The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-09-25
tuesday evening, sepl. aa, 1854

last, and the Eagle must excuse us five
deem ii our duty to expose q few of his
glnIing falsehoods under this head. We
may promise here that we do not intend
stthis time TO defend the payment Of Ell
ther tho Galphin or the Gardiner claim.
The former was paid under the order Of
4 Locofoco Administration and the Just
ness Of the latter has mol yet been decid'
cd upon.
Col. Medill stated In subsi ance that the
Galphin claim wos allowed by a Wing
Administration. and forgot to state that
The British Government refused to pay
the claim because George Galphin was
too much inclined to bs Revolutionary
Wing. The truth Of the matter is that q
resolution was passed by Congress and
signed by President Polk, directing the
Secretary Of the Treasury t" pay the
heirs Of George Galphin what should be
found due. To leave this fact nut Of the
question. as the speaker pOrposely did,
was low piece Of dsmagoguery. unwor.
thy ofa stumper Of much less reputaliun
than the candidate for Lieutenant Gov.
ernor possesses. IfaDy odium attaches
TO the payment Of tho claim. the greater
portion clings to tho Democratic party.
1t was they who decided that the claim
WIS just one. il was they WIN decided
that II should he paid, it was President
Polk who signed this bill. and ell the o.
dum that can possibly attach to the Wing
Administration is the payment Of the in
terest upon claim decided TO be just by
aLocofoco Administration. Another i'm.
portant fact which was purposeIy omit
ted by tho speaker. was the request of
Mr.. Crawford to have Congress empow
or the Secretary oftbe Treasury to pros.
ecute suit. giving the best Of security
that he would refund the amour, receiv.
cd by him. ifihe proper tribunal decided
sgsinst the justneSs Of the claim, and the
more important fact that Locofoco
House refused this very reasonable re.
quest.
Now for the Gardiner claim. Mr.. Me.
dill had mnre decency than some Of bis
organs. for he would not hazard his rep.
uiation by calling Mr.. Gardiner q perjur.
or, and yet be was perfectly willing Ia
caAt odium upon Mr.. Corwin, because he
had, pIior TO his taking seat in the Cab
iuet, been an agent for DR.. Gardiner,
Whether the claim was just or not, Mr.
Corwln was TO blame in any event. as he
might have felt an interest in not having
the purchaser Of his agency suffer. This
10 decidedly an inference. ono ofthe kind
peculiar TO demogogues. aud Mr.. MedilI
should at least have had tie maDineSs to
wait until he knows whether the claim
iSjuSt or not
Start not. reader oil this was for effect
--an attempt to show why the present
Administration was spending consider
able money. Here arc two claims. mol
half a million Of dollars 10 all. which are
exhibited to prove that the Wings are as
extravagant as Locoiocosi and TO make
sure Of an argument he considers nearly
oil other claims like them. This is rich
assumption, but any man Of ordinary ca.
pacity will scarcely believe lha, any bad
claims have been paid. which I.ocofpco.
ism would not specially mention,
Had Col, Medill been anxious to in.
form his hearers Of the reasons existing
for the late Appropriations, he might ea.
silly have discovered them in the pay.
ments to Mexico. tho extension Of our
territories. tho payment Of the interest
upon our public debt aud various o,he
appropriations rendered necessary by tn,
late war with Mexico. He might Ols'
have told them that LocufIeo Congress
had passed these very appropriation bills
and then tho audience would probubl
have wondered how Wing Presiden
was to blame. M.
tits sirarge that an individual who ha
been Representative In the Ohio Leg
isloture, a Representative in Congress
an Indian Commissioner. President Of
Constitutional Convention aud u candi
date tor Lieutennni Governor, shoult
thus at,emP,to make pOry capital Ly no
telling the truth. tie whols truth ant
nothing but the truth. We are not sur
prised at his organs here, for they know
no better but he has had better opportu
nilies and II is remarkable that he is no
able to give bsllsr statement than h,
did on Monday evening last,