The Arkansas banner., 1850-06-11
Repor, of the calpAin commlt,ee.

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 The report of the cSmmlttss to investigate ths charges against Mir. Secretary CRAwFoRD, based upon the payment of ihs GaIphin claim, mase to the House of Representatives, on the l7sh alt The statement of the says open most hideous, alarming and wanton corruption and abuse O: Of- ice, such as never before has stained the official
 character of any member of aay cabinet of gov
 ernment, and we most devOsedly trust, will be a l lasting warning 10 people, how 10 tru ,O the
 parity aud promises of the sapPOrters of Inc pres l ent administration.
 The committee consisted of five democrats and | four whigs. The majority assert thai he payment
 of the interest the claim, was "not in eonfor- ! niiy with law and precedent" Two arguments
 are presented upon the facts One by NIT. RuKr,
 somswha, shielding the cabinet from blame, the
 other by Mir. DISNEY, sevsrsly eondemaing the ac-
 ton of the Attorney General and the Secretary of
 the Treasury. As to Mir. CRAWFORD, it states that
 he the agent of the claim under contract with
 the representatives and that he received afer sone
 payments to others. the sum of $lI5,0Oo The four whigs oa the committee uHited in the viadca-
 ton Of the claims and of the allowance of interest Tt is stated that the whgs, party, at Washing
 ton. will adopt this view as the only one that can | possibly ward oH from the administration this
 bightag stigma 0. most unprecedented aud un-
 Princpled corruption.
 The report states that '',he committee have thus < performed all the duties imposed them by The
 House. excepting those which relate to the payment
 of the principal and interest of the claim upon con-
 sideraton. On that subject, they have come 10 the
 conclusions expressed in the following resolutions,
 which they recommended the House Go adopt: ist. Rssolrsi, That the claim of the representa- | lives Of George Galphin, Bot just demand ! against the United States.
 2i RessIpsd That an act of Congress made it | the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to pay
 the principal of said claim, and it was therefore | paid '-in conformity with law and "precedent." 3d. Rssoired, hat the act aforesaid did not au-
 thorize the Secretary of the Treasury 10 pay inter
 est said claim. and it's payment was not "in formity with taw or precedent."
 ! Washington correspondent says that in addition
 to these revolutions, one was presented, proposing ! to enact law forbidding govs7nment officers 10 become agents for claims to prosecute those for
 which they have previously been agents during their term office The report was ordered 10 be printed On the question Of printing Mir. BRooxs gave full history Of this claim. Itis more complete than any we have yet met with. and insert ithefe in order that this matter may be entirely and plainly under stood by our readers. He sat
 .sThs claim arose in I77s, under the British Gov. sTnmeut. The original clam was SIS Sis 97 The interes; which commenced May 2i, i775 amounted. when paid, 10 SI9i,352 So The ball which then commenced rolling Ia South Carolina, under the British Government. has accumulated to the enor- nous sam above. The claim originally belonged 10 one Gaiphin. aa Indian trader To whom the British Government issued certificate of deb. for E9,7I0 whether Georgia currency or Btlsh carrency he diI not know. The ctaim not recognized by Georsia in any shape or form until l7S0, and then under the 23i section of tbe aei appended to a sale of town lots a; Augusta, Georgia He traced the history oi the matter 10 its payment. Gaphin, he said, died in i7o0. The frs application was made | on the part af the heirs of GaiPhn by eminent lawyer Of South Carolina in l79l, To the State of GeatSIz l2f ihe paymeut of h!s alleged claim. Il. referred io r1s report of -nry X Wise in jeh be attempted to fix upon Mr. Forsyth an in- ter-st ia the c'ain ot GAiPhln winch was being prosecuted. Mr. B. showed that an eff lrt was made to have he chm recognized by the Indians uhder the treaty of New Echo;a. That Joha Ross spuragd the propositions l. was put in howeyer as section 20 bs scru;inizsd and rejected from the treaty by lhe Senate oi the United States by vote ot 26 10 I2 l. vas in fact reprobated by England by the Indian., and by Georgia. He show ed that an at tempt was subsequently, made Tn The Geofgia Legs
 stare 10 instruct he members of Congress from that State To vote for it. He showed ,ha; the bill was inaiiy passed by COagre.s without attracting par ricular attention for the payment of the claim with | oat interest.
 Heqao,e4 the opinions of all former Attorney Gen erals against the payment of interest upon such claims. The policy oi the jvefanent. he sal. hsd always refused interest 10 such eases H. c0ntrasted the conduct o Nr Monroe in refusing to et the at- ministra'oH. of which he part, investigate the claims winch he had against the government. So delicate was he about H. that he struggled n the depths Of poverty raiaer ihan permit passage upon the claim. In Crawford ease, he said, there coa;ract. His coGHecton with the claims oi alphiH was unknown to the Attorney General and 10 the President. H., as an honorable, high minted man, should have made the fact known. that these officers of the Government might have acted with deIicscy -sn the matter.
 : H. did not believe tho, he Attorney General and Secretary of the Treasury examined fully ino the
 history Of thIs matter. If they had done so, they would have lsarned from Mr. Wtse's report that Cfawford vas connected with the matter. This fact shows that they did not make the investigation IL they bad known yhe whole facts iu the case, they
 wot noi have assumed the responsibility of passing i upon ii, by which a whIlwInd ei wrath would be | gathered up sgainst the administration. He had
 himself investigated and read through seventy five
 volumes io gei the information he possessed m te- gard 10 the matter. He deemed the payment of the 1 interest and he circumstances most extraordinary
 and uujas,iiAoe.'
 ! Lead Mine near BatesyiiIe. The Eagle of the 2Sth instant gives a glowing