The daily union., 1852-10-15

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from his constituents
The Gardiner Fraud-Mr. COrWin and the
Avowed Morals of the Whig Party.
The Republic of yesterday has elaborate and evil
deny an authorized article designed TO show that
are treating Mr. Corwn unfairly in this business of the
Gardiner fraud. On this point will permit misap-
prehension We claim that we have given Mr. Corwin
the full benefit of every word OF excupaton Of his
duct in this matter which the report of the committee
contains. We claim further, that we have pointed out
and insisted upon the uglylooking facts reported by
the committee in his only in so far as those
facts have been fully justified by his friends and
BY the chief organs of the Scott-whig party. They
have averred that his connexon with the Gardiner case
from the beginning OF his services counsel. through
his purchase OF quarter of the fraudulent claim. and
down his final signature OF the treasury which
drew the money all right and popethat, judged by
the whig standards, his whole action in the premises
bameless, and constitutes safe precedent for any
other whig senator who may be selected TO act as
counsel for fraudulent claim conditional fee
interest in it. and may, pending its prosecution. become
Secretary of the Treasury This issue, thus made up by
the whg organs as issue between the parties,
accent, and upon il we go TO the country The whig
party is content with Mr Corwns conduct and promises
nothing better for the future The democratic party and
policy. hold demand different OF action
from man in Mr.. Corwins position, and regard his
action n the premises alike unfortunate and inadmssi
ble We say, let the country judge and upon the
party positions thus respectively assumed.
The first point which notice in the Republics arti-
Gle is made in the following words:
by the committee OF the Gardiner claim correct the
question arises, does that estimate involve facts which JUS
y the Union in alleging that the public treasury has been
pundered through the fundamentally of whg officials
Is Mr. Corwin. or is he not, justly amenabs public
censuTe r.
We reafirm every word OF the accusation above cited
from our columns We say in this Gardiner raod the
public treasury has been pundered through the insru
mentality OF whig officials" in the mons,rous amount OF
mar haif million. Was not the board Of commission
ers on the Mexican claims board of whig officials"
and OF Sco-whig officials, too Was not the Secretary
OF The Treasury also Scott whig official" (" And
not the plumber OF the treasury in this effected
through the instrumentalty" OF the award OF that
board and OF the warrant OF that Secretary based upon
such award We defy the Rtpubiie to gansay letter
OF our statement TO the "instrumentay" by which
this plunder of the treasury accomplished. "Whg
officials" were the instruments Of whig officials, too,
whom now that the fraud has been put through, the
whg party openly jusfes in their conduct, and holds up
as safe guides for future wbg official action
The second point we notice in the R,puCiist article is
made as follows;
rhe utmost llia, Mr. Old. had The courage say was
that Mr. Corwin 'tuspscsd Of having been improper
ly connec:ed' with fraudulent claim The House could
be induced eudore more, and its committee alter
fail iuves
unenable. After Mr. d. has failed, aud after the
miuee, with msiOtiiy 81 democrats, has pronounced
against the charge the Union steps forward and deals out
columns abuse for days in succeson In direct contra
dicon 10 the conclusions forced upon It's committee
:" the Union speaks truly, the House committee have
failed discharge their duty for is assertions at
rance with their conclusions"
II is utterly untrue that We have written a word at
variance "with The conclusions OF the committed" in re-
gard 10 Mr. Corwn's alleged improper" connexon with
the claim Here s "the conclusion OF The committee"
cited BY the Republic i,self in this very article
"No testimony has been sdduced before the committee
proving, tending prove that the Hon Thomas Corwin
had any knowledge that HE claim OF the said Gardiner
fraudulent that fase testimony forged papers
had been, be- procured to sustain the same"
No proof before them proving. or tending TO prove,
that Mr.. Corwin knew that the claim fraudulent or
lis proofs iogedthat is all that the committee say in
exculpation OF him But is that equivalent TO saying
that all his connexion with the claim and all bis action
in regard 10 were proper" Do the committee say it
was not improper" for him to become counsel for this
fraudulent claim against the government a conditional
interest in H. while be receiving the pay Of the GOV.
ernmen, as senator Do the committee say Il all
right and proper for him in that position to buy part
OF the claim, and pay Gardiner the money for It, IN or
der TO enable Gardiner pending its prosecution. to start
of for Mexico and hunt up fabrcate more proofsi
Mr. Corwin's own brother that quarter OF The
claim was purchased, and the purchssemoney was paid
to Gardiner for this sole purpose.
Do the committee say that Mr. Corwn, when acting
as counsel for the claim, had no suspect the
claim Of fraud and 10 be on his guard against it, when
the secretary OF the commission and one OF the comms
sioners both swear that suspected and 40 de-
nounced to them from the fret, while Senator Corwin
was repeatedly appearing before them its advocate
DO the committee. by saying that Mr Corwins knowl.
edge OF the fraud proved before hem certify that in
20 doing he did no more inan what right and proper
for senator to do
TIE committee censure the board for passing the sus
peoied claim without rakos time care to send or wre
to Mexico inquire into It, In doing do they exon