Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-09-10


notifying tie nudlislsr, SUI tie Fapet is not
% fJrlas' d ocii0Hi Iasy ars hgld resPous.Ll-.
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rning ih1, he y.hHfes 90 base his charge upaa
ruh.ir fuuur. si.d usaiis h,sus, VI nf Iho aii oi
her ioai sui Irresponsible tongue. "a siandvr my
irend and constituent. lhat d : parry msy gaa
som thing ] have but tO say that public TuDor
- noIoriUrsy "e0mHoa iisr.'' aud the ehargs
- thsss csi.ues upoa Mr.. Corsin is wJlfmi, q
mq',c'oRs. BLj q de5-rate lie.
hr. thafnsn. ia relation &c The ulheF par.
Iiss eotcrfned, 50 fsr as there IS q design 20
rnanoiacinrs party cupilal. hsse Ony tu re-.
mark shsI General Wssdy TbompsaO, Of Soulh
Carolina. who was lhe 0riginalaHd kading coUn.
sci 10 the GsTdineT clam, IS now. leara frutu
newspaper DuJirailoHs, no, supporter Of Gen.
eral Scott, bot ,he friend Of Mr Piorce. Ma
jor Lslly, ~ho was Of Ihe counsel 10 lhi- casr.
- dIspEgu shed advocate OF GeLnFai Prices
election.
Mr; Sr,yLY. n: had Perce's letter.
Mr. CAMHBELL. Yes. he seems 10 be ghs
h0on companion Of rsTcej fr he held
bis private Rnd 90 tiiieuiia IolIer aI The
Baltimore ConS sGiioH. ami mas since figured in
Pierce meetings ia New England. Sir. die.
miss the sUtl Ca 50 FAR 20 Secretary COrwin il
concerned. And. Il may b. proper 10 add, that
since these charges we're nude by mS colleagues
haze never mcI the Secretary. Ia fact. sir,
have avoided him, believing. from his we'll
known aversion to having ms name connected
win public Controversies. he would attempt TO
dl,suade me IRON the psrormanee Of ,haI which
regard as a GUY owed not ouly 20 him but TO
his neighbours who seud me here. bis hoss Of
friends everywhere, and 10 yse!f az a member
Of his body.
THs GaLPHM CLAIM.
4 few words. Mr.. Chairman, np0n sne subject
Of the "GaIFhin Calm" Our opponents nTe
flooding the county with publications on thai
subject, well calculated 10 CeceiTe 40 uususpeet-
Jog people. This WIS claim un ,he par. Of
the heirs Of Ga phin Coz money expended by
the ancestor 10 Georgia during OUT revolutions.
~ struggle. viii not 60 into iIs interesting
details. but will stale that this "a expenditure, sI
The lime when our loreiaIhers "lOughI, bIed, and
died. for our liberties. brought down upon the
head Of that patriot the vengence Of old Fog.
land. Such was his efficiency in lhe arueaIa
OF Independence that a resolution passed the
Brish Parliament attaining him for high treason,
and setting price upon his head as 40 orlIaw
aud q rebel. But sir neither the juslness of
The claim, or The interesting associations con-
necied with II, are matters OF any consequence
Tor my present purpose. h is sUificieuI. for Ibv
purpose Of heading .he Democratic leaders iH
IheIr efforI TO manufacture party capital oU, Of
u, 10 say thai the Journals before me Show
(which no DemocraI will deny) that the bill al.
lowing the claim passed the ThirIieGh Congress.
and that not a single Democrat opposed Hs prs.
sage.
Nj. HALL. deny thai. | did oot vo.e fOr
10.
Mr.. CAMPBELL. The rscofd may no, show
that you did. There was no persJn to rasaa =
voice against il. Your voice, sir. il raised ia
opposition TO it, would have de!ealed The bill.
Mr.. HALL. That is a mistake. h was pass.
ed under suspension of The rules.
MIR. CAMPBELL. say that under the rules
when il wa acted upon, single voice in opos.
lion could have killed the till. addressing
Mr.. STEPHENS, Of Georgia. An DOT correcIl
Mr.. STEPHENS. (in his seai.) You are. ANY
member objscling would have dedfkaIed il.
Mr.. CAMPBELL. Then, sir, charge home
upon The Democracy, as have right 10 dy by
The record, tho responsibility Of the measure
al least their equal share Of IL.
The bill allowing This Galphin claim was
signed and approved by President Polk. The
principal wus paid Ivy President Polk . admins
naIlon. The quesIlan Of ailnWiug interest up"
on it was left open by thai Administration. 1t
was taken mp as unfinished business by The 'Tay.
or administration. The question was one Of
doubt. Secretary Meredith submitted II to The
Attorney General the legal adviser of the Gov.
or ali .h.f,,I l..
an able and elaborate report, showing thai llner-
es, should be paid. Robert J. Walker MIR.
Pok's Secretary of The Treasury states ia bis
testimony before the committee o. investigation,
on this subject, that such was the characiersof
the question Of paying the interest, that he, up.
on the opinion Of the Attorney General. would
have paid il. Thus, MIR. Chairman, do !, by
these official documents, cast back upon the De.
mocracy The responsibility Of this claim.
Mr. FLoRENcs. desire 10 ask the gentle.
man single question. Has il not been the
practice always, boIh in Congress and in the De.
parlmenl, to refuse The P1yue,s Of interest up.
On any claim
Mr.. CAMPBELL. No. sir. Bv no means.
Mr.. FLORENCE. thought that such was The
case.
Mr.. CAMBELL. Not at all. The konorabs
general gentleman from Pennsylvania only
shows that he has not examined The documents
in this case, and is therefore not "posed up"
DISHONESTY OF DEMocRATs WHEN IN PowEk.
1t is my purpose, sir, 10 expose the gross vioS
lmions ofolicial duty. and wholesale pecdla.
lions upon Ihe public Treasury wheO they were
The chosen senIiGes 20 guard and defend it,
" By their fruits shall ye know Ihen." pro.
pose, for a few minutes, 10 'carry the war into
AirieaP As my colleague is prone to nvesIi-
gate antiaualed issues, and obsolete IDEAS in