Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-07-27


bit an 1bni.,i0n rrusdds infCrmindbie
Conaic, or Hgior,oys T,rminofion Iaesi-
fabie-Hscd ,rhot the Ereat HepuIijcan
Leader savs.
From the Albany Journal OF SATURDAY.
LErrE. FROM TrrRiow WE'D.
The Brooklyn Edyic says
"What does Mr. Weed mean: The only
dcspotlsm Of which there has been any com
plant in this period oi aar has been ttat OF
Mr.. Weed admired friend the Secretary Of
State, winch. for our ptrt, VIZ have never
found fault with but which Secretary Chase
has consistently opposed. Again, ioc~ Mr.
Weed mean to charge that Chase did not
desire a restoration Of lie Union :" He
says so as plainly as he can without dis
tnctly framing an accusation. II he does
he is guilty Ola very contemplate, very
paipabic, and very deliberate lie. We have
in another column taken occasion to char
acterixe lie by irsinuation. IF we have
SAID anything 10 make sucL a lie appear de-
sporadic, we should like to treble its sisnii-
cameo, ahd present it a, our istmatc OF this
assertion OF Mr.. Weeds"
The "dcspotisin' from which felt. in
common with e,nancirated thousands. a
sense Of rclirf, ii well understood at Wash
ington. Mr.. CHASE, IN the exercise 81 the
vast patronage Of his Department, was a
Ucspot. He preserved his power over the
President hy reiterated threats to resign. -
Mr.. Lincoln, under the erroneous impre sion
that he could NOT dispense with the ser, ices
OF his Secretary Of the Treasury, yielded
md endured unti' human patience wa ex-
haustcd. Mr.. Chase tried the resignation
dodge once too often. Nh Lincolns error
was IN living so long in torment.
The final breach was ocrasioncd By the
refusal Of Mr. Lincoln 70 ratfy an improper
appointment. In declining to accept ,Ir
Chase's nominee, Mr. Lincoln suggested
Richard u. Batchfo,d. Dudley $. ,;r,gory
or Thomas iliihouae as Assistant Treas
urcr but Mr.. Chase was in.icxbic Dcs-
potic-Mr. Field or Resignation
In view of the VIGOROUSLY unworthy en-
with whom Mr.. Case has surrounded HIM
self, Mr.. Lincoln was certainly justified in
pausing. Mr. Chase, not long previously,
Lad made the same point in relation 70 a
New York Custom House appointment. aud
the President yielded. The organization Of
the New York Custom House is a living,
burning disgrace Mr. Chase had cr,d.ace
OF infamous practices, but refused to act
When charges showing that the enemy was
receiving supplies through the Custom
House were SO rife that the President, in
December last, called the Sccretary's attcn-
ton TO them, he replied CURLY that he had
mo information affecting the integrity of
the Collector" lie had, However, abln-
dance Of information affecting the intcgr ty
of other officials, but instead of removing
Them his Special Agent spent months in eff
forts TO stranglc investigations and cover up
rascalties. Mr.. Chase knew that there
were men in the Custom House whose only
service was 10 sign Pay Roll lie knew
that others were dishoncst--that one was
detected in leaving his Department with
goods concealed upon his person. He has
known for three years that gross Custom
House dishonesty exists at O.wcgo. But
he gave mo sign"
Mr.. Clark. whom he placed ut the head Of
the Money Bureau at Washington, had
been exposed officially for dishonesty in the
extension Of the Treasury Building, " DIRK
progressing under the eye Of Mr. Chase =
And yet he placed that man in position OF
overwhelming pecuniay trust. He not
only paced taJooed man in such posi-
ton. but refused to remove him on The re-
port OF his own Solicitor of the Treasury.
Mr.. Jordan, who, in April last, in a letter to
Mr.. base said:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. SorIcIToR' ,Ogrrcr)
April 18th. 1854. {
SIR: have the homo herewith to trans
init report made 70 me bv Col l.. C. Ba-
kcr, together with number Of atfiiyiats.
affecting the conduct and character af : VI.
Clark and G. \ Henderson.
In accordance to your instructions, I ex
hib'tcd these ailidasits 10 Mr. Clark. stating
to him that did SO nv YOUR direction and
IN order that he might haze an opportunity
to make such explanation or reply IS he
should deem proper.
Ills reply To NE was that as to ANYTHING
alleged against him mpcaching his conduct
or character as an officer Of this Depart
ment, he denied it utterly, and tina. a, to
any other matter, he scornli 10 make any
answer.
have further. in obedience to YOUR or.
ders, called before me most Of the persons
whose ai'idavits are herewith transmitted.
and made such other inquiries as it has
been in my power to make touching the
matter stated in the afidavits, and the re-
suit is, an entire coar.ctioa that the most
material Of those statements are tree i,ny
siealarfy these contained IN the atsdar.ts
81 ENt jackson, Jennie Ger7aon and Laura
DIrdU
What action, il any, ought to be taken,
IN view of these facts. is. of course, not a
question for Inc to consider
have have the honor to be. with high
respect,
lSigned EDWARD JORDAN,
Solicitor OF the Treasury.
lion. s. p. CHASE,
Secretary Of the Trcasur,
There are other and grave reasons for re- |
Jcicing that Nj. Chase is out Of the Cabi- |
net. lie Abolitioni.ed that Cabinet: and !
IT our government should be oyerthrown !
and Union severed, he, as the chief Of |
class to which Sumner, Greeley, Phillips.
&c, g., belonging, will be responsible ior |
the calamity directly respons, blc--fnr they |
have perverted the war which should have |
been wagcd against Rebellion into war for |
Abolition, lacking the wisdom to perceive |
that the whole North could be united
against Rebellion, while upon their Abc!;-
ficn programme the people divided. In
other words il wiser men had ruled. Rebel.
lion would have UiriLed the South and
United the North As it is, the South is
intensely United, while the North is unhap-
PLY divided.
But fr Mr.. Chase and his followers the
rebellion would have had narrower limits
embracing only the Gulf and some Of tho
mississippi States. But for their influence
20 Union men from border States Womb
have been in the Cabinet. For saving in
December 1860, that Tennessee, North Car
olina, Western Virginia and Northern Ala