The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-04-05


articles which have had their origin in
the Washington UsiOn and copied into
the Statesman and Eagle. aimed at the
character of the faithful. gifted and excel.
lent Secretary Of the Interior They
have had their origin in malice and have
been published without any regard to
truth or the proprieties of fair and honor.
able discussion. All of them have been
proved false and malicious. but no sooner
has one thus been disposed of, than anoth
er perhaps more scandalous than before
is concocted in the foul brain of one of
the Editors of the Union and set ahoat to
poison the minds of the people against
one whose only fault has been through
life that ne is too powerful political op
ponent. In tho Washington Union of
the 22d March, appears the folowing:-
"THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERroR While
the great and Overshudowing agitation growing
cupied Congress IL the exclusion OF every thing
else the operations OF the Secretary of the Inter
or seem to have been entirely overlooked. Yet,
while Congress has neglected to pay its attention
to that unscrupulous partisan, who hesitates at
nothing to advance his own party and private
ends, he has not himself been idle, as will appear
from the following paragraph, which we extract
from the letter Of an able correspondent oil the N.
Y Herald whuse means of information are as
great as those of any other gentleman connected
with tile press The writer saysi
'By.the-by, speaking Of Mr.. Ewing's morality
may as well mention the circumstance of his al
lowing the paltry sum of one hundred and ninety
thousand dollars interest on an old Revolutionary
claim-a snug little sum--which is another proof
ofthe astonishing rapid progress Of the popularity
oI the Secretary ofthe Interior with the agedts for
claims"
1t is but natural that the New York
Herald should thus be engaged. A pa.
per that is not deemed fit to lie upon the
table of the Department of the Interior,
one would naturally infer would not hes
itate to engage in bitter crusade against
the Secretary. The National lntelligen,
Ger thus dispuses of this attack, fully aud
most convincingly:-
This statement, wo are authorized to say, is
doub.y false: first in charging or nsinuating that
any improper allowance Of interest was made in
the case referred to; and, secondly, in the asser
ton that this allowance was made by the Secre
tary of tlIe Interior
The claim referred to wis settled at the Treas
ury Department. on an Opinion by the Attorney
General. in obedience TO un Act of Congress
which left the Executive officers no discretion but
to determine what its provision required and cur
ry them Ott accordingly.
The Secretary OF the Interior had nothing to d.
with the claim in any form or munner 1t wa,
not in hrs Department lie was in no way con
nected with il; aud are informed. and have nc
doubt that such is the fact. that he had never
heard fthe claim until he found himself charged
by the Union" with peCulation in allowing i'll
This branch Of the charge is marked with peculiar
atroCity. The authors of the charge, KNOWN,
that there aas such claim must have also know
by whom it was allowed The charge put for
ward connecting Mr.. Ewing with 1t, could onl,
have been made ont of especial and cherished
mnlice towards him.
: OF the existence of this malice, and It's influenc,
on the course of the ''Union," too many evidences
have appeared in the columns of that paper Il
leave any doubt apon the mind Of any homes
reader.
We cannot let t is contradiction pass 10 ou
readers without expressing our belief that ther,
is not a more faithful. more intelligent and eff
cieut officer in the governmen nor one more ell
titled tn the public confidence, than MIR. Ewing
who il seems to be an important pmt OF the voca
tim of the writers OF the Union" 10 assaiI mis-
represent. aud culumnate."
WHAT's CoMMo.-Every now and then tn
newspaper world is startled by such paragraph
as the following in the N. Y papers, which vi