The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-11-03
More GalpilinisRllr

But few persons are aware of the extent @
the stealing praciizcd by the present viii. cabi-
net at Washington. Ton e, irwin Q ms d
termined to feather his nest before he gets hi.
walking papers from Frank Pierce. The las
operation of tn man Corw;n though upon Z
much smaller scale th formerly deserves /, be
communicated to these whose money has beer
taken. Gen. Houston, Senator from Texas,
short time befnre the adj ur neent of Congress
raised committee in the lited States Senate
to inquire into alleged bri5eries, corruptions
NC, ofany government officers, at the head OF
which committee stood the General himself
The committee had not tim, t, finish their In
bors, and therefore no report was made, but
Gen Honstnn related in his speech at Dayto
Ohio, one c1se which came befor.. them, and
the facts may be relied upon. A MIR. McGn-
his, chief clerk Of the bureau of light house
construction, went to Tom Corwin and said, a:
he was getting aged and had been in office a
long time, he would be glad to have an oppor
tunity in this manner to secure to himself s,me
fifteen or twenty Thousand dollars to retire up
on and suggested that if he could be allowed to
take the contract for building light houses in
Oregon and California, he mi ht sell said con.
tract for bonus of the amo n. he desired AT
ter some days Of reflection, Corwin took up hi.
suggestion, but told the old man he must take ir
partner. McGinnis reluctantly assenied, and
enquired who he should take Corwin named
one Columbus Delano. b fore, however, the
papers in this case were completed, it 9 eemeC
to strike Mr. Corwin that he was about to let t:le
old man share too much of the prophits of the
Galphin operati IN, and therefore, he told Nc
Ginnis another partner must be taken into his
Galphn frm. The old man, seeing thi S a:::::ci
pated retiring fe:,d gradually slipping through
dis hands, kicked against this last proposition
but j, was of no usa, the whole matter was in
Corwin' s hands end he r.ust necessarily divide
this property TO suit himself McGinnis enqui.
red who should be the other recipient Of a third
Of the morey about to be taken from the peo-
pies pockets, and Corwin said his own nephew
TIE party was thus made up, the pap:rs drawn
and signed, and what is somewhat curious about
the papers, the amount of money to be paid by
the government was not stated, but blank left
which could be filled up at any time and by any
amount these Galphins saw proper. The con.
tract thus obtained oy these gentlemen, illegal
~, unlawfully, was disposed of TO some New
York gentlemen, for bonus Of fifteen thous
and d,lars. This man, McGinnis, was chief
clerk in the bureau of light house construction.
and as such, it was his sworn duty to invite
competition, to advertise far proposals for build
in said light houses, to award said contract to
tie lowest bidder; in short it was his dnty, End
the duty OF the Secretary OF the treasury, Mr..
Cnrwin, duty imposed onthem by their solemn
oaths, to save all the moaey they cosld tor tho
government. DO you not suppose, dear reader,
that portion of his fund, thus abs racted from
the pockets Of the people, went into the pockets
OF Tom CorWin' Would he consent 10 act
thus, without pay, simply for the benefit ofoth-
ers? And are these Galphins to be continued
in power and allowed to rob the Treasury in
this manner, longer by your votes! So sure as
Winfield Scott is elected to the Presidency, 80
sure robbery and swindling will continue, and
your pockets be stripped Of the last cent to de
fray the expenses of the government. II is not
easily acc united for why it requires, during a
wing administration, three millions of dollars
more to carry on the government in time of
pace than it did, during democratic admins
tration in the txe Of war. -Four years longer
of wing rule may bankrupt your national Treas
ury, render the general government insolvent.
This is precisely the state OF affairs desired by
the wing party for tho purpose of forcing the
necessity for another United States Bank
'Lct war, pestHence and famine" spread over
this country, rather than "Mllitary Chieftain'
and his host Of GaIpLins should rule in its long
er.-Lafaycttc (fndinna) Courier