The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-07


table L was very desirable that the committee should
be petm'lsd % report and thar the Speakers table
The SPEAKER replied that the said resolution did no,
take precedence q the Galphin reports.
M BURT called for the yeas and nays on MI. Bay
Lr's motion 10 amenl which being ordered the question
hereuPon was put and Il was agreed ioyeas l05 nays
Tin the course Of the roll call. Mr. EVANS. Of Mary
land that he should not VOTE having pasa IN
The question recurring on agreeing 10 the amended
Mr. POTTER moved 10 lay II on the table
The SPEAKER stated that II the motion 81 Mr.. !.
prevailed, the whole subject would Dc laid on the
Mr. POTTER. saying that his object was to bring on
the Galphia case to-day, would then withdraw the mo-
The question recurring on agreeing 10 the amended
Msssrs TooMBs and Burt each demanded the yeas
and nays on the amended NOTION and each subsequent
y withdrew their respective calls for the yeas and
Ni GENTRY moved to lay the whole subisc, on the
Mr. TooMBs demanding the yeas and nays on tina,
Mi. DOTY renewed the motion to lay on the table,
and he yeas and nays upon thar motion being again call
The question being put. i not agreed to yeas as
fhs question on agreeing to The amended motion to
postpone the consideration Of the Gaphn reports until
Nj, ?. KING demanded the yeas and nays upon il !;
which being refused,
The question was put, and the amended motion was
Ths SPEAKER then announced Tia. the Galphia re-
ports we're before the House and the gentleman from
report, was entitled % the floor. :,
Nj BURT, rising 70 address the House. called for the
a M b. remarked thai &c did not intend q make make
elaborate speech at that Time He was willing to per-
init his resolutions and argument to stand as against
those Of the minority. His purpose now was TO correct
misrepresentation 81 reports concerning the report OF
the committee (Of the ma0rty found in the letters from
this ball y the Press 81, which wsIs unItsn,,Sna ns
that il was the deliberate purpose OF the COMMITTEES to
STATE nothing as facts in The case not established BY in
dispuabe proof. shown in the report That had been
bis course Ii preparing the paper He had further to add
that his subsequent examinations into the subject had
confrmed his views on which the report was based He
should reserve his reply 10 the arguments to shake the
facts and conclusions of that report, that were to be
started in the Of this debaie the closing speech
which, the chairman Of the select committee. he
Mi. TOOMBS next said that the question had con-
sdeaby changed, and he would therefore narrate the
He detailed history Of the action Of the Secretary Of
War in coming before the House, and that of the
mes in subsequently, applying for authority to inquire
into the character OF the debit and the dongs OF former
officers the He should show that the debt was
just and that its payment interest aud all sustained
by precedent He should also rely upon the facts
ported BY the committee. which were all true.
MI. T. then criticised the former speech OF Mr. Books.
Of New York. the subject He held that that gentle
sustain his animadversions Secretary Crawford IL
the case OF Mr. Monroe, quoted by Mr. BRocxs,, Mr.
held that the reason why that statesman had refused
tohave his claim decided while in Office only because
the 6nal appeal was TO himself
Mr. Forsyth. Mr.. r. went on to argue, had not con.
dnctsd himself improperly in his connsxion with this
claim, had been nsinuated by Mr.. Brooks In that
case the President OF the United States stood (under the
Il the relation e M TCrsy'A and the
Mr.. 4. held that Mr. H. A. Wise interested, and
that his testimony against Mr. Forsyth was not there
ing commission inquire into abuses under the admin
istTston Of Jackson, and was hunting to make capital,
tMs Toohm was understood to urge;
Here MIR L. read the testimony OF Mr.. Forsyth taken
before Mr Wise's investigating committee.
Mr. Forsyth (sad Mr. ~ had reirained from speaking
viii he claim When NJ had spoken to senators on
the csc. il always after giving them notice that he
was personally interested in The claim Mr. r.
majority the Wise committee He had been con-
tnued q Secretary OF State for four alter BY Mr.
v,n Buren. proving that. in the estimation OF bis
not tainted his honoA The democrats Of that day,
perhaps were not as sensitive upon the subject Of
hs honor Of public men as the gentleman from Ohio.
He here gave notice that before sitting down. be should
move resolution declaring that the facts reported by
The committee did not warrant impuation on the in
tsgny OF the conduct Of Mr. Crawford All agreed that
The debt was 3ussonie say against the United States,
that Georgia should have paid IT, but only the agent
Of the United States government in this connection
He stated, from manuscript records OF Georgia, that
the indiana sold the lands in 77i The British grant
1773 annulled this sale, the ground that private parties
should not buy lands directly from the Indiana Though
government might take private property for lie use,
4 must pay for IT, This principle old civilized
society Such was the doctrine Of Gro,ius. vael, &c..
who maintain that conqusring country could only
rive It the rights and the position previously occupied by
the conquered government A contrary doctrine had
never been held BY any statesman. *
Mr. BROOKS, (sofo uoce.) Dir. Jefferson
MIR. 1OOMBS No. sir Mar. Jefferson had sense he
never held any such docirine-for Ne statesman
Georgia succeeded 10 the rights of the British Crown.
and they were sadded with an obligation sell the lands
and pay with the proceeds GaIphin and other claimants
Ever since the times of the Roman EMPIRE IL had been
held that the conquered county, being restored 10 her
rights, obliged oher people their rights of
property seized BY the conquer6.
George 0alphins had not been injured in legal
Point OF view He had not been thrown out OF his claim
Georgia, using the property for the (nationa
defeacs in general war. the United States became
besn moftgsEsd To sustain this position, Mr. T. quo.
led many in point tracing them up prove their
identity with this case and showing that time again
the govsment OF the Uated Stes had paid claims upon
her. originating in the same He held that Mr.
BU4Ts views, regards the identity Of the between
~ United States and Virginia and this case incor.
roek The lands which Georgia took in this 10 pay
fox the common defence private (mortgaged) prop
erty Virginia, Tennessee, and other States, their
lands because they had been acquired by The expenditure
Of the common blood and OF the old conedera-
cy The 0nIphin lands were. the other hand, private
property when she seized them promising repay the
value Of the mortgages upon them to the owners thereof
Mr. then read the opinions OF various distinguished