The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-04-20


The UnIon Of yesterday puts sundry questions 70 us
concerning claims which the las, admin ssason took the
responsibility OF leaving undecided and the decision OF
which has deyolved upon different departments the gov
eminent under the present Our own proper
affairs require attention exclusively allow of
becoming acquainted with the particulars Of claims
counts depending ia the public offices, In which have
10 interest," likely to have any But we enabled
state the information Of the Union tatihe several
claims cited by that print yesterday all left undecided
by the late administration 20 far appears by the records
OF he several depai men,se only vehicles through which
their successors could be advised OF their oieial
What the heads Of the several departments may have
thought Of any all Of ihos claims whether they formed
opiaions upon them and IL they did what ihose oiaioas
were, we have Of knowing except IN case,
namely, The Gaiphia eiaiS which In express
s'rpsd for further consideration the question Of interest
We have but little to say, at present, in reply to the
answer which the National nsgencer has given to the
queries which we propounded to that journal in the
Union OF the nth instant Our Information was derived
from gentlemen OF high standing the editors OF the
National InfeLigencer, (and by this dspar
agement OF those highly respectable gentlemen and who
had ample opportunity under the last administration 10
know what had been done respecting the claims in ques
tion We are informed by Them that those claims had
been constantly refused under the last administration
The Iafeigeneer, in behalf Of the present cabinet as
ses in substance that they had been refused but
left to the present administration for allowance
and payment In this state OF the case there should be
thorough overhaang, by Congress, OF this matter OF
claims Let there be searching investigation into this
business and let the public know the truth about it, II
the claims which have been allowed by the pres.
ent administration had not been refused BY former
administrations, but were proper and Just to be
taken up examined, allowed. and paid by the pres.
ent administration. knowledge Of the fact would 20
far to relieve the present cabinet Of the dark suspi.
cons which now hang it with regard to those mat
ters And IL instead Of Directing to investigation, and thus
attempting to sfe and suppress all scrutiny into lis con.
Duct has been done repeatedly during the present SEES
sion Of Congress- and recently BY Mr.. Toombs, Of Geor
ga, in opposing the resolutions OF Mr.. Richardson OF
Illinois, the friends Of the cabinet would court and solicit
inquiry. we think the administration would stand in
much better attitude before the country than that in
which it now stands. But enough on this point.
There is branch Of inquiry which the Intsi.
gsneer has not noticed II stated that claims hal been
reopensd by the heads Of departments except on
instructions by Congress We called upon il to state
what claims had been thus reopensd and where the in
sruc,ions for reopenng them could be found This in
quiry the In'eiltgsneer forgets to notice.