Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-07-30

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measures Of wishes he may have favored
4 Did Nh Walker, on leaving the Senate
come up to these Just cxpeciaions2 or do
he enter into base intrigue toglye
particular direction 10 future legislation
aud secure The passage Of private oil
for The qualification Of private Interests
Mr.. Walker despatched his letter OF re-
signation 10 Gov. Brown on the l4lt
February. AT that lime this Chickasav
bill was before the Senate, awaiting il
second reading. DR.. Gwin was presen
urging its passage. lie and Mr.. Walke
were combined in urging it. And hay
ing introduced it at his request, in habit:
of the closest intimacy with him, closetec
with him daily, Mr.. Walker was certainly
aware of the deep personal interest Of
Dr. Gwin in its fate. What did he dc
under these circumstances?
In manner so strong as 10 make il al
most conditional to his own resignation,
lie directed Gov. Brown TO appoint DR.
GYM his successor!
With shameless audacity without q
parallel, he endeayered to use the vast in
nuence his position and popularity com
mandcd, to get an Indian agent, man
employed to advocate, and deeply interest.
ed in, the passage of measure, INTO the
Senate in his place, aehile that measure
pas pending before hat body!
Such is fact, positively known, and
of which we challenge denial.
How beautiful the arrangement which
the appointment of DR.. Gwin 10 the Sen.
ate would perfect! How tremendously
and smoothly things could have glided a.
Icing under it,! The resolution instruct
ing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay
over to Indian claims the money due the
States by the appropriations of the two oil
three per cent, or other funds, pressed in
to law! Mr.. Walker, after securing it:
passage, and nursing the Indian claims, tc
which the money was to go in the treasu
ry, 10 pay the money over DR.. Gwin
Indian agent, to hunt up and present the
claims before congress or the courts, an(
receive the money when paid! And boil
of these attorneys at lap ready to take
fees and prosecute the suits and secure
the claims by the erparte evidence which
alone, In such suits, could be expected
DR.. OWNS appointment as Senator, t.
succeed Mr.. Walker, and be equally vi
gilant in securing The proper legislation
for the success of the scheme, was all tina
was needed to crown the work complete
The making of DR.. OWNS appoint
ment as his successor almost a condition t.
his own resignation, was an intimation by
Mr., Walker that there was something 70
either DR.. Gwin or himself to attend I,
in the Senate, so deeply interesting Il
him that to have one or the other there L
attend to it, he would sacrifice even tn,
honors of post in the cabinet. Wha
could this have been but this beautiful
Chickasaw scheme they were so busily
! perfecting and watching2 And wha
other conviction could be formed unde
the circumstances of Mr.. Walkers elior
10 secure DR.. Gwin in his vacated place
in the Senate, than that 1t was an auda
cous attempt To- control future Legislation
on measure involving private interests
We are Of the opinion that so daring ant
deep anntrigue 10 pervert the high pur
poses of government into game Of spec
ulation--to change the solemn Senat
chamber into a den for thieving was ne
YER before ventured in our free Republic
And what--let us here ask--can excus
Gov. Brown fol aiding to conceal the evi
denco that would bring this high hande
| intrigue 10 exposure before an honest an
confding people sought to be thus betrayed
But let us come on 10 the motives {
Mr.. Walker in destroying the commission
sent to Mr. Thompson.
Since the earnest recommendation c
Dir. Gwin in his letter Of resignation o.
the llth February, a very exasperatin
circumstance had occurred in relation t
| the Chickasaw Bill. In spite of thei
success in smuggling it through the Sen
ate, and in spite of the strenuous exer
lions 10 gel il through the House---it ba
been exposed--naked in its ENoRMrrIEs
and dcfeatedl--and mainly by whose in
strumentality ? BY the overwhemin
speech Of Mr.. Thompson.
This was bad, but something worse wa
/ still behind. Hope had not yet fully de
serted the intriguers. Bob never d0ubte
/ for moment The result of his dictalion
Coy. Brown. Who couldl The world
favor was smiling upon him. lie was tn
champion Of the great popular measure {
the day-about 10 be rased to honors q
+ high as any one under the president coul
enjoy. Mississippi would, Of course, d
, anything he suggested, and GOV. Brow
} would jump with alacrily 10 obey his be
hests! Ii was therefore spoken Of as
, thing fixed at Washington, that DR.. Gwi
/, would 90 into the Senate in Mr.. Walker
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