The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-12-25
Gen. Towards Case.

probed the worse it appears; and the fat
appear to furnish complete .iustiicationo
all that has been charged by Democra i,
congressman. and Democratic newspape.s
These have properly nothing to do with II,
professions of religion. or lack of protes
Slons by Gen. Howard or any other MAJ
But his professions of extensive purit
and religion We're SO loud and ostenta
tious, and he backed them up BY SO ey
tensivc manufacture of political capita
through such large pecuniary contribrl
lions to church-building and other object
of the most honorable and praiSewortn
character in themselves. and was so close
~ and extensively connected with rim.
OF hypocritical and influential imposter
like himself, that he has hitherto succeed
ed in staving of official proof Of his guilt
AZ last. after so great 4 lapse of time tina
he may literally escape the deserved pun
ishment Of his crimes by pleading tn,
statute Of limitation, the secretary of wa
has transmitted to Congress an oficia
letter, accompanied by other letters from
the attorney general, formally recomtme
and stating that the records are in evi
dence to prove his responsibility for the
miSapplication of public funds to the
amount Of more than the enormous sun
Of S27S.513.66.
The secretary shows that false vouchers
| were filed to a considerable amount for
moneys that had never been paid; and IN
a similar manner developments were made
| embracing other subjects. He complains
that, owing to the confused condition OF
| the accounts Is left by Howard, his trial
by general court-martial became barred
in part, under statute Of Imitation before
il was discovered that he was properly
;lmenablc to trial at all. For this and
similar reasons the secretary deems it best
not TO give the ease to 4 military tribunal,
but to submit il and the entire subject to
the House OF Representatives In one
item. stated at Sl2l 900 not accounted
for. he says the accounts cannot be pro
duced, and no attempt has been made to
prove what has become Of the money.
The accounts have disappeared and it
seems that neither the late commissioner
non the late diSbnSin@ officer can account
for their disappearance
The secretary presented to the House
the following details of robberieS to the
amount Of more than S27S, 51366
Claimed hy colored claimants Who alleer
that they have not been paid their pay and
bounty. although the records show the settle
ment OF The claims and vouchers have been
filed by the late bureau a~ Violence of the pay
mrnt of S35',SSS 80.
>econd-Detalcalon Of st. Clair Mmaeville
SSJ03 %.
Thrd-Dctac:lt0n of q. &. French reduced
to S:.014 n.
Observation-Disclosures Of 3. 7. Rnnkle @ti,,3 y.
fyfIl-Ac acknowledged bv Geo. W. Baorh 10
have been paid TO B. p. liunkle to reimburse
the latter for mistakes made by his agents in
paving bo,ntieS to the wrong parties 81 ,;;;;l Ui
SiXtl-Due by the late bureau in consequence
of illegal double payments and certain accrued
interest several thousand dollars.
Srvenh-lrregllar find. called retained
bounty fund. under the act of March ID. 1876.
not accounted for. upwards of srl2l 900.
neutrality-suspicious. of public funds and
filing vouchers with the accounts covering 4
month when payments were made in a prior
month - mi>application, S:'G,3l4; vouchers
covering the time subsequent 10 the actual state
of payment and therefore erroneous, S.3.0lS;
total SlO9.3t;,.
50 long ago a, the Mist Congress, Fer
nando Wood preferred charges against
Howard, but i'm the hcv-tlav Of that Inre-
generate gathering of Jealous republicans,
the committee by which the subject was
investigated reported that they Iouad the
cu1r1il plalnr1v~>. III ,nt llSlll ~ nl,.t y
known and admitted it should be sutli-
Client 10 gay that his certificates of charac
ter came from Senators Harlan and Pomc-
roy. birds Of the same feather rs himself,
An elaborate defense of him was publish
ed by Pomeroy and doubtless misled
many Well-meaning persons over whose
delu~ion the author enjoyed many secret
chucklin@s with his comrades
so successful was Howard in his false
assumption OF being actuated by the high
est motives that his coadjutors and dupeS
united in comforting upon him the name
originally applied to General llavelock,
and he became known as The ''Chrstian
soldier" as Harlan and others were known
as "Christian statesmen. 1t is to be
earnestly hoped that those who vainly
imagined these expectations properly be
longcd to such men, will not be slow to
perceive that the worst enemies Of those
who have the best cause most at heart are
those who unworthily hoist its flag and
sail under it, They. not less than any
other, should feel that none do greater in
jury to the progress of all that is good
and great than those who make its coun-
tertcit pass current, thus inducing super
fetal thinkers to suspect and reject the
reality. The better qualities are, in them
selves, the most etiectual, and perhaps
most ef1ectually used as cloaks for wrong
doing No class of offenders more richly
deserve severe punishment than those who.
occupying positions where their example
has great influence, bring by Their false
pretenses 'religion's self into distayor.'
The House Committee on Military at-
fairs have examined the Secretary of War
with regard to his charges against Gen.
Howard, They have not determined
whether they will investigate the case on
Lat II no dame hN n civil trihuna| on court-
martial
We shall commence the publication
next week Of the 6 Annals Of Belfast for
Half Century" by an Old Settler. These
are 10 be written by m eminent re-
tired citizen of Belfast, we'll known in the
world OF literature and politics, whose
personal recollection cover that period.
and who has for over forty years kept q
continuous diary Of events in this city