Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-06-04

never was any dispute anywhere about TINS
debt. 1t went from Congress to the Legisla-
ture of Georgia, and from there here, the CTS.
pute being who should pay. Georgia saiG
the United States ought to pay she United
States said Georgia. Georgia said she never
used the und that the land had been used
in the particular defence and IN the general
dsfeuce of the United States. This man, be-
ing friend OF the Revolution, called upon
his own Government. The other seven ira.
ders were L0yalists; they went to the BRITISH
Parliament and were paid. | hold that the
Government of the United States were hound
TO pay the money, as they had, 10 ll9O, as
sumed the debts IF all the States occurred
for the general or the particular defence
The Honorable George MeDuthe, OF South
Carolina. reported the bill in this body, and
the Senate passed it year after year IL
came TO the House Of Representatives and
there was its ready defender. IL went TO
the Jud ciary Committee, of which the Hon.
Joseph K. Ingersol Of Pennsylvania, was
chairman, and that committee reported unan-
imously III favor OF the bill, and it passed the
House unanimously a. will be recOllected
by the Senator from Arkansas, who was
then member OF the other House, ana woo
was present on the occasion. When General
Taylor came in, the questioo whether II
should draw interest, according to the act OF
1882, as all such claims did, was referred by
the then Secretary OF the Treasury, MI. Mer
edith, of Pennsylvania, who now, believe,
belons to the Republican phalanx, TO the
Hon. R'verdy Johnson, friend OF mine
then aud now, as noble aud true man as
lives on the face ofthe earth, who had been u
counsel twenty years before he came there;
aud, without the least knowledge OF who
the parties concerned were, he decided that
the interest was due. That is the history OF
Galphinism.
/ The cry know has been the common slosh
of party newspapers, but did not expect to
hear it 10 the Senate unless from gentle
| man who knew enough about the claim TO
point out what was wrong In 1t, or wherein 1t
violated public principle. | voted Tor It, and
! glory in it as an act Of justice and right,
/ not to my own constituents, but to the COD
/ sttuents of my honorable friend from South
/ Carolina. Doctor Galphin, the executor, Ia
whom the money was paid, lived IN South
Carolina, and it may be that some OF the pa
ties Interested Lived 10 Georgia. That the
tIblIll " IN u JASt btDA, paw " Wv t''No
the Revolution, was unanimously decided by
the Senate and House OF Representatives,,
and approved by tie President, and honestly
decided by the Secretary OF the Treasury and
Attorney General OF the United States. No
man, | think, IS prepared to conrovert it
at least ! am ready 10 take issue when any
one that does. | repeat that whoever al.
ludes to it by way of imputation, uses his
privilege as Senator to say what he Is not
ready to maintain outside.
Mr.. Hammond. | merely wish to say, as
this subject is referred to, that some twenty
odd years ago this claim was put in my
charge as o member OF tue other House, and
| Investigated it thoroughly. Knowing the
nature VI the Galphin claim, AID being ac-
uuainted with all the parties, endorse en-
urely everything that has been SAID by the
honorable Senator from Georgia 10 regard
. TO it,