Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-05-12

clally as IT has on its hands all frauds in con
tracts connected with the war and that is the
reason ] have volunteered some Of il here,
and given the committee the means ofin1ui-
ring into the matter when they have leisure;
but whether it does or not, the inquiry will
be made. Whether it is done by this Con
gcrss or not, there will DC Congress that
will do it. And Mr. Chase cannot escape.
lie is sure TO answer, and however deeply
the committee may lay the whitewash on, It
cannot conceal the dark background. How
ever he may undertake to persecute and
drag down men who speak Of these nefari-
Gus transactions, say that the time will
come when he will be held to Just accounta-
bllity, when he will be called before the bar
TO answer for all he has DONE and the ef-
forts made by his friends thus indirectly to
shield him from the charges made against
him will MOI serve their purpose.
Mr.. Speaker, ] have deemed it due to my
self since was not allowed a committee by
vhich to prove the allegations that / made
here, TO say this much in justification of my
action in the city of st. Louis, in a speech
which | made there and also in speech
which | made on this floor in regard TO this
matter
1t will be recollected that when / first Of
fered this resolution, it was couched in plain
simple language, without any assault on
the Secretary Of the Treasury; and it was
not until one Of his friends on the other
side rose and assailed me for attacking Mr..
Chase, by offering the resolution, that
rose Ond gave my reasons for SO doing
Then, sir, this affair was sought to be turn
ed into personal matter; aud an attempt
madeto drag me down by. engaging me in
controversy which Chase understrappers,
commenced bt, tho aoen,ic of Nv Chapa -,
st. Louis, is brought into this House.
A judicial investigation has recently been
held, in which it was proved that Cooke &
Co, who figure 50 largely ane disgracefully
In these letters In connection with the clev-
en- millions excess Of fve-twenty bonds, are
the principal owners Of the Cincinnati In
q11rer. ! should have guessed as much
| from the fact Of the abuse heapcd upon me
by this treasury organ about this "liquor
speculation. Mr.. Chase banking agents,
and special and supervising special agents,
have all been brought into requisition to forge
and counterfeit und tell lies to break me
down for exposing and holding up to pub
| lie contempt and scorn their employer and
master.
In addition to the frofts realized by Jay
! Cooke 4 Co., on the fraudulent subscrip-
ton toa the eleven millions excess of five
! twenty bends which as the bonds were
/ twelve per cent. above par at the time of
their issue, the profits on them must have
exceeded million and quarter Of dollars,
realized by banking firm in less than nine
months is a comfortable competency for two
or three private gentleman, and would aid in
the establishment Of good many newspa-
pers in the interest Of Mr.. Chase by those
men, who are shown to be banking on polit-
/ icol nar,ital +p +hop
! their money. Accordingly, we find great
many newspapers in favor of Chase for
President, and very few people.
Nobody is simple enough to believe that
the distinguished Secretary has really re
tired from the canvass for the nomination
to the Presidency, although he has writer
letter declining 70 be candidate. Tha
letter was written because the strictly pri
vate" circular Of the Pomeroy committe
unearthed his underground and under
hand intrigue against the President. 1t wa
such disgraceful and disgusting sight t.
make use of the patronage and power Civ
en- him by the President against his chic
that even Chase got ashamed to occupy sucl
a position publicly. For that reason hi
/ letter was written; he wanted to get dow
under the ground and work there in the
dark as he is now doing, and running the
OiltiOy Lntcillue Oh tlc publc money az
vigorously as ever.
The work is now being done in Fremont 5
name, and that poor creature is unconscious
Of being made a catspaw to accomplish the
objects of his intriguing rival. His plan is
to hold convention OF Jacobns and Red
Republican revolutionary Germans at Cleve-
land, Ohio, precisely as Calhoun used poor
John Tyler to hold a side convention in
lS44 to force the Democrats to drop Van
Buren,, The Cleveland Convention is a
whip Convention which will say to the I'm
ion Convention to be held at Baltimore,
''If you insist on the nomination of Lincoln
we will nominateFremont against him as an
independent candidate. In this way, il
the delegates who have been instructed tc
vote for Lincoln can be bought with green
backs or frightened by the Jacobin hobgob
lin, it is expected that Chase who has So
0aagnanimously declined to be a candidate
will then be taken up as a compromise can
didate. This is the programme of the Sec
retary and the Pomeroy committee. 1t EN-
braces the tactics, the intrigue, the corrup'
ton, and fraud Of Calhoun and Biddlt
combined.
Here the hammer fell.