The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-04-18


whss Abuse 81 shs o.binst.
We wish il to be distinctly understood that we do not
originate the morsing and shocking accusations and
insnuaions against the prsssn. cabinet which. OF Late
have got such wide crcDlaion through the country
We take them nom wing papers. We copy the follow
ing paragraphs from letter written BY the regular cor
respondent OF the New York Express, which appeared
in that paper Of the 18th instant We take the liberty
mark line in italics The writer says
There Is story going the rounds with reference Mr.
EwnQs allowing claim OF Sios ooo with as much EN-.
phasis as il he had actually stolen that from the
treasury clandestnely and feionioasy Il only DO
gsrdsd as part Of the design to break dowa he Depart
ment Of the Interior.
All there about this Calm IS that Il came before him
and other officers o. he from the Indian
reau established by ind utabe eydence before
tribunal, and was decided against the defendants, (he
lndians.) out Of whose funds, held in by
the government. paid does not therefore,
81 the treasury OF the United States alt Had il been
oeofoco tribunal which decided il, nothing would
ever have besn heard Of t This noise about claims has
become regular niononana, as IL claims had not been
prosecuted before the for the last sixty years
Some nenbers Of the cabinet have acted iundciousy,
though o6ody bsvss they haps stolen anyhiag, and tey
viii doubtless resign for the benefit Of the party which
placed them ia power by probable, how
ever, that Mr. Ewing Or Judge Coiamer has any such
inlenticn.
Does il not make the cheek OF every true American
citizen jealous Of the honor OF his country mantle with
the blush Of shame at the idea thar the friends Of the
present cabinet find necessary TO dsclam the fact that
.hsy hare stolen anything" When, in the history OF
this country. has such spectacle been exhibited
Never, to our recollection. We do not believe the
members Of the cabinet shave stolen anything" We
do not believe that man among them has really been
acuaed by an "aninas furandi.. The most we have
believed is that they have acted very improperly in
allowing claims that ought not to have been allowed
and that had been rejected by previous administrations
That any member Of the cabinet, except Mr. Crawford
has gained pccunary by these allowances. have vel
no proofs to convince that their friends have, oil
course, there is doubt But conare the friends OF
the administration they have any pride OF country. to
do away with their disclaimers of actual theft which they
50 iniudicously make in behalf Of the present cabinet
The annexed card from General Foole, will
erroneous impression which has gone abroad touching
the relations which existed between him and Mr. Call
noun The card is needless in Washington for here ii is
known that the from Mississippi the kind
est terms with the great and amened South Carolina
statesman the time Of his death but abroad il is neces
sary, in justice both to the living and the dead.
Toll Editors Of the Uaion:
GESrLEMrN have witnessed with great pain the
multiplied attempts which have been made within the last
be that the political misunderstanding upon special
point which occurred between Dir. Calhoun and myself
a few weeks before his death, was Of nature TO
awaken feelings oil enlargement, and even oil unkind-
ness between us and that at the period of his lamente
decease fact personal enemies TO each other
In connexion with this subject valued friend Of mine
lust appeared in the columns Of the New York Herald
subscribed Pariek Henry in which the following re-
marks occur:
~.
ice 70 whom believe hearted friend Of the
South alade % one OF the senators from Mississpp-
A very erroneous mpre ssion has somehow been made
upon the public mind as 10 tho relations OF Mr. Calhoun
believed hat there was some berness between them
Such was the fact Mr. Calhoun told the writer,
had had conversation wh Mr. Foo.e, who distinctly in-
formed him, at he meant nothing unkind ia saying what
he did Ia the Senate that be Lad The best moses-he
wished 70 draw him (ir CT oat, make full expla
nations in reference 70 one portion Of his speech" The
great ismcned replied, You should not have done that
you should have me, and had sconversaton pr
yaiely and then asked SUCH explanations you desIed
VII be by presses
that opposed interests in which both feel deeply
became alarming and he only those lew who had
access 70 him. he spoke kindly and warmly Of General
Of southern Justice rights and Interests lie believed
ina, Senator Foose in pursuing the course he did, had
that oppos.iion presses would pat construction
upon il. The differences between Mr. Calhoun and Mr.
the Senate, and were s-ed ia Senate. There
the slightest inefmission OF their former cordial relations
such sickness interrupted IN General Foote's case
with hundreds OF others, and u dong great injustice
General Foo,e say nothing OF the cherished memory OF
the great to assume the exssnce OF unknd OF
unlendy feelings the part Of Mr.. Calhoun Gene ra
Foote, at the OF his death Such the fact.
am CERTAINLY quite indebted 10 the generous writer for
the Herald, for the seasonable and manly explanation OF
this delicate affair which be has published and feel
bound 10 say, that heartily sanction every word which
he has said in regard TO The actual relations which
isei between the ustrous parsonage referred to and
myself Our difference was strictly political, involving
Jingle question and my last interview with him OF
the kIndest and most confidential character. The ele-
waited piofsm which the whole public career OF
Mr. Cahoun-his great abitesthe purity OF his private
hie-ihe thousand qualities OF mind and heart which
made him nesistby captivating in social intercourse
rendered twhoIly impossible thai should be his enemy
However we may have disagreed in regard TO certain
well known public questions. am bold 10 declare that
ne has not lett friend behind HIM than myself
o. one who would be ready to vndcate him against
All unjust aspersions from whatever quarter emanzing
Mn true, as Patrick Henry" states that Mr.. Calhoun
dad suggest 10 me that ought have sought inter-
view with him, in regard % that small portion Of his
great speech which l could not eonscentiousy sane.
lion, before proceeded TO protest against in the Sem
ate 10 which al responded that should certainly
have 80 proceeded, but for the fact that knew him to be
soil unwell--too unwe, indeed, as 1 coniecured, 10
come TO the Senate chamber al ALL did not visit him
AZ his sick room for the purpose OF drawing him into
because fhoo0hf might bc0ef