Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-12-16
from the Indianapolis Sentinel
The SANITARY COmmisstOn-H Its
Manage nnSuI


Manage emsnt.
: We copy the following severe criticism ut-
on the management OF the SANITARY Cummiss.
ion from the New York Sunday Mercury Our
object in doing SO Is not to indofse the whole
SAFE charge Of that print against those who
have now and have had the management Of
I these charities but TO direct attention, to the
I loose aud unsatisfactory manner with which
( that trust has been discharged This should
be remeded The people should be fully ad.
Vised as 10 the disposition which has been
made Of iNair contributions for the relief Of
those who are suffering from wounds or dis
ease, contracted while IN the military service
I OF the country No doubt these have been
dishonest agents, who we're employed by the
Commission, and whose frauds have prevented
some OF the contributions reaching the gallant
men for wnom they we're intended, but the
fact should not sn ject all to suspicion who
have been connected with it, IL is n little
singular however, that full report has not
been made OF the contributions of those who
have given generously TO aid the commission
II we are not mistaken, very liberal donations
were made for the benefit OF the SANITARY
Fair which was held in this city last fall and
at other periods for the same object Should
not the uses or purposes for which these con.
trlbutions were applied, as well as iha names
OF the doRers, be given to the public for the
satisfaction Of all concerned As we re.
marked IN the commencement Of this article,
we repubsh the following structures upou the
management OF the commission, not to Justify
or indorse the charges it makes, but TO call
the attention Of those interested to the sus-
picions which exist as to the integrity Of the
agents who have had the matter in charge,
and therefore to the necessity OF removing
those doubts by full report Of their steward
ship Says the Mercury
No gang OF thieves or swindlers ever organ.
lied for the purpose of cheating the law and
depredating on other peoples property has
lett behind it record of such wholesale op.
erations, or such a system of fraud and false
pretenses, as the parsons and other sanctiGed
scoundrels who have been underlng the
country for the last three years under the
guise Of the Sanitary Commission. Pretend
ing to devote their funds, as we'll as their
time and attention, to the care and comfort
of the wounded soldiers, money flowed into
their Golfers with steady stream; but the
bottomless swindie swallowed il up as fast as
it cane. horde of unctious hypocrites and
dilapidated spinsters surleited on the luxuries
provided by the people in fit of patriotic
eredulity, under the belief that they we're pro.
moting the comfort OF those who had met with
wounds aud disease, and suffered from broken
limbs and shattered constitutions received in
fighting the battles of their country
1t is proved from the publications of the
Western Department that, from September |,
1861, to January |, 1862, it cost 1927 472 sG
to place $93 ,592 So worth of supplies at the
disposition of the soldiers, notwithstanding
the lafgs amount.of transportation performed
by the government aud SO not paid for by the
Commission. AHd thus, be itremembered, is
the statement cooked up by these swinders
themselves, and does not, of course, reveal
half the truth. While the soldiers have been
languishing in hospitals, unattended and neg
lected, this gang OF stall fed knaves have
been living on the fat Of the land, and spend.
ing their money in stt othng their sIomachs with
creams and jellies, and guzzling champagne
and Apple-toddy, and spending what they
could not put down their throats in election
eering lodges and frauds to corrupt the
elective franchise
Now here is "a chance for Uncle Abe to es-
tablish u just title to the epithet of honest
and make a ten-strike for the cause of instice
The poor devil who procures few coppers or
greenbacks as the case may be by fraudulent
pretenses, has his hair cropped short, and is
invested in penitentiary costume, and sent to
serve the public on BlackweI's Island. The
wholesale thieves Of the Sanitary Commission
still wear white cravats instead Of hemp; Jew
eled bracelets on the wrists that should be en-.
cireled by handouts; aud silk and shoddy,
instead Of the blue overals worn by the small
fry of the pilferiRg fraternity. The President
has occasionally sent people detected in rob
bing the Government and the public, by sum
mary process, to Fort Lafayette. Let him
cohsigR the whole Military Commission, male
and female, bag and baggage, to the same
close quarters, and the country will sing
"G lory Hallelujah" over the event