The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-04

i Mr.. Crawford was interested IN the claim, and
was Secretary of War when the interest was paid
that is all. will, however, ask, when the offer
| was made to have the justice and legality Of the
allowance referred to the Supreme Court of tho
| United States, who prevented it? The Senate
Journal viii show
! Did they want to commit a fraud upon the
Treasury! Was Mr. BurLER, of South Carolina
MIR. ArcHIsoN, of Missouri Mr. TuRNEY, of Ten
nessee, and number more whom | need not name
were they all Galphins9 But am done with this
and am also done with the matters alluded to in
the report of the committee on the Gardiner case
1 have shown that that committee fully acquitted
Mr. CorWln OF the charge of being improperly
connected with the claim, and that this bill has
really no connection with the duty assigned to
them.
This bill, with amendments, intend to vote for;
but shall not vote for it as it is, BECAUSE under its
provisions, any member might be put in the peni-
tertiary for going down to the Pension Office and
filing the memorial of any of his constituents for
a bounty land warrant. With amendments which
| shall prevent members of Congress from attending
to such business s'for fee reward, shall vote
for it. am in favor of such prohibition in future,
not because there has been any thing dishonorabe,
dlsreputable, or corrupt or ssnaaum in seq in suck
acts, and not because think that Messrs. Dali
las, Webster, Benton, and Stanton, or Corwin,
did any thing wrong in what have stated, for
do not; but because think that we should estab-
lish rule for the future by which honorable men
can act so as not to subject themselves to unjust
imputations. The bill thus amended would, if
even made retrospective, never touch any act of
mine But make, however, no boast of that.
have never looked upon such acts in others as at
all disreputabe, much less as grounds of charging
corruption. think itwise and proper that such
a regulation should be made. And why? Be
cause honest, unimpeachable men, such, in my
| opinion, as Webster and Corwin, and others act
ing in that capacity, may be sort of cloak for
those who may be INSCRIPTIONS and corrupt.
Qn the progress of the debate Mr.. STEPHENS
having repeated his belief, from the disclosures,
that the Gardiner claim was wholly unfounded; but
that the matter was undergoing judicial investga-
ton before the proper courts; Mr.. JOHNSON,
of Tennessee, inquired of him if the proof of its
being q fabrication was not conclusive as to
cause the President to institute suits for the
cry of the money, and prosecutions for forgery and
perjury, &c; and whether Mr.. STEPHENS would
say that Mr. Corwn, if these cases should be de-
cided against Gardiner, would repay what he had
received from the Treasury of the United States.)
Mr.. STEPHENS. will answer the gentleman.
admit that the President has done what he said,
and 1t is fact that he did it long before this camor
in the House was raised. The President had this
man arrested under suspicion that reached him,
think, long before the gentleman from Ohio Mr..
OLDs) moved in the matter. The President upon
suspicion did it, and he did right; and this commit
tee, of which the gentleman from Tennessee Mr.
JoHNsoN) is member, knowsand reports that the
President has been vigilant-and the papers in the
report show that MIR. Corwin too has been active
and vigilant in getting at the truth of the matter
grant these facts, and state them because the
is now pending and is veto be tried The President
has been yigilant, Mr.. Corwin has been viglant,
and am l to be asked what he will do in anticipa-
ton of that judgment?
MIR. Gardiner, 1t is true, was put in prison. He
has given ball. he has found sureties; he says that
he will vindicate his character. Is Mr. Corwin, or
any one else, to PREJUDICE him? | never believed
much in those Mexican claims when we went to
war to get them; when we were told that there
were six or seven millions of them, that we ought
to go to war to make Mexico pay them. / thought
then that they were most of them nothing but
patches of fraud But will do justice even to a
Mexican claimant. | will not PREJUDICE his case,
Let him come into court l. as a grand Juror,
say that believe the suspicion is strong one
that his claim is fraud. But he shall or should
have his day in court before he is condemned
He claims the opportunity of indicating himself,
according to the laws of the country, and accord
ing to the treaty, and he should have it. My
opinion is, that he will not do it. Mr.. Corwin's
opinion is, doubtless, that he will not do it. The
President is of the opinion, imagine, that he will
not do it; and hence they institute these proceed
ings against him. But | will not crush even a
worm; bad even as believe Gardiner to be, will
not PREJUDICE him, nor denounce Mr. Corwin in an
tcipation of his act, depending upon future iudg-
Gardiner shall be found guilty by this court would
defend Mr.. Corwin for holding this money!
do not consider that the evidence discloses that
Corwin has received one dollar of this money from
the Treasury of the United States. The testimony
is, that he did buy what he thought was good
title, and sold it without warranty, with quit
claim That is matter between him and his as
signee. Mr.. Law, or some one under him, it seems,
got Mr.. Corwin's interest in it.
But my opinion is, that when the case in court is
proven to be fraudulent, if it shall be so proven,
that the same vigilance which arrested Gardiner
ought to pursue every man who holds portion of
it the one-fourth stands on the same footing as the
other three-fourths. / have no reason to doubt
that Mr.. Corwin would be just as yigilant, and the
President would be just as vigant, in ferretng out
the one the other. do not care in whose pocket
it is to be found. How Mr.. Corwin will act to-
wards his assignee do not know. Whether he
will feel under obligation to make good what he
sold without warranty or condition, do not know.
And it will be time enough to moot the propriety
of his conduct in this matter after the case shall be
found by the court to be fraudulent if that shall
ever be, and after George Law, or his assgnees,
who got the money, shall fail to respond.
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1t has long been known to Psychologists, says the
Recorder, that certain coloring matters if admins
istered to animals along with their food possessed
the property of entering into the system and ting
ing the bones. In this way the bones of swine
have been tinged purple by madden, and instances
are on record of other animals being similarly af-
fected. No attempt, however, was made to turn
this beautiful discovery to account until lately,
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