The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-04-14

have come 10 Washington from different sections Of the
county, since the Of tbs Congress-
which hope, Msssrs Editors You viii give % The public
tor What they are worth, and challenge You.
and also any wing member Of Congress- to gsinsay them
lay down the pos,uate that in order proong the whig
p.lys term Of power the cabinet should not only Be
himself and his kin exclusively but that the cabinet should
Be acceptable % the wing party. !,
should be made, that there not five whig members Of
Congress who would vote tomorrow to have the present
cabinet retained another month. Every man oil any nte
igence Ia this metropolis knows ths 20 be true why or
wherefore = that the members Of the cabinet VINO are
able men and hardworkng public servants are 50 unPo
uar with the wings Of Congress and with the wing party
s shall not now andesse 2 detail ab
JUST AT this time Immediately under general as.
~ s nave made within the past
in of old claims and the interest thereon, whch
the government had previously for years and years. re-
BY allowing these old and otreeced claims the treasury
iocoocosm hat the wings are eaavasan. and wastefal
and unfit 70 be intrusled with the peoples money mas
all Reprosch has been brought upon this whig adsninis
aton the head Of which stands patriot who y famed
ernment Thank Heaven the he learned the fact.
in The Gaphn case he commanded that the matter should
Il has been of the that Of
Its officers. In high humble capacity should be IN any
way interested in contracts with the or In claims
Mr. Secretary Crawford was deeply interested in the
of IL and deposited II in bank to his private account The
matter Is undergoing an investigation before commiee
pointed by Mr.. Speaker Cobb, whose election TO the
chair was effected ny M, me
and exertions Mr. Crawford instead Of Mr. Thomas Butler
King was appointed q sea, IL Ss i he
informed political circles here, that the committee will
cworSs oon@eaon with The Gaphn claim, and that he
will deem it honorable acqnittal and theeupon resign
Whether his come xon with the Gaphin claim. and the
allowance of the claim rather the Sl9s 600 interest on
here 10 decide only know that viii be hard work to
ocoiocosm at the hustngs the stump and at
ne 1 IN Mr.
the administrations and to produce this drawback upon
What riga has Mr. Reverdy johnson to give 50 many 10
gal opinions, Attorney General against the
predecessors in the Attorney Generals Office whereby the
Secretaries may old rejected settled and adjusted
the liis-Sood q the treasury Is exnaasted
Why did Nj ALL allow and Pay he a De Z al saa
decessor, would not allow Mr. Revendy Johnson gave
legal opinion that ought TO be paid The Hon William
Cost johnson the agent of the claim and he now de-
tends the payment OF the interest on the Galphn claim
upon the ground that the Secretary OF the Treasury was
bound be governed by the usage OF the government
in the NATTER but could go 70 the public law Tor authoy
il could be conflicting laws TO settle claims I'M
der, and ii the usage OF the government had not long
siuce superseded the public law
Why ad Mr. o Ewing allow and pay the old
Did Mr. kevedy Johnson give the requisite legal decs
Does no, the conduct Of the members the cabinet
question, in the Of reopenng these old claims and
paying Them deserve to be inquired into by committee
Of Congre IS
Almost everybody here says does but no one in Con-
gress likes take the trouble and responsibility OF making
the proper move in the matter.
II Is believed tina, neither Clay, Webster nor Crttenden,
would accept the State Department Mr..
Rives Paris, and Mr. Winthrop spoken Of for
that important Should Mr. kves be called to IT, and
Mr. Winthrop sent Minister France, the arrangement
would be popular Honest John Davis has numerous
friends all country who desire him in at the
head of the Treasury Department
John Bell, OF Tennessee, and Mr. McKennan, OF Penn
syyana, highly and warmly spoken OF for the War De-
panment One OF them most likely will receive the
appointment Thomas Butler King is the universal favore
OF the wings and the officers OF The navy for the post OF
Secretary OF the Navy
The Hon John Clark, the Hon. Caleb b. Smith, and
the Hon. Truman Smith, spoken of warmly in con-
with the Of the Interior and the Post
master Generashp. A.. u. @.