Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-08-29
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
nrnnrRArs OF VIRGINIA!


DEMOCRATS OF VIRGINIA!
a., 49,, ,n,r;,o in that energetic manner which beh's
bio ..n, crisis and the cause you advocate or 'he RAJ
ccions? Is every county acting! Is mere 10 DC iu
snt,,ion of the party in The Staunton conventions h
yerv county appointed delegates? We have observer ma
,,uy counties have done and we nave pnDsheu inc p
,cedings of many, but yet all have not zone So "'i
nr, DAVIS probably have yet all come around since w
,, for organization. But have all those couhues WINS
courts have been held taken the incipen steps, ana a
q. representatives the great convocallon IN oePoe
noush is known that that viii De aeh'eu p
tied and enthusiastic body worthy OF trip many miles 10 Sc
AID attend IT, The young men OF the iano anu '.v ~
lie there; the East will shake hands wlih inc WIS., 0 y
of The sea shore with the bearhuntes oil the noun
,;n oorpes Norfolk Wheeling Alexandra ana Aoheao -
J., there So will Richmond and lynchourg, ~
Winchester Will moi all the counties, cltics an" 'o"S' "
was once DID, but is now our reuvenateu Co'"'o"
have their representatives here7 Let US have grand say
, Genuine primary assembly ofoverowlng numbers. he. =
come together the citizens OF one uneo' ihui'i''
commonwealth Let us take counsel together 10
puttinp down that federalism, which, Ike rank "eeu:
N the night, has grown up during our no-par',
s,osfc,;or Ie, us strike great blow for our glorl
ors party-the conservative party of the unon-the ons
v ob 10 save and the only party whose destiny lnsep
,r,blv linked with THE UNION To all the counties "hcf
have not vet acted saysrRixE ONE MORE BLOW fo 'f
;jSIoS-oIvE ONE MORE HoME-rHRusT TO rEDERAL'S'' u
all 1cU be 1ceN Nth the country.
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The New York Herald few dnys with that hard prac
teal wit, which so much chaacerizes IL expressed the op
ION that of salt would be consumed al c y
alias Wing convention TO be held al ina
lace in sarinc the Silver ays Fillmore Wings; meaning
thereby that those immediate and personal iflenus VI
Cnionsayin Presidential candidate (ot The virgin" '
press) would certainly coaesce with the Ssara"eS INV
Weed men, (yvho say The Union shall DC preserved ous
the Constitution be destroyedD IN the approaching S
elections ia New York, considerable amount OF SAT- "ouia
10 he us in preventing the bad odour which would
eyhale from the Grays and preserving them un some ohs
thereafter they should convenient indignation of
scsis in Ter 10 advance the of their candidate IN
Southern atitr;es Salt doun the Grays, and up rM the
E,,eoa bnrnr will doubtless be the Seedrd and fmore
motto in the approaching New York State elections
But this invaluable mineral bids fair to be in high equis
ton elsewhere than Syracuse most nosome e1aao
is filing the lanes and alleys, and public buildings OF wash
inr,on City, ANY Of white washing has been done
there recently by the Republic and n!eSsncer but sun
the odor rises Salt in sad requstion We fear no al
tanable amount the article will cleanse that now corrupt
city Nothing will restore reasonable cleanliness ana sa
ubri,y TO the metropolis but the Democratic bosom which
will be vigorously applied next winter Here ioowsn MS
.o.y II the epidemic there prevalent.
THE GALpHIN GOVERNMENT.
Since the advent Of the present administration 10 power
the uubc mind has been repeatedly startled by the announce
nmn of immense sums Of money having been distracted
from the public treasury By members of the government
Though the medium of claims good or bad Claims have oeen
prefercd admitted and paid which have no foundation what
ever and others like the Galpin ciaim after struggling
against repeated rejection through thceous OF century
were paid justice TO the claimant or his heirs but &C
enrich his attorney who was member Of inc m
inrsted This appears have been an isolated case
but TO be- part of system. II was well understood al
Washington that all claims the government were required
10 90 through certain channel which IS anything ou
cheap one The claimant had the choice OF getting hothng
or small per cenage Of Just claim nus mere no cahc'
honestly To Obtain what is justly que MN from '
government. :. 49,
Gardner claim which briefly thus: Dr.. George A. Gar
liner owned silver mine in San Louis, Mexico, and opera
led from lS44 1876 when, the approach OF Inc CnC
States army he obliged to leave under an order OF m
Mexican cXpc'ng Americans; and us nc was tu
obliged to abandon his property lie claimed damages, ant
was awarded Sl25 $50 by the Commissioners OF Claims
this amount however Gardiner but S5O0UO the remain
ing 1850 being seized by the secretary OF The treasury
Mr. Corwiu MIR. Corcoran the government broker MAJOR
laley, Mr.. Curtis formerly collector OF New York. ane
hers for their services in passing the claim Dr. Garone
left for Europe and Mr. Porte, formerly claimant through
NJ Poussn the French ambassador for tobacco damages
SOW comes forward and that Dr. Gardiner asserted
Tin. that the whole claim forgery and got through by
:.ard swearing and that he determined to expose H. be-
cause he sucezed hatd by The secretary and his
ompces This rumor brought TO the notice OF the gov
eminent by Mr. Curtis who solicited investigation The
result which has been that the grand jury have ouno true
bills for perjury against Dr. Gardiner who is now IN Europe
and against his brother Carlos Gardiner The later was ar
rested and was, July lS admitted TO ball The invest
CATION before the grand jury OF course, IN secret anc
ii. force of the evidence which acted has therefore
transpred We have heard many complaints against The late
Mexican board, and OF the wrongulness OF many OF INC
awards made by it, but have no authority to send io
apersons and papcrs" wait for further dcvelope
before venture to give currency 10 e s'a
nens which have reached us. Congress VIII doubtless Sill
the of the board and 1.-THE OF what we nave heafc
be satisfactorily proved the Gaphn case VIII DC forgotten
As far as the administration Of public justice goes IS OF
very little difference whether the claim was frauduent or not
1.-THE mans claim was JUST certainly ne was entitled 70
than 20 per cent OF the amount The board oil claims nave
published of defence, in which they assert mat the
proofs adduced full end complete and that no persons,
on the face of those proofs would have refused TO pass the
claims and YET in the face Of This account we have the lac,
that this claimant with such clear proofs OF ms rgh couu
only obtain $50 900 OF SIPS $50 awarded S30uU went
10 persons who had other claim upon inc money IMAM sal
their necessary to liz abstraction from inc
treasury. The clearer The board show INC claims o Dr.
Gardiner to have been proved the more DO hGy conoth
The government officers who lccced him. II Gardiner
and his accompces guilty of fraud they are punisa
Bile for that; but if they before the authorities win
claim apparently honest and of the business o which thosc
persons could have had no suspicious as Otherwise we are
bound to believe they would have at all
On what basis could these officers Of the government resi-
claim for four hs of amount justly due Gardiner Tor loss
es sustained 10 Mexico Whether Gardeners claim was Just
or unjust there is equally little honesty in the manner IN
which the awarded divided and public justice
requires that the whole process should be investigated
1t follows that the whole system OF claims upon the gov
is rotten that an entire reformation is requisite,
bring his claims regularly before the court as now The
case with many of the under tho constitutions
In connection with the above dign6cd exposition OF the
ascendant egnant Gaiphinsm; and with the approaching
Syracuse Wing Freeso Convention in New York. we give
tic following article from that impartial and able print tho
Journal Of Commerce; asking the earnest attention OF that
large class OF our fellow citizens who value the Union
attached the institutions Of the South and abhor all coal
tuns with fanacsm unprejudiced description from
81 EitrS
THE WING ADDRESS.-The New York Express
slows upon recent article OF ours, rcla
,r Wing Address The Express thinks we have
not done justice the Wings Of New York in said article
II there had been such abundant, repeated and over
wheming evidence that majority Of the Wings OF the
Slte of New York not recently were not sound on
subject OF the Compromise we should have felt more al
liberty TO construe of the Address the Express
constructs heni But the matter now stands, some dis
and positive declaration seems necessary before we
properly regard cancelled the long series Of and
scfusals act, by Legislature of New York and by
Wig Conventions all implying hostility TO the Compro-
mise At the session of the Legislature next previous 10
lie OF the Compromise measures resolutions were