The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1878-07-23

y
Gus wolf in sheepskin. Yes, and
have discovered your deformity. The
Supreme Court of this State, in the
Field. reported ia the 9th Mich, on
page 337, has torn of large patch Of
wool, aud rent the hide. too. aud on
the opposite side from that which you
presented for examination-you haye
used fraud and deception, Mosesl
Now please take of that emblem of
good faith and honest purpose, aud
walk out before the poor men of this
State, aud especially the soldiers, in
gIand review. You was a bounty
broker, / believe, during the late war.
What! don't you attempt to deny il,
for / have undisputed proof-yes, l
thouget so. And, among other, you
tried to break the bouLty OF Peter
ported case plainly shows. The case
was an action of assnnpsit brought
by Roberts against Field in the Wayne
circnit. TO recover two hundred aud
fifty dollars, part Of soldiers bounty
OF three hundred dollars allowed by
the city Of Detroit TO persons who en-
listed ia the army of the United States
after the 2lst of September, 1864, aud
were credited 10 any ward in the city"
The plaintiff went 10 your Office, Mos
es, on the 26th day OF September,
1864, as the evidence tend To show,
without any solicitation from you, and
wished to enlist in the oath Michigan
infantry, aud wished to be credited 90
the 4th ward and to obtain the ward
bounty allowed by that ward. He was
enlisted in your Office by Capt. Dillon,
and was credited to the 4th ward.
might as we'll pay him the city bounty
(then 500 and it would save him the
trouble Of collecting it; to which he as
sented, and you called him one side,
aud he then signed paper which he
supposed to be receipt or certiica te
for the fifty dollars. The paper signed
read as follows:-"For value received
| (or WEI hereby transfer and assign TO
Moses w. Field, or bearer, all nv
right, title and interest Of, in aud to.
the annexed certificate aud the bounty
to be paid for my enlistment by the
city of Detroit, aud all other local
bounties; aud / hereby direct and or
der that the said bounties, or boHds,
or warrants therefor, be issued and de
livered TO said Moses w. Field. or
bearer, TO his own use forever. (5igu-
ed) Peter Roberts.
In the presence OF r. s. Dillon"
Afterwards the Common Council of
the city adopted a resolution giving
one hundred dollars in cash and two
hundred dollars in bonds Of the city t.
each person who, since the 2lst day OF
September, 1864, had been, or should
therefrom be, enlisted and credited to
any ward in the city. This three hun
dred dollars, however, seems to have
been intended TO include the fifty dol
lars previously allowed. Roberts came
with n this resolution, aud you, on or
about the 10th day Of October, 1864,
on presentation of the instrument sign.
ed by Roberts, obtained from the city
one hundred dollars in cash and a city
bond OF two hundred dollars, which
you afterward negotiated and upon
which you received the money. Some
time In the winter of 1865 Roberts
(poor man aud soldier) called upou
Moses w. Field (rich man and Shy
lock-, at Detroit, for the balance of the
city bounty due him, which you had
collected Of the city You denied ow.
ing him this $3.50, claiming il under
the assignment above stated, telling
him that you had taken the risk oi
losing IL; tqat it was fair business
transaction, and that you would not
pay him any more. The case came be-
fore the Supreme Court on error from
Wayne circuit. The Court below re-
fused TO submit the evidence 10 tine
| Jury. and charged them to fnd a ver-
dict for the defendant. The judgment
was revefsed, with costs TO the plaintiff
in error, (Peter Roberts,. and new
trial granted. The Supreme Court iu
commenting on the ruling of the court
below say:-"He would have been
much better justified upon the evi-
| dencc, to have instructed them 10 fiud
verdict for the plaintiff for the two
hundred and ffty dollars. But the
charge which ought TO bave been Civ
en- was, that no evidence had been Civ
en- tending to establish n defense to
| the plaintiffs claim, and il they beliey-
| ed the evidence on the part of the
|
| dicted, they should fnd verdict IL
his favor" The Supreme Court in it,
comment in reference to you Moses,
uses the following plain and compre-
hensive terms: 1--WE should be doing
injustice 10 the patriotism Of the Com
mon Council OF that day, TO attribute
TO them the intention of granting tn
bounty without reference to the benefit
OF the soldier himself, who was TO risk
his life in defense OF his country,
should we assume that the object of
| granting such liberal bounties, for
which the property and the energies of
| the people were to be so heavily taxed,
was merely TO enable bounty brokers
| 10 speculate in the blood and bones OF
/ their more patriotic fellow citizens. -
| Now this is your record, Moses. Ca1
you not imagine how ridiculous yon
appear in the roll of q political chief.
tain-knocking at the poor mans door
aud informing him that you are his
friend, and seek only his future weali
You loved Frederick II. Holmes (pooi
mani, but you loved his ten per cent
per annum, payable half-yeary, more
than you did him or the principles you
advocate. You sympathize with tb,
"horny handed laborer," aud think
that two aud one-half per cent. is al
the profit he can make by .hard toll
vet you rake in your ten per cent. al
the same with the huge nails concealed
in your velvety paw. You loved Pete
Roberts (poor man and soldier), bu
you loved 10 get $500 Of bounty fo
$50 better; but the Supreme Coui
over-ruled your affectionate desire. =
Yesl you are the poor mans paragon o
perfection-well calculated 20 organize
party for the poor mans benefit
You are the PROTOTYPE or VIRTUE AM
MORAL RECTITUDE, who is seeking il
good faith the poor mans INTEREST. =
Now, Moses, candidly, would you no
accept the nomination for Congress, o
some other exalted position. If tn
dear people whom you so much Low
should halter you aud insist on thei
beloved leaders services, ere your re
spiratory apparatus was seriously IN
terfered with, especially when you hay
used so much forethought in organic
ing your POOR MANS PARTY so as Z
prevent the disrster that occurred o.
your denomination for Congress i
1874 by requiring the "horny hande'
laborers" to pledge their honor to sup
port the party nominees no matte
} how bitter the pills? In fact, 20
thought, Moses, that party pride wa
not a sufficient guarantee TO warran
, you in accepting offices within the gil
: OF the people. Are you not the poo
mans Judas?