The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-06-05
THE GALpnlN CASE.

10 the House Ut Representatives on the
i7,h uIi., Mr.. Burt from the majority Of The
Select COMMITTEES, made report. He said
thai upon some Of the questions involved On.
der the resolution u the House The Commit.
tee were unable 10 agree; particularly in 70.
gard to The payment Of the interest. On the
psr. o( the Committee he submitted a reso.
luton iha, The report and the two several re.
poris or arguments Of other membe,s Of the
Committee be printed.
Mr.. B. said il was the wish of The com.
mitire that the report shouid lie on the
Speakers table until il, and the documents be
printed, when they would ask that il be In j.
ken up for the purpose Of being disposed oi
or referred.
Mr.. brooks, on the question Of printing,
went fully into the history Of The claim.
which. he said. arose in 1873, under The Br
ti.h Government. lie said the original
claim vas st35lS.97 cts. TIE interest
that commenced IN May I'd. 1875, amounted
when paid to si9i 1852 50 els. The ball
which lhen commenced rolling in South Car.
olins, under tho British Government, has
accumulated 10 the enormous sum above
The claim originally belonged To one Gal.
phin. sn ludisn trader. to whom the Bfiii.h
Government issued certificate OF debt for
E97l0. sheiher Georgia OF British Curren.
cy he did no, know. The claim was 40, re.
cogolz"d by Georgia IN any shape OF form
pnt,l 1850, and then uudsr the 23i section Of
the act appended to a sale Of town lots at Al.
evsis, Georgia, he traced The history Of
the matter 90 rs pay meo'. Ga!phin. hr said,
died in l7so. The first nppI csnon was
made on The part Of The heirs oi Galphln by
an emlncn, lawyer d South Carolina, IN
1901, TO the Stale II Georgia, for the pay.
men, of lis alleged cla,m. fie referred To-
the rep IT Of Henry A. Wise, ia which ho
attempted to fix upon Mr.. FORSYTH an inter.
est 10 the claim of Galphin which wns being
prosecuted. Mr.. Is. showed that an eflar, was
made TO have the CLAIM Iecognissd BY the Indi.
ans under the treaty of New Echois. Tha,
John Ross sp0fned the proposition. II was
put in, however, as section 90, but vas scru
,inIzed and rejected from the treaty by the
Senate Of ,hc United States by a ,o,e Of 20
tol2. li~as ia fact reprobated by England,
by The Indians, and Georgia. He showed
that an aiiemp' was subsequently made ~ tho
Georgia Legislature TO instruct the mem bcrs
Of Congress from that State 10 vote for IT.
tie shosed ihav the bill was 6naly passed
by Congress without attracting particular at
ientiun, for the payment Of the claim with
Gu, interest. tie quoted the opinions of all
iarmer Attorneys General ssa,us, the pay.
meni Of interest upon such claims. The pol.
icy OF the Government, he said, had always
refused interest 10 such cases. He contrast
ed the conduct Of MIR. Monioe in refusing to
let the Administration, OF which hc was a
part, investigate the claims which he had a.
galnst the Government. 81 delicate was he
abou, II. that be struggled in the depths OF
pnsetiy rather than permit passage upon
the claim. Io Crawinrd's case he said there
~as a contrast. Ills connection with the
claims Of Gaiphin was unknown 10 the Auor
ney General, and TO the President. ll., as
an honorable, high minded man, should have
made the fac, known, that these officers of
the Government might have acted with del.
ieacy IN the matter. He did not believe that
the Attorney General and Secretary of the
Treasury examined fully INTO the history of
this matter. II they had done 30 they would
have learned from Mr.. Wlses Iepor, lha,
Crawford was connected ip the matter. This
iact shows that they d,J not make the nves.
nga'ion. II they had known Tie whole
fsc's 10 The case, they would not have assu.
mrd ihe responsibility Of passing upon II, by
which a shirlwind Of wrath would be ga.
ihrred Up against the administration. lie
had himself Investigated aud read through
seventy five volumes to Get the Information
he possessed in regard to The matter. lie .
deemed the psym Of the interest and the +
circumstances most extraordinary and un.
Justifsbe.
Mr.. Burt said he desired tina, the House
and country should know how tho cvmmiues .
had performed their duty 10 this matter. lie
therefore called for the reading Of the report.
II was read.
The repor, Of the majority goes into a full
history Of the claim; presents a s,atcmen,
OF The disposition oil The money, aud concludes
with three resolutions. The argument Of The
committee may be judged by It's conclusion
IN Tue form Of resolution.
The following is u statement of The amount
oi the interest, aud how and 10 whom It was
paid
Sfafmen Of the Interest paid on the Gal.
phin Ciaim.
Interest on S43,5ls 81 for 70 years, 3
months. aud ~ days. sl9l.352 SO
Lo'' leo Of Joseph Bilan. 3.uJO %