The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-08-06
nrHE aAME or aRAR.n

1.-THE GAME OF GRAB"
The New York Herald makes feroeious onslaught on
the friends Of Mr. Fillmore for presumng the lists
with the Frtmonters the "garne Of grab" We quote
from Tvs issue u August 4lhi
The who seek recall Mr. Fillmore to power have
pretty good acquaintance with advantage sten boagb
they only temporary The grab game pretty quck
looking Of when those who should look away their
heads lest they might become evidence.
Mr. Flmores administration quite distinguished b.
bold and dashng attempts the treasury which would
been entirely successful bar for the Argus eyes OF the indie
pendent There was for example, the GaIphin
swnde heirloom from Gen. Tay ors adminsr alton, In
which his Secretary OF the Treasury implicated
other officials OF Mr.. Fillmores appointment
ed Although public opinion its mark upon all the
10 this scene never heard OF Indignation his part
az the we'll concocted fraud On the contrary no doubt
looks pleasantly Georgia and Ohio for grateful return
Tor his compIacency old friends of danger.
There another interesting which occurred du
ring his administra tionhe Gardiner swindlein which
OF his leading and esteemed supporters figured
largely. Some counsel bankers agents.
we're mixed up In the business Large OF
received by them in shape other and badly the
business concluded that but little OF the money stolen from
the treasury through the peues Of the claimant and the
skill OF his associates restored. One party only
deemedi necessary for his honor to refund his share.
We have seen nothing compare in savageness with
his, except In the writings Of Mr.. Fmores pres
Dental associate, Major Donelson But MAJOR Donelson
has either etracted his ocous charges and concluded
to make amends by lending to Mr. Fillmore the influence
of the ANDREW JACKSON attached 10 his NAME or he has
concluded to join Mr.. Fillmore and make common cause
the game OF grabp II is this latter view of the sub
jec which excite the wrath OF the Herald The
idea of Fremont having competitor speculator on
public credit and public money is than Benefits
equanimity endure.
We might be disposed to suggest paation for the
heavy charges made against Mr. Fillmore but for the
that should be confronted with the authority of
llustrous predecessor" Major Donelson Prudence die
racs therefore, that should NEEDLE in the "bear
6ght'
Wecannot refrain, however from calling attention to
the audacty of the Herald in presumng to rebuke the
Gaphinsm and Gardinerism of Mr. Fmore's admnistra-
ton whilst it the open advocate Of FrGmontism The
only offence which Major Doneson charged on Mr.
Fillmore that of negligence and carelessness in
administering the government allow his subordnaes
peculae upon the treasury He suspected OF
personal completely In the stupendous frauds which were
perpetrated-nless indeed, Major Donelson made some
such insnuaton But how stands the matter With the
Herald's immaculate candidate for the presidency 1t
secured and is supported by combination of poll
cian who have been again and again denounced by the
Herald public puaders and reckless speeulaors but
the records of the departments at Washington
be crowded with official documents charging upon Col
Fremont himelfdrect completely the glazing frauds
and yet the Herald untes with the very its own
columns have made notorious plnderers in support
of candidate against whom charges Of gosb frauds have
resting unexplained the public records since s47
A single of these alleged frauds throws Gaphinsm
entirely in the shade Claims the treasury now ON
6e for the subsistence of Col Fremons regiment, CON-
posed OF about three hundred men, during six months
vice in California amounting TO eight hundred thou.
sand dollars According these claims each of bis
cost twenty dollars day during the six months
The beef account alone shows that each consumed
every day fourteen pounds OF that article These claims
we're so enormous their face that only about onesr
or SI56 OOo have been allowed board Of army officers
examined and reported upon them, and determined that
the residue nearly eight hundred thousand dollars was
either fraudulent suspicious to require erpaua-
ton These facts reported to Congress the 18th OF
December 1854, and found in document No IL, sad
Congress, I'd session.
The Herald however is grevousy exercised the idea
Of defeating Col Fremont either with Mr. Fillmore or Mr.
Buchanan and for he that the public treasury will
90 the hands Of the punderers Can any doubt
that the s that the election of either Fillmore
or Buchanan would disappoint the hopes Of gain @he
game OF grab under which the Herald is supporting Ere
mont