Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-07-31
WHO are the Gaiphinite>!

II remembered that Mt. rom ; .'tCfHtdfN
of the Treasury paid the principal. re-
serving the question of interest thereon;
and mat said Secretary testified before the
"Galphin Committee" that he should
have felt constrained 10 have paid the IN
terest. if. like Mr. Secretary Meredith he
had received from the Attorney General
Of the United States. an opinion in favor
Of its payment. Tbs IS statement OF
the whole case.
Now We are Of the opinion. and have
50 expressed it. that the interest should
not have been allowed. and that Mr. Sc
cretary Crawford. being a member OF the
Cabinet. Internationally. wrongfu.ly. and
censarablv acted as the agent OF said
claim. while member OF the Cabinet
But the allowance of this interest by
Mr. Secretary Meredith. has been the pre-
text for every iocofoco Press and Loco
TOGO par,izan in the land. to keep Up in
ccssant ratings and accusations against
the administration and the Wing party of
corruption. plunderin-. swinliin-. &c
The charge IS groun Hess is against the
Administration and the VI ng party: il
cannot be tortured into any thing moro
than All error of Judgement on the part OF
the Secretary Of the Treasury. and of in
considcratc and un"ise conduct on the
part Of the Secretary of Haf-a Loco
foco Senate. Locofoco President. ane! 4
Locofoco Secretary having allowed. APP
proved and paid the principal Of the
claim-It is mad dog hue and cry Of
.stop thief" - shield from observation
the real .Galpiinites.'
Mr. Stanley, OF North Carolina; in a
capital speech on the .'G phin clam
has proven from the official records. who
are tie Galp!.ilites.'
From his speech we CLEAN the following
ofiicia al facts: which exhibit III naked de-
forinifv the real GalpiIinites. and disclose
Locotoco populations. plunderInG> and
swlndlngs. worthy the attention and exc
Grafton of all honest men
Passing bv the pluuderinG and stealing
of the Locoioco office holders, 10 the
amount OF aniiitoHs. during the ..Swart-
woutiu9 epoch we will notice only the
swifdling" Of the .'spoils party under
Mr.. Polk ) administration: the plunderlngS
that the present W mig administration nave
discovered and exposed. and concerning
which the IocGioco press are silent. an!
against which II mas no expression Of re-
bukc or denunciation Among the Loco
foco-ofiicc- holders under Mr.. Polk. and
who were all or nearly all. in Office on
the ith Of March. 1919 is a list Of Indian
Agents. Collectors Of Customs. COntrac
tors. Navy Agents. Marshals. Pension
Agents. Nc.-in all thirfp-oHP-who held
Oh 10. rnisapplied or used for eIeciIonecr-
ihg purposes. the aggregate sum OF e|1tf
AuHdrei. fWeHfg.Sir h0HSaHa. tire hun
dred. foHr dD|lars anil Sir'een cents.
These dcialcatious and plundeIIn9>. the
present " hiI administration discovered
and exposed. but whore j, the Ioco.oco
press or partzan that ever made public
mention Of IT.
AGAIN. there is u balance now due from
Surveyors of Customs. Sc. appointed
between March. 1915. and March. 1919.
Of one hnndred and H'riy nine Ni3"Tajm.
Mrce hundred and ScrentY-cioH dO!idr&
and sixteen ceAfS-these Gal phiuites were
turned out of Office by Gen. aylor--they
were the poor victims over whom the Loco
ioco press made loud la:nentation.
Again. there is due from Receivers Of
Public Moneys from land sales, who were
appointed by the last Locofoco admins
tration. now out of Office. the sum OF
hreafy-frc h2usaHl. four hHnircI aad
jOrtg-tr0 G0lIdrS SIR y-OHc cons.
A.ain-thc Senate at the last session.
ordered printed 10000 copies OF the op,n-
ions of the Supreme Court. IN two cases,
making a pamphlet OF l31 pages only.
Mr. Belt. the nominal "printer to the Sen
ate. charged for printing these lGl pages
81 .oOO!! Mr.. Boarlaud. Democratic
Senator from Arkansas. reported to the
Senate. that the printing of this pamphlet.
under the contract of the 18th Congress.
would cost only @52o:.1O.
Now il turns out that Mr.. Richie. the
editor Of the Union. Mr.. Polk ) organ, was
the s.rety of Belt. the ass gncc OF Belt.
and held the contract for his own benefit.
and that this same Mr.. Richie was made
the arbiter to settle the price. and he de-
cided. claimed and received treirr thonS-
and fire hHndrcd doliars for printing TO-
900 copies of pamphlet of 16l pages.
worth S522:5Ot And yetthi> same honest
Mr. Ritchie. this same Locotoco orgau>t,
has ceased not, day nor night. ii his pub
lie excavations of the Ca pnn swindIe,'
and the Wing Administration.
Then again. the last Locoioco Admin
istration had lis !avorites. besides the de-
faulters and plunderer>, upon whom the
peoples money was laviShed. There IS
Mr.. Andrew Jackson DonelSon. OF whose
public services there is no record that we
are aware OF. who was sent TO Berlin, and
from one petty kingdom OF Germany 10
another. for which the last Administration
paid him. from .pril 10. / Is to November
|. 1910, the sum Of GHy.{oMr thousand
FIRE hunt}reI do}'ars
Then there was Mr.. Attorney General
Clifford. who. under Mr POLK ) reign had
done good Mexican service. IN bungling
with Protocol. and imPairing the non
or AMI endangerine the peace Of the
country-he hal - be paid out OF The
public Treasury for his Locofoco labors.
And the official records show. that from
March Is. 1913. TO September /. IS 10. he
received fiiriy-for thousand three han-
dred torjy-niae doiiars aintfy-tco cents.
Ia view OF such official facts we ask
..who are the Gialphnites!' \ Locofoco