American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-09-27

sufficient influence to have carried his
point Ittie establishment Of Naval Sta
tion at League Island d)without dissent
ing vioce." Is that the assertion of so.
Dor man and did he who made it forget
tnat our Congressman in the olden time
In proposing to locate Government work
shop in Philadelphia had not the terrible
Repatriation of Simon Cameron, tho Fa-
gan OF the Harrisburg lobby and cx-Sec-
retary of War to contend with, and, there
Glre,- -had-seine ehaaee for -suecess-l-My
colleagues and | were less happy than
.hcy IN this respect.
AS / haze said, he begged and bargain
ed for the influence which induced Mr..
Lincoln to invite him to seat in his
Cabinet. Ii was now fondly hoped, by
those who had not sounded the depths Of
his depravity, that, being old and rich, he
would take advantage Of so distinguished
an opportunity to prove that he could be
honest, and conld administer trust with
out turning it to his own profit, or hand
ing the fund over to his creaturrs, to be
used on joint occonut Aow sadly these
hopes were disappointed is at-ested by
. the brevity of his term of Office, and the
circumstances under which it closed.
In less than one year from the day on
which Simon Cameron vas installed as
Secretary of war, Congreas, though at
that early day it had before it but par
tial evidence of his crimes, Indignantly
drove him from that high Office. Two
thirds OF the members of the lower House
were friends of the Administration, and
would gladly have sustained each mem
be of it as they did its distinguished head
You can imagine how painful it must
have Leen to them to find themselves con
strained by duty to proclaim the fact that
the first man the head Of their party had
leen induced to appoint as the successor
of John B. Floyd had exhibited greater
aptitude than he for his worst tricks
But it became inevitable, that this old man
Notwithstanding his boasted and reputed
millions, believes that one Of his Name is
never rich enough until he has little
more, and, to save their party and the
country, the friends of the Administra.
tiol in the House had to praclalm his in
fanny and denounce his crimes. Nor
yas the vote by which they did it mea-
gre one. His friends and those who would
most gladly have averted this disgrace
from our State could rally but third
of the House against the resolution Of
condemtion The vote was about two to
one against him, though | as Pennsylva
MIA, not willing to bear witness against
the representative of our State, but too
well satisfied of his guilt to vote against
the resolution, failed to record my vote.
In this fact, gentlemen, you have the
secret of i'this distinguished statesman's"
hostility to me and my friends Mr..
Walborn, the Postmaster of Philadelphia,
and other of his creatures, have offered
me his friendship and support if | would
endeavor TO have that resolution expung.
ed. My reply has invariably been that
to stir foul matter would be to produce a
stencil. l have never in this or aught
else endeaAored to propitiate him or hi.
creatures. No stone may mark the spot
where my poor remains moy finally rest,
but / mean that my children shall be able
to vindicate my name by pointing to the
fact that Simon Cameron and his conf,
Dental friends were ever hostile to me.
With grateful regards, yours very truly,
VIM. ID. KELLY.