The Portland daily press., 1865-10-10
Avery Cheap Spaniel.

face caption about STRANGE Developments at
Augusta made charge of gross corruption
against the State officials alleging that a
large number of men, mostly colored, had been
enlisted In the rebellious States for the quota
of this State, and then sold QUITO towns fol
from $500 to$500 each, and the money pocket
ed by SPECTATORS, defrauding the State out Of
from 100000 to sS5O,OoO W
This was not given as a mere idle vstRor
for that paper said, AVE are in possession o.
the FACTS.""r 1t also pointed to Gov Cony and
Adjutant General Hodsdon as the implicated
parties, said they had stiaed and prevented
investigation, and that the developments
would completely cast in the shade the Peck
defalcations, but that Investigation would be
had, and that retribution would surely come.
Il The Press, under the humorous caption Of
"a mares nest without eggs in it." reminded
the Argus that not man was enlisted in the
rebellious States on account of our State, that
the Governor refused to go into any such spec
nlation and that the investigation proposed
last winter, and which was dropped mot sup
pressed-referred to an entirely different mat
ter, To this thatpaper Jared up, charged us
with an attempt to cover up iniquity, and
said 4 a AvA -
ave can inform the Press that this matter
Is not to be hooted down, nor he'd down. The
Press may do its best or its worst in both
these ways, but its eifcrts win not avail NE
knosc that the management of affairs has been
literally rotten Nth corruption in many inr
stances, and that the plumber has been shared
around in great pr0fusion, but neither a sub
sidized press, nor the threats and influence of
the criminals themselves, can prevent investi-
cation and exposure. Allow us to ask
If the Governor did not sternly Intimate to
members of the Legislature that IL they al
lowed investigation to be made into affairs, he
aUoutd resign Did not Adjutant General
Hodsdon ted0e augusta at soon as the House
indicated a disposition to iruestigate, and re-
main aagGs TIL after the LegisLat1re adiourn-
eds Did not party majority, under the whip
of the leaders, suppress investigation and hur-
~ an adjournment of the sessi9n1to prevent
an exposure the facts T'1 Al0 lGUt
Thus did the Argus, likelaa infuriate bull
lock, with tail erect, paw the dirt and below
forth its insinuations of corruption, and bespat,
ter Gov. Cony and the Adjutant General, and
threaten annihilation generally at the hands
an exasperated and defrauded people.
But yesterday morning ghpt change Never
did whipped spaniel carry his tail more COM
pletely between his legs, than did this SO lately
rampant bullock. A letter had been received
from Gen. Hodsdon, and although its, state
ments agreed exactly with that Of the Press,
which had been denounced as an attempt to
'hoot the idea of fraud, = it is Introduced with
a heading like this---only in full-face: "a man
~ letter from Ad i'e Gen. HodsdSa. : He vindi-
7dieates himself and demands Investigation, !
&c. Here is a sample of the spaniel-lile spir-
it Of this truculent ibeler ofhonest men;sH e.
4in Below we publish the frank and manly let
terVof Adjt Gen. Hedsdon, He completely
Vindicates himself from the matter charged
and, like the honest man zoe believe him to be
he courts, as will be seen, the closest scrutiny
INTO his official arts, and is ready to abide the
result. Our Intercourse with him has moi
been other than of the most apleasant charac.
ter, and our Information in regard to him
never other than honorable and creditable td
him. IN
sos1f the information Uf, the 1Asgas in rela-
ton to Gen. Hodsdon has never been sothel
than honorable and gcreditable to him. vwhJ
did it publish that mean and malicious fling
about his running away, to. avoid ,in vestigaI
stfons - a 40 - a a
After this switling,l crouching exhibition
and after admitting that the Adjptant Gene
raj and his Office is ali fright and above suspi
1cion, the vile iEsinuationois made that some
otI,ar danarfynaT,f IF +bo cts+o Co,ov,<,,... I,
corrupt, and needs overhauling HEAR t:
The impression and belief of something
wrong AN some OF the departments is tor
strong and general amPpgf the people to b.
satisfied with anything less. than investiga
ton If our efforts shall induce this course
our reward will be ample, for the always un
pleasant duty, of calling public attention. tx
such matters. ~ NJ
sour REGARD ~ What an anicable spirit.
Raise the cry Of stop thief" and then tall
about the reward for having contributed te
show the Innocence Of a party you you have tried
to rqini Cry smad dog 4 and then claim re-
ward because the poor dogs head was mo-
smashedby somebody as brutal as yourself
But he still demands Investigation. Inves
tigation of sohat and for what ? { hat othel
department of the State government can pos
Issibly be involved in frauds connected with mil
itary AFFAIRS and the enlistment of men and
the filing of quutaspA The zffgus knows tina
! if the Adjutant General and his office are al
right in this thing the whole State Govern
ment IS right, and yet It shows its -miserabl,
Instincts, while exculpatihg this oiicer ana hi.
office, by, dark intimatiops, of fraud in somt
other department. We haven't patience t.
controverta proposition with such reckless
assailant; we haven't sufficient command o
invective to properly characterize so base e
spirit or to do the subject justice. a..
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