The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-06-14
NEWS BY THE NAILS.
Our Washingtoa Correspondence.

Our Washingtoa Correspondence.
WAsHsGTor, june ~ 1881.
Fleeing the Goro~ment7Ae Arseon CLAIMS and their e0
paid dSpoeats'-hr CrSin has Course svsd Asssders-
Presidisl and Tiee Predenial yirsais-d PrslieioD
hst the Cabinet cannot hold together year sui, &c.
It is well known fact that almost every wealthy man
metropolitan city has made his fortune out Of the
government You count them any public occs-
sion gala day by scores and hundreds.
1t is an equally well known fact that, whenever law
yers advocates agents or other counsel in suits or
to be disposed Of get extraordinary and very
large fees for their services the thing Is nvarable that
the money out Of Uncle Sans pocket. No indi-
vidual prosecuting claim against another individual
against bank corporation Of any kind ever gives
to his counsel agent the stupendous fees which
constantly hear being allowed to this eminent
sell adrot and influential agent, who have been
successful In GET ting claim allowed and paid
by the government
Take for an illustration the Mexican claims recently
passed upon by a board Of commissioners. Ii those
claims just, and ought to have been allowed and
paid, and the vouchers sustaining them genuine,
clear and unmpeachabe why did the holders Of those
claims employ many distinguished counsel and infu-
entail men who lawyers and agree to pay them
such enormous fees know paid In
case six counsel and lobby agents employed and
paid the Of $4,000 for their services in another
case, quarter Of a claim Of 81 GOO 600 given to
banker for advance Of few thousand dollars-ess
than twenty eight thousandwhile contingent
fees secured to counsel and lobby agerts The
suit was award by the Board Of Commissioners OF
about quarter II the whole claim Even this gave
the banker who advanced money TO the claimant,
clear profit Of 50 coo his transaction while it brought
to the counsel and lobby agent engaged huge
Of money, bad take But, recoect, all-princi-
pal and counsel fees, lobby-agent fees and bankers
profts-came out Of Uncle SANS pocket Now a preg-
missioners to know that this claim Of s1o0O0O0
worth, and ought to be awarded just quarter Of
that sum!
The fact s-and there is Disgusting it-there was
vast deal Of mystery and humbuggery about those Mexi
claims before the time and after. the Board Of
Commits toners net TO examine and decide upon them.
Everybody knew this All the eminent council aud in
fusntial lobby agents retained knew it. Mr.. Thomas
Corwin the immaculate knew 1t thoroughly and entire
ly. He however that there chance for him to
make huge pile Of money and that all that he by his
legal acumen his powers of persuasion his popularity
and his influence could obtain for his principals and
himself in the way Of fees would Of peoples
treasury cut OF Uncle Sans pocket These things he
and knew and realized and with his eyes and
Outstanding VIDE open ne went into the work with
will Lo, the result he puts into his pocket seventy
nine thou aud dollars lie had good right engage
in this business cacu ate the chances and put money
in his pocket as any other lawyer in Congress lie knew
that Others would engage in the business and would
make money of Of unce Sam out Of it, aud he
thought that he might well take hand ia the enter
prise professionally. his compeers aud he did 1t.
As to the morality Of such line of conduct, leave
that with your decide upon for themselves
according to their ideas OF what rig hit and what 10
wrong.
One thrg is certain A great deal of uneasiness
has been manifested account of what has been already
said upon the subject in the newspapers
First, Mr. Corwin's champion and defender, Wouter
Won Twilcr' Of the Ttlttme-Mr N. w Adams recently
appointed to Office by the Secretary Of the Treasury
came out with semi official defence Of all that his friend
and patron had done in the matter lie carried the thing
little too far however and made seine rather curious
admissions.
Next the Republic with official defence Of
Mr. Corwins transactions in the matter Of making for
slap of of the government In the esma-
ton Of the special organ he had done nothing TO his dis
credit
But still people would talk, and the COMPOUNDED Herald
would speculate upon the subject And down the
metropolis The wonderful aud triumpban de-
fender and champion Of the late Galphn cabinet to
assume the eudgels Of defence 20 lamely welded by
outer Won rwiller' aud the RTutien and what
be could accomplish in the alter His " Treasury Cir
cular production putlis he'd simultaneously in the Phila-
delphia North american, New York Courier Enquirer,
New York Tribune, Boston .4flas, and know not how
many Scott organs L. before the public and
tined 10 do Mr. Uorwn lust about AZ much service A ths
sed and pompous writer's defence OF the Gaphins
used to do TO those departed functionare Blu, this
writer's dstribe has been productive Of thing It
has ehs ctuay killed of all farther defence Of Mr. Corwin
by the RaLc. The editor IL that organ very heartily
despises the Swiss writer alluded Not long ago,
latter came to this city while the late 5ecre
ary Clayton soourning in this vicinity aud of
for publication in Philadelphia and New York magni-
hcent cock and bull story about what the President and
Mr. Webter on their return to the seat Of government,
going 10 do In matters relative TO Nicaragua This
reco,ct taken all to pieces and scsttsr-d TO the
winds, by Mr. kngman, the we'll informed Washington
writer for the Journal q Commsree Mr. kineman's arti-
Gle was copied into, and endorsed by the Republic Why
Mr. Corwin should have engaged employed suffered
him to defend his money making transactions pasng
strange He leaves here for Ohio by way Of New York.
on Sunday next, to be gone q month
A for the cabinet holding together until January next
the thing cannot be done IL must separate and break
up. Mr. Fillmore It Is well known L. anxious 70 run foe
the next Presidency Mr. Webster Is already In the field
Mr.. Corwin ~ishes to BE- there also. Mr. Graham has
been named for Vice President, to either with Pill
mole or Mr. Webster Even Mr. Conrad has been spoken
Of by newspaper for Vice President unequal he
Ia IN ha 49,
between South Carolina and the general government.
Mr. Crttsnden IL rs understood is quite willing b.
run for President, Vice President SCOTS ticket
There IL knowing what Messrs stuart aud Hall really
want. All hands of them however, less
ous TO know who really to be for President and
Vice President next year.