The republic., 1851-01-27

Auditor, whom believe has been unJustly and un-
| nece ssarily assailed on this floor.
Mr. McCLERSANp. Will the gentleman from
| Virginia (Ar. HAyMosD) allow me to make re-
| mark
| planation. but not for the purpose of making
speech Ii is seldom that get the hoor, and dis
| like to be interrupted. :, s.
Mr.. HARALsoN. asked the privilege OF 'he moor
| for an explanation few moments Slice, aho was
refused.
tleman from Georgia, (Mr. HAnALsos.)
| MIR. HAaKLsoN. During temporary absence
| from the House, l understand allusion was made
! by the gentleman from Virginia to certain claims
| presented from the State Of Georgia at the Third
Auditors office, and that he made some comments
| in regard thereto
] Mr. Chairman, 1 acknowledge that have long
since lost all hope Of any claims, coming from the
State Of Georgia, being allowed III the Third AUDI,
tors office do not wish have it inferred that
| make any charge against that ofhcer As lar as
his department ! gentleman Is concerned.
| must say that he has always treated me ponteiyi
| whenever had occasion to call upon him tor the
| parpose OF ransacting business IN his ONCE nave
( been treated by him with uniform courtesy ana
Kindness. Bot have reason to complain 'nat
claims which have been presented there from the
State of Georgia have, in my opinion, been shame-
fully neglected, there must be press OF business
in that Department which calls loudly for the leg
isaon by Congress TO afford orce 10 nave
that business transacted
During the last session of Congress, when this
Bounty Land law passed, 1t wasstated that an ad-
the Third Auditors office. expected, when these
additional clerks appointed, to see some pro-
| gress made in this business. But must say, that
| in this l have been disappointed The Claims To-
which have referred have been lying in the Third
| AUDITORS office for more than two years. and
though attention has been repeatedly called TO the
| matter they had not been touched at the COM
| menceinent of the prerens session Of Congress.
then that officer and pressed him W attend 70
| them rendered him every assistance In my pow
er, and did succeed in getting nim 70 !ake up
4 l., -, rt2c
| rejected The name of the Third AudI1or was ap-
pended 20 those decisions butI will do that officer the
justice to say, that doubt whether ne ever looked
| into them himself. think he left the matter en-
tircly to the care OF his clerk. make this aliuson
in perfect kindness. believe he has the capacity
to have decided those cases correctly II he had ex
an,incd them himself This ID the matter OF which
| we complain have said before. have long since
given up all hope of ever receiving any favorable
| actor upon any claim from the State OF Georgia
Mr. HAyMoNp. The gentleman from Georgia
has made u sufficient explanation in relation TO
| those horse claims. .
Mr. HARALsos. Not at all. am not yet
| M HAYmoSp am disposed to give the gem
teman from Georgia all the time he desires for ex-
PLANTATION. =.
| have long since lost sight of these claims have
no apology to make to my constituents Tor TINS en-
| tire failure in the Department. They may ieei;
perhaps, that have some ilttie innuenoe mere ano
/ ied1e that have none whatever. have received
letters from my constituents containing new apPn-
cations for claims some occupying rom lor,y 70
Al xty pages but confess that have not had the
buess (considering the fate OF the others) TO pre-
sent them TO the Department. -
Mr. II ,YMorb ! believe now that tne sious1
will agree with me that was right in what staed
/ in relation to this materj that these thirty nlnc
1 claims Of the gentleman from Georgia, Mr.. hAa-
| Alison y presented at the last session, nave oeen
I der;ded aganst him. 1t may be, because georgia,
| NOT being 80 successful she he'd been upon an
| other memorable occasion, In obtaining money
from the treasury, he comes to the conclusion hae
| the Third Auditor mas not done his constituents
Justice believe that, although Georgia had been
knocking tile public treasury these claims rom
! C Ccorgia have been decided against the claimant
| In many of these cases which members OF Con-
.ress present to the Third Auditor, ana In the pre-
sentaor Of which they are interested, ,hey notonly
| press the Auditor to decide in their la'en' ooe
urge him to take them out OF their turn: ne,ns
members of Congress, they think that THIS prefer
| encc should be given them over other ciuzens'
! Why, ] was told by the Third Auditor, that pslore
! hc had been confirmed by the senate mem.
Der Of Congress went to him, and threatened that
1 he would complain 10 the Senators If he did not
take his case out of its turn. understands
! thnt The reason why the Third Auditor has de-
! cided thcse c.ains against this gentleman 3 con-
stituents or other gcptlemen's constituents 49, that
| in many casesin very iarge proportion OF tneii,
! where The soldiers have lost their horses tney
| have received their money from the government,
while In Mexico, and afterwards they come here
and ask to be puil for them again understand
| that is one why many oil these claims nase
| bsen
claims / find from the explanation of the gentle
! mau from Georgia, (Mr. HARALsok,) that what
stated entirely correct These are the cases oi
! which the gentleman complains as no. navins Deo,
decided by the Third Auditor in his speech the INST
summer The gentleman wanted 10 take away
some of the duties of that oicer ana transfer th>
to tho gentleman from Georgia, Dir Clayton, tue
Second Auditor, who always gives rlSAt dcclsiohs'
have no doubt he is a very fine officer. have no
fault to find with him, for think him one amongst
the best officers of the Government but think
- r.l- ~, tho fhnr m
business as well as the gentleman from Georgia
The facts in regard to the decision OF these claims
| ! understand to be that they have been decided
against the claimants, Tor the reasons have sateo,
aud no appeal has been taken; which is to sons ex-
! tent evidence they were decided rightly.
/ Mr.. HARALsoN. Do understand the gentleman
from Virginia 70 say, that all these claimee are de-
cided agains. on the ground that they had been
paid in r.exico!
| Mr. RAYMOND. No, sir, have not said that
understand that these thirty nine claims have been
decided upon this ground that in these horse
claims the claimant had paid these soldiers $40 or
their claim Of $780, and took receipts and transfer
of the several claims from the soldiers. Inc only
evidence going to sustain these claims was the evi
dence of the person himself who was interested in
the payment. The Third Auditor decided, and
think rightly, that ii was not proper to receive
Mr.. DISNEY With the permission of the gem
,leman from Virginia, (Mr. HAYMosD.) desire
simply to make a remark or two in relation to the
matter of appeal in the cases from the decision OF
the Third Auditor.
There no such right in existence. have tried it
myself In case which had myself, not being
satsfed with the decision, appealed to the Secre-
! tary Of War Upon examination of the case,
he refused the appeal, and took the ground that he
had no jurisdiction over the decision OF the Audi
tor. Being under the apprehension that the deci
sion Of that officer correct, took the case
TO the President of the United States, and presented
my reasons for not being satisfied with the decision
He seemed to concur with me. The case was finally
referred TO the Attorney General, who made de-
cision that there appeal from the decision
! of the Auditor.
! Mr.. HAyMoNp. do not know anything about
the decisions To which the gentleman refers. |
know that there appeals taken from the dcci-
sion ol the Commissioner OF Pensions. IL was my
impressions that there we're appeals taken from the
decisions of all the bureaus-ccrtalnly they should
~. allas.ea M.ll n,.i.aici, Il thai -.