The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-07-20

Tn. Esrls<a Hsps--1As C.lsssr-A. Appsa.slAsats.
The Repufc seems TO have given up tie cause Of the
Secretary Of the Interior. The suspicious Of audsl-
lnt and soryupt ne Of the public moneys in the matter
Of the California appointments have been growing darker
every day; and now no man who examines the facts
which have been presented. and considers the evasye
and peposteous defence which has been SET up for
moment doubt hsi the authority 10 appoint collector
Of the customs for San Francisco has been taken adj
vantage Of and that The power TO send Indian agents TO
New Mexico and California has been usurped. IN order
10 III our gold mining expeditions at the expense Of e
pubic treasury The desperate position to which the
organ Of General Taylor has been length reduced may
be from the following questions in its issue Of yes.
tsrdsy. II is the dying man graspng at strsws.
Query. As the Uaioa 10 fond Of asking questions,
perhaps it will answer few,
"Whai does Mr.. Medi, the Commissioner Of Indian AZ
fairs under the last administration think oil the aier
agencies Santa Fe and the Salt Lake. which the Uaion
now affects TO think iegalf Was he in favor Of such
transietsa Did he recommend themi Or what is his
opinion OF the lawfulness and necessity Of their being
made viii the Union answer 7"
Yes the Union viii answer-although the Union
has asked in vain for information this subject which
is in the public departments, and is within the reach Of
the Republic and we trust that answer will be duly
considered Il is this Colonel Medill is private
citizen, and we have no right apply to him for his
opinions Of the legality Of the transfers of Indian
agencies from the Upper Missouri to Santa Fe and
the Salt Lake. Nor do we know whether Col Medill
favored recommended those transfers while he was
Commissioner OF Indian Affairs. The improperly either
foi US ask for him answer. questions touching
L.
evident to every one in the least acquainted with the
forms and usages Of society But firmly believe that
Colonel Medll did not favor or recommend the removals
specified; for confident he has too much inte-
gence to consider them legal, and too much hon
esty to favor recommend them, il he considered
them Illegal The opinions on this point advanced
in the Union are our own; and they based
on examination of the law. II Colonel Medill
recommended transfer Of the agencies in question to
Santa Fe and the Salt Lake, as the Republic in
Inmates, it is perfectly easy for that paper to show
the fact. For the editors OF that Paper doubtless
have full and free access to the files of the De-
laIment Of the Interior. But we do not believe that
il show any such fact. A correspondent in our
PAPER who 10 be more familiar than are with
the files OF the Indian Bureau, in communication which
we published Sunday holds the following language
. haus been informed that Tie late Commissioner recon-
mended, not the appointment Of and inexperienced
agents, but the transfer of old agents; not to Santa Fs
and Sail Lake. but one to The Kan=as, there TO saf oper
and protect citizens icio 70 pass that great
oroughare 10 California, and the other to that portion
Of tie Indian country on the borders Of TEXAS and re-
cent eusnts soU hop correct his veirs, and hoc
much haze been needed the services Of experienced and eff
4 Il IL Il
Should be stationed" This statement accords with the
fact that Colonel Med did, during MIR. Folks admins.
ation, in his last report which accompanied the Presi-
DENIS annual message recommend that Congress should
Authorize the appointment Of Indian agents for New
Mexico and California, and bill was framed by the
appropriate committee granting that authority; but, from
whatever cause, it did not become law.
We have right 10 believe, both from the questions of
the Republic and the statement OF our correspondent that
there is report other evidence OF the views of Colo
mel Med on this subject on file in the Department OF
the Interior and there is we think that the Rspu5e
cannot now refuse TO produce il We therefore ask to
be distinctly informed whether there is such paper and
II there is, We demand its production. We have been
questioned as to the opinions Of private individual and
we have answered Now our quersts can find no decent
pretext for failing TO give information contained in the
public records TO which Il has access, and from which
e excluded We therefore call for Col Medls opn
ions Of the removal Of the Indian agents from the Upper
Missouri. oppressed as COMMISSIONER Of Iadian Afais
in that capacity he has expressed any opinion on the
subject We also repeal call for the order to the
Quartermasers and Commissays departments directing
the transportation and Subsistence Of the collector or
San Francisco and the Indian agents New Mexico and
CALIFORNIA; together with their families" on 'partie,-
the public expense We repeal our call for the cor
repondence and returns relative 10 those orders and W,
yspeaf our demand TO be pointed single precedent
which jusii6es such orders-a demand which the Re
pubic cannot fail to satisfy. without oonvieng itself Of
sdebenie attempt to dupe and deceive the public in or
der 10 cover up and conceal FRAUD and CORRUPTION
"A Nominal esverssr.-