The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-10-22

HENsIoN AND REBuKE. In this conclu-
sion the committee Of investigation, oi
both parties, fully agree! The following
facts are also made clear BY this report;
and we ask the reader TO pause aud pom
der uppn lhem:
lst. That Mr.. Corwin, whilst acting
as Senator from the State Of Ohio, and
receiving eight dollars per day for watch
irg over and guarding the national lreasn-
ry, took large contingent fec for the
prosecution oil claim against the United
Slates-,he amount Of bis fee depending
npon the amount Of money he could get
out Of the United States treasury.
I'd. That when he was appointed the
head Of the Treasury Department under
the present administration, and received
the custod, the national treasnry, and
when this claim, If paid, must be paid
upon his warrant, he sold his contingent
claim for large sum Of money.
We may be answered, that the com
miltee Of investigation declare that in
their opinion Mr. Corwin did not know
that the Gardiner claim was fraudulent,
but it is apparen, and undeuable, that
he received large sim of mney for
his services in this cHse; thai he advncu-
ted il in the face OF the notorious suspl-
cions thai surrounded il--suspicions even
shared BY the commissioner, (who were
censured by the coInmihee,) aud that he
still retains the money and refuses to smr.
render it on the ground that he did NOT
kao,c that the claim ,0as a fraud! As il
was mol proved 10 be fraud, which pub.
lie opinion long suspected i, 10 be, MI.
Corwin can rid himself of all completely
in the dishonor of the claim by returning
the money to the public treasury. lie
is bound to do this. The law may not
be sufficient 10 compel him TO do it, but
common equity andjus'ice TO the plum
dered treasury Of the people demand that
he should pay il back TO the treasury;
make it good TO those who purchased
his iutefes, in the claim; and stand be-
FIRE the world vindicaied from the c6na
demnaion which his present position will
draw upon him from honest men OF all
! pafties. a
There are othet important points in
this report which we shall discuss here
after. 1t presents most revolving picture
of the morals Of the present Scott Leaders
-2the men who sat IN the board of Mex
ican commissioners-who decided inf
favor Of this utterly gtoundless claim
who urged il lbrough--and who received
the greater share Of the proceeds. The
fact that no such mine ever existed in
the district Of San Lnis Polosi, as that
upon which the claim was based; the
fact that Mr. Gardiner is now indicted tor
his connexon with il, and is awaiting bis
trial, under heavy surelles, before our
courts; the fact that the board that de-
ched in favor of this claim admit that
they themselves suspected il; the fact
that they nevertheless decided il was
lust: the fact that, in the face OF the
suspicious that surrounded the claim, the
board never sent to Mexico to establish
lis true character; The fact that this board
was composed Of decided wings, and
Scott wings wiihal; the fact that this
board has been censured BY the commit
tee; and, finally, the fact that Mr.. Cor
win, now the whig Secretary Of the Tres-
sury, and now the confidential friend of
General Scott, advocated this claim while
whig senator in Congress, and sold out
his interest in it before he went into the
cabinet, Cor sum which he still retains
in his pocket: these disclosures are
enough 10 siarile the country, and 70
awaken the strongest indignation. They
expose another damniug page ID the MS.
Tory Of the four years soon to close; ana
they admonish the people TO beware ot
elecling any man to the presidency who
Is surrounded by the condemned authors
OF the basest frauds, by high officers OF
the government, that our whole history
discloses I ps '.,..t-lanee 'a
Ex-senator Haywood died at Raleighs
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