The daily union., 1852-10-08
The presidential election takes place the second day
of November
The Great Gardiner Fraud.


The report Of the committee appointed to investigate
the connexion Of the Hon Thomas Corwn with the Gel
ebraied Gardiner claim will be found at length in the col
umns Of the Union this morning. As it is document
that has been long looked for will be read with deep
interest The report is signed by two democrats and
one whig, and is statements the result Of la
borous and candid investigation Of the facts We do not
intend at the present time to enter into any lengthy
men upon the evidence disclosed by this committee the
conclusions agreed upon, the parties implicated But
We dp not hesitate to say that the report presents picture
OF political progacy and of personal ahasement which
has not been paralleed in the history of the present
administration, from the days Of the Gaphins down
ia the present hour, n
Our readers will recoec that the committee to nves.
tgate into this claim raised at the last session OF
Congress, upon resolution offered by Hon. Edison B.
Olds, OF Ohio, and amended by Hon. R. K Meade, OF
Virginia and that in the course of the discussion prece
ding the adoption OF the resolution by the House of Rep
resentatves, Hon. Lewis D. Campbell OF Ohio, the friend
of MIR Corwin and now one of The immediate abolition
friends OF Gen. Scott made the following declaration
'The proofs furnished by Gardiner and his agents.
and have the authority of the members of board
commissioners composed, as il was, Of distinguished men
and able urs for saying that there clearer case
were most perfect both In matter OF form and substance
and consinsd internal evidence, by combination OF
roborave circumstances force the conclusion that the
claim was just it was allowed"
Dr. ods in repy, took issue with this statement; and
the fact established upon the amplest evidence,
that the Gardiner case WAS FRAUD THROUGHOUT, AND
THAT FRAUD THAT THE BOARD OF COM
MIssIoSERs WHO DECIDED " NAVE REprIyEp THE
yEREsT RIPREHEssIoS AND REBuKE. 10 this conclusion
the committee of investigation, OF both parties fully
agree The following facts also made clear by this
report and ask the reader TO pause and ponder upon
them:
ist. That Mr., Corwin, whilst acting senator from
the State OF 0hio and receiving eight dollars per day for
watching over and guarding the national treasury took
large contingent fee for the prosecution OF claim
against the United States-the amount Of his fee de-
pending upon The amount Of money he could get out OF
the United States treasury.
3D. That when he was appointed the head Of the
Treasury Department under rhe present administration.
and received the custody OF the national treasury and
when this claim, paid, be paid upon his warrant
he sold his contingent claim for large sum Of money
We may be answered. that the committee Of nvesti-
CATION declare that in their opinion Mr. Corwn did not
know that the Gardiner claim fraudulent; but il is
apparent and gndcnabs, that he received large sum Of
money for his services in this that he advocated il
in the face Of the notorious suspicious that surrounded it.
suspicious even shared by the commissioners (who were
censured by the committee and that he SUI retains The
nonsg and refuses surrender T. he ground that he did
not kno the cisn fraud As is now proved 10 be
fraud which public opinion long suspected il TO be- MIR
Corwin can rid himself Of all completely In the dishonor Of
The claim BY returning the money to the public treasury
lie is bound 10 do this The law may not be sufficient to
compel him TO do il but common equity and justice TO
the plundered treasury OF the people demand that he
should pay il back to the treasury; make il good TO
those who purchased his interest 10 the claim and
stand before the world yndicaied from the condemnation
which his present position will draw down upon him
from honest OF all parties
There are other important points in this report which
we shall discuss hereafter presents most revolving
picture Of the morals Of the presen, Scott eadethe
men who sat in the board Of Mexican commissioners
who decided in favor OF this utterly groundless claim
who urged il lhrough-and who received the greater
share OF the proceeds The fact that such mine ever
existed in the district OF San Luis po,os as iba,
upon which the claim based the fact tha, Mr. Gard
ner is now indicted for his connexion with 1t, and
awaiting his trial, under heavy sureties, before our
courts the fact that the board that decided in favor OF
this claim admit that they themselves suspected IT. The
fact that they nevertheless decided il just; the
fact that, ia the face Of the suspicious that surround
ed the claim, the board never sent 10 Mexico to
tablish lis true character the fact that this board
was composed OF decided wings, and Scott wings
whal the fact that this board has been cen.
sured by the committee; and, finally the fact that
Mr.. Corwin, now the whig Secretary OF the Treas.
ury, and nov confidential friend OF General Scott,
advocated this claim while whg senator in Con-
gress and sold out his interest in il before he went into
the cabnefora which he still retains in his pocket
these disclosures enough staTie the country and
TO awaken the strongest Indignation Tbeyexpose another
damning page in the history of the four years soon
to close and they admonsh the people to beware Of
eecting any 10 the presidency who is surrounded
by the condemned authors OF the basest frauds by high
officers Of the government that whole history dis
closes.