Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-04-06

| TRs.suRr DEPARTMENT, !
| Washington. December 18th. lss-. /
| We hereby certify tina. all the United STATE,
| securities. specified and described in the fore.
going schedules. were this dav totally DESTROYED
| IN our presence.
". VS.. Wnsox.
For the Secretary of the Treasury
J. W. WHklrLKY
For the Treasury Of the United States.
!, :. 1EoRcs N. DAVIS
Specially appointed by the Secretary
Ihess bonds are but blank mecca of pe,.,
The authority of tue committee for denomius
ung 'hem M bonds of specified value is derived
from slips that accompany each package which
slips are made ont in the office of Mr. CLARK.
). =. Bcckxr. for Secretary
albert = SEsLy, for Register
n. COURTNEY, for Treasurer.
cersiy thH 10 be Q true eopv Of the certi6
cate consaissd in the books ofthc Treasurer
Faux JoSss. Assistant Cashier.
Washington. March 10th, lSss.
Mr.. Logan-Now, | desire any man in
tn's nall who hears me, any honest man. 10
compare taas ssatemsnt With mins, and see
~ , am not oorns ont. Mr.. Nsals told a
N"s tn'ns nsd never been done before. He
swors 40 before The committee u. ~,
ma, furthermore, that when he Wa r,ou;r-
Cd to sign the receipt for SIS. e4s. goo hona.
destroyed he would not do il. and ,hsr -
hey obliged him to do il. be vent ana 30,
q committee Of three men TO c.r,;f, ~.
they were blank paper, and not bond. co.
tismen may examine the looks for them.
serves ana they will find this the only
instance whsre such certificate has been
mace. NOW. ! ask ycn. A. honest men.
looking az that certificate, what il would
oe your duty to doy Would it net be your
ausv 70 call the attention OF Congress 70 il
Vel, but these gentlemen say this is an
rght. they say that no fraud has been
committed. do not cay that there has
here NAV NOS have been fraud, but saw
this, that what Mr.. Nesls said 10 me sbou,
this record, and the statements made to me
by him and BY General Spinner were sufIi.
Gent to make any man believe that there
vas fraud committed against this govern
".,i" ! DID believe it. believed it hon.
""e" made the statement in the |
Now want to go a little further II
"auc statement TO this House not LONG
sso ABOUT the sale Of bends. and the dir
ence between the price for which thew vsr.
sou mere and the price for which they vera
|. 70 New York. lhave had dozen of
,uoso treasury men after me ever aimee
"e "ao 'nem come to my room: | have
u.u .ueni send for me; have had the Sec
81 sae Treasury send for me: but
''w never oeen weak enough to answer tn.
oeheve before my God that thar. -.
men IN that Department who Ar. dsf...a
og the Government, not only in the ..i Ioo a.
= !. bends: out by giving out copies Of your
lea 80 int Jour bonds may be coun,.rf.; ~.
d. believe your bonds have been dupii.
ated; believe the Department has ns;d
upiicated coupons on your bonds: be-
eve It has taken counterfeit notes which
ere sent there for redemption and set them
iost over the country again. The Depart.
tent has done all these things, ard yet i,
nds defenders in both ends oil this Capital @
NOW, there is one other point to which
sa 10 call tho attention Of gentlemen. =
Az 20, yvS noticed particularly this certifi-
m ss.;. ,sn nae !. been read bore, and which 1
:" s'p'sd from The books, and