The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-07-24
oxraIoYALn PEOPLE PRosECUl
ED THE WAR.

A ,eno,t made to the rebel congress shows
that seif.stylsd ..loyap northerners, I'm the
oenfid ence of the government" were .Ao
means of prolonging the war ana 's'. NE. .se
thousands of lives, by furnishing ,.Op' .As
.o,,h .unnl;es for the rebel army. We think
!. ..n;l;tsrv commission" might be probably.
"a s., more legitimately than has OF late
s.sn usual with military commission, en-
ployed in investigating the charge that north
ern firms, who bad influence with our gov
arpmeut.n were allowed to furnish the rebels
With the most essential supplies that could
have been obtained from no other source, and
supplies that enabled them to maintain their
attitude Of resistance, without which they
must have succumbsd long before they oia'
Those who have lost brothers, sons usosnu'
and friends in the long bloody struggles along
the Mississippi since 1862. viii be interested
to know what loyal gentlemen these are. who
were allowed to supply our enemiss with the
means of maintaining and prosecuting the
war. They desire information - to the char
acter of the protection ''our government, al
forded them in this wondrous trafhc, where
every cargo cost the lives Of regiment of un-
ion soldiers. The public have had some ink
lings of this business before; they will now
demand something more than mere newspa-
per comment and censure-something which
shall bring these worse than ASSASSINATION
conspirators" to speedy and just punishment.
Nrv YoRx, july 21.-The Herald publishes 4
report made to the rebel congress OF the working
of the rebel commissary department. The report
gives view of the resources oil tne coheoGiaey
at the commencement of the war, and the dlmcni-
ties encountered by the rebel government IN the
progress of the struggle IN the matter OF ieeaing
it's forces 1t shows i6 was utterly Impossible TOT
the rebel states produce suppIes enough 70 sus-
tain the rebel armies and that they never aio So.
This report makes some remarkable disclosures
of the operations of men on our SIDE OF the Ines'
1t shows there were ON our sioe IN too1 q grea'
many men ready to furnish the rebels with ali the
necessary army supplies, and that these men had
sufficient influence With our government TO De aoie
to get their boat loads OF stores through the nnes
and to evade all watchfulness of the treasury and
military commanders at Memphis, New Orleans
and other points. They did business on SO large
scale that they contracted to deliver at once
hogsheads of bacon, thousands OF SACKS oil sal ana
-four for an army, coffee in abundance, and all
other necessary stores Contracts were made be-
tween northern men and the southern government
for the supply of southern armies; and Lees army
was fed in that way to a great extent. Early In
1863 jeff Davis opposed the plan 1t started In
the belief that Withholding cotton would compel
a recognition of the confederacy at an early day:
The report discioses importance In many points OF
the rebel government, and the errors and weak
nesses of Davis 1t discloses also the fact that
the rebellion was kept alive and war prolonged by
villaniss carried m from our side OF the lines.