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VOL. III.
RALEIGH, FRIDAY, JULY 2G, 1850.
NO 31
TERMS.
T.:r Rtiir Tin" wilt b sent t Sutmeritom
! Fu Oi l trs . d! a liilf w-r auuums if p"d in d-
snnkm. nM It ultra mil tui eliarifetl.il payment
fcJ:iVTil sit 'uihiUm. tiwe Term will be iuvaria-
aff mthrmi in.
A:)VKmSElIIIXTS.
Pur rvt "V Sixteen lin'H, m lets, fine Dollar for th
fest, and Twenty-five ("pMt for pacti subsequent in
settriou. Court l Vr l't, Vc. will In" charged 25 per
wsr. Iti'lier bin i reasonable deduction will be made
sstslwttn who ;i'!v.riife by the year.
jy U-Umm "ii inHim sn. and all Communication
amded for p i(s'i: ilimi, iviiai be addressed to tlie
Riitw, and fi'W( juiid.
NOT THERE,
ft has been remarked hy the Fnyetteville Ob
mr, thiit wlui is not in tlie resolutions of the
'tt Democratic Convention hi Raleigh, w equal
ly vsorthy of remark with what is ill tlx-ni. There
an imt tit mmt remote, allusion In 'lie. Wilmnt Pm
tiwinthan! This M accnnntcd for by the fact
Ant David 8. Reid, their nominee for Governor,
tut only believe tlie Wihiml Proviso rnnstitutiun
I, but KC.tii.illy vi'cil fir it in tho Oregon bill,
when lit' was in Congress, on the 16th of January
Ytnt Mr. Reid voted for, President Polk nj
ynml, pm(itiiir against its necessity but not,
KtTcntirse, ngiin-l its coiisi'uutinnality. Mr Rid
Bit President Polk both djiihilcss acted conscien
riirnxly; Imt the democratic lire-eaters who have
salimi Southern Risrhta specially in charm profess
sJUiuceenccofslI wc-. :ejinxcenc-:s. We suppose :
Dhitinall ihcirdenuncialinn they have a mental
Marvfcti'iu in favor of any Democratic who seems
Eltuly to serve a present turn for them no matter
wdint hw opinions or act may have been.
K it hid been the Whig candidate who had vo
tnl fnr the Proviso, audi epithets as"traitor," "ab
ssltijnl!.'' "'incendiary," would have bten show-
red. over Ilia liead by the Democratic scribblers j
atturatort with a perfect it;.
Crecnsboni' Pat,
SaVTMM AND CllHlSTKNJNiV OK I' It KB SurFRAOB.
Waattrndi'd the very iiitfrebtiiiK ceremony of
e'lniiiMiiiij the little two year old ba oiling, Free
Sliflrner, in Rdleioh.on the 14'li June.' Bishop
!Siiniaeni,orthe Democratic Society, win present,
(wtempanied by elders Biggs, Caldwell, Strange
MiRae, and other distinguished laymen. The J
satmmouy was perfunned by Ihucon Mcllae, ol
BaJeiirii. and in laying his hands upon the heads
, CD. S.Reid and W. V. HoKlen.lie pronounced
a tlie most silenin maimer, that kl)and S. Rtid
mt XV. W. HMcn are the fiillitn and founders
if I'm SaJj'roi:e,karwg first gotlon vp and pro
faptledit in X C," The Deacon sf course
Meads as sponsor to his young Carolinian ! Who
Ifcss any thing to any of its origin now? Or
what will Mr. Coub, of Ga., say io this ? H'e
jmtt. '.
ft may be necessary (o remark that this young'
Mr had well nigh lost its life in our last Legisla
toe by the hand ot its professed friend, but by
mmi nursing it has been reinstated into the
; Dsjmocratie family and chrisientd.
Ash tills Messenger,
Hi following letter from Mr. Fillmore in reply
( to an invitation to be present at a Sons ofTemper-
ana celebration of the Fourth of July, at Buffalo
i mifl be read vih interest : :
i VainsGTo.v, Jitne )3th.
Gejitboes : I have received your hind inviia
! Am to attend a "Union Celehnuiou" it! the city of
j Bufllilo.of the approaching anniversary of our Na
auruil Independence. Nothing conld give me
saure pleasure than to be permitted to mingle with
rf fellow-citizens on that joyous occasion. Judg
ing from the favorable reports which I have re
amitlv heard of the progress of the came of Tem-
Kiance in Buffalo, I infer that this "Union Ce
talion'' implies a union of Patriolivm and Tenfpe-
fbnee of cikj! Iieaits anu warm nearw ana mien
anion is greatly desired at this time, to save the
Fnmn to which wesre all so devotedly stitched.
Idb oot.huwever, anticipate that it will be In my
ftmet to accept j-our fluttering Invitation, as my
fficial duties will in all probability require my
feeaenre here.
I trust, however, that notwilhstand'.nijthe present
f liilf l aiect of our political affairs, and the jar
liag discord of sectional feeling, that the wisdom
susd conciliation of the present generation are eq ual
the preservation of the glorious Constitution, im
(paired, which they have received as the grea
lst blessing from their ancestors, and that this
lirth-day of our nation shall ever find ua "one and
wncporitble."
Truly yonrs, JIILt-ARD FFI.LMORE.
Orson Phelps and other, Com. of Arrangements.
JJr ir-ire o Flashy Waislniat. lie wore a dishy
waistnwt.mi the ifight when first we met with
ramons pairnf whisker, and imperial of jet.-
11m air had all the haughtiness, his voice the man
Iv tone, of a gentleman nf eighty ihonsand dollars
11 hi own- I him I n! a moment, and" me-
Ibinks I see him now, with a very flashy wait
coat, and a beaver on his brow, And once again
I saw that brow no neat Behee was there, but a
tacking bad 'un wis In hat, anl matt d was
Itia hair, lie wore a brick wiiiiin that h;.f, the
change was all eoniplete, and he was flankr.J by
ctirwtabii-s. h'i in n li-il him up the street. I
sww him hut mMni nl. vi-t ni' thinks I see him
mw, i'!nri((il by tliose worihy oilicers with kick
lug up a ru.'
Tli following nnupie foaft rn drank af
4th cT Jufy t. hbralii n in fconfli Carulina by (J.
Killatd:
-l'lmce am! j'h iiiy :
Curs' hi tin-liigVrih aiiJ irlmiejr in tliepiKkpl,
Bf.y fa flir rr..dle i p'ly wife to rock it;
f '' la i be c 'rwt and S-'ii.ar in the b-irn-l,-Fflene
r.l the fir.fiile a lid lik. that nwer qu. r
trV . ' .,,
Goos In Lowell, III , hnppy couple w re r"
ecntly married, and fii Hie evening the rowdies of
the neighborhood collfTtrd and cherivaried the par.
I ', firtnji Jfiins pistol. mm! making all manner of
.idons sonnd-; ul li'iicih eake wm Iwihled
i. i) to t'li' om'H r- fii k- roiy.iininga
t.fm uf titur i'i:irt,r. The fo'i""fi'ieiice was
tfc i tl saii'tc '-'
nteMH.'ed t-r
5jr?t;'ut"f.:ii. c.
iisnl eow Ii 'Ih was soon
it Im 'u liir un.iiKd limn
SFECi'If OF ,HR. E. ST4SI.Y,
OF.XORril CAROLINA,
Is THE llousr. OK REPItr.StJITA'I'lVES,
Saturday, July 6. 185!).
Tlie Report of the S tci t Coniiniltee, made on
the Lc fi rnftlie Secretary ol'War, c-., ceniing the
payment of tlie Galphin Claim, bei. under con
sideralion, Mr. Stanly said :
I rejjrrt very much, Mr. Speaker, that the Ilouse
refused to fay on the Uhle the report of the Gal
phin claim. I voted in a small minority Ip dispose
of this matter by laying it mi the. tahlo.nnJI did
so with the view dl'piiahliiig the House to proceed
with the public business. ,
The iippiopriatioii bills, whii h are indispensable
for the support of .the' Government, are not yet
arted on. California iv still cruelly kept out of the
Union. Thousands of tilaTing nn'ii in our coun
try are bi-gging ii-. to pruti-ct lln-'ni from the effects
of the British tariirof l8lG a tariff which we are
informed gives great salifactinn to England.
Iluudrrds of honest claimants are supplicating ns
to art itpim hills reporled for their relief. All these
matters are Jeinn tiding our attention, while we are
wanting our time in ridiculous (-Hurts to mike, or
to prevent making, parly capital out' nflhe Galphin
report. Lit the Government stand slill let Cali
fornia wait let the British, lion complacently
smile at the lolly of the Anv rioaiif, who, boasting
of their freedom, are making themselves as de
pendent on England as il we were still her colo
nies let honest creditors suffer, tlie Galphin
claim alone demands all our patriotic considera
tion. If gentlemen on the other side of this Hall,
who hive elected their Speaker and their Clerk,
and have control here, will insist in thus spending
time, it is becoming and proper that we look into
other matters of improper conduct amjng their
friends.
But first, a few words on the 0 ilpliin claim. I
regret, as every gentlvitian in the country must,
that tho Secretary of War continued to act as a
gent offhis claim while he held his place in the
Cabinet. It is a matter of taste and of delicacy,
about which we may differ, as it seems we do dif
fer. But I think there is an opinion nearly unan
imous that 'll was not becoming in Mr. Crawford to
act asan sgentof this claim while he was In the
Cabinet. As a member of a pnrly, his conduct was
inconsiderate, if not unkind, towards the other mem
bers of the Cabinet. Bnt no honorable man has im
puted anythingdislionopable to M r. Crawford. Ilia
conduct has been unfortunate and unwise, bnt his
integrity stands fair and nniiupcached.
The Whig party arc no more to blame for this
act of his, than the Democratic party is for Mr.
Vun Bnrcn'a bad conduct, or for the. indelicacy or
mproprtety which marked the conduct of General
Cass, fit obtaining six! y-eight thousand dollars for
extra allowances, which Congress never author
ized to be paid, nor for his funning a company
while in the Cabinet, to speculate in public lands.
Neither the conduct of Mr. Crawford nor of Gen
eral Cass has been criminal. Both, in my judg
ment, have been unjustifiable. As Secretary of
War,' General Cass would have advantages
which citizens of tho ennntry could nut have. lie
had opportunities of enabling his company to mo
nopolize the choice tracts of land, to know when
they would be in market, ard then to raise the
price and sell lthm-tietJlers who were compelled
to purchaser The Whig' pafiy have not endorsed,
and ner will endorse o sanction, Mr. Crawford's
condti. The llemocratic party mase General
Cass their stundaril bearer'ttnanointed and un
hraledXs'"'1 all these sina tin his head; When
they shour't!a'phit, Calphin," are we not justi
fied' In retorting, Sixty-eight thousand dollars ex
tra allowances speculations io public lands 7 I
do not intend to assail General Cass personally.
I only refer to well-known facts. No Whig, who
has any self-fespect.or any regard for public o
pinion, will violate all the decencies nf life by
uttering calumnies in relation to this gentleman.
And he. who imputes dishonesty to either Mr.
Crawford or Mr. Cass, merits and will receive the
contempt of nil fair-minded men. They will both
comfort theirmeltes with the reflection
" Tis hut the fate of place,snd the rough brake
That viitue must go through.".
It is only to be rugretted that they did not fur
ther reflect, that
. ' . .. "Things done well,
A nrl wit h a on re, exem pt themselves from fea rj
' Things done without example, in their wue
Are lube feared."
They are to be Warned for a bad example ;lhey
forgot that "all things are lawful unto me, but ill
things ar not expedient."
A few words more on the Galphin claim.
The act for the relief uf Galphin is in the follow
ing words :
") ittnacled, its. ifc., Thai the Secretary of
the Treasury be.snd he is hereby authorized and
required to eaaniine and adjust the claim of the
l ite (ieorge Galphin, under the treaty made by the
; Governor of Georgia trifc fi Creek and Cherokee.
i Indians, in the year 1775, and to pay tht amount
! irhkh way be found due to Milledge Galphin, ex-
rrii'or ol the taiil George Galphin, outof any mon
; i-v in t!.c .Treasury not othetwise appropriated.
Approved, August, 14, 1&I6V
The wrong in this case, if any wrong has been
' done, wan in pa suing this act. I do not under-
' stand il If ikuied llint George Galphin had a claim,
j It is admitted that under the treaty referred to, the
I rlaimnf Galplitn was admitted to tie true. Then
tlienct nf Congress authorized and 'required" the
Secretary of the Treasury, to adjust the claim
: "under the trvnty madphy tke Corernor of Geor-
gia, With the Creukand ClierokeelndianB.in 1773,
and "to pay the amount which may be found due."
j The Secretaries who pa id the principal and inter
' est, (Mr.' Walker and Mr. Meredith,) wcra not to
! be blamed for nheying an art of Congress. Con
' cress is to blame, not the Hecretartea, if blame rests
, an', n'lctf. And if fit In firjitteii, Mr. sVkm.
k -r, that Mr. Polk approved this bill : he seems to
have been informed of the merits of the chiim.
How this is, can be explained, perhaps, by the hon
orable member from South Carolina, the chair
man of iheGalphin committee, Mr. llt'RT.j when
he addresses the House. That gentleman now
thinks, '-that the claim cf the representatives of
George Galphin waa not a just demand against
the United Slates." The gentleman did not
think so in August, 18 18 ; for I have before me a
letter, published evidently by authority, from a
Georgia pa per, which, as part of the history of this
case, I read to the Ilouse.
Here is the article which Mr, S. had before
him :
From the Augusta (Ga.) Chrnnirleand Sentinel.
THE GALPIIIV CLAIM MR. BCRT.
Von arj requested to publish the following let- j
ter. The original has been sent to Washington : j
Washinotok, J t August 18H9.
"Dfas Sis: I have the pleasure to say that1
the bill in which yon are interested has just been j
signed hy tlie speaker ol the House, and will be
approved by the President
. ''With great respect, your o' edient servant,
"ARMISTEAD BURT.
"Dr. M. GAi.nitN."
Frail memories require remembrances, Thev
are now snpplied, because they are refreshing,
The hilt for the relief of Galnhin Dassed on Sat
urday, the 12th August, It was approved on the
1 till, (hnn.tay .intervened.) "Whose heifer was i
plongheil" a-i'li in the mean tim ? The "will" of
!he then President was spoken ofas a ' fixed fact."
His approval waif known inailv:uiee, orthe giiess
ieir was n close na lo have astonished the artistic
skill of the- East.
As "a dolphin of the woods and a wild hoar of
sea.." wo subjoin thp following resolution :
"That the rkiiin of thp representatives of George i
lialphin was not a just demand againsl the L ulled
St. Tea."
Verily "the pleasure" of M? acidified in '3D. Il
had a' vinegar twang, and fit only for common
"pickling.". ; ;
In good sooth, the "will" nf the President was
pinched, in 18-18, into nn "npproved" form. In
18S0 it has been snubbed orsmashpd, ' :
. Odilsbndkiiia.!. Mr. Burt is clever on a erin
gratuialion and resnlntion.- Let us be thankful.'
and walch. O.KES.j.l
Now,sir, it does seem flint the genlleman froni
South Carolina had informed the President, Mr.
Polk, of the merits of this bill.
Mr. Burt (Mr. Stanly yielding the floor for j
explanation) desired lo say a single word, and no !
more. II was laintly it) Ins remembrance that
such a letter as the gentleman from North Carnli.
na had rend, was hastily writ'.en by him at his
desk in this Hall, for the purpose of saving the
mail. But he considered it duo to the President
to aay, that he hail never had a word with that
high functionary on the subject, arid that he hail no
peculiar means of information. What lie wrote
was a mere expression of opinion.
Mr. Stam.j-. But the gentleman had evident
ly watched the progress of (he hill with interest.
As Mr. Polk had vetoed the French spoliation bill,
he might with as much propriety have vetoed this !
for Mr. Polk was Speaker, if I mistake not, in I?
3fi, when the Galphin claim was discussed in
Congress. . The gentleman from South Carolina
evidently thought Ihe claim an honest one then
for he raised no objection, as he might have done.
He seems to have been acquainted with the pass
age of ihe bill, and informed his friend the bill
"iriWbe appioved by the President," for he watched
its progress with parental solicitude watched
when the Speaker signed the bill, and informed
Dr. M. Galphin that . the bill "iciibe approved by
the President." The Inference is irresistible, that
the chairman of the Galphin committee had in
f rmed Mr. Polk of the merits of the bill ; that Mr.
Polk thought the claim was just and ought lo lie
paid ;and that he personally and officially approv
ed the bill.
Then, as farasthisisa party matter, Mr. Polk,
who approved he bill, Mrj Walker who examined
and paid the principal, and the chairman nf the se
lect committee, who stands high in the estimation
of his party, who ia chairman of the Commillee on
Military Affairs these three distinguished Dem
ocrats are as thoroughly "Galphinized," as any
three Whigs can be, in or out ofthe Cabinet. Let
it bo particularly rbeerved, that in his testimony
before the committee, Mr. Robert j. Walker said
ofthe Galphin claim, "the facta being of a pecu
liar character the claim for interest remains an
open qsestion." And he also said, "that if he en
tertained serioua doubts On a question of law, and
demanded the opinion nf (he Attorney General on
that qnestion( he would abide by his opinion."-"-The
attempt is now made to give this mutter a par
ty aect to blame the Whig party for it. The
gentleman from Ohio, on the committee, Mr.
DisntY, has exerted hit talents to the utmost on
the qnesi ion of interest. Tho gentleman has sig
nally failed in his effort to justify Mr. Walker fir
paying the principal, and to blame Mr, Meredith
for paying the interest. Tho gentleman, I take it,
is no lawyer ; if ever he studied law, he did so but
a short while, and quit many years since, for he is
evidently one of those schollars who "hold tho eel
of science by the tail." His tpecch has shown
he was not well informed In legal matter. The
law is 4 jealous mistress, and requires undivided
attention ; and when a lawyer turns politician, he
srmn finds his law knowledge leaves him faster
than Bob Acres' courage cf-ied out al the ends of
bis fingers, have no respect fur the legal opin
ona offswyer politicians. This same genlleman,
in a speech made in tire early part of this session,
declared that though he held the .Wilmot proviso nn
Constitutional, yet he should" he glad of srf oppor
tunity of sending a bill with that proviso In it, to
the President. To do a great fight, he Would he
willing to do a little wrong, was the argument
uvd hy the gentlemen, ,-. - ,' ir"; ' ?
Now, sir. I want rio belter rep'y to this speech
'snd srgti'iiriit of his on IheGalphin business, (lien
: Ihe fief, tint I 0 t'rii.s he eotil.l sRppnrl the f o.i-
slitution of the United St iles, by eem'iug an un
constitutional measure to the President! Truly,
Mr. Crawford has little reason to be hurt nit tlie
opinion this gentleman tuav entertain of the pro
priety of his conduct
, ,i
But, Mr. Speaker, I wish to call the attention of ;
, , , , , ...
some of those w ho have come on the stage within
two or three years past, to s dark page in the his
tory of the Democratic party in this country.
Some of the loudest in their denunciation are evi
dently uninformed in the his'ory of Democratic
"tliilphinizing." 1 invite the attention of the youth
ful Democracy to Reports of Committees of Suth
Cong., 3d Ses-sion, 1838-3 9, Report No. 313.
After the whole country had been astounded by
the defalcation of Swartwout, and by the correj-
i pondence between Mr. Wooiihury and certain re
ceivers of public money a onimiltee was appointed,
who investigated and made the report 1 have re
ferred to. Let me mention a few crtses in this'!
report: M
r. William Linn was a receiver ol pttft-
.'... . ' . .
jc money
. . . ..... ! i '.nn. I
i uc money atviaiciM. un ins -Jtl m June, io.h :
mark the dates Mr. Taney, Sfretary or the I
Treasury, began his complaioM, lhat Mr. I.mn 1
did not pn mplly deposit the timney in his hands in i '
b.ink. The correkpondenee . continued l.y Mr. !
Woodbury, as Secretary i r iheTreasnry, in Oc- j
tuber, 1834, to January 2G.183R, when Mr. Wood- i
h"ry infiirm'ed'.hini his resignation was. accepted
by the President.! ntul Mr. Woodbi'iry- regrpticil
arge a -balunce sshind unadiiiste-l in vonr
hands.- Balance due Irom Linn, lilty-live thou
sand nine hundred and sixiy-two dollar and
six cents, ($55,902 (16.) la this "Galphinizing"
or not ?
Take another case. Rep. No. 313, page 167:
W. P. Harris was receiver at Columbus, Missis
sippi. The correspondence with him commences
in January, 1833. In March, 1834, the Secreta
ry ma k'R complaints ot llama conduct.- In An-
gust, 1835, Mr. Woodbury th en tens to dismiss
him. In ihe correspondence iii a letter from John
P. II. Claiborne, dated September l.'i, 1835, in
which he speaks of Harris as "one of the main
pillars of ihe Democratic Cs use. and one, of the
earliest Diiduiost disliiigiii-hed friends of I he Ad
iniiiistriition in Mississippi, His family and cornice-,
tiuus lire extremely influential, and all of them
sro cooperaling with ns in the arduous struggle
which we are now making.'' Mr. Harris is rep
resented as an honorable m ill of ' diffused and
i deserved popularity .". This letter wasscnt by Mr.
Harris to the Secretary of the Treasury ol'tliePres
dent. '..
In Avgnst, J836 mark the dates Mr. Harris
writes a leUer to the President, tendering his resig
nation, in which he uses the following language,
which I read: !
"In conclusion, I will lake the liberty of rocom
mendirg to you. for appointment, as my successor,
Colonel Gordon D Boyd, of Attala county. You are
probably Acquainted with his puhl c character, as
he has been for several years a prominent mem
ber of our Slate Legislature, and has been
an anL-nt supporter of your ihrnughnut administra
tion and an unyielding adtt:catc )' th' principle of
Democracy."
lie was also recommended as the "warm per-1
I S'1" '! friend" of W. P-Harris.
On pige 181 uf Rep. 313, is this short state
ment :
"Balance due from Mr. Harris, one hundred and
nine thousand, one hundred a ml seventy eight
dollars and eight cents (& 109, 178 08.") See
statement.
Is this "Galphinizing" or only supporting the
principles of Democracy.
In this n!!l Not quite.
In December, 1836, Mr. W'oodbrjry commences
his correspondence With "Colonel Gordon D.
Boyd j" and continues not quite a year. Remem
ber, Colonel Bnyd was an "ardent supporter" of
the Administration, and "an unyielding advocate
of the principles of Democracy," the chosen suc
cessor of Gemkrau Harris his "warm personal
friend" of General Harris who "enjoyed such
a diffused and deserved popularity," and was one
ofthe "main pillar of the Djmocraiic caase.'
Well, what was the result of Boyd's appoint,
ment? In June, 1837, Mr. Garesche, appointed
by Mr. Woodbury to examine the affairs of the
office in Columbus, reported as follnws, and I call
the particular attention ofthe antt-Galphin erators
to it. Mr. Garesche says to (lie Secretary of the
Treasury :
"The mtrt seems really penitentj and I am in
clined to think, in common with his friends, that
he is honest, snd has been led away from his duty
by tlie example of his predecessor, and a' certain
looseness in the code of morality, which here does
not move in so limited acircleas it does with -us at
home. Another receiver wenld probable follow
in the footsteps of the two. You will not, there
fore, be surprised if I recon mend his being
retained, in preference to another appointment ;
for he has his hands full now, and will not be
disposed tn speculate any more." Page 189 of
Report 813. ' .
And was Colonel Gordon D. Boyd, the "warm
personal friend of General Harris," tlie "ardent
supporter of the Administration," the "iinyiel
ding advocate of the principles of Democracy,"
the "really penitent" Colonel Boyd was he re
moved 1 No, sir: on the 7lh of Oclolier, 1837,
Mr. Woodbury acknowledged the receipt of his
resignation ! 1 On page 189, is this short state
ment: "G. D. Boyd is indebted fifty (honsmd nine
hundred arid thirty-seven dollar, and twenty-nine
ceils, ($59,937 29,) a per last settlement at th
Treasury.'1 ...
Is this "Galphinizing," or only sustaining the
principles of Democracy ? ,
Next is the esse of Lulfebtfry !f.t wklns, receiver
at Helena on page 192 of the report, is this
statement- '
' KBalnedite from Mr. Hawkins, nfie finndred
thousand dollars, (KrO.OOd,) per last settlement at
Treasury,"
Mr. A. G. Mitchell, receiver ul Culmb : nn
page- 19l.ithis rcir.uk .
"Mr. Mitchell, a hits receiver at Cahahi, is
indebted fifty-four thousand six hundred anil
twenty-six dollars nd fitly-five cents,"(!&-')4,626
jj.) .
The next case of Democratic "Calphinising,"
: .1.... i- T n -I I ; . . II i
if ini ui air. inieress, rerriver si llti'iia.
. . . , , . . .,
Ijomsiana : on page 19H of tlie report, it la said:
''B.itsnce due from Paris Children, twelve
thomiand tour hundred and fortv-nine dollars and
seventy-six cents," ($12.4 19 76.)
The next case is thst of Mr. J. Allen, receiver
at Tallahassee : on page 218 uf. the report, it is
stated that
"Mr. Allen is indebted to the Government, twen
ty six thousand six hinelred.nnd ninety-one-dollar
and filly-sewn cents," (26,691 57.)
Then there is a correspondence between-' M';
Woodbury and Mr. ' Spnneer,' receiver' at Fort
Way tie. Iwieh to read one or two interesting
extracts.
Jlr. lUfrsnsitii.'sl, for 'the itlftirmntion of the
nnn tln.n:n In.... ..ll in. an. nlt .a ll.M.on
' "...- ., - ..,.,.
thai Col John Snencer war not now. nor fit ihp
: i-
-"" " "
ll,e Ooyernment, but.onihe contrary, w.-.s both then
and now a creditor ot Ihe i,ovenniien ; una a pre
vious Coiieresn and the Executive officers of the
Government luive so deelileil.
Mr.. Stanly said, he wsa glad to hear that one
man hail pa'uf what lie owed.
Mr. Dunham explained that Col. Spfivcer waj -I
improperlv set down ns a. ih'faulter, th Govern-'
'. ? u. ... i -ii..
III! Ill III IUU III llll'l 111 MIS III III.
;
sir. ntaniy. as noijiiiigmeiiioorsinej against
him by the United States ?
Mr. Dunham. Il was improperly obtained, and
was atterwards released when the tacts were
made known. j
Mr. Stanly said. he should be glad to know how
Ihe release was obtained : was it because he was
"a pillar of Dcmorracy ?'' lint it was not the a-
inount nf the defalciiein in tins case that 1 was
commenting on. It was to the reasons given j
by Mr.,' Hendricks, and .Mr, Woodbury's an- j
ner. to which 1 ask attention ppperiullv the i
'eaot,vliy. Mr. VK?iil.nry.Mslrt '. w-t a" reniore
him. .
v After varioin -cnmplniiits :fro;n Mr, Wood -
hiiry, Mr. William Mendrieks writes In liim in be-
half of Mr. Spencer. In that letter Mr. Hendricks
says:
"Il would to smn" extent produce excitement, if
he were remove.i, lor lie nn msny warm mvl in
fluential friends, both at Fort Wayne and in Dear
born county, from which he removed to his present
residence. Ih tlrr Itt il be."
In answer to this "Better let it be," Mr. W'oodr
bury wrote as short a letter to Mr. Hendricks rs
General Cass did to ths Chicago Convention.
Hear it. .. ." .
Treasury Depaktmbxt, fiepkmkrl, 1S30Y
Sir ; Your letter of the 31st ultiiml is received,
and I am hsppy to inform you that Mr. Spencer's
explu nations have been such, that he will probaVly
continue in office.
Iain very respectfully, your obedient servant,
LEVI WOODBURY,
Ktxretaryof the Treasury.
lion. William Ih.KnitKKs. -.
The reason of Mr. Spencer con inninj in of
fice will be known, when we hear the following
from his letter to Mr. Woodbury, dated October
27, 1835: :
'My Democratic frieilds think that 1 ought, not
to leave, until after we hold an election for Presi
dent, on the tth of November,- which t have con
cluded to wait."
"The Democratic patly the efecliofi the main
pillars of the Democratic cause the unyielding
advocates of the principles of Democracy" these
were the reasons assigned for keeping men in of
fice, who had neglected their duties, sbusej their
tnis(s,and kept the public money for their own
purposes.
rt me sav. lr. Knpskpr. in nnrentheartt nrht
I think of Genersl Cass's letters. That he was
more unfortunate in his Nicholson, than itt his
Chicago letter.
We nerer could egree in the Booth in con
struing (he NiChohion letter. General Cues was
as clear and definite in his letter, as Launcelot,
in the Merchant of Venice was, when he gave
old Gobbo directions for finding the way to the Jew'
house;' '' ' . '"..
"Oohbo. Master yonog gentleman, I pray yon,
which is the war to Master Jew's?"
"LattiKflni. -Turn opon your right hand, st
the next turning, but, at the next turning ol ill.
on your hit; marry, st the very next turning,
turn of no hand, but turn down indirectly to the
Jew's house."
Twaaa hard ay to hit a hard as to hit Gen
eral Cass's meenlng.
I will not detain the House further by a
reference to oilier cases mentioned in the same
report. -
But. sir, it may be wid, we heard all this in
1840; the jtidnent of the contitry hat been
passed mi these transsclions. That excuse will
hot answer. I have forsome weeks past betn mak
ing inqn iries relative to the office-holders nnder M Xi
Iolk. I snpiiose that when' the ofticr-hr-Mf r in
this city wereenconraged to leave llieir oflices, anl ' fetve!.
make speechea sgainst General Taylor when f Jr term that Vt, fi,I(, ha is 'ptinfrt to fi t-
funds were collected tut of tlie clerk by your pub-
lie officers when some of them were engaged in
writing party essays, that some of I he ftovermutiit
money Was proliahfy used for the elect ien, hy (he
"pilUrsof the Democratic party." I hsve judged
correctly, and I invite the special atleiiliiin of all
those who have been thundering snsthemas a'
gainst ihe'Galihin claim, In h"r sit fscts.
I lirfl that various public officers, such at In
dian agents, rtdlectors of customs, contractor, na
vy agents, marshals, 'pension agents, i.c, hoi
rfug olTie.e under the last-AJmiiiistratlon, have re
tained in their hands, or miss fplir I to net no
hareh Words the1, public money Itilni'ted to their
custialy, loan tiraonnt of nearly mt jnr.i.to'i or
Dor.-.A-vs ! I bve table before me, and tcftw ii
the names I will give many of the names I do not
with to bring to public noiice, hrrauell uf them
have not been mentioned ci ilir newpapers of the
day.
Here Mr. Stanly ruad llifl names of DeiihyY
Beard, Col'itis, BraCh, anil some others referred
to in this list.
In what capacity.
Amonnr
claimed.
Indian Agent
J10.I91 69
155.5(18 6
2.923
1 LOSS 4t ..
50.563 25
It 1,391) 49
4 311 at
17.897 37
4,548 84
73.S31 03"-;
.1551 OS
.57(i 57
3.326 il :
S.3I8 Oi
Mat. Denhy
Agent at Marseilles,
r ranee
l.'ieiit.-iiantlT. S. A.
iCullt 'Cloroft'uatotiis,
St. Ajigii-tine
'Confrietor ic.
F. L. B,'ard
Si,r. & Insp'r, Cui-
t cinnan
jRee'r of Piih,Miiney
Seoinavy Agent
"
,B
jluilmii Agent for llipj
John Beach
i c - tex iri'jes
AgfNlt
lnli-ioihan Aeent
Purer r. S. -Navy
Lite Mrsnal
NhW At'ellt
4,011 41
... 5.102 S-
18.142 23
l.ijl 45
- 5.891 60
3)5 OS
ifi.397 27
fr.122 Oft
8,678 IS
6.7(i7 9
1 f-1 ,3il 7
8,S13 S3
Pension Agent
Siili-liuhan Agent
tiich'c He-witli (.'ntirractor, ti&
IVavy -Agent
! ; . I'm.irsetor. &c
. . ,- .
I. lAsst. tai'intiermast r
G.H.KennerlyjCnntrHrlor.fre.'
' ..(Purser U.S. Navy
Navy .loenl
... l, -
i .m. ti t-ioiure: avy Aeni
avv it Navy Pen
sion Agent
8,157 87
13.189 78
Ml If to
t,'.!! St
Purser U. S. Navy
Navy Pension Ag't
Navy Agent .
Aa for paying Per
siouefs
$82fi,204 I
;, . .Mr. Wet more, navy agent, has paid .iiiee Ui
1 was sued. $92,0O(i. - . .
j Yes, sir, nearly one million of dollar is the a-
J ntoMit of defalcations, specifieil in ihis list.
( Palriek Collins, ot Cineitinatti, 'Gulphinixe'
! 9I81.S9U 40 in the di-trict represeninl by lliegen-
tleinan, Mr. Disney, whose luctiil argument trf
interest will Confound the Supreme Court. He on
ly gave a bond for ten thousand dollars, bnt as he
was "a pillar of Pemocracy," the fenibmen l
mute as to this defalcation. Why has his denun
ciation besn suppressed ? The troth is, that mod
ern D.-iootue.y seems tn think that its "pillars"
have a right to take out ol the public crib what
they please. - ' -
Mr. Disney rose to explain in reference to th
case of Collin. The defalcation alleged against
CoHina Was on aecniint of fees and uncollected
bonds, which were all explained, and were hand
ed over by Collins to hi successor, by whom the J
are still held.
Mr. Stanly. In other won's. Jfr.- Collins sef np
sn offset; and doe riot every defaulter willi more
or less success do the same f There Is s not hi r
statement of this case, lifiwevrr, w hich duet not
exactly tally with that of ihe gentleman from Oliiiv
They alii when they have missnrrplled the puhlir
money, make out new accounts. But Why ha not
the gentleman from Ohio called d iwn indignation
on Collins ? Why ha he not irireetigated this
caf ' . :r, . . ;.,''.
Mr. Disney Hnsnridersfnoil f nf h hnr! hoen
endeavoring to have the Colliht aceonnf settletf.
Mr. Stanly i-oiigfufuhutd the gentlrmaft nn Ms
lalrar of love from his argument in the Ciilphiii
case he was no doubt- as admirable defender,
friend uf Collins. Willism 1J. Scott, navy s gent
in this tiiiy, niie nf the most artite otRee-holder
I iti i ef l.f,c ofJi-e,. here in
1S43 he only owes the sWerafe auto ef $l1,89!J
37. How much of this money was spent against
the election of General Taylor, no Whig fan tell.
Now, sir, this information tget from reliable
sorirce. And this is not all. If genlle-nen will
call for information, I will show other defalcation.'
What will the Democracy of the country say tn
all this ? Will they not say that those whn at
crying cot "Galphin! Gulphin!" are straining st
a gnat and swallowing camel I
One other item of Galshifiizing ift this city 1 rrlnst
mention. The edito( of the Viium newspaper io
this city has been miHiug tlie 6 renwsf in denoanr
ing the Cabinet as the "Galphin Cabinsr," a ad '
bnsing (be Whigs a iIm) "Galphin party." L
us examine his conduct a momeiif. 1 Ikdd id my
hand Senate report Nn. 1 19, made ly Jtfr.
Borland un ihe 8 h June, 1850; frtsn whtefi it ap
pears (hat the Semrfe, at (lie last session, orJ. re I
to He prihrcd ten f Iii.iiki lid oepes f if flie opin kirrs if
tho Supreme Court, in the casir nf Kmifk r. Tufa,
or, and Norri a. the city of Bosiort, ssakifig m
pamphlet f one hhndred and eighTy i(h' (Higes.
Mr. Borland i a D-aiocrut, a Si-nor from Ar
krwat,ml gentlenvmof character and Irttelli.
i Senate,, lias received more than twert (houssnj
doiUrs tor "Tinting this pamphlet. According tn
hi enrnnrnrfton r.f the rontract he cliargvj the
Bjod's,re srJm nf tliiitv-sr-ori fliorntonrl,. ttto hN
dred dollars. Sir the ten ihwisuAd cnple! 5lr.
Borland make various estimates of the rostvf
printing. If charged fairly, he says, untie Tiffin
& Streeper' contrast, thirtisenifr Cfmgrrsnj t!m tw
tal cost tot Ihrs printing wmild an imnt tnmily fiya
hundred snd twentywn dolls m and fifty centAf--(52
60'!)., ,r.i'- ,
Her Ms. Borland j , ; 4, , .
."Tlie Coiniuittes (U ntV fApnsp thai ij ronlj b
ileenietl rasmshle ifrei'a liiehtr ratirf com
pensatioit than t'w K.'e ct .W'uhett by ,p
wrdnfiim of rMPr f e ij-iuters r ruiinr
iw.v, uJ liv itvr Bts)-iMii, tit (U:i,a!sh l!ir
i