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Wj SO
Attorney at Law,
WILL attend promptly to business entrust
ed to his care in this and adjoining
COL Office one door west of the Fust
Office. June 28,1550-ly.
J. W. PARKER,
Attorney at Lan ,
LEWISTOWN, MIFFLIN CO., PA.
OFFICE on Market street, two doors east of
the Bank. [April 12,1350-tf
W* 11. IRWIN,
ATTOR NEY A T L A //',
HAS resumed the practice ofkis profession
in this and the adjoining counties.
Office at the Banking House of Longencek
er, Gruhb & Co. Jan. 20, 1648—tf.
GEO. W. ELDER,
ATTORNEY A T LA TV,
Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pa.
OFFICE two doors west of the True Demo
crat Office. Mr. Elder will attend to any
business in the. Courts of Centre country.
August 25, 1849—tf.
DR. J. B. MITCHELL
OFFERS his professional services to the
citizens of Lewistown and vicinity. He
can always he found at his office, in his drug
store, or at the house of Gen. Irwin, unless pro
fessionally engaged. [March 15, 1650.
D. 11. ROACH,
BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER,
MARKET STREET, Lewistown, next door
to Judge Ritz's. may24tf
GREAT EXCITEMENT
ABOUT
Benjamin Hinkley'* Patent
Elastic Spring; Bottom
MANUFACTURED AND SOLD BY
A. FELIX,
ki the LewifUown Cheap Cabinet Ware Rooms,
WHERE the article can he seen at any
time among his large stock of other
FURNITURE of all descriptions. The fol
lowing testimonials from those who purchased
and have now in use,or had the bottom put into
'.heir okl bedsteads, will speak for themselves:
CERTIFICATES :
This is to certify that I purchased twenty
pair of new bedsteads with II ink ley's patent
elastic spring bottom in, am well pleased with
them, consider them a good article, and would
buy no others. I would recommend them to
all persons, as they aro easily screwed together,
arid can be kept cleaner than any hitherto made.
JAMES ALLISON.
I concur with the above and consider it a
good article for tavern keepers and others.
THOMAS MAYES.
We certify that we got A. Felix to put B.
Hinkley's patent bottom into our old bedstead?,
and that they answer the purpose exceedingly
well. We consider it a bedstead that can be
kept much cleaner from insects, screwed up
firmer than any others, and recommend them
to the public.
DAVD BLOOM, JOHN CLARK,
JERMAN JACOB, D. SUNDERLAND
Lewistown, April 26,1850 —tf
BWIKS i STATiOMV.
TOBACCO AND CIGAR STORE.
f¥THE subscriber respectfully informs his
A friends and the public in general, that ho
has REMOVED his store to the room lately
occupied by JOHN I. M'COY, as a Shoe Store,
nearly opposite the Bank, where he has just
received a first rate assortment of Congress,
Plug, Roll, Lady Twist, Small Lump, Sweet
find Plain Cavendish, Black Fat, Luscious Lux
ury, Eldorado, Natural Anti-nervous, Mrs. Mil
ler's and Anderson's Fine Cut and Solace TO
BACCO ; Rappee, Scotch, Macabau and Na
tiotehes SNUFF and Snuff Boxes; PIPES,
and SMOKING TOBACCO; Havana, Span
•sh, Half do., and American CIGARS.
Also, Letter and Writing PAPER; Quills,
Steel Pens arid Pen Holders; Motto, Transpa
rent and Plain WAFERS; Sealing Wax,
Slates and Slate Pencils, Lead Pencils, Black,
Blue, Red, and Indelible INK, and Inkstands;
Black Saud and Sand Boxes, and a general
assortment of
Illank autl School Books,
together with a choice selection of JUVENILE
and LITERARY WORKS.
Also, a good article of Pen Knives, Pocket
Combs, Bank Cases, Port Monies, &.C., &c„
which he will sell at the very lowest cash pri- I
ces. GEO. VV. THOMAS.
N. B.—He will sell Tobacco, Snuff and Ci
gars at WHOLESALE to dealers on the i
West accommodating terms.
1>: Aistown, June 7, 1850 —Bin
Thompson'*
WOUND SYRI'P OF TAR WOOD NAPTMA,
I.MjR the cure of Pulmonary consumption,
■ bronchitis, asthma, influenza, obstinate
•'f'glis. spitting of blood, liver complaint,
-oping cough, croup, Sic.
*-UVS* Xugar CuatfJ Pills—liermaii Pill*
"I'M lor sale by J. B MITCHELL. .
j?i&H3y ! iFi§xn> nr.r UL^
R solution relative lo an Amendment of the Constitution.
D F.SOI.V El) by the Senate and House of Representatives
"f 'he Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General
Assembly met. That the Constitution of this Common
wealth be amended in the second section of the fifth ar
ticle, so that it shall read as follows: The Judges of the
Supreme Comt, of the several Courts of Common Pleas,
and of such other Courts of Record as are or shall be
established by law, shall be elected by the qualified elec
tors of the Commonwealth, in the manner following, to
wit: The Judges of the Supreme Court, by the qualified
electors of the Commonwealth at large ; the President
Judges of the several Courts of Common Pleas, and of
such other Courts of Record as are or shall be established
by law, and all oilier Judges required to be learned in the
law, by the qualified electors of the respective districts
over which they are to preside or act as Judges; and the
Associate Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas by the
qualified electors of the counties respectively. The
Judges of the Supreme Court shall hold their olfires for
the term of fifteen years, if they shall so long behave
themselves well, (subject to the allotment hereinafter
provided for, subsequent to the first election ;) the Prrsi
dent Judges of the several Courts of Common Pleas, and
of audi other Courts of Record as are or shall lie estab
lished by law, and all oilier Judges required to be learned
In the law, shall hold thteir offices foribe term of ten years,
if they shall so Ion? behave themselves well; Ihe Asso
ciate Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas shall hold
their offices for the term of five years, if they shall so long
behave themselves well; all of whom shall be com mis
sinned by the Governor, but for any reasonable cause,
which shall not be sufficient grounds of impeachment, the
Governor shall remove any of them on the address of
two-tiiirds of each branch of the Legislature. The first
election shall take place at I e general election of this
Commonwealth next after the adoption of this amend
ment, and the commissions of all the Judges who may he
then in office shall expire on the first Monday of Decem
ber following, when the terms of the new Judges shall
commence. The persons who shall then be elected
Judges of the Supreme Court shall bold their offices as
follows : One of them for three years, one for six years,
one for nine years, one for twelve years, and one for fif
teen years, the term of each to be decided by lot by the
said Judges, as soon after the election as convenient, and
the result certified by them to tile Governor, that the coin
missions may be issued in accordance thereto. The Judge
whose commission will first expire shall be Chief Justice
during his term, and thereafter each Judge whose com
mission shall first expire shall in turn be the Chief Justice,
and if two or more commissions shall expire on the same
day, the Judges holding them shall decide by lot which
shall be the Chief Justice. Any vacancies, happening by
death,resignation, or otherwise, in any of the said Courts,
shall be filled by appointment by the Governor, to con
tinue till the first Monday of December succeeding the
next general election. The Judges of the Supreme Court
and the Presidents of the several Courts of Common
Pleas shall, at staled times, receive for their services an
adequate compensation, to be fixed by law, which shall
not be diminished during their continuance in office ; but
they shall receive no fees or perquisites of office, nor hold
any other office of profit under this Commonwealth, or
under the government of the United States, or any oilier
State of this Union. The Judges of the Supreme Court,
during their continuance ill office, shall reside within this
Commonwealth ; and the other Judges,during their con
tinuance in office, shall reside within the district or county
for which they were respectively elected
J. S. M CALMOXT,
Speaker of tlte House of Representatives
V. BEST,
Speaker of the Senate.
SENATE CHAMBER, i
II XBRISBIRO, January SFT, INK), T
I, Samuel W. Pearson, Chief Clerk of the finale of
Pennsy Ivuiua, do hereby certify that the foregoing reso
lution, (No. 10 on the Senate file of the present session,)
entitled "Resolution relative to an amendment of the
Constitution," —it being the same resolution which was
agreed to by a majority of the members elected to cadi .
House of the last Legislature—after having been duly
considered and discussed, was this day agreed to by a ma
jority of the members elected to and serving in the Senate
of Pennsylvania, at its present session,as will appear by
their votes given on the final passageof the resolution, as
follows, viz:
Those voting in favor of the passage of the resolution
were, 11. Jones Brooke, J, Porter Brawley, William A.
Crabb, Jonathan J. Cunningham, Thomas it. Pernon, j
Thomas II Forsyth, Charles Frailey, Robert M Frii.k,
Henry Fulton, John W. Guernsey, William Hasten, Isaac
Hugus, Timothy Ives, Joshua Y. Jones, Joseph Komg
macher, George V. Lawrence. Maxwell M'Baslin, Bei.ja- j
min Mulone, Benjamin Matthias, Henry A. Muhlenberg,
William F. Packer, William It Sadler, Uavid Sankey,
Peleg IJ gavery, .Conrad Shinier, Robert C Sterrett,
Daniel Sline, Karris B. Streeter, John II Walker, and
Valentine Best, Speakei —Yeas 2P.
Those voting against the passage of the resolution were, i
George Darsie, Augustus Drum, and Alexander King— ,
Nays 3.
Extract frout lite Journal.
KAMI. W PEARSON, Clerk.
IN TIIE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ?
IIARBISBI 80, March 11, 1850. $
I, William Jack, Chief Clerk of the House of Repre
sentatives of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify lhat the
foregoing resolution, (No. 10 on the Senate file, and No.
211 on the House Journal of the present session,) entitled
"Resolution relative to the amendment of the Constiiu- ■
lion,"' —it being the same resolution which was agreed to
by a majority of the memlrCTS elected to each House of
the last Legislature—after having been duly considered
and discussed, was ibis day agreed to by a majority of the
members elected to and serving in the House of Repre- ;
aentativea of Pennsylvania, at its present session, as will <
appear by their votes, given on the linal passage of the
resolution, as follows, viz :
Those voting in favor of the passage of the resolution
were, John Acker, John Allison, William Raker, Robert
Baldwin, David J. Kent, Craig Riddle, Jeremiah Black,
John 8. Rowen, William Briridle, Daniel II I) Urower,
Jesse R. Burden, John Cessna, Henry Church, John N.
Conyngham, Sylvester Cridiand, Benjamin f. David,
William J Dobbins, James P. Downer, Thomas Duncan,
William Dunn, William Espey, John C. Evans, William
Evans, A. Hcott Ewing, Alexander 8 Feather, James
Flowers, Benjamin P. F'ortner, Alexander Cibboney, j
Thomas E Drier, Joseph E Griffin, Joseph ftufTey Jacob
K. Ilaldeman, Ceorge 11. Ilart. Lelfert Hart, John Hast
ings, Willi lm J. Hemphill, John Hoge, Henry Huplet,
Lewis Herford, Washington J. Jackson, Nicholas Jones,
John W. Killinger, Charles E. Kinkead, Robert Klotz, j
Harrison P Laird, Morris Leech, Jonathan I) Leet, An
son Leonard, James J. Lewis, Henry I.lttle, Jonas R.
M'Ctintock, John F. M'Culloch, Alexander C. M'Curdy, :
John M'Langhlin, John M'Lean, Samuel Marx, John B
Meek, Michael Meyers, John Miller, Joseph C. Molloy, j
John D. Morris, William T. Morisnn, E/ekiel Mowry,
Edward Nickleson, Jacob Nisnly, Charles O'Neill, John
11 Packer, Joseph C. Powell, James C. Reid, John H.
Rhey, Lewis Roberts, (Samuel Robinson, John B. Ruther
ford, Cleiiiii W. Hcolield, Thorns C. Kcouller, William
Khallner, Richard Simpson, Eli Hlifr r, William Smith,
William A. Smith, Daniel M. Sinyser, William 11. Souder,
Thomas C Kteel, David Steward, Charles Stoekwoll.
Edwin C. Trone, Andrew Wade, Robert C. Walker, j
Thouias Watson, -Sidney It Wells, Hiram A. Williams,
Daniel Zerbey, and John S M'Calmoiit, Speaker —\VasfV7.
Those voting against the passage of the resolution
were, Augustus K Cornyn, David Evans, and J lines M.
Porter —Nays 3.
Extract from the Journal.
WILLIAM JACK, Cltrl
SECHKTABY'S OFITCK.
Filed March 15, I *SO.
A W BENEDICT, 1
Deputy Secretary af the Commauecealth.
(SECRETARY'S Orrics.
PENNSYLVANIA, s*
i do certify that the above ami foregoing is a true and
correct copy of the original resolution of the General As
scmbly, entitled "Resolution relative to an amendment
of the Constitution," us the same remains on tile in Ibis
ollire.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
£ set my hand, and caused to be affixed the
I IH2l| seal of lite Secretary's Office, at Ilan is
burg, tin* fifteenth day ol June, Anno
I)., mini one thousand eight liuudre.l and
flft) A I. RUSSELL,
Secretary nf Ike ComiHopWtilth
FRIDAY EVENING, XI LI ST 16, 1 S.T.
jloctrw.
KLPI.V OF JEAWOT TO JEAIVWETTE.
DY C. R. C.
Vcs, I'm going far away,
Far away from you, jeannette.
Hut I ne'er will cease to think of you,
I never can forget;
And though dangers may surround me,
And sorrow 1 may know,
They ne'er can change the faithful heart
Of,your own, your fond Jeannot.
Though my heart does pant for glory,
And 1 sigh for hold renown,
Yet I would not lose thy gentle love
To wear a monarch's crown;
And should they make tnc General,
-My greatest pleasure yet
Would be to seek my home again
And wed my own Jeannette.
Though on me ladies fair may smile,
Bedcck'il with jewels bright,
They cannot win my heart away
From thy fond eyes' loving bight ;
And though when glory calls,
1 may fearless follow, yet
1 would not throw my life away
For sake of dear Jeannette. "
If my fund dreams prove but fancy,
And no laurels 1 should win,
J do not think 'twould break my heart
To quit the battle's din ;
And with peace and plenty round mc,
Their loss I'll ne'er regret,
If thou should'st prove the same to rue
As now thou art, Jeannette.
scr 11ui r o tt#.
.1 liSREE TRADER.
'• I knlkilate I couldn't drive a trade with
you to-day /" said a true specimen of a
Yankee pedlar, as lie stood at the door of
a merchant of .St. Louis.
" I calculate you calculate about right,
for you cannot," was the sneering reply.
" W al, i guess you needn't get bully
about it. Now, here's a dozen jenuine
razor strops, worth two dollars and a halt
—you may have 'em for two dollars."
44 I tell you 1 don't want any of your
trash, so you had better he going."
"\\ al, now, 1 declare ! I'll bet you
five dollars if you make me an offer for
them ere strops, we'll have a trade yet."
" Done, replied the merchant, placing
the money in the hands of a bystander.
The \ ankee deposited the like sum—
when the merchant offered him a picayune
for the strops.
" They're your'n," said the Yankee, as
he quietly fobbed the stakes. " But," he
added with great apparent honesty, 44 I
calculate a juke's a joke, and if yon don't
want these strops I'll trade hack ?"
The merchant's countenance brightened.
" You are not so bad a chap, alter all ;
here are your strops—give me the nionev."
" There it is," said the Yankee, as lie
received tiie strops, and passed over the
' picayune. " A trade's a trade—and now
you're wide awake in earnest. I guess
the next time you trade with that ere pie,
you'll do a little better than to buy razor
strops."
Away walked the pedlar with his strops
and his wager, amid the shouts of the
laughing crowd.
7ITSTEKIES OF THE TELEGRAPH.
i The Magnetic Telegraph will forever
remain a mystery to the great mass of the
| people, and the pardonable ignorance which
people display concerning it, often gives
birth to curious remarks. Not long ago,
: an old lady entered O'Keiliy's ofliee, in
this city, and said that she had a message
to send to Wheeling. In a few moments
her note was deposited in a dumb-waiter,
and ascended in a mysterious manner
through the ceiling.
" Is that going .straight to Wheeling ?"
inquired the old lady, with her eyes bent
upon the ceiling.
" Acs, nia'ain," answered the clerk.
" 1 never was there," continued she,
" but it hardly scents possible that thai
tin re. town lies in that direction. When
will I get an answer, Mr. Telegraph ?"
'• 1 can hardly tell, ma'am—it may he
two hours."
The old lady went away, and returned
in exactly two hours. Just as she entered
the door, the dumb-waiter came down
through the ceiling.
" There is your answer, madam," said
the clerk.
The old lady took the neat yellow en
, vclope in her hand, with a smile of min
gled gratification and astonishment. '-Now
this beats all," exclaimed she. " IHess my
heart! All the way from Wheeling and
the wafer still wet. That's an uicicard
looking box, but it can I ravel like pizenV
"I HOPE 1 1)0VT IVTRIDE."
Speaking of wags—what is more wag
gish than a dog's tail when he is pleased.
Speaking of tails—we always like those
that end well. Hogg's for instance.
Speaking of hogs—we saw one of these
animals the other day lying in the gutter,
and in the opposite one, a well dressed
man : the first one had a ring in his nose,
the latter a ring on his finger. " A hog is
known by the company he keeps," thought
we, so thought Sir. l'orker, and oil' he
went.
Speaking of going off- —puts us in mind
of a gun we once owned. It wc/U off
one night and we havn't seen it since.
Speaking of guws—reminds us ol pow
der. We saw a lad) yesterday with so
much of it on her tuce that she was re
lused admission into an omnibus lot fear
of an explosion.
SPEECH
OF
HON, EDWARD STANLY.
Of \orlh Carolina,
On lite Gal|liiia Claim ;
■ DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF'REPRE
SENTATIVES, JULY 0, 1850.
Jhe report ot the select committee,
made on the letter of the Secretary of War,
concerning the payment of the Galphin
claim, being under consideration—
Mr. STANLY said : I regret, very much,
; Mr. Speaker, that the House refused to lay
| *n the table the report of the Galphin claim.
I voted in a small minority to dispose of
this matter by laying it on the table, and
1 did so wiih the view of enabling the
House to proceed with the public business.
1 he appropriation bills, which are indis
pensable for the support of the Govern
ment, are not yet acied on. California is
still cruelly kept out ol the Union. Thous
ands ol laboring men in our country are
begging us to protect them from the effects
ol the. British tarill of 1816—a tar ill
j which we are in formed gives great satis
faction to England. Hundreds of honest
claimants are supplicating us to act upon
bills reported for their relief. All these
matters are demanding attention, while we
are wasting our time in ridiculous efforts
to make, or to prevent making, party capi
tal out of the Galphin report. Let the
(■ overnment stand still—let California wait
—let the British lion complacently smile
at the folly ol the Americans, who, boast
ing of their freedom, are making them
selves as dependant on England as if we
were still her colonics—let honest creditors
suffer—the Galphin claim alone demands
all patriotic consideration. If gentlemen
on the other side ol this hall, who have
elected their Speaker and their Clerk, and
have control here, will insist in thus spend
ing time, it is becoming and proper that
we look into other matters of improper
conduct among their friends.
But first, a few words on the Galphin
claim. I regret, as every gentleman in the
country must, that the Secretary of War
continued to art as an agent of this claim
while he held his place in the Cabinet. It
is a matter of taste and of delicacy, about
which we may ditfer, as it seems we do
differ. But I think there is an opinion
nearly unanimous that it was not beoom-
I ing in Mr. Crawford to act as an agent of
thts claim while he was in the Cabinet.
I As a member of a party, his conduct was
inconsiderate, if not unkind, towards the
' other members of the Cabinet. But no
honorable man has imputed any thing dis
honorable to Mr. Crawford, llis conduct
has been unfortunate and unwise, but his
integrity stands fair and unimpeaehed.
The \\ hig party are no more to blame
lor litis act o! his, than the Locofoco party
is for Mr. Van Huron's bad conduct, or
tor the indelicacy or impropriety' which
marked the conduct of Gen. Cass, in ob
, taming sixty-eight thousand dollars for
extra allowances, which Congress never
authorized to be paid, nor for his forming
a company, while in the Cabinet, to specu
late in public lands. Neither the conduct
of .Mr. Crawford nor of General Cass has
been criminal. Both, in my judgment,
have jjgon unjustifiable. Ys Secretary of
War, General Cass could have advantages
which citizens of the country could not
have. He had opportunities of enabling
his company to monopolize the choice
tracts of land, to know when they would
be in market, and then to raise the price
and sell them to settlers who were com
pelled to mircha.se. The Whig parly have
not endorsed, and never will endorse or
| sanction, Mr. Crawford's conduct. The
l.ocofoco party made Gen. Cass their
standard-bearer, " imanointcd and unau
nealed," with all these sins on his head.
When they shout '• Galphin, Galphin,"
are we not justified in retorting •' Sixty
, eight thousand dollars extra allowances—
! speculations in public lands V 1 do not
; intend to assail Gen. ('ass personally. 1
only refer to well known facts. No Whig,
who has any self-respect, or any regard for
i public opinion, will violate all the decencies
: of life by uttering calumnies in relation to
; this gentleman. And ho who imputes dis
honesty to either Mr. Crawford or Mr.
j Cass, merits and will receive the contempt
;of all fair-minded men. They will both
! comfort themselves with the reflection—
j " 'Tis but the fate of place, and the rough brake
That virtue must go through."
It is only to be regretted that they did
; not farther reflect, that
" Things done well,
And with a carc, exempt themselves from fear ;
Things dune without example, in their issue
Arc to be feared."
They are to he blamed for a bad exam
ple ; they forgot that " all things are lawful
unto me, but all tilings are not expedient."
A few words more on the Galphin claim.
The act for the relief of Galphin is in
j the following words :
" Be it enacted, Sfc., That the Secretary of the
\ Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and
required to examine and adjust the claim of the
late George Galphin, under the treaty made by the
Governor of Georgia with tlie Creek and Cherokee
' Indians, in the year seventeen hundred and seven
ty-three, and to nay the amount which may be found
due to Mil ledge Galphin, executor of the said
! George Galphin, out of any money in the treas
ury not othervvise appropriated.
I " Approved August 14, 1848."
The v\ i jug in this case, if any wron>
has been done, was in passing this act. I
do not understand it is denied that George
Galphin had a claim. It is admitted that
under the treaty referred 10, the claim of
Galphin was admitted to he due. Then
the act of Congress authorized and " re
quired' the Secretary of the Treasury to
adjust the claim '• under the treaty made
by the Governor of Georgia with the
('reek and Cherokee Indians, in 1773,"
and " to pay the amount which may be
found due." The Secretaries who paid
the principal and interest (Mr. Walker and
Mr. Meredith) were not to be blamed for
obeying the act of Congress. Congress is
to blame, not the Secretaries, if blame rests
anywhere. And let it not be forgotten,
Mr. Speaker, that Mr. Polk approved this
bill ; he seems to have been informed of
the merits of the claim. How this is, can
be explained, perhaps, by the honorable
member from South Carolina, the Chair
man of the Galphin Committee, (Mr.
BURT,) when he addresses the House.—
That gentleman now thinks " that the
claim of the representatives of George
Galphin was not a just demand against the
I nited States." The gentleman did not
think so in August, 1818 ; for i have be
fore me a letter, published evidently by
authority, from a Georgia paper, which, as
a part of the history of this case, I will
read to the House.
Here is ilie article which Mr. S. had
belore him :1
J I
Troiu the; Aiiguita (Ga.) Chronicle and Sentinel. j
" THE GALPHIN CLAIM— MR. BURT.
" You are requested to publish the following
letter. The original ha 3 been sent to Washing
ton :
" ' WASHINGTON, August 14, 1848.
" ' Dr. SR SIR : 1 have the pleasure to say that |
the bill in which you are interested has just
been signed by the Speaker of the House, and
will be approved by the President.
" ' Y\ ith great respect, vour obedient servant, 1
" ' Alt.Ml STEAD BURT.
" ' Dr. M. GALPHIN.'
" I rail memories need remembrancers. They j
are now supplied, because they are refreshing, i
" J he bill lor the relief of Galphin passed on j
Saturday, the 12th of August. It was approved j
on the 14th, (Sunday intervening.) Whose
'heifer was ploughed with in the mean time?' '
The 1 will' of the then President was spoken of
as a ' fixed fact. 1 His approval was known in i
advance, or the guessing was so close as to have !
astonished the artistic skill of the east.
" As ' dolphin ot the woods and wild boar of
the seas,' we subjoin the follow ing resolution :
" ' That the claim of the representatives of
George Galphin was not a just demand against
the United States.'
" Verily, ' the pleasure' of '43 acidified in 'SO.
It had a vinegar twang, and fit only for common
' pickling.'
" In good sooth, the ' will' of the President
was pinched, in into an ' approved' form.
In 1850 it has been snubbed or smashed.
" Oddsbodkins ! Mr. Burt is clever on a con
gratulation and resolution. Let us be thankful,
and watch. OMEGA." j
Mr. Bcnx (Mr. STANLY yielding the !
lloor for explanation) desired to say a single
word, and no more. It was faintlv in his
remembrance that such a letter as the gen- !
tleman from North Carolina had read was
hastily written by him at his desk in this
hall, for the purpose of saving the mail.
But he considered it due to the President
to say that he had never had a word with
that high functionary on the subject, and
that he had no peculiar moans of informa
tion. W hat he w rote was a mere expres
sion of opinion.
Mr. STANLY. Hut the gentleman had
evidently watched the progress of the bill
with interest. As Mr. Polk hail vetoed
the French spoliation bill, he might with
as much propriety have vetoed this ; for
Mr. Polk was Speaker, if I mistake not,
in 183G, when the Galpliin claim was dis
cussed in Congress. The gentleman from
South Carolina evidently thought the claim
an honest one then, tor he raised no objec
tion, as he might have done. He seems
to have been acquainted with the passage
of the bill ; and informed his friend the
! bill " will be approved by the President
for lie watched its progress with parental
solicitude—ivatchcd when- the Speaker
i signed the bill, and informed I)r M, Gal
phin that the bill 44 will be approved by
the President." The inference is irresist
able, that the chairman of the (Jalphin
committee had informed Mr. Polk of the
merits of the bill ; that Mr. Polk thought
the claim was just and ought to he paid :
j and that he personally and officially ap
proved the bill.
Then, as far as this is a party matter,
Mr. Polk, who approved the bill—Mr.
Walker, who examined and paid the prin
cipal—and the chairman of the select
committee, who stands high in the estima
tion of his party, who is chairman of the
; Committee on Military A flairs—these three
distinguished Loeofocos are as thoroughly
; 44 Gulphinizod" as any three Whigs can
be, in or out of the Cabinet. Let it be
particularly observed that, iit his testimony
before the committee, Mr. Robert J. Walk
er said ol the Galpliin claim, 44 the facts
being of a peculiar character, the claim for
interest remains an open question." And
j he also said, 44 tli it it he entertained seri
ous doubts on a question of law, and de
manded the opinion of the Attorney Gen
eral on that question, he would abide by
his opinion-' The attempt is now made
to give this matter a party aspect—to
blame the Whig party for it. The gen
tleman from Ohio on the committee, (.Mr.
lias exerted his talents to the ut
most on the question of interest. The
j gentlem m has signally failed in las etiort
New srrie—Vo!. I—l\'o. 43.
to justify Mr. Walker for paying the prin
cipal, and to blame Mr. Meredith lor pay
ing the interest. The gentleman, I lake
it, is no lawyer ; if he ever studied law,
he did so but a short while, and quit many
years since, for lie is evidently one of
those scholars who " hold the eel of sci
ence by the tail." His speech has show n
he was not well informed in legal matters.
The law is a jealous mistress, and requires
undivided attention ; and when a lawyer
turns politician, he soon finds his law
knowledge leaves him faster than Dob
Acre's legal courage oozed out at the ends
of his fingers. 1 have no respect for the
opinions of lawyer politicians. This same
gentleman, in a speech made in the early
part of this session, declared that though
lie held the Wilniot Proviso unconstitu
tional, yet he should be glad of an oppor
tunity of sending a bill with that proviso
in it to the President. To do a great righ",
he would be willing to do a liule wrong,
was the argument used by the gentleman.
Now, sir, 1 want no better reply to this
speech and argument of his on the Gal
phin business, than the fact that be thinks
lie could support the Constitution of the
United .States by sending an unconstitu
tional measure to the President \ Trulv.
Mr. Crawford has liule reason to be hurt
at the opinion this gentleman may enter
tain of the propriety of his conduct.
But, Mr. Speaker, i wish to call the-a'-
tention of some of those who have come
on the stage within two or three years past
to a datk page in the history of tiie Loco
foco party in this country. Some of the
loudest in their denunciation are evidently
uninformed in the history of Locofoco
" Galphinizing." I invite the attention of
the youthful Democracy to Reports of
Committees of 25th Congress, 3d session,
1838-'39, report No. 313. After the
whole country had been astounded by the
defalcation of Swartwout, and by the coi
respondcncc between Mr. Woodbury and
certain receivers of public money, a com
mittee was appointed, who investigated
and made the report 1 have referred to.
Let me mention a few cases in this report:
Mr. William Linn was a receiver of pub
lic money at Galena. On the 23d of June,
1831—mark the dates—Mr. Taney, Sec
retary of the Treasury, began his com
plaint, that Mr. Linn did not promptly do
posite the money in his hands in bank,
'idie correspondence continued by Mr.
Woodbury as Secretary of the Treasury,
iu October, 1834, to January, 20, 183*8,
when Mr. Woodbury informed him his
resignation was accepted by the President;
and Mr. Woodbury regretted 41 so large a
balance stands unadjusted in your hands."
Balance due from Linn, fifty-live thousand
nine hundred and sixty-two dollars and six
cents, (55,902, 00.) Is this " Galphiniz-
ing" or not ?
Take another ease—Report No. 313,
page 107 ; W. P. Harris was receiver at
Columbus, Mississippi. The correspon
dence with him commences in January,
1831. In March, 1831, the Secretary
makes complaints of Harris's conduct. In
August, 1833, .Mr. Woodbury threatens to
dismiss him. In the correspondence is a
letter from John F. 11. Claibore, dated
September 15, 1835, in which he speaks
of Harris as 44 one of the main pillars of
the Democratic cause and one of the ear
liest and most distinguished friends of the
Administration in Mississippi. His fami
ly and connections arc extremely influen
tial, and all of them are co-operating with
us in tiie arduous struggle which we are
now making."' Mr. Harris is represented
a9 an honorable man, of " difTused and
deserved popularity." This letter was
sent by Mr. Harris to the Secretary of
the Treasury or the President.
In .ingi/st, 183G—mark the dates—
Mr. Harris writes a letter to the President,
tendering his resignation, in which lie uses
the following language, which I read :
In conclusion, I will take the liberty of re
commending to you, for appointment as my suc
cessor, Colonel Gordon D. Boyd, of Attaia
county. You arc probably acquainted wiib his
public character, as be has been for several
years a prominent member of our State Legisla
ture, atid has been throughout an ardent sup
porter of your Administration, and an unyield
ing advocate of the principles of Democracy/'
11 c was also recommended as the •• warm
personal friend" of \V. P. Harris.
On page 181 of Report 313 is tins
short statement:
" Balance due from Mr. Harris, one bund- .!
and nine thousand, one hundred and seventv
eight dollars and eight eents—OS/')
—Sec statement.
Is this 44 Galphinizing," or only sup
porting the principles of Democracy
Is this all ! Not quite. In December,
183(', Mr. Woodbury commences his cor
respondence with 44 Colonel Cordon D.
Boyd,'* and continues not quite a yea-.
Remember, Colonel Boyd was an 4 - ar
dent supporter" of the administration and
44 an unyielding advocate of the principles
ol Democracy," the chosen successor of
GENERAL Harris, his 44 warm personal
friend"—of Harris who 44 enjoyed such >
dill used and deserved popularity," and
was one of the 4 * main pillars of the Dem
ocratic cause." Well, what was the re
sult ot Boyd's appointment ? In June,
1837, Mr. Garesche, appointed by Mr.
Woodbury to examine the atfairs of the
office in Columbus, reported as follow*,
and 1 call the particular attention of the