutify an elaborate investigation. He accor-
dinghy asked that its consideration might be
postponed until the Monday following, it be-
| ing then Friday. In making this request, he
said that the institution Of such an inquiry
was calculated to impair public confidence in
the administration, snd ought not to be made
without reasonable grounds for the belief
| that there might be something wrong in the
| Department in question. He expressly dis
claimed any intention on the part Of the ma
iority to shrink from the investigation Of any
truth in relation to the administration, or tC
cover up any transaction, and added;
| 'sIn the meantime will look into the p&mph-
let upon which this motion seems to be based,
and if | become satisfied that there is ang
Foundation for tile charge. or any probable
cause jor beiie0jng thai Hore is really d
charge, | shall not object to empowering a
committee to send for persons and pa
pers and occupy all the session, if they choose,
in the investigation.
And when HENDRICKS, of Indiana, attempt
ed by implication, to construe some OF his
remarks into an admission Of corrupt conduct
by the Administration, Senator DooLITTLE re
piled
"The gentleman will allow mo to correct
him entirely if he is now stating what he IN
derstood rae to say. did not say that thil
administration had been guilty OF any fraud
but that moneys had been frauduleatly oh
tanned by contractors; and perhaps by collu
sion with some Of the officers in some of tht
DEPARTMENTS. / DO not mean The heads Of DE-
BaTfusats, or the heads of Bureaus; bu
through the assistance Of officers in the De
partments frauds have been perpetratd, anC
were erpetrated-frsuds by contractors upoI
the Government, in the Quartermasters de
partment, the commisssry department ant
the various other departments, l did no
; charge that the Administration had fraudu
lently expended money, OF that frauds cana
l from the Administration nor do IGdsniJ thu
] tbis administration has poiH one d0lt0r .trGua
ULsutIV III an case g5HdteCsr or that an
head Of any Department in this Governmer
has been guilty Of any such thing; nor do
admit it in any Department Of the Goverr
e ment.
) Such are the facts Of which the Wor5t
4 with that cool disregard Of truth watch is .
b essential qualification for the task Of ccI
o Quoting Coppsrhead Journal fouuds its all
g cation that our Senator opposed the expOsul
- of the corruption of the national administr
# ton while admitting It's existence.