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" I! , , , HiMWIIII if- - f. 1 VOLUME XLIII. COLUMBCTS, OHIO, TUESDA Y, SEPTEMBER 28, 1852. NUMBER 5. iDftliln )io Stale Journal IS PUI1MSIIKD AT COLUMROB KVKRY TUESDAY MOI1NINO, or SCOTT BASCOH, JOIiRXAl BUttDlHai, 1I1UI1 IPtD VtKKL BTRtNTd KNTRANCI OM IUOB. TA'Ifflf.S Inrariahly in ailrnnm: In I'olnnibiill, SUIO a rear; hv limil, M.FW; club uf four aud upward. Ql 'liil or Ion aud upward., III). Tl I r. UA I I.V JOIJIINA I, Is fumlflK il to rltj lubarriurn at M OO, nnd lr mull nt r,.IKIa v.ar. THKTKMVKKKI,y JuUKMtlila S.'I.U0 a yir. i;a teh oFAnrnnrmini! m tut. wkfki.yjournal 4 S o I 8 c a 1 8 il iiiinrfl, tUI 7&, I (XI 1 2fi 1 75 2 S5 iiu 4 ((0 & OA G W 8 00 '2 f"illnrt, 761 Iff.1 75 a !Tii) &M 0O& 000 00b lul l: 1 001 76 2 r'. 5t4 5115 006 50 H 00 II. 1 252 V3 504 005 00 0 0u 0010. 14. changeable monthly, fr'iOa jenr; weekly . rlmiiKeublu ipiarifMy nlmtii'ulilH iinr(irly , , c)iiui(;etlo unruTly 1 Kfimre, I1 4 column, column, 1 column, 10 Hues of Hil shetltypo is reckoned nsmiarti. Adrert hutments ordered mi tho fluids delusively, dmiblii Mm nlxivs ml. All iMulnd notlcm t'lmrid double, anil measured u If soli-1. Political. From Iho ninclnnnli !acln SPEECH OF ROBERT 0. CORWIN, Varfe tVorf Mb Lebanon ( Ohio) Scott Clubx on Saturday evening, September 8'A, on the Expenditures of the Ad- ministrationTim Galphin Claim General Houston's Galphinism and Locofoco Galphinism generally. Mr. Corwin said ho had accented llie invitation to addresB iho meeting for tho purpose of discussing some topics which had not been broached t any ol iloHili-eriofis lio had tlio pleasnro of atleiidiiiK during thin r,ainpiiif,'ii. Wo Iihvo, oaiil Mr. Chorimo oxceedinyly forliiualo in tho iclortion of our candidtito for tlio I'reu-idonry, and tho peoplo aro m inncli mrrifd away by ailmiration of tho hrillianl actn of tho horn, that our or atom havoqiiito friendly yitdded to llm tomplatioii to dwfll loni! upon tho lift", character am) grtmt tervicos . of fJunoritl Scott; have givm It ns pronnnence to the dUciiM.on ol priiiriploi, and of tho acta of litis and pro-rediftf! ndmii.istralionH. I liml, howovor, that our opnjunis aro purauing a dillVront coiirsrt. Their policy Inn Wen and it to attack til." tinai) 'inl ad niin'iHt ration of Iho Government by President Fillmore and hi Cabinet. Wo heard on last Saturday, in tin very Hall, n k pouch on the linan-chil policy of Ihn administration, in which preat ex-travnatiKu wan churned, and norriiplion iulimuted. That itpeecli limy be luketi for a Hpocirnen of what DfinorniH throughout Iho Ntate are loudly di-clariii", nod what th'i inure, niiui'tni. tcd amrij,' then, may nc-f ta n 1 1 y hclieve, of lit" oxirtivaatieo of the Whip party. They are in error. 1 have, with curjHiderahlon.ro. compiled curium IiicIh volntivo h iho oxpendiiuiTH of the ndniiniMration. wliich will ttncim.lely evhihit the nnionnln expended flur'uifT Filhii'ire'd AdiniiiiHlrnliou, aud the HirponeM for which lliey were expomlcd. It wan charged by Mr. MeConoick, (lain Attornoy ''eneral,) in lliis place a few day ninro, llint the WIhn , were oipoii'lini? much great or an ma in carryiua on the I ' invernmcnt than tho liemocrata for lliofiuno lenlh ol tium. Let tin see, luririt the two yeiirn of Mr. Filluioro'n Alminilrn-lion very largo expmidiiurea were niadw In cancel ob ligatioim incurred, hut noi paid, during the v;mtefu! term of .In men K I'olk. And liml, Hiere wni tlio war witli Mexico, which Mr, MrG'orinick i" rilit in c I ni ruing it a a hemocralic mea-urn. The expetiaea of lliin Mexican war, incurred by Mr. I'olk, anil chargeable upon llm Treasury of the United Sialen, wImlIi wen Hot puid iluriiiff hia term, htil during tho Ibcal year ending Juno Ul), lS'il.of Mr. Fillmore t A'lminutratinn, amounting to die aggregate sum of ten milliont nine hundred and fifty-four thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollart. I have iho item of all tld, mid can produce Iho vouchor, il'lhoy are desired. This lare mini of nearly eleven miili'ins was a part of iho legilimnln expen-tliturea of a Democratic ndmiiiiitliiition the money, indeed, Win actually expended during 1'olk'a Icrm.hut the appropriations lor it payment wore not made unlit 1S.11. Tho entire ex pond it urea of the liovernment for IH.11 wero $ IR.oUri.878, and of this sum, be it remembered $lu.!t.'i4,-i:M wero paid mil in li. (nidation of llm Mexican war debt contracted by Mr. I'olk. And now, fellow ct'icna, let me give you the ileum : Mexican Inokmmi r. liy (he terms of die treaty of peace, nude at iho conclusion of tlio Mexican war. our (ioveriiuiHut agreed lo pay Mexico tin indemnity of $15,000, 0ii. payable in ini'almenia, of which i.'MOjnn was p'lid during tho your IS.1) I. Claims oi-Citiknb of tiik Unitf.ii Htatks aoainst Mkxk o. It was also n creed to pay Iho valid chums of our cilioiis ngainnt Mexico growing out of upolia-1 lions on privito properly; anil on Ihia account was paid the sum of $ J.M C.fi!M - Intercst m War I nr. During tho huimo Mexican war, I ho national debt wat iiirren ! over liily mil lions of dollnra, and Iho interest upon this debt, contracted by Mr. 1'olk'a ndiiiinirttralioii, nnd paid by Mr. f ill-inoro'a, auioiiiitcd to tlionum ol i:),?!lii,7-1- Monk v pain to Vot.iiNTKKHa. luring iho smno fiscal year, eiitliuu Juno .'10, IH.tl, there wero paid to vol-unteers in Hi Mexicnti war, the mm of Jo;i,1,:i:til. At 1he conclusion of iho war. Congress provided for a yslem of peiHions lo volunteers, puynldo in hind warrants or in money, at the rate of $Hl(t for each warrant, or ICO acres of land. Under this provision, aoldieis elecleil lit ilraw money instead of warrants, lo Iho amount of 100, 011(1. llniiNiiAKT Commisio. lly a further provision nf ilio treaty of (Jnod-iloupe Hidalgo, a boundary line was lo be run between iho territory ol iho United Slates nnd that of Mexico, at iho joint expense of bolh rountriea. The oxponnea ir llounilary Comiots aioii paid during ilu year 111, were !f'J04,;i7r. The expouses Hltending llm negotiation nnd conclusion of Mm Irori'y were paid in the same year, and amounted to f'.H.si;,. Now. gentlemen, mid these items together, and v'U will liml llm enormous agregi,le of tl0,!..VI,-1t4. all ol which should have been n lumeil in Iho expeuoes ol tho last year of Mr. 1'olk'a iidiotoiNlralion, but it was lefl unpaid until tho first year of Mr. Fillmore's, III addition lo ihin large iiimnint I litis rdmwu to be juMtly clmrgeablo on a lieuiocratic nod im) on a Whig nilmitiixtrittioo, there mo others which I will now "late. Nkw MnriR ok Ci'i i rcnMi Hhvunit hi. tin iho ;id day ol March, lH-tf the Inst day of Mr. 1'olk'a admin-istr.iiion Congress p.isscd a bill rhanuing ihe mnuner of collecting Ihe revenues of llie United Stales, lie- lore that lime all revenue titlicers, such as I'olleelors of duties in id Receivers of Iind Oll'n es, were in the habit of di'ducting Trom the monies collecled Ihe amount of their sahiriea or cotninMsiotia, ami all exjieusea attending collections, artlca, c, Ac., returning to Itie Treasury Depiirlment the tialai.ro of public loonies left alter such deduction. Tlio new law provided for tun return of every do'litr ot (lie puhlic inotnea collect fd, and that snlnriea expenses, Hie, should bo a direct eliargoupnii IhoTrwHflury Hepartmenl from which ihey wen lo be paid, mi that after this dale the salaries nnd expeiiflea ol a large number of puohcoftieera were added to the animal expense of tiovernment. In thin way a coimdenble amount of ihe rxpenaea of Mr. 1'olk'a aitiuiuistrntioii was loft lo be paid by ihe succeeding one, n will appear. The nxpeiisea of collect' ing tlio revenues for the fiscal year ending Juno 'Mi 18.11, were f, 017,4.1(1 11:1. hxi'RNSKS or takino tiik Cknso During tile same fur a I year of Ml tho expenses nf taking the decennial census wore paid, amounting to (it7'i,.1llil. Under Mr. I'olk of course no such expenses accrued. Amount or h-lkoai. rnn.Kc thin a httruMiKii. hilt Itohert .1. Walker Hilminisiered the Treasury Department llm most careless and reckless system ol collect' ing tho revetiuos was practiced. He decided that Importers must pay duties ai coriliug to his interirrlation of tho Tariff laws: lor instance ho declared that im porters nf Sugar nnd Molaaso ah ou Id pay Tnrilf duties -on llm weiglitot these nr Helen alike time lliey were flipped, ami not when received, ttiua making no de duction for the almost inevitable shrinkage of tho one and leakage of tin other. The merchants nppeah d lo the Supreme Uouri, who ileciitcd in their Invor, ami under this derision there was refunded to importers, in 18.11, the sum o t J,;i(,t,l!0li which had been illegal ly exacted oy Mr. Walker several years lietore. Nrw Ktstfm or (Ickan Mail Hicrvh-r. Mr. I'olk'i adminisirotion adopted n new lysietn of Ocean Mail service; contracts wero made on three great rouica, I. From New York to Liverpool. II. From New York to Chairrea, and lit. From Panama to San Francisco. Not a dollar ol this service was paid during Mr. Polk'a term, while tlio amount tints paid in Itf.'il, was $l1:inJ,'Jii5. Pamknt or I'um ir Dkiif. Congrea presciibei that a certain class of bMiulsorthe United States slmul be ri'deeiiled lis Ihey Tell due this had not been done iuthotonn of Mr. Polk by whom the national debt was increased on one occasion by tho sum of f L.1,1101), 0(10: -ri7,:t'' ol the public debt were nmd in IS l Incrkask ur Civil, inn Mimtaky Fohcr Cunsi- uurar upon Ttir. Mrxican War It waa atieululed in the liealv with Mexico tlntl the Inlter '" to be pro lech d ly the Umlcd stales Irom nil depredations liy the Imtinns willnn our newly nnpinod ten itories ol Calilornia nml Now Mi'X'co. Tho ennense conse- ejueut upon this vast nildiiioii of territory enpenses that never devolved upon Mr. Polk's adminisirati"n have been ami w ill continue to lie enormous, A largi force, naval and military, has been maintained in Cidi fornia, and a military force hi New Mexico and the expen-na ol the civil ndmiuilrntioii ol the lornie while a territory, were mvesaarilv very largo. The Increased expense in llm Indian Department were $l.587.LM0; in llm War Depurlment, 4,.1(ii(,70'J ; Naval and Civil Department, l'.000,0(m, making a vast total, (with the Item previously namral.) of ttetnty tir fcWyion, (no hundred and eigktitn thontand tir wdr. and ttomtw two dollar of expense matrrtd by Mr. Polk, but jwnd by Mr. Fill mora. Summiko Up The whole expenses of Mr. Fillmore' administration for the yrar ending June :I0, HHM, re t1HpOOj;278 rrom wincn uedmu exlru expenses incurred hy Mr. Polk as above Sii.'JlS.CJ'.' Leaves $2l.787,25(i a tlii! legitimate expenditures fur that year, inoluding idl llifi items of Mr. Polk' budgets. Now, with all the boasted economy cif (he Democrats, iho expenses for their administration for 1818 were fcio,;00,ufflf From which deduct expenditures for 1851 (wiiR) i,787 And wo have a saving of 14,71,741 in tho first year of Mr. Fillmore's administration. These are all facta, and the evidence is on file in Ihe Department at Washington, and Democrats who perambulate iho country pretending lo enlighten Ihe peopltt, representing them otherwise, are eilhor very ignorant, or very dishonest tho fuels are concealed from iho voters. He it runic inhered, then, that in the first year of Mr. Fillmore's administration there was cll'ectcd a saving of over fjur million and a half in the ordinal y expenses of Government in Iho nccond year there whs a Having of over eight millions and n half; tliu expenses of that year being lesa by Unit large amount than thoto of Mr. Polk'a ndniii.it.trnti.in in 184(1. Keep these truth before Ihe people' Uut in the face of thin il ia very common in hour third rate Democratic stump orator attsert that tlio Whigs have increased the annuul expenditure of tho country from tweuly-six millions to forly.eight million! And then they turn nnd ask, "What baa become ol alt litis tnf yl" nnd furnishing themselves the answer. reply Ihat the "(ialphina" and " Hurdiiiera " have Hwallowrd it ! W'o have economized over eight millions in the ordinary oxpenses of (ioveriimetit j and if, in nddiii' ii to this largo saving we have paid iho claims of tho r.alpliiiia aud (iardinera it demonstrates that under Polk'a administration unjust claim must have been puid in tho nmoiint of at least uighi and a half millions more than under Fillu oro's PoMTna op thk "(Jai.puins." (Jentleinen.ii word a to the polities of tho "(ialphina." The (ialphiu claim was presented to a Democratic Congress during Mr. Polk'a term ; a bill waa passed referring tho claim to tho Treasury Department fur payment, li. J. Walker paid Iho principal, and asked tho Attorney General if the interest ih.uild be paid. No report was made during Mr. Polk'a lerm. While the buneuicd Taylor waa President, Mr. Meredith, Secretary of tho Truaiu-ry, consulted Heverdy Johnson, then Atlornev General. and a lawyer ol tho highest attainments, a to Ihe le gality fii mo cinim ir iniereti on inu purl o dalplitn s heirs Mr. Johnson aid Ihat ihe law passed by a Democratic Congress, waa so worded a to make it obligatory upon the Department to pay the interest, nnd it waa accordingly paid, lint wo are told that Mr. Sec-rotary Crawford was nil attorney oriment for Galohin. and received a large fee. Triio ; I plead " guilty " lo Ihe charge so far an it goe. 1 will not excimo n cabinet officer for receiving money as ngeut of u claimant wuose claims come hi iijh impnrtnicnl for payment Hut, gentlemen, thero was but one member of Genera! Taylor' Cabinet that at all participated in this mailer. Mr. Crawford would have gone oni of iho cabinet had not General Tnvlor died, and is now t! inn vino (hnn-ht for Vict ft and King! It is plain that Ihisiculiciimtmn in the thilpluu case wan Iho first exlnial dctuoiistrit- I imi of hi Democratic proclivities. j'Chenrit.J Mr. Crawford must have spurned this "claim" but tor iho latent Democracy in his soul. Hut I nm told " II Gjlphiu and Crawlurd were De-itinera! Or. Gardiner is a Whig." TDK GAICDINKR CLAIM. Motive of delicacy have until now deterred me from iiscuiiie tho ( .ardiuer Claim before Itie neunle. Nor i was my unwillingness overcome by the peily nlhiektt a peiuer pouiiciiin it village meelmiiH and on the stump. 1 knew it was all right so far a Thomas Cor- win und mysclt were coucerueil. Hut, gentlemen, on a recent visit to Columbus I chanced lo hear no less a personage tlmn General Houston idler the slauder llmt Iho Secretury of iho Trensury used his olUehd po xiiioii t inllmnco the payincut of (he Gardiner Claim, and, at tlio sumo time, implicating mo in what he urged as a fraud upon tho Treasury. Then silence used lo be a virhio. 1 resislpd tho immiUo loan. nwer General I louston'a slamiers at. ilmt lime ; I ihought lit and proper In como homu to vou, Ihe liln.lime lieighhorsand li ieiid of Thomas Curwin, and tell you, lirst of all, w hat connection he has wilh iho matter. Iho claim of Dr. Gardiner is one nf Ihuse cmuine out of tho war wilh Mexico. He wan a citizen ol ew York, burn on a beautiful Island in tlm llav bo- low tho ciiy of New Yoik, which is alill known ii" Gardiner's Island.'' Ho is a gentleman alt o heil ii his yoii'h lo the principles and organization o) Democratic parly, in which lie occupies ralhor n ouspicuoiin posiiiou. Alter leaving college ho studied medicine, and when he had ncipiin U ihi profession, lio was invited by his old prompter to iimunpauv him a a friend and physician through Mexico whither lie was going lor the henehl el his health. Dr. G. tic pled ihe pmpoml, nml b It New Orleans for Vera ru about I Hit;. He had, however, been but A few Weeks in Mexico when his old preceptor died, leaving him alone a stranger in a atrnngo laud ; but he waa u man of varied pc- uniplishmeniH ami scientific utimiinmni. mm'ik in-' ihe Spanish language correctly and with ease, he wiii also II versed in mineralogy and inululluryv. and was nnsmpiently soon in a lair way lo eel ulout in ihe world. I had forgotten to uientiou ilmt he had resided or n considerable en;:lh of lime on iho IhImmcI of Cuhn. and received a portion of his education in ihe city o Mavann. With the sum of leu thousand dollars, which he had ft after the death of his rriend. Dr. Gardiner pro-eded lo ihe city of Mexico, where he commenced the praclico of his proleSMou. and in a short time at-laiiinl a high position both professionally and soci illy. Profiling by his ucipiaiuhitico wilh 'fie scienro of iniiie- loi-y. lie begun by decree and caillion.lv lo soeeii- bile in Ihe mines for which that country haa been role irnteil rver since its inmiilest by Cortc. IW nili-mhug to the growing praclico of his profes sion, nml by hi successful mining speculation, ihe oriutii" oi ten ihoiisand do, ir. wilh wlicli Dr. (inrdi- tier entered iho city of Mexico, had, m the course ol n few yours, increased to filly thousand. About litis lime, General Waildy Thompson vn appointed Mini-ter from the United Stales In Mexico, and on Id urn val itiero, a meeting of llm American resident was held for Ihe pnrpnao of meeting hint with n suitable iiddresN upon hi entering ui-on the diith of his eflici". Dr. Gardiner w delegated bv ihe meelitii to nddrcan General Thompson on behalf of Iho American resi enis, mid his effort on Ihat occasion ia spoken ol as most ndmirahlo, whether considered as to its appropri ateness nr too elegance ni us style. I uientiou Hits mi cideui, my iriends, to give ymi aoine general idea of what aort ol man Ibis Gardiner wns, and in what ea, m he waa held by llmse who knew him veara bo lore Ina mane hecalue connected Willi tin- prosecution of a cl, urn against ihe United Stales. He was at this lime twenty. hve or twenty-six years of are. After Iho event to w hich I have alliuled, iho Doctor remained a short lime longer in Hie tiraclice of nietli cine, when he waa induced by Perrz (ialve, one of oiliest anu most oinneni Hankers in Mexico, whose favorable nctpiainlniice he had uintle, lo embark wilh him in nn extensive muiilig speculation. Galver, re- naed an mm h confidence in Ganliner'a inlegrily, and set no ingii a vnmo utton in niiamment ns a scietilitu miner, that he cave liim an tiulimileil loiter of credit wilh lids ho went lo San I.ui I'oioai, where he knew of iho location of an old silver initio nf great value, but unworked since the Itovoluiion by which Mexico be came independent of Spain and a Republic, The ns cords of ihi mine ho had found among llm nrrhives o tno i ;oilege o Mineralogists j lor t Intro tg in Mcxr 'o n('oe'enl 11ns description, endowed bv uoveru- tneiit, in which a lull history of nil Iho mines in iho 'mint rv. umlinicing a description of (heir chaniclen tics, and a statement of their relative values is rcronl- I. It was wlnlo examining Iho archivm of this in- siiiiiiion that )r. Gardiner found ihe history of this oni mine, anil wiiu a aagaciiy which term n mark trait in his rharncler, decided upon ila purchase. 1 aeipnred a complete title by purchasing the eslale, on which was the mine, ol the owners, and also by rxtin, gui'liing Ihe government tills tlieieln. With Ihe most snniMiine expectation of remnnera lion, and with the fihumlant capital w'hirh so great an enierprixe demiimied, or. (mrduier set to work nil king the most extensive and thorough preparations fi ihe cnmpleto ilevelopmeut of the mineral riches lie knew In exist in hi purchase. He employed aoine tilt) men, ami hud over .tui) mules and horses j ami im ported stores of provUhuis and good for Ihe sustenance and payment of this large force, wilh the inhabitants of iho Dislrtrt. He sunk shaf t ihree hundred yards into Ihe side of the mountain, built furnace, re I merle and houses, sent to the city of Liverpool for a power- mi sinnin engine, mm cunouctcu no 111 nterailous nil n scale comineiiaurnie with his view of I heir importance. n no pepummg oi ton year mil. no Had expended tho sum ol $. IIUUIOO in hia undertaking. Up in (his lime ho had been employed in preliminary work, preparing machinery, creeling buildings, and cleuiing away the rubbish of year. In the spring of this year the initio began to be productive in silver, aud up to ine ','imi uriooer mnuwiug 110 realized m average monthly return of anmethiug over 10,000. From (he 'Nllli nf Septemlier to the '.Midi of October ,,ne niotith lh pnaliittioii amounted to 'M.OOd worih of refined silver. Il wns at tin limn that the mine waa destroyed by the Mexican army. Hy the terma of a pre-existing treaty, t ilienaof (lie United Slatea resident in Mexico were entitled to pro- lection ill Ihe peaceable prosecution nf Iheir Iiiimiiorh ' merchant being excepted after one year from llm commencement of the war. Dr. Gardiner wni nn merchant, but a miner, ami confidently calculated ukui Ihe uninierruptcil proseciiliotiol Ins undertaking. At this time the Mexican army in the District nf Sn Louis polosi wn in a greally reduced rnmlilimi it wan neluaily sinning. With General Taylor n)i the one aide, ami General Scott on llm tidier, iho Mexican army waa hemmed in between two lire. Tho soldier in thia army wero mennly clothed, and badly equipped, unpaid, and poorly provisioned. The property nr or. Gardiner, ol an kinds, waa ot Iho last impor I tance to this army. The Urge almrea of provisions be 1 had laid to, his good, hia powdr and lead, wart all needed, and yon will not bo surprised toh Brn that ihe doctor received a formal notice from the Mexican General to leave hi mine nnd property within Ihree daya. Dr. Gardiner protested against this summary ami unwarrantable procedure, decluting that if in Ihe fuce of clear treaty stipulations he was driven from his possessions, the parties who dispossessed him were no heller than a hand of robbers. This declaration so incensed Ihe Mexican General that he ordered his soldiers to lake immediate possession of all the property valuable lo the army destroy Ihe balance, and shoot Gardiner! On the approach of Iho enemy, he fled without a companion, and without money without anything save a piece of rope, by the aid ol which he escaped over the almost impasaublo mountains of ihe District, aud surviving stiller iny nnd hardships which might make an interesting volume, finally Kiiccoedcd in joining Ihe American forces nt Tntnpico, about the last of October. He related hia history circumstantially and fully, and so favorubly impressed General Gates ihat ho appointed him a Surgeon in tho army, in which position lie performed valuable set vices during the war. In iho treaty of peace there was a provision lliat nil claima of citizen of this country upon the. Government of Mexico, should be paid by the United Stales, not exceeding tho amount of threo nnd one quarter million,, of dollar. If authenticated claima to that amount were nut presented, the balance remaining, it iscluiiu-ed, would accrue hi Mexico. W hether claims to a greateramount should be puid, wnsa tpieslion reserved by our Government. Now, observe that Dr. Gardiner's claim agninst Mexico was valid eighteen months before tho conclusion nf this treaty, and could nut have been contemplated by it any more limn Dr. Gardiner cmild have anticipated am h a provision as I have stated. Tho next point in this relation is the employment of General Waildy Thompson by Dr. Gardiner for Iho purpose of prosecuting hi claim under tho treaty of Guadalunpo Hidalgo, already noticed, before tho Commission at Washington appointed lor the purpose of passing upon the claims of citizens of tho United Slates for spoliations, &c. The Commission was created in March, 1810, and held an informal meeting tho April following. I attended tho first regular session, in June, 18l!l, and scarcely missed a day until the closu of Ihe session. Dr. Gardiner wns present from the first, with General Thompson, though I did not then know the former. Hia papers, though full and prepared wilh cure, did not conlorm to tho rules pruirilied by the Conimifsionera, which were very strict-. Ho had a copy of his protest, madu to the alcalde of his district : against the illegal destruction of his properly, nnd a ! letter from that ollicor and others relating (o tho value of tho property destroyed, &,. General Thompson look a copy of the forms of testimony, voucher, &c, prescribed by the Hoard, and advised Id client to ro-luru to Mexico nnd get hia paper from the proper aiilhoriliea and parties, in corresponding forms. At this time General Thompson proposed to Thomas Corwin to take a part, ns counsel, in tho prosecution of Ihe Gardiner claim, giving a must favorable re pre-1 sen mi ion 01 Mini gentleman s personal character as well as of Ihe juslice id' Ins claim. Mr. Corwin, then a stranger in Dr. Gardiner, accepted. Prior In this Gov. Corwin had been engaged in one or two other cases the " Union Land Company " and tho " Trinily Land Company "while he field tho olllcc of Senator. aud this you know, my fellow-citizens, ha been made the ground nt the most serious charges against his honor and integrity, cspecinllv since the Presidential couteal haa fairly begun. Now, don't you think it a monstrous Hung, that a man who lias devoted nil Ins lifo to iho practice of the law, should havo so tittle soll-renpecl, so little regard for bis constituents, ns to receive a fee in a case pending in the Supremo Court of the United States, nr in any other iudicial tribunal ut Washington, while he was there attending to their inierests us n member ol Ihe I niled Mutes HenntoT Yet, gentlemen, Ibis Commission for tho adjudication of claims against Mexico wa nf a strictly judicial char- i(TTnLi,nn hi 11 i'nu 11 emoraceti mo whole rntigo of common, maritime and international law. rhu claims which it had Teen constituted to adjust grew out of (he violation by Mexico nf her treatv stipulations, of maritime and revenue Inws, illegal confiscation, &c. The nnpenrancu of moinber.s of Coiiercs in Ihe Court at Washington is an every day occurrence. Webster, Itentoii, indeed almost every prominent lawyer in Congress, havo appeared na ciuuimsI of sti iters and cluinianls. And yet 11 cnmmilteu lo investigate charges against members of tlio opposite parly, w ho have received fees from claimants not claimants before Congress but before the Court is demanded, in enter to impress Iho public mind that 10m o great wrong has neon perpetndi d. W liy could nut General Houston remember, and remembering, have ihe frankness in state, ihat Mestrs. Heiilou. Hrmht and Soule Ihree leading Democratic Senator practiced in all unsea helore the sumo Comiimsioii, where retainers were oll'ered T Numerous members of emigres accepted fees to prosecute clnims before the Mexican Commission, and no one ever relusud a lee upon the ground Hint his position nan member rendered it improper to accept. vwjiiam 1,. nian y.oi new mrK, who nnd ,)ost retired from iho post of Secretary of War under Mr. Polk, waa engaged will) mo in at least fifteen cases before this Commission ; Mr. Hreckenride one of ihe most prominent Democrats nf Peliiisylvaiiia, had a standinc advertisement of his willingness to advocate ibis clnss it claim, 111 iho Washington paper. W ill Mr. Moule, hiiinuau of Ihe Senate committee, nnd Mr. Olds, upon aIioso motion the Hoiifo committee was appoinicd. aver that there wns anything iiitrinically wrong in ihe fact that Gov. Corwin practiced his profession while a Senator 7 While 1 show ihe great number of prominent Democrats habitually engaged in this basinem, let me be understood ns declaring my conviction lhal sm h nrol'essionnt limitless is strictly proper for both parlies. I only seek to strip the matter of iho partisan character witn winch, lor the purposes o tlio hour, our political enemies would clothe the subject hern in Ohio, wheie Ihey presume on lack of information among the people. I have already staled ihat Governor Corwin, while Senator, ncrpti d the proposition of General Thomp son und became one of Gardiner's counsel 11 port the r commendation of men, in whom, though political opponents, be had confidence. The CnminisMon was lo sit in ihe following October, and Mr. Corwin beitiL' let;iinrd in Ohio, I Went on and up pea red in his place General 1 boinpon held 11 position Ibnt might be termed Attorney ol Kecoru, being (he counsel originally re tained. He culled lo our as-.inli.nco Colonel Lully, lheii nnd now the confidential friend ol General fierce 1110 men, ner m ine iiaininoro uonveniion to whom Pierce eulrnsled (us letter containing bis political opin ion. And let it be rememberrd Ihat ol all (he staunch Democrala in Ihe nation, Pieice selected an nttorney oi nr. r. Hammer, h.r in trusty nnd well beloved itiifidciilial friend. Here, then, ia Colonel Lnlly and General I hompsou, two prominent supporter ol l ien c the one amusing all Klavedom nnd the oilier all Y keedom to hia support. Have we not brought Ihia Gardiner iniquity il iniquity it he to the very back door of tho Democratic party f Among Ihe counsel in the Gardiner case is also hit- ward Curtis, a man slandinc Inch in the confidence the people, who now occupies a toaitinn antagoniaih al to the candidate of the Whiff parly General Scott, You see. theii, my frond, that among Dr Gardiner's counsel iliem are three men who are prominent actors acninst Ihe W hit! party in the present crmtmiiMi, Tell me II you Hunk Iho Democrat have wisely chosen ihe matter ot Or. Gardiner a claim as a aulnect lo make pa- litieal capital out ol 1 I return lo the history nl Ihe case Or. Gurdincr returned from Mexico in the fall of 1S4!, having pro cured ample evidence relative In the situation ol hi mine, amount nt property destroyed, nnd estimates ol lis value, all except perhaps the latler in proper form to be laid be lore the Commissioner. Among other document he brought a certified copy of a book which all miner in Mexico are required to keep- wherein an accurate account nt nil expenses incurred, weight nf ore raised, iVc, &c, are registered and iwv riodically certified to by tho Alcalde. Upon Ihi report iho government levies and collects n tax. The Alcalde ia lo watch thai the return as in ihe capital invested expense incurred, Ac, are not at too low n liuure nod you will readily ierceivo that the miner would bo quite careful not lo estimate Ilia ox peine and slm k too high. From this certified ropy of the Alcalde's book, it wn shown that Dr. Gardiner had expended for the improvement of his mine ihe sum of t:i:i0,0n() lb" preseiiletl also the deposition of a'l eminent Spanish merchant as to the amount received from iho Hunker Perex Gulvex, his own capital, and the money be hud made and wa making nut of the mine when it wns destroyed. That Gardiner had expended llm sum id :t:m,00h, we were able to prove in two way First, wo had the deposition of hia engineer a to the outlay lor tnipriivomeni, anil Hum wn had the olhcial stair menl ot lite A'caile, made up ul weekly report. I lie two modes of proof exhibited ihe same result. Altogether, there were some twenty depusitioiisi on these wu based our argument. At Iho outset the Hoard asked, Who it thit fr. Gar- diner that fotnrihrre icith claim for half a milium of dot-lari I W'nddy Thompson addressed a Hole lo Colonel Jet Verso u Davis, Democratic Senator from Mississippi, nskiug il ho knew him. Jellersou Davis replied, endorsing Ihe character of Or. G. m Ihe highest terms, and represented him ns a man possessing an iniimate knowledge of all matter connected with mining ope-' rations in Mexico, Thi letter General Th-impson laid before tlm Hoard. Another letter of like lone nml character from Democratic Senator Downs, of Louisiana, wasalsoaiibinitted. (loneral Gate of the United Slates Army, who waa commando g at Tuinptco when Gardiner escaped from the Mxi. 'an in his camp, aiul lo whom, nl ihat early day, he made a lull statement of ihe amount he had invested in Ins mine, and the leases lie had u stained a statement that had compared accurately with ihat of the Alcalde and the Un gineer's came forward with a letter, bearingihe highest testimonials to the character and probity of Gardiner. Judge L'irnol, performing judicial duties for ihe Uiiiu-d Stale nt Tntnpico dining tho war, another prominent Democrat from Mnrylnnd, nnd several others whose names now escape ine, gnve Gardiner Ihe most fluttering testimonials over their nwu signature. Alt these documents aro no tile lu the Deport men t nt Washington. Now in reference to all this, I have In say, that il these leader iu the Democratic party have palmed upon uaa acoundrel, the affair ia thaira, not our i, aud much last oi lha YVhiga. 1 The only allegatiii of fraud brought against Gardi uer, woa, that Inn pilers were forged. The Board directed its Noc rotary In submit tho papers lo the examination of iho Mexiiiii Minister, with a request to be informed if they wcto genuine. The Minister, whose business it was In Idjow of Iho authority of all Stale papers from his conktry, after a careful investigation pioiiouuced litem authentic. Alter hearing of lilt argument bused upon the facts I have stated, the L;ird decided that Dr. Gardiner should receive an uuulitil equal to that which it wn proved he had investoU in the mine, ri:: $:i:id,)00. To this wo nalurally obj'Wcd, urging lhal he should receive n compensation fcr ihe value of his mioo aa well aa for the money expended in developing that value. Hul the Hoard decide! that his testimony as to ihe prospective value of hs property was iusuflioielit if no insisted upon a higlor award, ho must bring from Mexico fuller anil mnrdppocitic evidence. Dr. Gardiner was iu in an embarrassed condition, the destruction ol' Ida properly in a foreign country hud left him almost deslitulol As one of the consequences he had lefl the country Jlargely in debt, ai d deemed it unsafe lo return in bid present condition. His old friend Perez Galvez was (lead, and he had 110 powerful friends in Mexico on whom liecould rely. He had im money for so expensive a jaurney. In thi dilemma General Thompson and myself both endeavored lo negotiate a loan for hint, and liiled. Wo also failed in our efforts to sell a share nf tlio claim. Capitalist, were afraid to invest, because, as ihey remark, il, Ihe Commii'siouers find yut seveml morn lis to it and in the meantime it might cetir that Gardiner's claim lacked support, ami ihe board bud Hie power lo revoke all il had done in his regnrd. At ibis lime Dr. Gardiner caino to me and insisted that I should purchase a share of Ins claim. At first nil verso to tlm proposal, my oh-jcclioiis were gradually overcome, and I purchased one-fourth of Dr. Gardiutir's claim for ihe hum of over $10,1100. This being a larger amount than I could command, anil one-half being a cudi payment, rnis ed tho money by yet tint! my Iriends in Washington and Ohio In endorse my piper. Among oth- rs I asked 1 nomas uorwiu, nnd you know U01 win signs every hoily's note. After this proposed lo Mr. Corwin thai an we had been associated as lawyers iu iho case, and heretofore I in business, he should join mo iu my pun base of an I interest in the Gardiner claim. He did so alter weigh-ing the matter iu his own mind, and finding no valid 1 objections in such a course. I his was 111 March, 1850. I u .Inly, Goueral Tnvlur died, and the ndminislralioii of the Government devoi veil un Millard Fillmoro, w ho 111 looking about him for discount ilutmmil mKiscra, so Incited Thomas Corwin to accept u p,,nt iu hit Cabinet iib Secretary of the Troiaury. ! in Hi in request lie waa joined by Daniel Webster,; but .ti r. Corwin replied ilmt he whs interested in n pri-vate claim ngaiiiat the United Btatea Trensiu v, Ihat Crawford had been charged wiihcomiiiitliu-' a wrung in being interested iu a claim while a member of ihe Cabinet, mid he would not place himself in n situation which would Mibjeet him to a similar chanre. Sove- ral daya elapsed, dining which ho was urged to accept llm post, but percuipiorily refused, until Governor Young, of New York now in hisBruvo cume forward nnd proposed lo bike Mr. Corwin'H interest iu nil the latins before tho Hoard. Mr. Corwin did not know what was their value, and ho proposed lo take lor bis interest whatever sum Governor Yoiinir and myself should agree upon, but I found llm 1 iovi ruor 11 11 pro pa- rcu to pay so rniifii as l consider! il the interest worth. i proposed mysell to purchase Mr. Corwin s claim at the estimate 1 had promised to Young, hul to litis he would not listen, aiming Ihat hn.diould still be morally involved in the mutter, for if I profited by iho purchase lie knew I would f-hate it with him ; and if there was loss upon it lie would be utiw llline Ilmt I should bear the loss. An iinn euieiit was finally made with Gov. Younp. and to him Mr. Corwin made n full assignment of all hi interest in the claims; this was before Ihe meeting of Ihe board, and from that day lo ihi Thus. Corwin had 110 more connection wilh ihe mailer than any of you. George Law, an influential Democrat und unenterprising capitalist of New urk. nssisted Governor Young in purchasing Mr. Corwin's interest, nnd I have been credibly informed that he (Mr. Law appeared before die House Committee, raised to invesligale barges in tins regard against tho Secretary ol Ilia Treasury, and testified that Thomas Corwin bad had no connection whatever with iho Gardiner claim since he look his seat in the Cabinet. In the meantime Dr. Gardiner had nroceeded hi Mexico nnd procured evidence ns to the value of his mine from reliable parties, who leslilied thai it wits worth half a million of dotlntn. Ho brought proof ol proposition he had received iu Ul Hi from wealthy Mexicans fur one iwenty-totirili of the properly, w hich Would make t'-e whole worth between six und seven bundled thousand dollars. The Hoatd, however, never chaiiL'od ill liiMires. and this claim was naid pre cisely according to the original nwurd of f;in(),(Min besides ii ierest tlmt being for ihe sum proven to havo lei'n expeimon hi preparations to work tlio mine with- nit regard to ils prospective value which wn made leforo I hoimi Corw in und myself hud had nny inter est in it save lor counsel fee. Tho wholo mailer was (used up by myself: Governor Ynuuc neeiviim some 000 to f'J.OOO more than Im paid for hi interest. Thi is llm whole history of iho Gardiner transaction. 1 no far ns Thoinna Corwin and myself nro connected won 11, nun 1 repent Hint ine iiemucrnt nro welcome to what political capital ihey may manufacture from this cohiicclioii. Here one of the centlcmeii in lite audience interpo-il and nsked, "What do you think will bo the liual result of the invesliatioiis now making with regard to e Gardiner claim T" Mr. Corwin 1 believe that his nai-erswill be found lo bo genuine, and his claim be decided by all parlies lo be just and ripiibiblo. I understand that the President has nceeibd to Dr. Gardiner's request, lhal two Commissioners should be appointed to en with him to Mexico and investigate ihechnrge nf forgery preferred by interested Mexican politicians of all men ihe most iiilriguemg and uiicrupiiloiis men wlm. forihechiiiice of profiling by any bilnnce which ihe dental of Gardiner's claim here would place in llm Mexican Treas ury, have employed all iheir proverbial craft and cunning to blacken bis cleiracb-r. and throw doubts on the validity of hi claim. And her lei mo allude lo a miidaki" ol our tinscrn puloun political op.-nnetiin. They have proclaimed that Thomas Corwin nml Ihe Whig party worn con- rented in a swindle upon the I reasury ol M ft country Ihat Ihey have proliied by the payment of a I n rife idaim ncainst llm money chest of Ihe people of lie United Statrn. Not so. This money bufeiiL'ed In Mei. ico. If paid out on claims it wn in liquidation of ihe ems 01 niextco ; 11 not pant out, il went In Ihe Treas ury 01 Miat country, ao that 111 either nllerualive ibmg wns saved or lost lo the United States. Ia it not n liw thing under the mm. Ibis suddenly developed jeal y lor Ihe necniiuiry riifhls of Mexico on the imrt of Ihe Democratic Office Seeker ami Placemen 1 A lew words more as to the sequel of the Gardiner hum. When the Doctor had drawn Ihe money awarded him by the Hoard aud Commissioner he walked right across ihe street from tlm Treasury Department mid depositul ihe larger portion wilh a prominent Hanker 01 vasuingin, me balance he deposited 111 New York, look a letter nl credit, started on a lour lluoneli r.oropo. 11111 over n swindler do tno like be I ore r Did you, geiillemeu.ever hear of 11 man who, after oh tuiniiia- over a quarter of a million of dollsrs bv a ul gnnlic fraud, walked oft' and lelt Ihe greater portion of 11 111 a pooiie pinee anu - itniter ine tmse ' nt the swin dled parlies T White in Paris, Dr. Gardiner was first atnrtb d bv 1110 inpuri, uirii 1111 iiioirinaiioii mogeu liy cenaill ftlex it-ana, an indictment had been louiid against him foi fraudulently ohlaintuii llm money ! He sat down and instantly despatched a me ago in the District Attor ney, nuking it It was true, and staling Unit he hud lelt such n sum in W nstiingtuii, aud such a sum in New fork, anil Ihat ho himself would he in Wubinirlon In answer Ihe charge al Ihe earliest hour possible. Geu demon, he did return to Washingion, nml walking penly inlo the court room, said, "Mkrk 1 am what bad i retpnnd for my future appearance" (a this the bentnig ol a scotimireir Some time idler the finding of the indictment. Dr. Gardiner chanced In meet in the city of New York Iwo eminent scientific Ir.ivelera the one a German und ihe other an P.nglishnuin who in making a tour throuuh Mexico had viaib d the silver mine, attracted by ils fame, nnd there Ihey found Dr. Gardiner iu Iho height of his extensive operation for ils development Tlu-v continued the reports atrendy made of ihe value of the property, and iho sums expended I hereon Another incident : while the indictment was peiuf ing, a lawyer of Baltimore, wlmo name I cannot re cull at Ihe moment, called upon the President nud nk ed if the Mr. Gardiner, whom name then appeared ill all Hie newspsper 111 connection wilh 11 groat fraud upon the lloani of Commis-ioner for the settlement o Mexican claims, was once attached to the armv of Gen era! Galea at lampu-n, in tho capacity of surcenn t I lie l resiueiu reiuineo uimwer uiai lie believed him ihe same man. The geuilemnn whoso rharadnr ns llizen ami an eminent inwyer, liavinii n larce erne tiee in the Supreme Cnurl of iho United fit Me. weight lo his ntnieitient lheii said that ho knew the man well, and liml heard from hisowiilina it lMliin,.ni in ru particular uko mm inane ueiore the Comniis loners of iho spoliation or ins property by a Mexi can army, nml litis statement was made a venr ami half helore the conclusion of the treaty of peace which provided for payment hy llm Undid Slate nl' claims of our ciliens Bgainsl Mexico, growing cut of When I asked Dr. (i ntliner why he liml nm hnr,,rn staled so iiinvorlant a fact n this, In charaolet-iiin r.- ply was, " IU told ny $tory to a thtmiand penon up m 1 am pica: (teniiemen, continued Mr. urwin, I think I bnv now given you enough ol ihe hisinry of the Gnnliti claim in enable you to llldgn ol lis merit. For the purpose of affecting tlm election in Ohio, Gen oral Houston, a Senator from lexns, ha been induce to pernmbnlate ibis State, and publish charge against 1 noma uorwiu, ol assisting ma law partner ami rela tive to make n huge speculation out of lipht house contract in v,aniornia. tin euarge is wholly false 011, 11 11 wrm true, uencrai nousiuii, as uuairman ol uommtttM appointed to tnvoatigala thi matter, and upon whoso proceedings an injunction of secrecy was iiuposeti, lias ooeu gumy 01 a groni Tnuai.Mii m duty in ralerririg to it in public. But since he has seen proper to reler to the matter, 1 deem it my duty 10 present a tiuo statement of the facts. When Mr. Corwin wont into the Treasury Department, he found there, as chief clerk, an old man named McGmnii. whom he soon ascertained to be incompe tent to the performance of the responsible duties ot his station, in consequence of which he was removed and given a position in tlio Light House Bureau. The old mall was offended, and after 0 period approached the Secretary, and stated that he wished lo resign bis clerkship, inasmuch na he seemed not to enjoy the confidence of ihe bend of the Department! and asked in ho given some contracts for the construction of certain light houses in California. Mr. Corwin replied that a Mr. Delano, of Ohio, had asked for the tame contracts, and received some assurance that he should have them. They might, however, form a partnership in the matter, if they would build them on the terms prescribed by Congress. Delano and MiGinnia look 'ontract on the prescribed terms. About the Bfime lime a resolution was Introduced inlo the Senate by John 11. Wellor, appropriating the sum of $100,000 in addition to former appropriations for the cousirucifon of the same Light Houses. Mr. Delano, naturally surprised, asked what thia meant, and was informed by Senator Gwiu (but tho terms uoruioiore prescribed were ruinously low mat tney would lose $7,1,000 by their contract ! Poor McGinni "got scared" and annoyed Delano bo much ihat ihe latter, finding a parly who offered a bonut of $15,0(10 fur their contract, accepted tho offer, Of thia sum he paid McGiunis who had proved un incumbrance throughout $.1,000, telling him ut the same time ihat it would be oven more than a fair distribution, and that ho "had other partner.'1 McGiunis in hi rage and weakness wont about tho purlieus of iho Capital iiargiug that he htid been defrauded, nnd that was concerned wilh Delano that Delano told linn I was a partner! I, who was in Ohio and knew nothing of the matter not oven that there were any audi contracts. Hereupon, General Houston geta up his " Se nate Committee " on frauds, and sent fur tho old man Mi Ginnia to appear aud testify ; but at the same lime. it is said, privately, enjoining upon him to slay nut of tlm way, Mint the breeze might bo tanned Into a storm iy industriously using the telegraph, in thlorm the :otintry ihat an important wilnesa for the Government against n public ntlicer accused of fraud, &c, had refused to testify, was imprisoned, &c., &c The scene slither woiked nimbly, however, tor in a day or two Mr Hrodhead, of Pennsylvania, nsea in the Senate, aud announces that Mr. McGinni trill testify. At this posture ol athnrs I wus iu Washington, but could get im opportunity to appenr before the committee. Mr. Delano wns iu Ohio ami sick. I made a full deposition of all Ihe facts as I hail learned them, sent it lo the Department, und then left fur Ihio lu secure ihe tcsii mony of Mr. Delano, whom, however, I pm-sod oil tho road. I have since received information from Washington thai " Me whole matter hat been dropped ."' Do you enquire lor the key lu this hold attempt lo attach dishonor to tho name of Thomas Couwin 1 John H, Wetler whs 11 default ing bind commissioner of Hie county ot Kutler, loan amount exceeding $1.1,0110. He hail lately paid $15,00(1, and must needs raise n considerable sum for the payment of the balance, his damaged reputation standing sorely in need of certain receipts. Willi Ihe cmummico of other Senatorial worthies, who were to he helped in return, this resolution urnntim: additional compensation In the amount of $100,000 for building certain light house, was in trod need. The prettily laid scheme was defeated by ihe sale of Iho original contract on which n loss of $7.1.000 wn announced tor a bmut ol $15,000. Itnn die malignity of McGiunis, and ihe near adjournment I'Contircss were mm!e useul hy our disappointed Sen ators lor iho manutHCh.ro ol political capital, and al Ihe i ine lime tlm blackening nf tho character of the Seeretiuy of ihe Treasury! And Geuernl llouton makes n pilgrimage through Ohio to till tho ears of his old constituents, the friends, neighbor, nml admirers ol Thomas Corwin, wilh bo many stories deirimeiital to his character. This weak, vain old man. whose own character bus never been considered spotless, greatly miscalculated 1 his influence when ho undertook this business. Could I ho come with a character like that nf an angel of ligjit, he would find much ditlicnlty in making hi old con stituenls believe that Thomas Corwin ha been guilty of corrupt conduct ; but coming in the shape ol a low specimen ot the low order ut lexas politicians, his impotence is almost as worthy of pity as contempt. I cannot dismiss this big-hulled slanderer, however, without some nlluioii to his own attempts at Galphinism. And first, I will refer lo hi mileage swindle, hy which he look from the Treasury $'2400 furcDnsfmci'irc going from Washington to Texas and returning within the few minute intervening between the rloae of a regular session and I be formal calling hi order of an extra tession nf tho Senate, in 18.11. Then there is the Texas len million bill, a Houston swindle, compared with which the Swurtwouia and Galphin appear limid men and petty rogue. Mr. Corwin then pro, ded to an txpottaX Iho pur- pow subserved by the passage ol what wa known a Iho ' Texas ten million bill," showing that the enor mous sum of five millions was intended for the hold- rs of Texas bond, nf which Houston was understood lo be one, who Were now before Congress with a prop. iHHioii lo mnke Iho sum etuht millions instead ol mo. was proved lhal Houston had admitted that Texas had no valid right In the territory for which she and her public men received leu million of dollars! and yet ihe Heti dnr with llm umbrella hat and deer-skin vest beaut il'til model ol republieansimplicity 'got an amendment to the appropriation bill passed through iho Senate increasing tlm five to eight million Texan bonds wero bought at a heavy di'cminl; five mil ium of dollars would pny the principal ami omethiug more, und nllord iho holder a profit of perhaps three hundred per cent, mists hot enough tor tins virtu ous Locoloco, who one day uses his influence in the Senate lo force a hill through that body which puts money in his own pocket; aud the next denounces a brother Senator w ho goes uut into the Cnurl aud earn 11 fee by practicing hi profession. A sweet creature i ihi Saint Jacinto, as ihe hand bills rait him, to talk alxuit Galphinism ! Ami there is r.dson 11. Olds engaged la tho same work of detraction; Kdson B. Olds, who subscribed quarter ol a million of dollars to the Circlevdle Hank w hen he was not worih fifty cents ! Tho people his neighbor and constituent lost largely of Iheir lion est earnings by the worthlessiieas of iho circulation based upon ihat subscription, olisll Olds arraign Cur win r Allusion wa also made to Iho Democratic contract with A G. Wen, for carry ine tho mails between New York and Ohagrea, for which con tract Sloo receives a h nr bonus ol f.10,000 per nnnuin ! 'i he Harris contract, too, wa not to he foruotlen. Congress cent railed with a man named Harris lor ocean mail service, nud Harris being unable lo give the required securities, openly, and with (ho know ledge ol the Post Oil ice Department, sold his contract for the enormous sum nl $1,10,000! All thi uudVr a Democraltc administration. In conclusion, Mr. Cur- win remarked ilmt he had heeu forced inlo this discus sion by Ihe attempt made to create political capital against the wing party ny ine charges he had exam. if, and he had appealed to the record for a irua alate- ment. A in me character oi iiiomaa Corwin. Mr. u. coir tinned, I leave Ihat with vou w ho havo known him in public and private hie for half a century. 1 leave it to your decision wbeiher in his old age he has forgotten nin pniui 01 ret iiiuiie irnvnenj 01 a ine lime w lie tiler, when ihe gray hair have benun lo silver hia head and when hi name is a household word in every Whig tamiiy in ihe hind; ami inscribed high ninong the names of her ablest and purest atniesman of the land leave it in you, gentlemen, lo any, whether he would, under stu h circumstances, when he had an little lu gain, forsake the principle itiucht him bv his fatln and practiced among you for more than halln century! CATCHINO AT BTRAWB. The Locofocos lmve been engaged in a ties- perato attempt to blacken the fame and charncter ol me of Amenni most illtistriou citizen General Scott. The ell'ort to liml tomrthing, in his forty years tnlimato connexion with our government, out of wltii to got up a Hide hiimbugcnpiial against him, has been intense agonizing. Certain allowance paid him lor In service! while abroad in the employ of govern ment have been paraded as furnishing evidence of im proper charges, on Ida part. Thi pitiful game it ompletety blocked by a loiter front ('resident Mon hoc Wo hope no honorable man will he caught rolerring to ibis mailer after reading the letter nl this patriotic President : JftotM Monroe to Msjor-Goneral Soott. Wasiiinutosi. Juno Ut, 1HH1 Dkau Sin 1 It is decided to settle your claim on the Government nil the principle established by tho De partment ui war, before your departure lor Miropu, in such manner ihat you may sustain no loss by depreci ation nf paper or unfavorable oxchsugo. As soon as you designate a person In net for yuu, the account will ha nettled. Your communications while abroad were very into resting. The opportunities w Inch you had nf deiiving information from miliinry men of hiph rank, esperislly in the Prussian Army, of Ihe views of tho several imw- er, at n crisis the mott important and extniordinarm that has cemrrtit tn modern timet, tree pcenlmrty Jarvrablt nml w firrt me pteamre tottate mat the. zkai. and Juno mknt with wheh youmfn-oved them fitrtkf. v antauI or TOUR CoUNTnr, OAVK UHKAT SATIS ACTION. I am, with great rsiecl and esleem, very sincerely your, 1 isigiicd tnoir.n mapino Major-CenerHl Scott. In a NuTsiirt.t,, The liutlaln Commercial Adverti ner tells the whole story in Iho following brie I para' graph: " The only practical micitinn helore the people, regnrd lo Ihe Presidency, fi shall Scott and Whig principles prevail, or I 'term and modern Democrat And ihe man who pretend to the contrary, is either an eneniv tn the U liiu can, or a dune ot Mm moat unmitigated description." I WILLIAM EJ10BINS0N. It has become the fashion among tho Loco- foco speakers and writers, to abuse, slander aud vilify W. E. Rohinson, who lias published an expose of Now Hampshire Locofocnistn, in connection with the Anti- Catholic test in tho Constitution of that Stale. 8am Houston attempted to abuse and vilify him in hia peech here. He did not offer to prove a single state ment of Homnion's falte, and in this he took the prudent aido, because the truth of his assertion is too abundantly sustained by reference to tho oflkial re cord, to he met by any thing except abuso. Tho Statesman, following tho example of Houston and others, haa dealt in the same kind of argument, without citing n single fact to sustain itself. The Nm York Herald published nn article over iho signature of " Hickory Switch," which bo far departed from the usual course a to attempt lu specify where Robinson had misrepresented. The following answer prepared by him, was offered tn the Herald, but with his characteristic want of political honesty, Uknnrt refuted lo publish it. We trust it will be carefully rend. It is a full, able, and triumphant defence of his speech, and putt Houston, and the other abusers of Rohinson Hat on their backs. Abuse and vilification will not pass for fads, in a controversy of tbis kind : Mr. Robingon'i Reply. To the Editor of the New York It. raid : Naw York, Friday, Sept. 3, 18!2. I now turn to " Hickorv Switch." Whv was he afrnid to give hi name 1 No honest man reason from behind n mask. Let him como nut nnd tho money is hi, if ho proven that I have stated what is unsustained by Ihe official documents. Instead, however, of selecting any one of these propositions, according lo my offer, ho deals in generalities, and, without submitting ihe decision lo any referee, claims that twelve of my (eight) propositions are false ! Hut I will follow him through his twisting. Tho first point ho raises ia that Benjamin Pierce, when he voted to retain ihe sixth article in Ihe constitution of 1792, providing, " for the support of public Protestant leacliers." so voted for the sake of extending ihe pro led ion of the law to " every denomination nl Christians." I have nut said irAyhe voted to keep the Anti-Cniholic test in ; I only said he did vote lo koep it in ; and this " Hickory Switch" acknowledges is inie. I doubt the truth of hi assertion ihat in 7(J'i there wu neither Catholic nor Jew in Now Hampshire; nor would tlmt niter the principle even if it were so. The next point attempted in ho ma do is that, un ihe four 1J1 day of Ihe Convention, Benjamin Pierce did not vote for retaining Ihe words " shall lie nf (he 1'ro-leaiantaut religion, in the 14th section. The writer, however, acknowledges that Benjamin Pierce is not recorded among those in favor id Catholic Emancipation. The records show tlmt he was present, ami every one vol ing in favor of atriking out tho " odious ilistine-lion " is recorded, 'and three more than tlio ntlicial number interlined ; yol Benjamin Pierce does not tip rear among the original recorded friends of Cailmlic Emancipation, nor even among the interlineations. In such a contest aa this, it does not need inspired auihor-iiy In prove that he who ia not for i ngainst ns, particularly as wo find that on a previous section he voted to retain the word " Protestant." The next assertion of "Hickory Switch" is, that in my speecn l asserted there wn no anti-Popery clause in the original constitution, till Ben Pierce nut it in. I never said ao. W hat I said appears as follow, 011 the fourth pie of my speech in pamphlet : 1 lie nrsi constitution wan forimd in r.xeier tn I77n, d wm called the ' Temporary Constitution.' I read in manuscript, and found iu it no anti -Catholic test. Ihat we bad 110 bigotry nil after Ihe Uovoluiion. All his remarks 011 this head, the re lore 110 for notli ing, ns Ihey go to ubsnt what i never said. tt is not wor'li wlnle to ouihb onhoot whether Be 11 jamin Pierre voted tn put ihe Ami, Catholic test in the uonsiibitiori ot 17!i, or voted against striking it out. When n Convention is called to form an entirely now Constitution, and a Committee report n draft, whether original or copied from a part of the old Constitution. nnd a motion is made in strike out, any portion of ihoe uiai voie against striking out, vole lo put it in no next denies my assertion that old benjamin ierce voted for the Alien and Sedition Laws. If he ill look into (he ntlicial report of the hroeeeilines of iho New Hampshire Legislature, iu 17!l!, of which Benjamin Pierce was a member, he will find llie Alien and Sedition resolution in full, and that ihey wero unanimoutly adopted, June 14, I7!!. Il lakes some rniruiuooti in deny bo plain a historical and recorded truth as ihi. He says (hat I asserted that Franklin Pierce never made any snoech nn iho subject at all. I never said so. What I said is contained in ihe first of the eight proposition. If nny of Mr. Pierce'e friends can show tent he spoke in favor of striking out the Anti-Catholic lci tehtte that tuhjeet was before the Contention, I will forfeit Ihe sum mentioned. 11 is next point is. that it waa not Mr. Parker, f Whie) if Nashua, ihat brought forward the aulnect of Cat ho- lio Emancipation, when it was discussed, (Nov. Ill, ieoir.;as 1 nave staled in proamnion no. indeed, he round I y asserts : " It does not aiuwur bv the record ihat Mr. Parker had any thing lu do with either bring ing torwnrd or favoring the resolution. I crave special attention to this. I havo the official reportconipleie.iii my room in this City, where any one interested can see it. Now, just look at the fol lowing ox t far Is, nnd ihe 11 pulce between "Hickorv Switch," and me. Tho leading debate, when Judge Woodbury made Ins great speech on Catholic Emancipation, look place Nov. 13, 1810. Now, hero are two extracts verbatim from Ihe report of that day's proceedings : " On motion of Mr. Parker, of jVosAroi. the Convention resolved itsell into (be Committee of the Whole on the report of the committee on Properly Ijualilicntiona and ifeiigious tests, Mr. Kayer, ol Nashua, 111 the chuir. ' Religions Tettt The first resolution, strikiriir nut all religion (enis, was taken up. Jin I eo Woodbury mad- ihe following r marks. ire, &'. t'oarwd Patriot, Nctember 14, 1M.10. From Ihe official report of the proceed inL's of No vember 14, I lake ihe following report or correction verbatim : " In our report of yesterday, Mr. Parker. itf Nashua, should have been re pi tried ns savin thai he drafted the resolution in favor of altolithing the Religions 111, niui 1 nm 1 ih-iii witn im tnonrrucD 111 opinion among the committee Uhiii the subject" Concord Patriot, November 1.1, Ifl.10. And vet. Mr. " Hickorv Switch " snvs Mr. Parker the author of (he resolution, bad nothing rftdo wilh favoring or blinking forward the resolution! Oh! Mr. Heimet: you see how hard it is for me tn a rime with a foul-mouihfd crew, who utter such reckless untruths without risking a penny, which might ho lost, or even giving Iheir mime, which might be branded in iheir exposure! Mr. "Hickory Switch" says, perhaps 1 mean to quibble by saying that advocating Catholic Biimucipa- lion 111 rommmefl 01 llie w Hole was not advocating il in Convention. I mean no such quibble. I repeat my first proposition that Franklin Pierce did net speak in favor of Catholic Emancipation, either in Convention or committee of the Wlmle, during tho whole lime the matter wns heforo the Convention or coininiliee, and one hundred dollars are ready for the man who will shew thai I mistake the facts. The next and Inst charge I shall notice, is. lluit I shi ted lhal a mere majority could alter the Constitution. I never made such an assertion, the fact thai I quoted the clause nf the Constitution providing lhal a majority nt two third of the voles cast shall lie, necessary, shows this. Uut what I did state, and what is true. is that every seven years ihe Qonstituliou of I7!'J com pelled the people lo vole wbeiher a Convention lo sbike nut such odious feature as lest clauses from the Constitution should be called, and that again and again anon lor urn want 01 a bare majority. Hul what nonsense to talk about the Democracy not being able to carry the Catholic Emaui ipaiion lor want of two thirl vote, when (lie broad fact no pours clear aa the sun nt noon-day, that if even two-tlnnls of ihe ue tin cra 1 nun voted iu March lasl for Mr. Pierce's 'and id ate for Governor of New Hampshire, had voted for Catholic Emancipation, it would lue been carried by morn than a two-thirds majority. inoeeiT.noiioiiowing" Hickory (Switch" through his historical skelrh of parlies in New Hmpshire.eicepi to pole Ihat Jeremiah Smith and Wiilinm Plunier, whom he dcsiL'iinb'R as Federalist-,, voted lo al'oli-h the Anli-Ciitholic test act in ihe Convention of l7!H-, whde Benjamin Pierce and neh " Democrats." as he calls them, voted against Catholic Hiuaucip iiion. In tan, irom una allowing, the federalist ot Hint day wero about ihe only true Republican of New (lamp shiro. And now, Mr. Bonnet, I have calmly argued ibis luesliiiii, and how have inv aruumetiltt horn mei f Bv ribald, low-lived, vulgar scuntliiy , p-ured from ihe uiseaspu ami irrilated galls ot ttmst wlniu language would dt grace the more reliuxl vernacular ol Hillims- gate. 1 have attacked 110 man. I have abused no mnn. I havo only transcribed n lew fuel from the record ot new Hampshire. I did not hegm the controversy George M, Dallas and Charles I .'Conor lit! threw llm element into ihe ronlest. I lmve only shown ibetrulh in opposition. I have not, as ha been charged, bronchi any accusation ainint the dead. Old Beiiinmin Pierce's vote agninst Cat bo lie Emilteipali 11 ami for Ihe Alien and Sedition Law, Were tlm iblibeinle ads of hi hie: he accounted lliein as his e Is is f glory and not hi-shnmo.I scorn ihe insiiniaiion that llie aboliahimt oflhisodi. 011 leaniro in the Now iiampshtre cniisbiuiion is a question lo he advocated only hy Catholic. i j Il work of every hue republican in hold it up a a di gram in jiw Hampshire ami lo our whole country, as wen a to the ngn tn wtileli we live. Utilecs we di this, New Hampshire will remain, r hnlf a century 10 cume, me mnsi oenignteti corner 01 t;iirisiehitom, 11 ia in this linn belief that I have written nnd spoken And now what oilier effort can I make lo lent my sinoerily iu Ihe declaration 1 have nmdof have ottered to turlcit one hundred dollar il any one of th eight propositions can be proven untrue. I have offered to leave it tn a gentleman not prejudiced in favor of my aido. I will even let them name any referee similarly unprejudiced. Nay, if any question arises which will render it necessary to go to Concord to consult tho documents, I will eng Pe to pay ihe expenses if I lose, I will go farther, and pledgn myself that, if I have misstated the facts in the case, I will vote an open ticket for Pierce uud King in this city at noon, tho second day of Nuvember next. Can I otl'or more in proof of my sincerity 7 Will nny amount of low ami despicable scurrility serve ns a substitute for arguments against propositions like these T Itespect fully yours, W. 10. Roiiinson. NATIVE AMERICANISM WHO STARTED IT1 We answer, the Locofoco party. If there is any honor or any dishonor about it, they aro entitled lo the credit of tho movement. Wo auy thia, knowing what 10c utter. And now, for the proof. We quolo from authority that no Democrat will deny. We refer time, to the papers, fo everything that is necessary to make tho cvidenco complete and overwhelming. 010 Native American movement first commenced ill Now York, In the fall of 1813. Certain Locofoco thought tho Locofoco conncil of that day wns giving too many of tho small ofiice of the city to Irishmen. They wnutcd llie places themselves, just a is now the case among the Locofocos of Hamilton county, and because they could not got them they bolted, nnd do. lerminml ihey would not vote for a foreigner for any otlico. Bitter quarrels ensued, und personal violence wus ihe order of the day. To prove that thia ditlicnlty was of purely Locofoco origin, wo qnole from the Washington Globe, of November 10, 1843. Thia paper wns, at that time, the organ of tho Locofoco party of the nation. Read the following: tram this JlatitHHfon tihbeof Ifnvembrr, 10, lgfll. 1'lin 1 rest stillt la tho Dsrtv. itreniionrd liv lhn ntlWn tub on hy n uurlion of U Htthe conduct ot the Democratic City I'onnril, wlileh was dinned with eh ina more than a due tltsre nf 1hn.1i lice to nntumlifd cltfa'ns hsi tint coma up to the cslcn lit Ions ot Ita authors. The AVrn'm Jlriithliron xirfy ns it wa mllmt, hy the dtrrrtio fiffnmt 6.WHI to t-,OISl rotes from the rettulnr ticket to one of it nteii rhoifing, tmt to the tHmtteraen tK nf it stnmet varit, and Iho nwMlon lt Hie Demncrsli the sheritl'iimt tmno Assembly men, and hud well nigh deles led the wholo ticket." Tho National Intelligencer intimated that tho Wines had lost by tho Naiivo American ticket. Tho Globe nied ll, and said (same day:) 1 This statement el the Nslhin! Intelligencer, nf thi miirnln 1 dlrectl? in the belli ol the truth, hi n.iiiiiltcd hv tho i.inrrul. of Its own pnrly In Niw York, i in nml thi lie lion of tb" notorious fuel that Ihe vard in viirA the Satire Uiimhliean tlfkn h Imnni mtiiarttif, antl thrnethe 1'rviorrnri in tir minority, hnre, on A I.Ii OCCASIONS, PSOVril TO UK AMONO TIIK STHOKIIKST DSMO-CRATIC WAIlDS IN NKW VoNK, BUI it I III COIllllft wilh till! l (r ruuiitsncea which rn known to bnve nlven birth lo th" setiiini la the Democracy, vis : in ss at is v action with a fohtiom or it TO TUB K SI CLOU MKNT UIVrN TO Til ADDPTKO CIT1F IIV Tit Dbmochatio ClTV Coi'Ncu.f The purpose of Ihe Nnlivn He-nuMlcfin, wn. to mnh other Demorriu iHVurHbl.- lo llieir view KiliiHt those whom ihey nccited ot (iisnpuoiiilhigtfaem. Wmu OHM' VOTED ITS OWN TICKET J " Tho Globe, predicted that tho Native Republicans would vote for tho Locoloco candidate for President. " Who ran doubt Ihat. when the local ehuHltlon Sfininit tho Deniorrstle city councils, hi Cfawquenco ut ihe Imuhod mul ndrnlnintrnticn ut It patroASRn hl) hsve utihlul, nod the simple (jiKvtiun fi, Mmll we like lhn nomination of tho most iivowed lint, iinllinrhlnir Federalist, or our own true kesrled Unmocrar, cneitiea, ami persecute,! tor tits mlelity to the rsute nf tiopular riuhts, (iebinit nt Vmi Hureti,) nml oppuniUon lo urlvtlf ued iminoi'oly t wlm can doubt,' we iny, that the ureMtit ltftN.ucn.lie msjurity will be iwellert by nt ttart a tniun iknusmid rot. an are nrne omnttd on tht split tirktt r(ab0e, Aop. lit, Ie43 The New York correspondent of the Globe, wrote aa follows: " The Nallre Ajnerfesn ticket polled at leant tit thvand mrrs, tlve-slsih of which mine Irom inn ri;morrniln party. Tint ticket (the Nilivo AmTK'n, obtained majorities in two of the Mrutifrtt Democratl' ward in the city, the 9lh nnd lith. They wi-nt oil Irom llie lMiiucrslie purly un account oi lhn rlly corporation, (whieh I Demnrrntic, yuu know) uavhu; jpveu many ollhe ""ir nHirr of Iho city, aura ns vatthman, ffr. to Ihe Irtth, and ibe how of the day makes the Native burn Demorrnt w ho are poor, t el their xri, ean; keenly. I do not believe thai Ihe city authorilira have (riven nn unduo number ol Ihe ollic" lo llmlrmh. hut the poor daises vh-tcavt there vjfat think an, nnd tli fit 1 enough to rnhke them cml iheir vole na Ihny did." Qhbt, Nov. Ill, IKtt. The Evening Pott, (he organ of Locofocoisra in New York oily, thus spoke of the result of Ihe sumo elec tion (From Iho Globe of same dale.) Tlm vole of lhn Native Amerlcsa la much lrii- than suinioard It would be. The liutchera moatly, who have hitherto been knou ns sturdy llemocrst voted that ticket. Wo srii therefore by whoo voles tan rftEuUr Democratic ticket has failed in reliant to some of ihe cuiuiiil&tes. It Is lhn votes ol men who nro wilh m on the uitin uiirxlion of Hlln nnlirv ! are with ns on tlm I'reaMenllsl iipthn.and who will tie wilh uanfrcMier. f n retuit I, man manner, wilh retard to any of iho candidate, a Whig triumph." Here is the evidence. Wochallcngentiy man tn turn to the Glolte of that dale, and examine for himself. Aud what ia llie conclusion to which the mind ia forced f Is it not established, beyond iho shadow of a dmibt, ihat the Native American parly originated with iho Locofocos. In conclusion wo ask, is it not shameful, disgraceful in the Inst degree, for a purty that ia proven to have originated upon thi exclusho idea, which oven to this day excludes Catholics from holding of lice in the Democratic Slate of New Hampshire, to pretend to force their own bantling on the Whigs 7 It is tiikib orr-si'hino! They have confmud the deed! Now, gentlemen, shut your mouths or stand branded as knaves. LOCOFOCO STATE POLICY. The Canton Repository hns an article which shows up the course of the l.ocolhcu party in Ohio, in its Irue clors. Wn copy 11 portion of it thai tho people may bo again reminded of tho facts, and lhn radical difference between llie l wo parties iu the manage ment of the finances ol ihe Stale. Let the reader compare Iho expenses of Legislatures and of printing when under the Whig rule, wilh the opiHisitc. The difference is about the same in nil the departments of Ihe public service: Well, after the Whigs hud done all this, in 18.11-2, the Lttcos got into power. They promised lo give us a cheap model Constitution, and a Locofoco model Tnx Law with iiono of yonr Whig monstrosities. They pave us a Constitution with some good provi-rioiia, and lomo Loco inoiiatroities--nt an expense of tiou,uoii more uinu 1110 gnou oni w nig one cost. Thai Constitution provides for biennial sessions of Ihe Legis lature, or one 111 two year out tue nrsi been Legislature under it provided for tico sessions of the Legislature in one yearl They have given us Iheir model 'l ux Law, which taxes nut only what Loco editor charged wn wrong, but "everything subject tonwnership, animate or inanimate" even including sucking rios, treks, tom-cats, nrrs, rxwriCR srimns, chickens, orxsr, bi-hi ka, eic. , and banks three In four time as much a in-dithlutils. Il is true il exempts $200, which let i ff ihe rich man's piano, ihe dnmly's go'U watch and rings, and many who have mil '.MID worth of properly but ihe farmer especially, and all who own real estate, are laxed upon nil Ihey own or owe upon it. No unequal and unjust is it, that we bnve seen no fanner or landholder who does not condemn it, either Whig or Loco. Hut ihe Slnlesman, Shirk Connly Democrat, etc., are silent on ihe subject .none of ihem denounce any pari of it now. They have also passed a model alrv bill: Tdi- raises iho salary about nrrv rr.it cint. the (ioveruor $l,SII0 j Lieutenant (inverimr $0 a day, during llie es-ion of the Legislature; Supremo Judge 1.71)0 ; Common Plea and Ciimimil C.airta $l,.r.0ll j Secretary of Stain M,4H0 Trenurer ft ..Mm; Auditor fl,(il); Librarian Altnrney dei.er.d if 1,000 and three per cent, collection, but not to exceed if 1 4lil); Board ol Public Work l,r00 each; Judge of throe Hnecial Court at Cincinnati nml Cleveland $ l.fillO ench ; Judge anu nciH 111 cii-cimu irom fit con ia to f.' r ilav ; members nf ihe Legislature, clerk and dour keepers 1 1 tier day. 1 his in the way Ihe Locos have rams! salaries, and t nut n wold of complaint from these Loco edit., fa who were so horror stricken nt the Wbiy rnisiin? anl. rie some e.'t per ce hi ! But Locofoco preach econo my hut practice Hie reverse. To prove Ihia, look at ihe Leciahiiivo ami priming expense only four yenrsol which, from 1K. t,i iHls, were undor Wilis rule. H LegiaUlire Kxfen I'rlnlina; Kxpente. $12,S.T 1(1.187 18, Mill I!t).!b7 ','o.:iln Hi.liiMi lM.o:t7 18,111 ic.ki:, H, 14(1 I'J.IW" 1 1. Iff! I PVi47 H,(;i, 2li.JMil ;i8.hi;:i fW.tifd S:17 k:i Ht:t IS -10 IHII ISli! IHH DU.'i loth 1HI7 IM-IU 1HI! I SMI IH.I P'.8W8 n.vir, 44 h'7'l 48,k:ih " 4ti 007 HlVniii 4I.V.I4 4VM? J7,.'i4:i t '.!,', ,!u; Whig niHjoritie M(i.ii:i' ) :i:i !r;.l these y uitra. H.H7H Tlm enpense for these ileum lu 185';, will roll up to the no nl of nl lennl I2"i.IKH1!1 I Tliene. together wild from $7.r.0n0 to l00.tluu iucrtM,. iu salarir .out wnea, nillMiall) , will be lllenmotlllt the p-ople.il Ohio .Mil have lo pay for the New l.oco Model Contitoii..i. Ihe New Loco Mi del Salary Law. nud the pleasure of having Lot os In rule over you. The Loco ,. . 1 8.1'. alone, will bo neatly 1 ipial in that of ihe 4 years ot Whig rule!! If the ti pay era of lhm wih ih, CAliavngituco lo continue and increase, vol,, for l.ocolo cos a you have done. It oii wish (hat atopped ami io return lo ihe good tdd big p,th, vote I'm- Whin, n hokolho Loco aponillhrif. at the October ami November ek-dio ns, and you will save il nnd in ,e coming session of tho Legitime. Fd.l Whis lo Congress nml a Wing President, nml you will Inigely in Congress, ami ensure prosperity to save prosperity lo your country. Most of tlio lianas in Cincinnati now sell sight exchange 011 New York cily at par a result caused probably by the scarcity of western currency.
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Full Text | " I! , , , HiMWIIII if- - f. 1 VOLUME XLIII. COLUMBCTS, OHIO, TUESDA Y, SEPTEMBER 28, 1852. NUMBER 5. iDftliln )io Stale Journal IS PUI1MSIIKD AT COLUMROB KVKRY TUESDAY MOI1NINO, or SCOTT BASCOH, JOIiRXAl BUttDlHai, 1I1UI1 IPtD VtKKL BTRtNTd KNTRANCI OM IUOB. TA'Ifflf.S Inrariahly in ailrnnm: In I'olnnibiill, SUIO a rear; hv limil, M.FW; club uf four aud upward. Ql 'liil or Ion aud upward., III). Tl I r. UA I I.V JOIJIINA I, Is fumlflK il to rltj lubarriurn at M OO, nnd lr mull nt r,.IKIa v.ar. THKTKMVKKKI,y JuUKMtlila S.'I.U0 a yir. i;a teh oFAnrnnrmini! m tut. wkfki.yjournal 4 S o I 8 c a 1 8 il iiiinrfl, tUI 7&, I (XI 1 2fi 1 75 2 S5 iiu 4 ((0 & OA G W 8 00 '2 f"illnrt, 761 Iff.1 75 a !Tii) &M 0O& 000 00b lul l: 1 001 76 2 r'. 5t4 5115 006 50 H 00 II. 1 252 V3 504 005 00 0 0u 0010. 14. changeable monthly, fr'iOa jenr; weekly . rlmiiKeublu ipiarifMy nlmtii'ulilH iinr(irly , , c)iiui(;etlo unruTly 1 Kfimre, I1 4 column, column, 1 column, 10 Hues of Hil shetltypo is reckoned nsmiarti. Adrert hutments ordered mi tho fluids delusively, dmiblii Mm nlxivs ml. All iMulnd notlcm t'lmrid double, anil measured u If soli-1. Political. From Iho ninclnnnli !acln SPEECH OF ROBERT 0. CORWIN, Varfe tVorf Mb Lebanon ( Ohio) Scott Clubx on Saturday evening, September 8'A, on the Expenditures of the Ad- ministrationTim Galphin Claim General Houston's Galphinism and Locofoco Galphinism generally. Mr. Corwin said ho had accented llie invitation to addresB iho meeting for tho purpose of discussing some topics which had not been broached t any ol iloHili-eriofis lio had tlio pleasnro of atleiidiiiK during thin r,ainpiiif,'ii. Wo Iihvo, oaiil Mr. Chorimo oxceedinyly forliiualo in tho iclortion of our candidtito for tlio I'reu-idonry, and tho peoplo aro m inncli mrrifd away by ailmiration of tho hrillianl actn of tho horn, that our or atom havoqiiito friendly yitdded to llm tomplatioii to dwfll loni! upon tho lift", character am) grtmt tervicos . of fJunoritl Scott; have givm It ns pronnnence to the dUciiM.on ol priiiriploi, and of tho acta of litis and pro-rediftf! ndmii.istralionH. I liml, howovor, that our opnjunis aro purauing a dillVront coiirsrt. Their policy Inn Wen and it to attack til." tinai) 'inl ad niin'iHt ration of Iho Government by President Fillmore and hi Cabinet. Wo heard on last Saturday, in tin very Hall, n k pouch on the linan-chil policy of Ihn administration, in which preat ex-travnatiKu wan churned, and norriiplion iulimuted. That itpeecli limy be luketi for a Hpocirnen of what DfinorniH throughout Iho Ntate are loudly di-clariii", nod what th'i inure, niiui'tni. tcd amrij,' then, may nc-f ta n 1 1 y hclieve, of lit" oxirtivaatieo of the Whip party. They are in error. 1 have, with curjHiderahlon.ro. compiled curium IiicIh volntivo h iho oxpendiiuiTH of the ndniiniMration. wliich will ttncim.lely evhihit the nnionnln expended flur'uifT Filhii'ire'd AdiniiiiHlrnliou, aud the HirponeM for which lliey were expomlcd. It wan charged by Mr. MeConoick, (lain Attornoy ''eneral,) in lliis place a few day ninro, llint the WIhn , were oipoii'lini? much great or an ma in carryiua on the I ' invernmcnt than tho liemocrata for lliofiuno lenlh ol tium. Let tin see, luririt the two yeiirn of Mr. Filluioro'n Alminilrn-lion very largo expmidiiurea were niadw In cancel ob ligatioim incurred, hut noi paid, during the v;mtefu! term of .In men K I'olk. And liml, Hiere wni tlio war witli Mexico, which Mr, MrG'orinick i" rilit in c I ni ruing it a a hemocralic mea-urn. The expetiaea of lliin Mexican war, incurred by Mr. I'olk, anil chargeable upon llm Treasury of the United Sialen, wImlIi wen Hot puid iluriiiff hia term, htil during tho Ibcal year ending Juno Ul), lS'il.of Mr. Fillmore t A'lminutratinn, amounting to die aggregate sum of ten milliont nine hundred and fifty-four thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollart. I have iho item of all tld, mid can produce Iho vouchor, il'lhoy are desired. This lare mini of nearly eleven miili'ins was a part of iho legilimnln expen-tliturea of a Democratic ndmiiiiitliiition the money, indeed, Win actually expended during 1'olk'a Icrm.hut the appropriations lor it payment wore not made unlit 1S.11. Tho entire ex pond it urea of the liovernment for IH.11 wero $ IR.oUri.878, and of this sum, be it remembered $lu.!t.'i4,-i:M wero paid mil in li. (nidation of llm Mexican war debt contracted by Mr. I'olk. And now, fellow ct'icna, let me give you the ileum : Mexican Inokmmi r. liy (he terms of die treaty of peace, nude at iho conclusion of tlio Mexican war. our (ioveriiuiHut agreed lo pay Mexico tin indemnity of $15,000, 0ii. payable in ini'almenia, of which i.'MOjnn was p'lid during tho your IS.1) I. Claims oi-Citiknb of tiik Unitf.ii Htatks aoainst Mkxk o. It was also n creed to pay Iho valid chums of our cilioiis ngainnt Mexico growing out of upolia-1 lions on privito properly; anil on Ihia account was paid the sum of $ J.M C.fi!M - Intercst m War I nr. During tho huimo Mexican war, I ho national debt wat iiirren ! over liily mil lions of dollnra, and Iho interest upon this debt, contracted by Mr. 1'olk'a ndiiiinirttralioii, nnd paid by Mr. f ill-inoro'a, auioiiiitcd to tlionum ol i:),?!lii,7-1- Monk v pain to Vot.iiNTKKHa. luring iho smno fiscal year, eiitliuu Juno .'10, IH.tl, there wero paid to vol-unteers in Hi Mexicnti war, the mm of Jo;i,1,:i:til. At 1he conclusion of iho war. Congress provided for a yslem of peiHions lo volunteers, puynldo in hind warrants or in money, at the rate of $Hl(t for each warrant, or ICO acres of land. Under this provision, aoldieis elecleil lit ilraw money instead of warrants, lo Iho amount of 100, 011(1. llniiNiiAKT Commisio. lly a further provision nf ilio treaty of (Jnod-iloupe Hidalgo, a boundary line was lo be run between iho territory ol iho United Slates nnd that of Mexico, at iho joint expense of bolh rountriea. The oxponnea ir llounilary Comiots aioii paid during ilu year 111, were !f'J04,;i7r. The expouses Hltending llm negotiation nnd conclusion of Mm Irori'y were paid in the same year, and amounted to f'.H.si;,. Now. gentlemen, mid these items together, and v'U will liml llm enormous agregi,le of tl0,!..VI,-1t4. all ol which should have been n lumeil in Iho expeuoes ol tho last year of Mr. 1'olk'a iidiotoiNlralion, but it was lefl unpaid until tho first year of Mr. Fillmore's, III addition lo ihin large iiimnint I litis rdmwu to be juMtly clmrgeablo on a lieuiocratic nod im) on a Whig nilmitiixtrittioo, there mo others which I will now "late. Nkw MnriR ok Ci'i i rcnMi Hhvunit hi. tin iho ;id day ol March, lH-tf the Inst day of Mr. 1'olk'a admin-istr.iiion Congress p.isscd a bill rhanuing ihe mnuner of collecting Ihe revenues of llie United Stales, lie- lore that lime all revenue titlicers, such as I'olleelors of duties in id Receivers of Iind Oll'n es, were in the habit of di'ducting Trom the monies collecled Ihe amount of their sahiriea or cotninMsiotia, ami all exjieusea attending collections, artlca, c, Ac., returning to Itie Treasury Depiirlment the tialai.ro of public loonies left alter such deduction. Tlio new law provided for tun return of every do'litr ot (lie puhlic inotnea collect fd, and that snlnriea expenses, Hie, should bo a direct eliargoupnii IhoTrwHflury Hepartmenl from which ihey wen lo be paid, mi that after this dale the salaries nnd expeiiflea ol a large number of puohcoftieera were added to the animal expense of tiovernment. In thin way a coimdenble amount of ihe rxpenaea of Mr. 1'olk'a aitiuiuistrntioii was loft lo be paid by ihe succeeding one, n will appear. The nxpeiisea of collect' ing tlio revenues for the fiscal year ending Juno 'Mi 18.11, were f, 017,4.1(1 11:1. hxi'RNSKS or takino tiik Cknso During tile same fur a I year of Ml tho expenses nf taking the decennial census wore paid, amounting to (it7'i,.1llil. Under Mr. I'olk of course no such expenses accrued. Amount or h-lkoai. rnn.Kc thin a httruMiKii. hilt Itohert .1. Walker Hilminisiered the Treasury Department llm most careless and reckless system ol collect' ing tho revetiuos was practiced. He decided that Importers must pay duties ai coriliug to his interirrlation of tho Tariff laws: lor instance ho declared that im porters nf Sugar nnd Molaaso ah ou Id pay Tnrilf duties -on llm weiglitot these nr Helen alike time lliey were flipped, ami not when received, ttiua making no de duction for the almost inevitable shrinkage of tho one and leakage of tin other. The merchants nppeah d lo the Supreme Uouri, who ileciitcd in their Invor, ami under this derision there was refunded to importers, in 18.11, the sum o t J,;i(,t,l!0li which had been illegal ly exacted oy Mr. Walker several years lietore. Nrw Ktstfm or (Ickan Mail Hicrvh-r. Mr. I'olk'i adminisirotion adopted n new lysietn of Ocean Mail service; contracts wero made on three great rouica, I. From New York to Liverpool. II. From New York to Chairrea, and lit. From Panama to San Francisco. Not a dollar ol this service was paid during Mr. Polk'a term, while tlio amount tints paid in Itf.'il, was $l1:inJ,'Jii5. Pamknt or I'um ir Dkiif. Congrea presciibei that a certain class of bMiulsorthe United States slmul be ri'deeiiled lis Ihey Tell due this had not been done iuthotonn of Mr. Polk by whom the national debt was increased on one occasion by tho sum of f L.1,1101), 0(10: -ri7,:t'' ol the public debt were nmd in IS l Incrkask ur Civil, inn Mimtaky Fohcr Cunsi- uurar upon Ttir. Mrxican War It waa atieululed in the liealv with Mexico tlntl the Inlter '" to be pro lech d ly the Umlcd stales Irom nil depredations liy the Imtinns willnn our newly nnpinod ten itories ol Calilornia nml Now Mi'X'co. Tho ennense conse- ejueut upon this vast nildiiioii of territory enpenses that never devolved upon Mr. Polk's adminisirati"n have been ami w ill continue to lie enormous, A largi force, naval and military, has been maintained in Cidi fornia, and a military force hi New Mexico and the expen-na ol the civil ndmiuilrntioii ol the lornie while a territory, were mvesaarilv very largo. The Increased expense in llm Indian Department were $l.587.LM0; in llm War Depurlment, 4,.1(ii(,70'J ; Naval and Civil Department, l'.000,0(m, making a vast total, (with the Item previously namral.) of ttetnty tir fcWyion, (no hundred and eigktitn thontand tir wdr. and ttomtw two dollar of expense matrrtd by Mr. Polk, but jwnd by Mr. Fill mora. Summiko Up The whole expenses of Mr. Fillmore' administration for the yrar ending June :I0, HHM, re t1HpOOj;278 rrom wincn uedmu exlru expenses incurred hy Mr. Polk as above Sii.'JlS.CJ'.' Leaves $2l.787,25(i a tlii! legitimate expenditures fur that year, inoluding idl llifi items of Mr. Polk' budgets. Now, with all the boasted economy cif (he Democrats, iho expenses for their administration for 1818 were fcio,;00,ufflf From which deduct expenditures for 1851 (wiiR) i,787 And wo have a saving of 14,71,741 in tho first year of Mr. Fillmore's administration. These are all facta, and the evidence is on file in Ihe Department at Washington, and Democrats who perambulate iho country pretending lo enlighten Ihe peopltt, representing them otherwise, are eilhor very ignorant, or very dishonest tho fuels are concealed from iho voters. He it runic inhered, then, that in the first year of Mr. Fillmore's administration there was cll'ectcd a saving of over fjur million and a half in the ordinal y expenses of Government in Iho nccond year there whs a Having of over eight millions and n half; tliu expenses of that year being lesa by Unit large amount than thoto of Mr. Polk'a ndniii.it.trnti.in in 184(1. Keep these truth before Ihe people' Uut in the face of thin il ia very common in hour third rate Democratic stump orator attsert that tlio Whigs have increased the annuul expenditure of tho country from tweuly-six millions to forly.eight million! And then they turn nnd ask, "What baa become ol alt litis tnf yl" nnd furnishing themselves the answer. reply Ihat the "(ialphina" and " Hurdiiiera " have Hwallowrd it ! W'o have economized over eight millions in the ordinary oxpenses of (ioveriimetit j and if, in nddiii' ii to this largo saving we have paid iho claims of tho r.alpliiiia aud (iardinera it demonstrates that under Polk'a administration unjust claim must have been puid in tho nmoiint of at least uighi and a half millions more than under Fillu oro's PoMTna op thk "(Jai.puins." (Jentleinen.ii word a to the polities of tho "(ialphina." The (ialphiu claim was presented to a Democratic Congress during Mr. Polk'a term ; a bill waa passed referring tho claim to tho Treasury Department fur payment, li. J. Walker paid Iho principal, and asked tho Attorney General if the interest ih.uild be paid. No report was made during Mr. Polk'a lerm. While the buneuicd Taylor waa President, Mr. Meredith, Secretary of tho Truaiu-ry, consulted Heverdy Johnson, then Atlornev General. and a lawyer ol tho highest attainments, a to Ihe le gality fii mo cinim ir iniereti on inu purl o dalplitn s heirs Mr. Johnson aid Ihat ihe law passed by a Democratic Congress, waa so worded a to make it obligatory upon the Department to pay the interest, nnd it waa accordingly paid, lint wo are told that Mr. Sec-rotary Crawford was nil attorney oriment for Galohin. and received a large fee. Triio ; I plead " guilty " lo Ihe charge so far an it goe. 1 will not excimo n cabinet officer for receiving money as ngeut of u claimant wuose claims come hi iijh impnrtnicnl for payment Hut, gentlemen, thero was but one member of Genera! Taylor' Cabinet that at all participated in this mailer. Mr. Crawford would have gone oni of iho cabinet had not General Tnvlor died, and is now t! inn vino (hnn-ht for Vict ft and King! It is plain that Ihisiculiciimtmn in the thilpluu case wan Iho first exlnial dctuoiistrit- I imi of hi Democratic proclivities. j'Chenrit.J Mr. Crawford must have spurned this "claim" but tor iho latent Democracy in his soul. Hut I nm told " II Gjlphiu and Crawlurd were De-itinera! Or. Gardiner is a Whig." TDK GAICDINKR CLAIM. Motive of delicacy have until now deterred me from iiscuiiie tho ( .ardiuer Claim before Itie neunle. Nor i was my unwillingness overcome by the peily nlhiektt a peiuer pouiiciiin it village meelmiiH and on the stump. 1 knew it was all right so far a Thomas Cor- win und mysclt were coucerueil. Hut, gentlemen, on a recent visit to Columbus I chanced lo hear no less a personage tlmn General Houston idler the slauder llmt Iho Secretury of iho Trensury used his olUehd po xiiioii t inllmnco the payincut of (he Gardiner Claim, and, at tlio sumo time, implicating mo in what he urged as a fraud upon tho Treasury. Then silence used lo be a virhio. 1 resislpd tho immiUo loan. nwer General I louston'a slamiers at. ilmt lime ; I ihought lit and proper In como homu to vou, Ihe liln.lime lieighhorsand li ieiid of Thomas Curwin, and tell you, lirst of all, w hat connection he has wilh iho matter. Iho claim of Dr. Gardiner is one nf Ihuse cmuine out of tho war wilh Mexico. He wan a citizen ol ew York, burn on a beautiful Island in tlm llav bo- low tho ciiy of New Yoik, which is alill known ii" Gardiner's Island.'' Ho is a gentleman alt o heil ii his yoii'h lo the principles and organization o) Democratic parly, in which lie occupies ralhor n ouspicuoiin posiiiou. Alter leaving college ho studied medicine, and when he had ncipiin U ihi profession, lio was invited by his old prompter to iimunpauv him a a friend and physician through Mexico whither lie was going lor the henehl el his health. Dr. G. tic pled ihe pmpoml, nml b It New Orleans for Vera ru about I Hit;. He had, however, been but A few Weeks in Mexico when his old preceptor died, leaving him alone a stranger in a atrnngo laud ; but he waa u man of varied pc- uniplishmeniH ami scientific utimiinmni. mm'ik in-' ihe Spanish language correctly and with ease, he wiii also II versed in mineralogy and inululluryv. and was nnsmpiently soon in a lair way lo eel ulout in ihe world. I had forgotten to uientiou ilmt he had resided or n considerable en;:lh of lime on iho IhImmcI of Cuhn. and received a portion of his education in ihe city o Mavann. With the sum of leu thousand dollars, which he had ft after the death of his rriend. Dr. Gardiner pro-eded lo ihe city of Mexico, where he commenced the praclico of his proleSMou. and in a short time at-laiiinl a high position both professionally and soci illy. Profiling by his ucipiaiuhitico wilh 'fie scienro of iniiie- loi-y. lie begun by decree and caillion.lv lo soeeii- bile in Ihe mines for which that country haa been role irnteil rver since its inmiilest by Cortc. IW nili-mhug to the growing praclico of his profes sion, nml by hi successful mining speculation, ihe oriutii" oi ten ihoiisand do, ir. wilh wlicli Dr. (inrdi- tier entered iho city of Mexico, had, m the course ol n few yours, increased to filly thousand. About litis lime, General Waildy Thompson vn appointed Mini-ter from the United Stales In Mexico, and on Id urn val itiero, a meeting of llm American resident was held for Ihe pnrpnao of meeting hint with n suitable iiddresN upon hi entering ui-on the diith of his eflici". Dr. Gardiner w delegated bv ihe meelitii to nddrcan General Thompson on behalf of Iho American resi enis, mid his effort on Ihat occasion ia spoken ol as most ndmirahlo, whether considered as to its appropri ateness nr too elegance ni us style. I uientiou Hits mi cideui, my iriends, to give ymi aoine general idea of what aort ol man Ibis Gardiner wns, and in what ea, m he waa held by llmse who knew him veara bo lore Ina mane hecalue connected Willi tin- prosecution of a cl, urn against ihe United Stales. He was at this lime twenty. hve or twenty-six years of are. After Iho event to w hich I have alliuled, iho Doctor remained a short lime longer in Hie tiraclice of nietli cine, when he waa induced by Perrz (ialve, one of oiliest anu most oinneni Hankers in Mexico, whose favorable nctpiainlniice he had uintle, lo embark wilh him in nn extensive muiilig speculation. Galver, re- naed an mm h confidence in Ganliner'a inlegrily, and set no ingii a vnmo utton in niiamment ns a scietilitu miner, that he cave liim an tiulimileil loiter of credit wilh lids ho went lo San I.ui I'oioai, where he knew of iho location of an old silver initio nf great value, but unworked since the Itovoluiion by which Mexico be came independent of Spain and a Republic, The ns cords of ihi mine ho had found among llm nrrhives o tno i ;oilege o Mineralogists j lor t Intro tg in Mcxr 'o n('oe'enl 11ns description, endowed bv uoveru- tneiit, in which a lull history of nil Iho mines in iho 'mint rv. umlinicing a description of (heir chaniclen tics, and a statement of their relative values is rcronl- I. It was wlnlo examining Iho archivm of this in- siiiiiiion that )r. Gardiner found ihe history of this oni mine, anil wiiu a aagaciiy which term n mark trait in his rharncler, decided upon ila purchase. 1 aeipnred a complete title by purchasing the eslale, on which was the mine, ol the owners, and also by rxtin, gui'liing Ihe government tills tlieieln. With Ihe most snniMiine expectation of remnnera lion, and with the fihumlant capital w'hirh so great an enierprixe demiimied, or. (mrduier set to work nil king the most extensive and thorough preparations fi ihe cnmpleto ilevelopmeut of the mineral riches lie knew In exist in hi purchase. He employed aoine tilt) men, ami hud over .tui) mules and horses j ami im ported stores of provUhuis and good for Ihe sustenance and payment of this large force, wilh the inhabitants of iho Dislrtrt. He sunk shaf t ihree hundred yards into Ihe side of the mountain, built furnace, re I merle and houses, sent to the city of Liverpool for a power- mi sinnin engine, mm cunouctcu no 111 nterailous nil n scale comineiiaurnie with his view of I heir importance. n no pepummg oi ton year mil. no Had expended tho sum ol $. IIUUIOO in hia undertaking. Up in (his lime ho had been employed in preliminary work, preparing machinery, creeling buildings, and cleuiing away the rubbish of year. In the spring of this year the initio began to be productive in silver, aud up to ine ','imi uriooer mnuwiug 110 realized m average monthly return of anmethiug over 10,000. From (he 'Nllli nf Septemlier to the '.Midi of October ,,ne niotith lh pnaliittioii amounted to 'M.OOd worih of refined silver. Il wns at tin limn that the mine waa destroyed by the Mexican army. Hy the terma of a pre-existing treaty, t ilienaof (lie United Slatea resident in Mexico were entitled to pro- lection ill Ihe peaceable prosecution nf Iheir Iiiimiiorh ' merchant being excepted after one year from llm commencement of the war. Dr. Gardiner wni nn merchant, but a miner, ami confidently calculated ukui Ihe uninierruptcil proseciiliotiol Ins undertaking. At this time the Mexican army in the District nf Sn Louis polosi wn in a greally reduced rnmlilimi it wan neluaily sinning. With General Taylor n)i the one aide, ami General Scott on llm tidier, iho Mexican army waa hemmed in between two lire. Tho soldier in thia army wero mennly clothed, and badly equipped, unpaid, and poorly provisioned. The property nr or. Gardiner, ol an kinds, waa ot Iho last impor I tance to this army. The Urge almrea of provisions be 1 had laid to, his good, hia powdr and lead, wart all needed, and yon will not bo surprised toh Brn that ihe doctor received a formal notice from the Mexican General to leave hi mine nnd property within Ihree daya. Dr. Gardiner protested against this summary ami unwarrantable procedure, decluting that if in Ihe fuce of clear treaty stipulations he was driven from his possessions, the parties who dispossessed him were no heller than a hand of robbers. This declaration so incensed Ihe Mexican General that he ordered his soldiers to lake immediate possession of all the property valuable lo the army destroy Ihe balance, and shoot Gardiner! On the approach of Iho enemy, he fled without a companion, and without money without anything save a piece of rope, by the aid ol which he escaped over the almost impasaublo mountains of ihe District, aud surviving stiller iny nnd hardships which might make an interesting volume, finally Kiiccoedcd in joining Ihe American forces nt Tntnpico, about the last of October. He related hia history circumstantially and fully, and so favorubly impressed General Gates ihat ho appointed him a Surgeon in tho army, in which position lie performed valuable set vices during the war. In iho treaty of peace there was a provision lliat nil claima of citizen of this country upon the. Government of Mexico, should be paid by the United Stales, not exceeding tho amount of threo nnd one quarter million,, of dollar. If authenticated claima to that amount were nut presented, the balance remaining, it iscluiiu-ed, would accrue hi Mexico. W hether claims to a greateramount should be puid, wnsa tpieslion reserved by our Government. Now, observe that Dr. Gardiner's claim agninst Mexico was valid eighteen months before tho conclusion nf this treaty, and could nut have been contemplated by it any more limn Dr. Gardiner cmild have anticipated am h a provision as I have stated. Tho next point in this relation is the employment of General Waildy Thompson by Dr. Gardiner for Iho purpose of prosecuting hi claim under tho treaty of Guadalunpo Hidalgo, already noticed, before tho Commission at Washington appointed lor the purpose of passing upon the claims of citizens of tho United Slates for spoliations, &c. The Commission was created in March, 1810, and held an informal meeting tho April following. I attended tho first regular session, in June, 18l!l, and scarcely missed a day until the closu of Ihe session. Dr. Gardiner wns present from the first, with General Thompson, though I did not then know the former. Hia papers, though full and prepared wilh cure, did not conlorm to tho rules pruirilied by the Conimifsionera, which were very strict-. Ho had a copy of his protest, madu to the alcalde of his district : against the illegal destruction of his properly, nnd a ! letter from that ollicor and others relating (o tho value of tho property destroyed, &,. General Thompson look a copy of the forms of testimony, voucher, &c, prescribed by the Hoard, and advised Id client to ro-luru to Mexico nnd get hia paper from the proper aiilhoriliea and parties, in corresponding forms. At this time General Thompson proposed to Thomas Corwin to take a part, ns counsel, in tho prosecution of Ihe Gardiner claim, giving a must favorable re pre-1 sen mi ion 01 Mini gentleman s personal character as well as of Ihe juslice id' Ins claim. Mr. Corwin, then a stranger in Dr. Gardiner, accepted. Prior In this Gov. Corwin had been engaged in one or two other cases the " Union Land Company " and tho " Trinily Land Company "while he field tho olllcc of Senator. aud this you know, my fellow-citizens, ha been made the ground nt the most serious charges against his honor and integrity, cspecinllv since the Presidential couteal haa fairly begun. Now, don't you think it a monstrous Hung, that a man who lias devoted nil Ins lifo to iho practice of the law, should havo so tittle soll-renpecl, so little regard for bis constituents, ns to receive a fee in a case pending in the Supremo Court of the United States, nr in any other iudicial tribunal ut Washington, while he was there attending to their inierests us n member ol Ihe I niled Mutes HenntoT Yet, gentlemen, Ibis Commission for tho adjudication of claims against Mexico wa nf a strictly judicial char- i(TTnLi,nn hi 11 i'nu 11 emoraceti mo whole rntigo of common, maritime and international law. rhu claims which it had Teen constituted to adjust grew out of (he violation by Mexico nf her treatv stipulations, of maritime and revenue Inws, illegal confiscation, &c. The nnpenrancu of moinber.s of Coiiercs in Ihe Court at Washington is an every day occurrence. Webster, Itentoii, indeed almost every prominent lawyer in Congress, havo appeared na ciuuimsI of sti iters and cluinianls. And yet 11 cnmmilteu lo investigate charges against members of tlio opposite parly, w ho have received fees from claimants not claimants before Congress but before the Court is demanded, in enter to impress Iho public mind that 10m o great wrong has neon perpetndi d. W liy could nut General Houston remember, and remembering, have ihe frankness in state, ihat Mestrs. Heiilou. Hrmht and Soule Ihree leading Democratic Senator practiced in all unsea helore the sumo Comiimsioii, where retainers were oll'ered T Numerous members of emigres accepted fees to prosecute clnims before the Mexican Commission, and no one ever relusud a lee upon the ground Hint his position nan member rendered it improper to accept. vwjiiam 1,. nian y.oi new mrK, who nnd ,)ost retired from iho post of Secretary of War under Mr. Polk, waa engaged will) mo in at least fifteen cases before this Commission ; Mr. Hreckenride one of ihe most prominent Democrats nf Peliiisylvaiiia, had a standinc advertisement of his willingness to advocate ibis clnss it claim, 111 iho Washington paper. W ill Mr. Moule, hiiinuau of Ihe Senate committee, nnd Mr. Olds, upon aIioso motion the Hoiifo committee was appoinicd. aver that there wns anything iiitrinically wrong in ihe fact that Gov. Corwin practiced his profession while a Senator 7 While 1 show ihe great number of prominent Democrats habitually engaged in this basinem, let me be understood ns declaring my conviction lhal sm h nrol'essionnt limitless is strictly proper for both parlies. I only seek to strip the matter of iho partisan character witn winch, lor the purposes o tlio hour, our political enemies would clothe the subject hern in Ohio, wheie Ihey presume on lack of information among the people. I have already staled ihat Governor Corwin, while Senator, ncrpti d the proposition of General Thomp son und became one of Gardiner's counsel 11 port the r commendation of men, in whom, though political opponents, be had confidence. The CnminisMon was lo sit in ihe following October, and Mr. Corwin beitiL' let;iinrd in Ohio, I Went on and up pea red in his place General 1 boinpon held 11 position Ibnt might be termed Attorney ol Kecoru, being (he counsel originally re tained. He culled lo our as-.inli.nco Colonel Lully, lheii nnd now the confidential friend ol General fierce 1110 men, ner m ine iiaininoro uonveniion to whom Pierce eulrnsled (us letter containing bis political opin ion. And let it be rememberrd Ihat ol all (he staunch Democrala in Ihe nation, Pieice selected an nttorney oi nr. r. Hammer, h.r in trusty nnd well beloved itiifidciilial friend. Here, then, ia Colonel Lnlly and General I hompsou, two prominent supporter ol l ien c the one amusing all Klavedom nnd the oilier all Y keedom to hia support. Have we not brought Ihia Gardiner iniquity il iniquity it he to the very back door of tho Democratic party f Among Ihe counsel in the Gardiner case is also hit- ward Curtis, a man slandinc Inch in the confidence the people, who now occupies a toaitinn antagoniaih al to the candidate of the Whiff parly General Scott, You see. theii, my frond, that among Dr Gardiner's counsel iliem are three men who are prominent actors acninst Ihe W hit! party in the present crmtmiiMi, Tell me II you Hunk Iho Democrat have wisely chosen ihe matter ot Or. Gardiner a claim as a aulnect lo make pa- litieal capital out ol 1 I return lo the history nl Ihe case Or. Gurdincr returned from Mexico in the fall of 1S4!, having pro cured ample evidence relative In the situation ol hi mine, amount nt property destroyed, nnd estimates ol lis value, all except perhaps the latler in proper form to be laid be lore the Commissioner. Among other document he brought a certified copy of a book which all miner in Mexico are required to keep- wherein an accurate account nt nil expenses incurred, weight nf ore raised, iVc, &c, are registered and iwv riodically certified to by tho Alcalde. Upon Ihi report iho government levies and collects n tax. The Alcalde ia lo watch thai the return as in ihe capital invested expense incurred, Ac, are not at too low n liuure nod you will readily ierceivo that the miner would bo quite careful not lo estimate Ilia ox peine and slm k too high. From this certified ropy of the Alcalde's book, it wn shown that Dr. Gardiner had expended for the improvement of his mine ihe sum of t:i:i0,0n() lb" preseiiletl also the deposition of a'l eminent Spanish merchant as to the amount received from iho Hunker Perex Gulvex, his own capital, and the money be hud made and wa making nut of the mine when it wns destroyed. That Gardiner had expended llm sum id :t:m,00h, we were able to prove in two way First, wo had the deposition of hia engineer a to the outlay lor tnipriivomeni, anil Hum wn had the olhcial stair menl ot lite A'caile, made up ul weekly report. I lie two modes of proof exhibited ihe same result. Altogether, there were some twenty depusitioiisi on these wu based our argument. At Iho outset the Hoard asked, Who it thit fr. Gar- diner that fotnrihrre icith claim for half a milium of dot-lari I W'nddy Thompson addressed a Hole lo Colonel Jet Verso u Davis, Democratic Senator from Mississippi, nskiug il ho knew him. Jellersou Davis replied, endorsing Ihe character of Or. G. m Ihe highest terms, and represented him ns a man possessing an iniimate knowledge of all matter connected with mining ope-' rations in Mexico, Thi letter General Th-impson laid before tlm Hoard. Another letter of like lone nml character from Democratic Senator Downs, of Louisiana, wasalsoaiibinitted. (loneral Gate of the United Slates Army, who waa commando g at Tuinptco when Gardiner escaped from the Mxi. 'an in his camp, aiul lo whom, nl ihat early day, he made a lull statement of ihe amount he had invested in Ins mine, and the leases lie had u stained a statement that had compared accurately with ihat of the Alcalde and the Un gineer's came forward with a letter, bearingihe highest testimonials to the character and probity of Gardiner. Judge L'irnol, performing judicial duties for ihe Uiiiu-d Stale nt Tntnpico dining tho war, another prominent Democrat from Mnrylnnd, nnd several others whose names now escape ine, gnve Gardiner Ihe most fluttering testimonials over their nwu signature. Alt these documents aro no tile lu the Deport men t nt Washington. Now in reference to all this, I have In say, that il these leader iu the Democratic party have palmed upon uaa acoundrel, the affair ia thaira, not our i, aud much last oi lha YVhiga. 1 The only allegatiii of fraud brought against Gardi uer, woa, that Inn pilers were forged. The Board directed its Noc rotary In submit tho papers lo the examination of iho Mexiiiii Minister, with a request to be informed if they wcto genuine. The Minister, whose business it was In Idjow of Iho authority of all Stale papers from his conktry, after a careful investigation pioiiouuced litem authentic. Alter hearing of lilt argument bused upon the facts I have stated, the L;ird decided that Dr. Gardiner should receive an uuulitil equal to that which it wn proved he had investoU in the mine, ri:: $:i:id,)00. To this wo nalurally obj'Wcd, urging lhal he should receive n compensation fcr ihe value of his mioo aa well aa for the money expended in developing that value. Hul the Hoard decide! that his testimony as to ihe prospective value of hs property was iusuflioielit if no insisted upon a higlor award, ho must bring from Mexico fuller anil mnrdppocitic evidence. Dr. Gardiner was iu in an embarrassed condition, the destruction ol' Ida properly in a foreign country hud left him almost deslitulol As one of the consequences he had lefl the country Jlargely in debt, ai d deemed it unsafe lo return in bid present condition. His old friend Perez Galvez was (lead, and he had 110 powerful friends in Mexico on whom liecould rely. He had im money for so expensive a jaurney. In thi dilemma General Thompson and myself both endeavored lo negotiate a loan for hint, and liiled. Wo also failed in our efforts to sell a share nf tlio claim. Capitalist, were afraid to invest, because, as ihey remark, il, Ihe Commii'siouers find yut seveml morn lis to it and in the meantime it might cetir that Gardiner's claim lacked support, ami ihe board bud Hie power lo revoke all il had done in his regnrd. At ibis lime Dr. Gardiner caino to me and insisted that I should purchase a share of Ins claim. At first nil verso to tlm proposal, my oh-jcclioiis were gradually overcome, and I purchased one-fourth of Dr. Gardiutir's claim for ihe hum of over $10,1100. This being a larger amount than I could command, anil one-half being a cudi payment, rnis ed tho money by yet tint! my Iriends in Washington and Ohio In endorse my piper. Among oth- rs I asked 1 nomas uorwiu, nnd you know U01 win signs every hoily's note. After this proposed lo Mr. Corwin thai an we had been associated as lawyers iu iho case, and heretofore I in business, he should join mo iu my pun base of an I interest in the Gardiner claim. He did so alter weigh-ing the matter iu his own mind, and finding no valid 1 objections in such a course. I his was 111 March, 1850. I u .Inly, Goueral Tnvlur died, and the ndminislralioii of the Government devoi veil un Millard Fillmoro, w ho 111 looking about him for discount ilutmmil mKiscra, so Incited Thomas Corwin to accept u p,,nt iu hit Cabinet iib Secretary of the Troiaury. ! in Hi in request lie waa joined by Daniel Webster,; but .ti r. Corwin replied ilmt he whs interested in n pri-vate claim ngaiiiat the United Btatea Trensiu v, Ihat Crawford had been charged wiihcomiiiitliu-' a wrung in being interested iu a claim while a member of ihe Cabinet, mid he would not place himself in n situation which would Mibjeet him to a similar chanre. Sove- ral daya elapsed, dining which ho was urged to accept llm post, but percuipiorily refused, until Governor Young, of New York now in hisBruvo cume forward nnd proposed lo bike Mr. Corwin'H interest iu nil the latins before tho Hoard. Mr. Corwin did not know what was their value, and ho proposed lo take lor bis interest whatever sum Governor Yoiinir and myself should agree upon, but I found llm 1 iovi ruor 11 11 pro pa- rcu to pay so rniifii as l consider! il the interest worth. i proposed mysell to purchase Mr. Corwin s claim at the estimate 1 had promised to Young, hul to litis he would not listen, aiming Ihat hn.diould still be morally involved in the mutter, for if I profited by iho purchase lie knew I would f-hate it with him ; and if there was loss upon it lie would be utiw llline Ilmt I should bear the loss. An iinn euieiit was finally made with Gov. Younp. and to him Mr. Corwin made n full assignment of all hi interest in the claims; this was before Ihe meeting of Ihe board, and from that day lo ihi Thus. Corwin had 110 more connection wilh ihe mailer than any of you. George Law, an influential Democrat und unenterprising capitalist of New urk. nssisted Governor Young in purchasing Mr. Corwin's interest, nnd I have been credibly informed that he (Mr. Law appeared before die House Committee, raised to invesligale barges in tins regard against tho Secretary ol Ilia Treasury, and testified that Thomas Corwin bad had no connection whatever with iho Gardiner claim since he look his seat in the Cabinet. In the meantime Dr. Gardiner had nroceeded hi Mexico nnd procured evidence ns to the value of his mine from reliable parties, who leslilied thai it wits worth half a million of dotlntn. Ho brought proof ol proposition he had received iu Ul Hi from wealthy Mexicans fur one iwenty-totirili of the properly, w hich Would make t'-e whole worth between six und seven bundled thousand dollars. The Hoatd, however, never chaiiL'od ill liiMires. and this claim was naid pre cisely according to the original nwurd of f;in(),(Min besides ii ierest tlmt being for ihe sum proven to havo lei'n expeimon hi preparations to work tlio mine with- nit regard to ils prospective value which wn made leforo I hoimi Corw in und myself hud had nny inter est in it save lor counsel fee. Tho wholo mailer was (used up by myself: Governor Ynuuc neeiviim some 000 to f'J.OOO more than Im paid for hi interest. Thi is llm whole history of iho Gardiner transaction. 1 no far ns Thoinna Corwin and myself nro connected won 11, nun 1 repent Hint ine iiemucrnt nro welcome to what political capital ihey may manufacture from this cohiicclioii. Here one of the centlcmeii in lite audience interpo-il and nsked, "What do you think will bo the liual result of the invesliatioiis now making with regard to e Gardiner claim T" Mr. Corwin 1 believe that his nai-erswill be found lo bo genuine, and his claim be decided by all parlies lo be just and ripiibiblo. I understand that the President has nceeibd to Dr. Gardiner's request, lhal two Commissioners should be appointed to en with him to Mexico and investigate ihechnrge nf forgery preferred by interested Mexican politicians of all men ihe most iiilriguemg and uiicrupiiloiis men wlm. forihechiiiice of profiling by any bilnnce which ihe dental of Gardiner's claim here would place in llm Mexican Treas ury, have employed all iheir proverbial craft and cunning to blacken bis cleiracb-r. and throw doubts on the validity of hi claim. And her lei mo allude lo a miidaki" ol our tinscrn puloun political op.-nnetiin. They have proclaimed that Thomas Corwin nml Ihe Whig party worn con- rented in a swindle upon the I reasury ol M ft country Ihat Ihey have proliied by the payment of a I n rife idaim ncainst llm money chest of Ihe people of lie United Statrn. Not so. This money bufeiiL'ed In Mei. ico. If paid out on claims it wn in liquidation of ihe ems 01 niextco ; 11 not pant out, il went In Ihe Treas ury 01 Miat country, ao that 111 either nllerualive ibmg wns saved or lost lo the United States. Ia it not n liw thing under the mm. Ibis suddenly developed jeal y lor Ihe necniiuiry riifhls of Mexico on the imrt of Ihe Democratic Office Seeker ami Placemen 1 A lew words more as to the sequel of the Gardiner hum. When the Doctor had drawn Ihe money awarded him by the Hoard aud Commissioner he walked right across ihe street from tlm Treasury Department mid depositul ihe larger portion wilh a prominent Hanker 01 vasuingin, me balance he deposited 111 New York, look a letter nl credit, started on a lour lluoneli r.oropo. 11111 over n swindler do tno like be I ore r Did you, geiillemeu.ever hear of 11 man who, after oh tuiniiia- over a quarter of a million of dollsrs bv a ul gnnlic fraud, walked oft' and lelt Ihe greater portion of 11 111 a pooiie pinee anu - itniter ine tmse ' nt the swin dled parlies T White in Paris, Dr. Gardiner was first atnrtb d bv 1110 inpuri, uirii 1111 iiioirinaiioii mogeu liy cenaill ftlex it-ana, an indictment had been louiid against him foi fraudulently ohlaintuii llm money ! He sat down and instantly despatched a me ago in the District Attor ney, nuking it It was true, and staling Unit he hud lelt such n sum in W nstiingtuii, aud such a sum in New fork, anil Ihat ho himself would he in Wubinirlon In answer Ihe charge al Ihe earliest hour possible. Geu demon, he did return to Washingion, nml walking penly inlo the court room, said, "Mkrk 1 am what bad i retpnnd for my future appearance" (a this the bentnig ol a scotimireir Some time idler the finding of the indictment. Dr. Gardiner chanced In meet in the city of New York Iwo eminent scientific Ir.ivelera the one a German und ihe other an P.nglishnuin who in making a tour throuuh Mexico had viaib d the silver mine, attracted by ils fame, nnd there Ihey found Dr. Gardiner iu Iho height of his extensive operation for ils development Tlu-v continued the reports atrendy made of ihe value of the property, and iho sums expended I hereon Another incident : while the indictment was peiuf ing, a lawyer of Baltimore, wlmo name I cannot re cull at Ihe moment, called upon the President nud nk ed if the Mr. Gardiner, whom name then appeared ill all Hie newspsper 111 connection wilh 11 groat fraud upon the lloani of Commis-ioner for the settlement o Mexican claims, was once attached to the armv of Gen era! Galea at lampu-n, in tho capacity of surcenn t I lie l resiueiu reiuineo uimwer uiai lie believed him ihe same man. The geuilemnn whoso rharadnr ns llizen ami an eminent inwyer, liavinii n larce erne tiee in the Supreme Cnurl of iho United fit Me. weight lo his ntnieitient lheii said that ho knew the man well, and liml heard from hisowiilina it lMliin,.ni in ru particular uko mm inane ueiore the Comniis loners of iho spoliation or ins property by a Mexi can army, nml litis statement was made a venr ami half helore the conclusion of the treaty of peace which provided for payment hy llm Undid Slate nl' claims of our ciliens Bgainsl Mexico, growing cut of When I asked Dr. (i ntliner why he liml nm hnr,,rn staled so iiinvorlant a fact n this, In charaolet-iiin r.- ply was, " IU told ny $tory to a thtmiand penon up m 1 am pica: (teniiemen, continued Mr. urwin, I think I bnv now given you enough ol ihe hisinry of the Gnnliti claim in enable you to llldgn ol lis merit. For the purpose of affecting tlm election in Ohio, Gen oral Houston, a Senator from lexns, ha been induce to pernmbnlate ibis State, and publish charge against 1 noma uorwiu, ol assisting ma law partner ami rela tive to make n huge speculation out of lipht house contract in v,aniornia. tin euarge is wholly false 011, 11 11 wrm true, uencrai nousiuii, as uuairman ol uommtttM appointed to tnvoatigala thi matter, and upon whoso proceedings an injunction of secrecy was iiuposeti, lias ooeu gumy 01 a groni Tnuai.Mii m duty in ralerririg to it in public. But since he has seen proper to reler to the matter, 1 deem it my duty 10 present a tiuo statement of the facts. When Mr. Corwin wont into the Treasury Department, he found there, as chief clerk, an old man named McGmnii. whom he soon ascertained to be incompe tent to the performance of the responsible duties ot his station, in consequence of which he was removed and given a position in tlio Light House Bureau. The old mall was offended, and after 0 period approached the Secretary, and stated that he wished lo resign bis clerkship, inasmuch na he seemed not to enjoy the confidence of ihe bend of the Department! and asked in ho given some contracts for the construction of certain light houses in California. Mr. Corwin replied that a Mr. Delano, of Ohio, had asked for the tame contracts, and received some assurance that he should have them. They might, however, form a partnership in the matter, if they would build them on the terms prescribed by Congress. Delano and MiGinnia look 'ontract on the prescribed terms. About the Bfime lime a resolution was Introduced inlo the Senate by John 11. Wellor, appropriating the sum of $100,000 in addition to former appropriations for the cousirucifon of the same Light Houses. Mr. Delano, naturally surprised, asked what thia meant, and was informed by Senator Gwiu (but tho terms uoruioiore prescribed were ruinously low mat tney would lose $7,1,000 by their contract ! Poor McGinni "got scared" and annoyed Delano bo much ihat ihe latter, finding a parly who offered a bonut of $15,0(10 fur their contract, accepted tho offer, Of thia sum he paid McGiunis who had proved un incumbrance throughout $.1,000, telling him ut the same time ihat it would be oven more than a fair distribution, and that ho "had other partner.'1 McGiunis in hi rage and weakness wont about tho purlieus of iho Capital iiargiug that he htid been defrauded, nnd that was concerned wilh Delano that Delano told linn I was a partner! I, who was in Ohio and knew nothing of the matter not oven that there were any audi contracts. Hereupon, General Houston geta up his " Se nate Committee " on frauds, and sent fur tho old man Mi Ginnia to appear aud testify ; but at the same lime. it is said, privately, enjoining upon him to slay nut of tlm way, Mint the breeze might bo tanned Into a storm iy industriously using the telegraph, in thlorm the :otintry ihat an important wilnesa for the Government against n public ntlicer accused of fraud, &c, had refused to testify, was imprisoned, &c., &c The scene slither woiked nimbly, however, tor in a day or two Mr Hrodhead, of Pennsylvania, nsea in the Senate, aud announces that Mr. McGinni trill testify. At this posture ol athnrs I wus iu Washington, but could get im opportunity to appenr before the committee. Mr. Delano wns iu Ohio ami sick. I made a full deposition of all Ihe facts as I hail learned them, sent it lo the Department, und then left fur Ihio lu secure ihe tcsii mony of Mr. Delano, whom, however, I pm-sod oil tho road. I have since received information from Washington thai " Me whole matter hat been dropped ."' Do you enquire lor the key lu this hold attempt lo attach dishonor to tho name of Thomas Couwin 1 John H, Wetler whs 11 default ing bind commissioner of Hie county ot Kutler, loan amount exceeding $1.1,0110. He hail lately paid $15,00(1, and must needs raise n considerable sum for the payment of the balance, his damaged reputation standing sorely in need of certain receipts. Willi Ihe cmummico of other Senatorial worthies, who were to he helped in return, this resolution urnntim: additional compensation In the amount of $100,000 for building certain light house, was in trod need. The prettily laid scheme was defeated by ihe sale of Iho original contract on which n loss of $7.1.000 wn announced tor a bmut ol $15,000. Itnn die malignity of McGiunis, and ihe near adjournment I'Contircss were mm!e useul hy our disappointed Sen ators lor iho manutHCh.ro ol political capital, and al Ihe i ine lime tlm blackening nf tho character of the Seeretiuy of ihe Treasury! And Geuernl llouton makes n pilgrimage through Ohio to till tho ears of his old constituents, the friends, neighbor, nml admirers ol Thomas Corwin, wilh bo many stories deirimeiital to his character. This weak, vain old man. whose own character bus never been considered spotless, greatly miscalculated 1 his influence when ho undertook this business. Could I ho come with a character like that nf an angel of ligjit, he would find much ditlicnlty in making hi old con stituenls believe that Thomas Corwin ha been guilty of corrupt conduct ; but coming in the shape ol a low specimen ot the low order ut lexas politicians, his impotence is almost as worthy of pity as contempt. I cannot dismiss this big-hulled slanderer, however, without some nlluioii to his own attempts at Galphinism. And first, I will refer lo hi mileage swindle, hy which he look from the Treasury $'2400 furcDnsfmci'irc going from Washington to Texas and returning within the few minute intervening between the rloae of a regular session and I be formal calling hi order of an extra tession nf tho Senate, in 18.11. Then there is the Texas len million bill, a Houston swindle, compared with which the Swurtwouia and Galphin appear limid men and petty rogue. Mr. Corwin then pro, ded to an txpottaX Iho pur- pow subserved by the passage ol what wa known a Iho ' Texas ten million bill," showing that the enor mous sum of five millions was intended for the hold- rs of Texas bond, nf which Houston was understood lo be one, who Were now before Congress with a prop. iHHioii lo mnke Iho sum etuht millions instead ol mo. was proved lhal Houston had admitted that Texas had no valid right In the territory for which she and her public men received leu million of dollars! and yet ihe Heti dnr with llm umbrella hat and deer-skin vest beaut il'til model ol republieansimplicity 'got an amendment to the appropriation bill passed through iho Senate increasing tlm five to eight million Texan bonds wero bought at a heavy di'cminl; five mil ium of dollars would pny the principal ami omethiug more, und nllord iho holder a profit of perhaps three hundred per cent, mists hot enough tor tins virtu ous Locoloco, who one day uses his influence in the Senate lo force a hill through that body which puts money in his own pocket; aud the next denounces a brother Senator w ho goes uut into the Cnurl aud earn 11 fee by practicing hi profession. A sweet creature i ihi Saint Jacinto, as ihe hand bills rait him, to talk alxuit Galphinism ! Ami there is r.dson 11. Olds engaged la tho same work of detraction; Kdson B. Olds, who subscribed quarter ol a million of dollars to the Circlevdle Hank w hen he was not worih fifty cents ! Tho people his neighbor and constituent lost largely of Iheir lion est earnings by the worthlessiieas of iho circulation based upon ihat subscription, olisll Olds arraign Cur win r Allusion wa also made to Iho Democratic contract with A G. Wen, for carry ine tho mails between New York and Ohagrea, for which con tract Sloo receives a h nr bonus ol f.10,000 per nnnuin ! 'i he Harris contract, too, wa not to he foruotlen. Congress cent railed with a man named Harris lor ocean mail service, nud Harris being unable lo give the required securities, openly, and with (ho know ledge ol the Post Oil ice Department, sold his contract for the enormous sum nl $1,10,000! All thi uudVr a Democraltc administration. In conclusion, Mr. Cur- win remarked ilmt he had heeu forced inlo this discus sion by Ihe attempt made to create political capital against the wing party ny ine charges he had exam. if, and he had appealed to the record for a irua alate- ment. A in me character oi iiiomaa Corwin. Mr. u. coir tinned, I leave Ihat with vou w ho havo known him in public and private hie for half a century. 1 leave it to your decision wbeiher in his old age he has forgotten nin pniui 01 ret iiiuiie irnvnenj 01 a ine lime w lie tiler, when ihe gray hair have benun lo silver hia head and when hi name is a household word in every Whig tamiiy in ihe hind; ami inscribed high ninong the names of her ablest and purest atniesman of the land leave it in you, gentlemen, lo any, whether he would, under stu h circumstances, when he had an little lu gain, forsake the principle itiucht him bv his fatln and practiced among you for more than halln century! CATCHINO AT BTRAWB. The Locofocos lmve been engaged in a ties- perato attempt to blacken the fame and charncter ol me of Amenni most illtistriou citizen General Scott. The ell'ort to liml tomrthing, in his forty years tnlimato connexion with our government, out of wltii to got up a Hide hiimbugcnpiial against him, has been intense agonizing. Certain allowance paid him lor In service! while abroad in the employ of govern ment have been paraded as furnishing evidence of im proper charges, on Ida part. Thi pitiful game it ompletety blocked by a loiter front ('resident Mon hoc Wo hope no honorable man will he caught rolerring to ibis mailer after reading the letter nl this patriotic President : JftotM Monroe to Msjor-Goneral Soott. Wasiiinutosi. Juno Ut, 1HH1 Dkau Sin 1 It is decided to settle your claim on the Government nil the principle established by tho De partment ui war, before your departure lor Miropu, in such manner ihat you may sustain no loss by depreci ation nf paper or unfavorable oxchsugo. As soon as you designate a person In net for yuu, the account will ha nettled. Your communications while abroad were very into resting. The opportunities w Inch you had nf deiiving information from miliinry men of hiph rank, esperislly in the Prussian Army, of Ihe views of tho several imw- er, at n crisis the mott important and extniordinarm that has cemrrtit tn modern timet, tree pcenlmrty Jarvrablt nml w firrt me pteamre tottate mat the. zkai. and Juno mknt with wheh youmfn-oved them fitrtkf. v antauI or TOUR CoUNTnr, OAVK UHKAT SATIS ACTION. I am, with great rsiecl and esleem, very sincerely your, 1 isigiicd tnoir.n mapino Major-CenerHl Scott. In a NuTsiirt.t,, The liutlaln Commercial Adverti ner tells the whole story in Iho following brie I para' graph: " The only practical micitinn helore the people, regnrd lo Ihe Presidency, fi shall Scott and Whig principles prevail, or I 'term and modern Democrat And ihe man who pretend to the contrary, is either an eneniv tn the U liiu can, or a dune ot Mm moat unmitigated description." I WILLIAM EJ10BINS0N. It has become the fashion among tho Loco- foco speakers and writers, to abuse, slander aud vilify W. E. Rohinson, who lias published an expose of Now Hampshire Locofocnistn, in connection with the Anti- Catholic test in tho Constitution of that Stale. 8am Houston attempted to abuse and vilify him in hia peech here. He did not offer to prove a single state ment of Homnion's falte, and in this he took the prudent aido, because the truth of his assertion is too abundantly sustained by reference to tho oflkial re cord, to he met by any thing except abuso. Tho Statesman, following tho example of Houston and others, haa dealt in the same kind of argument, without citing n single fact to sustain itself. The Nm York Herald published nn article over iho signature of " Hickory Switch," which bo far departed from the usual course a to attempt lu specify where Robinson had misrepresented. The following answer prepared by him, was offered tn the Herald, but with his characteristic want of political honesty, Uknnrt refuted lo publish it. We trust it will be carefully rend. It is a full, able, and triumphant defence of his speech, and putt Houston, and the other abusers of Rohinson Hat on their backs. Abuse and vilification will not pass for fads, in a controversy of tbis kind : Mr. Robingon'i Reply. To the Editor of the New York It. raid : Naw York, Friday, Sept. 3, 18!2. I now turn to " Hickorv Switch." Whv was he afrnid to give hi name 1 No honest man reason from behind n mask. Let him como nut nnd tho money is hi, if ho proven that I have stated what is unsustained by Ihe official documents. Instead, however, of selecting any one of these propositions, according lo my offer, ho deals in generalities, and, without submitting ihe decision lo any referee, claims that twelve of my (eight) propositions are false ! Hut I will follow him through his twisting. Tho first point ho raises ia that Benjamin Pierce, when he voted to retain ihe sixth article in Ihe constitution of 1792, providing, " for the support of public Protestant leacliers." so voted for the sake of extending ihe pro led ion of the law to " every denomination nl Christians." I have nut said irAyhe voted to keep the Anti-Cniholic test in ; I only said he did vote lo koep it in ; and this " Hickory Switch" acknowledges is inie. I doubt the truth of hi assertion ihat in 7(J'i there wu neither Catholic nor Jew in Now Hampshire; nor would tlmt niter the principle even if it were so. The next point attempted in ho ma do is that, un ihe four 1J1 day of Ihe Convention, Benjamin Pierce did not vote for retaining Ihe words " shall lie nf (he 1'ro-leaiantaut religion, in the 14th section. The writer, however, acknowledges that Benjamin Pierce is not recorded among those in favor id Catholic Emancipation. The records show tlmt he was present, ami every one vol ing in favor of atriking out tho " odious ilistine-lion " is recorded, 'and three more than tlio ntlicial number interlined ; yol Benjamin Pierce does not tip rear among the original recorded friends of Cailmlic Emancipation, nor even among the interlineations. In such a contest aa this, it does not need inspired auihor-iiy In prove that he who ia not for i ngainst ns, particularly as wo find that on a previous section he voted to retain the word " Protestant." The next assertion of "Hickory Switch" is, that in my speecn l asserted there wn no anti-Popery clause in the original constitution, till Ben Pierce nut it in. I never said ao. W hat I said appears as follow, 011 the fourth pie of my speech in pamphlet : 1 lie nrsi constitution wan forimd in r.xeier tn I77n, d wm called the ' Temporary Constitution.' I read in manuscript, and found iu it no anti -Catholic test. Ihat we bad 110 bigotry nil after Ihe Uovoluiion. All his remarks 011 this head, the re lore 110 for notli ing, ns Ihey go to ubsnt what i never said. tt is not wor'li wlnle to ouihb onhoot whether Be 11 jamin Pierre voted tn put ihe Ami, Catholic test in the uonsiibitiori ot 17!i, or voted against striking it out. When n Convention is called to form an entirely now Constitution, and a Committee report n draft, whether original or copied from a part of the old Constitution. nnd a motion is made in strike out, any portion of ihoe uiai voie against striking out, vole lo put it in no next denies my assertion that old benjamin ierce voted for the Alien and Sedition Laws. If he ill look into (he ntlicial report of the hroeeeilines of iho New Hampshire Legislature, iu 17!l!, of which Benjamin Pierce was a member, he will find llie Alien and Sedition resolution in full, and that ihey wero unanimoutly adopted, June 14, I7!!. Il lakes some rniruiuooti in deny bo plain a historical and recorded truth as ihi. He says (hat I asserted that Franklin Pierce never made any snoech nn iho subject at all. I never said so. What I said is contained in ihe first of the eight proposition. If nny of Mr. Pierce'e friends can show tent he spoke in favor of striking out the Anti-Catholic lci tehtte that tuhjeet was before the Contention, I will forfeit Ihe sum mentioned. 11 is next point is. that it waa not Mr. Parker, f Whie) if Nashua, ihat brought forward the aulnect of Cat ho- lio Emancipation, when it was discussed, (Nov. Ill, ieoir.;as 1 nave staled in proamnion no. indeed, he round I y asserts : " It does not aiuwur bv the record ihat Mr. Parker had any thing lu do with either bring ing torwnrd or favoring the resolution. I crave special attention to this. I havo the official reportconipleie.iii my room in this City, where any one interested can see it. Now, just look at the fol lowing ox t far Is, nnd ihe 11 pulce between "Hickorv Switch," and me. Tho leading debate, when Judge Woodbury made Ins great speech on Catholic Emancipation, look place Nov. 13, 1810. Now, hero are two extracts verbatim from Ihe report of that day's proceedings : " On motion of Mr. Parker, of jVosAroi. the Convention resolved itsell into (be Committee of the Whole on the report of the committee on Properly Ijualilicntiona and ifeiigious tests, Mr. Kayer, ol Nashua, 111 the chuir. ' Religions Tettt The first resolution, strikiriir nut all religion (enis, was taken up. Jin I eo Woodbury mad- ihe following r marks. ire, &'. t'oarwd Patriot, Nctember 14, 1M.10. From Ihe official report of the proceed inL's of No vember 14, I lake ihe following report or correction verbatim : " In our report of yesterday, Mr. Parker. itf Nashua, should have been re pi tried ns savin thai he drafted the resolution in favor of altolithing the Religions 111, niui 1 nm 1 ih-iii witn im tnonrrucD 111 opinion among the committee Uhiii the subject" Concord Patriot, November 1.1, Ifl.10. And vet. Mr. " Hickorv Switch " snvs Mr. Parker the author of (he resolution, bad nothing rftdo wilh favoring or blinking forward the resolution! Oh! Mr. Heimet: you see how hard it is for me tn a rime with a foul-mouihfd crew, who utter such reckless untruths without risking a penny, which might ho lost, or even giving Iheir mime, which might be branded in iheir exposure! Mr. "Hickory Switch" says, perhaps 1 mean to quibble by saying that advocating Catholic Biimucipa- lion 111 rommmefl 01 llie w Hole was not advocating il in Convention. I mean no such quibble. I repeat my first proposition that Franklin Pierce did net speak in favor of Catholic Emancipation, either in Convention or committee of the Wlmle, during tho whole lime the matter wns heforo the Convention or coininiliee, and one hundred dollars are ready for the man who will shew thai I mistake the facts. The next and Inst charge I shall notice, is. lluit I shi ted lhal a mere majority could alter the Constitution. I never made such an assertion, the fact thai I quoted the clause nf the Constitution providing lhal a majority nt two third of the voles cast shall lie, necessary, shows this. Uut what I did state, and what is true. is that every seven years ihe Qonstituliou of I7!'J com pelled the people lo vole wbeiher a Convention lo sbike nut such odious feature as lest clauses from the Constitution should be called, and that again and again anon lor urn want 01 a bare majority. Hul what nonsense to talk about the Democracy not being able to carry the Catholic Emaui ipaiion lor want of two thirl vote, when (lie broad fact no pours clear aa the sun nt noon-day, that if even two-tlnnls of ihe ue tin cra 1 nun voted iu March lasl for Mr. Pierce's 'and id ate for Governor of New Hampshire, had voted for Catholic Emancipation, it would lue been carried by morn than a two-thirds majority. inoeeiT.noiioiiowing" Hickory (Switch" through his historical skelrh of parlies in New Hmpshire.eicepi to pole Ihat Jeremiah Smith and Wiilinm Plunier, whom he dcsiL'iinb'R as Federalist-,, voted lo al'oli-h the Anli-Ciitholic test act in ihe Convention of l7!H-, whde Benjamin Pierce and neh " Democrats." as he calls them, voted against Catholic Hiuaucip iiion. In tan, irom una allowing, the federalist ot Hint day wero about ihe only true Republican of New (lamp shiro. And now, Mr. Bonnet, I have calmly argued ibis luesliiiii, and how have inv aruumetiltt horn mei f Bv ribald, low-lived, vulgar scuntliiy , p-ured from ihe uiseaspu ami irrilated galls ot ttmst wlniu language would dt grace the more reliuxl vernacular ol Hillims- gate. 1 have attacked 110 man. I have abused no mnn. I havo only transcribed n lew fuel from the record ot new Hampshire. I did not hegm the controversy George M, Dallas and Charles I .'Conor lit! threw llm element into ihe ronlest. I lmve only shown ibetrulh in opposition. I have not, as ha been charged, bronchi any accusation ainint the dead. Old Beiiinmin Pierce's vote agninst Cat bo lie Emilteipali 11 ami for Ihe Alien and Sedition Law, Were tlm iblibeinle ads of hi hie: he accounted lliein as his e Is is f glory and not hi-shnmo.I scorn ihe insiiniaiion that llie aboliahimt oflhisodi. 011 leaniro in the Now iiampshtre cniisbiuiion is a question lo he advocated only hy Catholic. i j Il work of every hue republican in hold it up a a di gram in jiw Hampshire ami lo our whole country, as wen a to the ngn tn wtileli we live. Utilecs we di this, New Hampshire will remain, r hnlf a century 10 cume, me mnsi oenignteti corner 01 t;iirisiehitom, 11 ia in this linn belief that I have written nnd spoken And now what oilier effort can I make lo lent my sinoerily iu Ihe declaration 1 have nmdof have ottered to turlcit one hundred dollar il any one of th eight propositions can be proven untrue. I have offered to leave it tn a gentleman not prejudiced in favor of my aido. I will even let them name any referee similarly unprejudiced. Nay, if any question arises which will render it necessary to go to Concord to consult tho documents, I will eng Pe to pay ihe expenses if I lose, I will go farther, and pledgn myself that, if I have misstated the facts in the case, I will vote an open ticket for Pierce uud King in this city at noon, tho second day of Nuvember next. Can I otl'or more in proof of my sincerity 7 Will nny amount of low ami despicable scurrility serve ns a substitute for arguments against propositions like these T Itespect fully yours, W. 10. Roiiinson. NATIVE AMERICANISM WHO STARTED IT1 We answer, the Locofoco party. If there is any honor or any dishonor about it, they aro entitled lo the credit of tho movement. Wo auy thia, knowing what 10c utter. And now, for the proof. We quolo from authority that no Democrat will deny. We refer time, to the papers, fo everything that is necessary to make tho cvidenco complete and overwhelming. 010 Native American movement first commenced ill Now York, In the fall of 1813. Certain Locofoco thought tho Locofoco conncil of that day wns giving too many of tho small ofiice of the city to Irishmen. They wnutcd llie places themselves, just a is now the case among the Locofocos of Hamilton county, and because they could not got them they bolted, nnd do. lerminml ihey would not vote for a foreigner for any otlico. Bitter quarrels ensued, und personal violence wus ihe order of the day. To prove that thia ditlicnlty was of purely Locofoco origin, wo qnole from the Washington Globe, of November 10, 1843. Thia paper wns, at that time, the organ of tho Locofoco party of the nation. Read the following: tram this JlatitHHfon tihbeof Ifnvembrr, 10, lgfll. 1'lin 1 rest stillt la tho Dsrtv. itreniionrd liv lhn ntlWn tub on hy n uurlion of U Htthe conduct ot the Democratic City I'onnril, wlileh was dinned with eh ina more than a due tltsre nf 1hn.1i lice to nntumlifd cltfa'ns hsi tint coma up to the cslcn lit Ions ot Ita authors. The AVrn'm Jlriithliron xirfy ns it wa mllmt, hy the dtrrrtio fiffnmt 6.WHI to t-,OISl rotes from the rettulnr ticket to one of it nteii rhoifing, tmt to the tHmtteraen tK nf it stnmet varit, and Iho nwMlon lt Hie Demncrsli the sheritl'iimt tmno Assembly men, and hud well nigh deles led the wholo ticket." Tho National Intelligencer intimated that tho Wines had lost by tho Naiivo American ticket. Tho Globe nied ll, and said (same day:) 1 This statement el the Nslhin! Intelligencer, nf thi miirnln 1 dlrectl? in the belli ol the truth, hi n.iiiiiltcd hv tho i.inrrul. of Its own pnrly In Niw York, i in nml thi lie lion of tb" notorious fuel that Ihe vard in viirA the Satire Uiimhliean tlfkn h Imnni mtiiarttif, antl thrnethe 1'rviorrnri in tir minority, hnre, on A I.Ii OCCASIONS, PSOVril TO UK AMONO TIIK STHOKIIKST DSMO-CRATIC WAIlDS IN NKW VoNK, BUI it I III COIllllft wilh till! l (r ruuiitsncea which rn known to bnve nlven birth lo th" setiiini la the Democracy, vis : in ss at is v action with a fohtiom or it TO TUB K SI CLOU MKNT UIVrN TO Til ADDPTKO CIT1F IIV Tit Dbmochatio ClTV Coi'Ncu.f The purpose of Ihe Nnlivn He-nuMlcfin, wn. to mnh other Demorriu iHVurHbl.- lo llieir view KiliiHt those whom ihey nccited ot (iisnpuoiiilhigtfaem. Wmu OHM' VOTED ITS OWN TICKET J " Tho Globe, predicted that tho Native Republicans would vote for tho Locoloco candidate for President. " Who ran doubt Ihat. when the local ehuHltlon Sfininit tho Deniorrstle city councils, hi Cfawquenco ut ihe Imuhod mul ndrnlnintrnticn ut It patroASRn hl) hsve utihlul, nod the simple (jiKvtiun fi, Mmll we like lhn nomination of tho most iivowed lint, iinllinrhlnir Federalist, or our own true kesrled Unmocrar, cneitiea, ami persecute,! tor tits mlelity to the rsute nf tiopular riuhts, (iebinit nt Vmi Hureti,) nml oppuniUon lo urlvtlf ued iminoi'oly t wlm can doubt,' we iny, that the ureMtit ltftN.ucn.lie msjurity will be iwellert by nt ttart a tniun iknusmid rot. an are nrne omnttd on tht split tirktt r(ab0e, Aop. lit, Ie43 The New York correspondent of the Globe, wrote aa follows: " The Nallre Ajnerfesn ticket polled at leant tit thvand mrrs, tlve-slsih of which mine Irom inn ri;morrniln party. Tint ticket (the Nilivo AmTK'n, obtained majorities in two of the Mrutifrtt Democratl' ward in the city, the 9lh nnd lith. They wi-nt oil Irom llie lMiiucrslie purly un account oi lhn rlly corporation, (whieh I Demnrrntic, yuu know) uavhu; jpveu many ollhe ""ir nHirr of Iho city, aura ns vatthman, ffr. to Ihe Irtth, and ibe how of the day makes the Native burn Demorrnt w ho are poor, t el their xri, ean; keenly. I do not believe thai Ihe city authorilira have (riven nn unduo number ol Ihe ollic" lo llmlrmh. hut the poor daises vh-tcavt there vjfat think an, nnd tli fit 1 enough to rnhke them cml iheir vole na Ihny did." Qhbt, Nov. Ill, IKtt. The Evening Pott, (he organ of Locofocoisra in New York oily, thus spoke of the result of Ihe sumo elec tion (From Iho Globe of same dale.) Tlm vole of lhn Native Amerlcsa la much lrii- than suinioard It would be. The liutchera moatly, who have hitherto been knou ns sturdy llemocrst voted that ticket. Wo srii therefore by whoo voles tan rftEuUr Democratic ticket has failed in reliant to some of ihe cuiuiiil&tes. It Is lhn votes ol men who nro wilh m on the uitin uiirxlion of Hlln nnlirv ! are with ns on tlm I'reaMenllsl iipthn.and who will tie wilh uanfrcMier. f n retuit I, man manner, wilh retard to any of iho candidate, a Whig triumph." Here is the evidence. Wochallcngentiy man tn turn to the Glolte of that dale, and examine for himself. Aud what ia llie conclusion to which the mind ia forced f Is it not established, beyond iho shadow of a dmibt, ihat the Native American parly originated with iho Locofocos. In conclusion wo ask, is it not shameful, disgraceful in the Inst degree, for a purty that ia proven to have originated upon thi exclusho idea, which oven to this day excludes Catholics from holding of lice in the Democratic Slate of New Hampshire, to pretend to force their own bantling on the Whigs 7 It is tiikib orr-si'hino! They have confmud the deed! Now, gentlemen, shut your mouths or stand branded as knaves. LOCOFOCO STATE POLICY. The Canton Repository hns an article which shows up the course of the l.ocolhcu party in Ohio, in its Irue clors. Wn copy 11 portion of it thai tho people may bo again reminded of tho facts, and lhn radical difference between llie l wo parties iu the manage ment of the finances ol ihe Stale. Let the reader compare Iho expenses of Legislatures and of printing when under the Whig rule, wilh the opiHisitc. The difference is about the same in nil the departments of Ihe public service: Well, after the Whigs hud done all this, in 18.11-2, the Lttcos got into power. They promised lo give us a cheap model Constitution, and a Locofoco model Tnx Law with iiono of yonr Whig monstrosities. They pave us a Constitution with some good provi-rioiia, and lomo Loco inoiiatroities--nt an expense of tiou,uoii more uinu 1110 gnou oni w nig one cost. Thai Constitution provides for biennial sessions of Ihe Legis lature, or one 111 two year out tue nrsi been Legislature under it provided for tico sessions of the Legislature in one yearl They have given us Iheir model 'l ux Law, which taxes nut only what Loco editor charged wn wrong, but "everything subject tonwnership, animate or inanimate" even including sucking rios, treks, tom-cats, nrrs, rxwriCR srimns, chickens, orxsr, bi-hi ka, eic. , and banks three In four time as much a in-dithlutils. Il is true il exempts $200, which let i ff ihe rich man's piano, ihe dnmly's go'U watch and rings, and many who have mil '.MID worth of properly but ihe farmer especially, and all who own real estate, are laxed upon nil Ihey own or owe upon it. No unequal and unjust is it, that we bnve seen no fanner or landholder who does not condemn it, either Whig or Loco. Hut ihe Slnlesman, Shirk Connly Democrat, etc., are silent on ihe subject .none of ihem denounce any pari of it now. They have also passed a model alrv bill: Tdi- raises iho salary about nrrv rr.it cint. the (ioveruor $l,SII0 j Lieutenant (inverimr $0 a day, during llie es-ion of the Legislature; Supremo Judge 1.71)0 ; Common Plea and Ciimimil C.airta $l,.r.0ll j Secretary of Stain M,4H0 Trenurer ft ..Mm; Auditor fl,(il); Librarian Altnrney dei.er.d if 1,000 and three per cent, collection, but not to exceed if 1 4lil); Board ol Public Work l,r00 each; Judge of throe Hnecial Court at Cincinnati nml Cleveland $ l.fillO ench ; Judge anu nciH 111 cii-cimu irom fit con ia to f.' r ilav ; members nf ihe Legislature, clerk and dour keepers 1 1 tier day. 1 his in the way Ihe Locos have rams! salaries, and t nut n wold of complaint from these Loco edit., fa who were so horror stricken nt the Wbiy rnisiin? anl. rie some e.'t per ce hi ! But Locofoco preach econo my hut practice Hie reverse. To prove Ihia, look at ihe Leciahiiivo ami priming expense only four yenrsol which, from 1K. t,i iHls, were undor Wilis rule. H LegiaUlire Kxfen I'rlnlina; Kxpente. $12,S.T 1(1.187 18, Mill I!t).!b7 ','o.:iln Hi.liiMi lM.o:t7 18,111 ic.ki:, H, 14(1 I'J.IW" 1 1. Iff! I PVi47 H,(;i, 2li.JMil ;i8.hi;:i fW.tifd S:17 k:i Ht:t IS -10 IHII ISli! IHH DU.'i loth 1HI7 IM-IU 1HI! I SMI IH.I P'.8W8 n.vir, 44 h'7'l 48,k:ih " 4ti 007 HlVniii 4I.V.I4 4VM? J7,.'i4:i t '.!,', ,!u; Whig niHjoritie M(i.ii:i' ) :i:i !r;.l these y uitra. H.H7H Tlm enpense for these ileum lu 185';, will roll up to the no nl of nl lennl I2"i.IKH1!1 I Tliene. together wild from $7.r.0n0 to l00.tluu iucrtM,. iu salarir .out wnea, nillMiall) , will be lllenmotlllt the p-ople.il Ohio .Mil have lo pay for the New l.oco Model Contitoii..i. Ihe New Loco Mi del Salary Law. nud the pleasure of having Lot os In rule over you. The Loco ,. . 1 8.1'. alone, will bo neatly 1 ipial in that of ihe 4 years ot Whig rule!! If the ti pay era of lhm wih ih, CAliavngituco lo continue and increase, vol,, for l.ocolo cos a you have done. It oii wish (hat atopped ami io return lo ihe good tdd big p,th, vote I'm- Whin, n hokolho Loco aponillhrif. at the October ami November ek-dio ns, and you will save il nnd in ,e coming session of tho Legitime. Fd.l Whis lo Congress nml a Wing President, nml you will Inigely in Congress, ami ensure prosperity to save prosperity lo your country. Most of tlio lianas in Cincinnati now sell sight exchange 011 New York cily at par a result caused probably by the scarcity of western currency. |
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