C = iii OLUSEFE XL.=✓l"o. 36., • Tkit- a., The "sC.A.lfslscr.l - lEitAto Si Eitiosrron" _will be issued-every-T_nesday afterboon, at Two Dom:i.as dv,anee:. Petrll:lllvileurTs'eltnernatabl'etalsnerated at the liana! rate& . caLetters'addressed.to. the 'editor on • T business MUST-DE POST. PAID, "othergrise 'they will re• ceive- no attention. _ • • .• AGENTS. , • • : The-following.nania pers'OnS have beetrappointed Agents for .the Expositor,'.' .to • whom-payment for subscription and advertisements • -can' be made. • . • • • D. SIIELLYg F.ss..Shiremanstown, Ctunb. Cci. • ' SCOTT COYLE, Esq. sewville, do. • • 'P. - Known, Esq. Newburgh,- _ , Tnos..W. HtmEs„Esq,. Sluppensburg, do. Joyta 'WUNDERLICH,LSq. .do. •.' do. . . J::MATEEK,Esq.lioguestown, •• d 0.., R. WILSON, Esq. Mechanicsburg, . dd. 2 • WILLIAM RUNSIIA,,ES44 Hopewell,. do. • Sitnoto<Esq. Churchtown, - _ dd. l'h;„AMCWHlTE,Neiv..Ctimberland , ' Tflos..lll.,tett, Esq. Bloomfield, Penry 60anty, A. BLACK, Esq. , Landisburg, -', do.' P 0:..E-TRY- "With sweetest flowers eprieh'it prom iinrions gardens Cull'd with enre't .From thePitteinnatil4prep YAITIChE DaO32X;E. EIMIZEISIB :111 issis;i I'll brook nci new-dtsaater, • . , Jadison's footstrps wHTJ tread ' anti prove:fix:A.l ain master' yankee poodle,t : ep it up •' ' And follow After Andyl--- \ _-_--.,: •=, •E4r doing all iiis i*ty , ..wOrk, --------:-.- - -;LOW-Martinis_thplandy' ,l . . 'Said Mississ)pPi,\Ve%d obey g"' - . The orders which you sent Us, _ Ana hoping he_mav learn your.trade We send you 'on a Tuns'riss. Tankcc Doodle, kc Then :Martin sworelle would not make The bargain on it n•enture, . • No itlississippi baffled fiike Without ufull adventure. Yanked Boodle; &c •Said - Mississippiiiwe - are7sur No risk will be ineerred'sir, To make the 'PRENTISS more secure, We also give oar Wone, sir! Vankcp Doodle, keep U. up; .Andfollowafter Hor doing all his dirty work, Oh! Martifi is the dandy! MISCELLANY G'lainese :i2rie6ilote. man WhO Was ae 'custemeeto - cousin "ot his, - Olathe 'tad three great curi-.. osities itthis possession: an Ox, that could I travel 'A've himdred miles a day, .a Cock that 'tells 'the hdur of the night, and a Dog that • could read in, 'a superior manner. " These are extraordinary things. indeed! I - must _ C all upon yptt and beg a sight of them," 'said the Cousin.. and. returned - home • and told his wifewhathad happened, saying he,•had.got into a scrape and knew not hew to get out. ."0, never mind," 'Said she; "I • can manage R.!" - The next day the .Donn , 'yyman called, and enquiring after his boas in, was told that he had gone to - Aekin . ;•—• *:"When is heexpected . back?""lU:eeven or eight days:" "How can he return so -todn?" "He's gone off upon our •ox"--, :`Apropos of that, I am told • that you have a cock that Marks the hour. ° A cock just then happened to crow. :"Yes, that is he: 'T to 'only tells the hotir orthe-night,,but ' ----- ieports:When .stranger'comes." "Then, • your dog, thatreadsh books; might I beg to sec - him? -- ", -)Arhy;--to-speak7the-truthTaia our circumstances are butnarrow, we have sent the.dog out to keep school - PP • • . 412 'OOO4 faib - iti - tiYanl 401 and landlord of considerable fortune : 2 11 - 11 i r i!erest, 'went over te hliesTate ; he . sa lone cif his tenants digging potatoes' and thus 'addressed -him;-,7-"Paddy, how do you do?" - unaccustomed- to_ such a salutation, • ronnd to see from whence it could ebie_eta perceiirtgliitislabdlo` pretty rd, and takiik . :tk , you;.• 1.--hope I see, you iirell; sir; I th& gra continued his conver- The lane . . v nhat, news have you, sation' by asking the world,-?'',--to Paddy, in this part of truth, - sir, I the. tenant replied, lave none,: exCept that I thit,:k lve shall ' have an ekcifon or some such sort o,f:thail" The landlOrdisked, "what Makes you ~4 „ hink , Vaddy?" :telia,nt replied, '" Only ' . hecause, yonii,liornii:never',oxes.-me how 'f expepflaholit...that . Atti-Societtc9.•,-41-1 follovvi#g are butia Onallluimbor 0111 e. Ailti . - . Scicitie.s ,- formed , or prolgfig, • - - AntiAunaing-n;;r44rto-*lt*th,soctiety,•, ;anti-gojng'to-sleep-tV~tli;a-csiiidle=btirning~society. _ • Anti-eAlting7tto-iituali,sockty. A, - Anti-use=too-liftle ; .exerei ii e .. so ciet y . , 2. • Anti-*lta-,and-cl.twing-tobacco .:. soc ict i .. . . Anti-;lntNa"-If?Ce;yo.lll.Bol . 7tqp. - ellet . Stlc ietr y . ,l:' Anti-goink•-th-see,-the-Inde - ooletY; ' Anti-setting7nr4lth-the-Latlies-longer4ap7ten-• , ,• - : • Priti-go-to-sleep-pt=cliiißti-soltAy.- - Anti-going -fq-chureli-mbre,-with the-vieWnof - ACc' iii;-and LemF-peen -tlianwitlirthe- infehlion of- , 1) stcrt • i „ • . . . : . .. , N. e ' ' ' .:;:- ' ' ' .: .: .' .- .' . ~.'' • .' :•.' . ' *„'. .: • . '.- .. • . . .. ' 1 , ~, . . • • • ' • •..•". • . .:. ~ . • , • • .' A , . . . . ~. ...... .... .. . ... ~. . "._,...............,: t .. _ „L.r.,._,...... ....., • .A,. .. ..... .. ..., r. . 1 . ~.. .. _ .... • .. . • '• . , .. . . .. • - , . . .. . , . . . , . . 1.11 ,if- CNN Prom the -Bosteifl'ili ies, • --„Three-honest;.-_strapping _boys &gm - the • Green Mountains tame down upon us, yes : -terday-,—They-said--they_conie for to see us print. ; We are .noted, for our civility, and told them. to enquire for the Devil, who ,would sliow,thein all. 't• One qf thein - tinte4 black -in the face; knit' a third happened - to sornething_ab_eut „the _performance, Mid quieted theirlears, by telling them net -- ta - bc - s - iceaPeil:" -- 41rey - iirdie accordingly iishered :into - the region -of•typc,a : which, they- peranibulated, expressing, the..most perfect •istonishment. ‘.` I wanter- knOW : If these'ereis what_you'lnake_the nnos'papers with," said. one drawin g his . arm acroSS his face, and in atone . ofeonfideht .thunder: "Yes'said sirith •a,bow of the utmost urbanity. .[Here a Sardonic ,grin Curled our devil's lip:] these,". said he,- eyes - on. -a-column - of politicS, Which _We had - this - more-, ing - distilleilfrotipour preciouit biatn. They are types, Sir: "_Types.! - 1., thought types . '' was them - are leetle things; them 'are little hunks - -ofsiernil aka - they. ?"- • 0 yes--:but these are set up for an impresSign„ they stick?" said : hp, ' , and at • that Moment . laid hold of, the Middle:of a column; I •his ;thumb and-fingeroincl T despoiled.nearly- a '.coln inn of ciest `4-1-feigh!"-and he shuddered, . :`fix it agin !' We were out of patience—'•otir devil sniek ered-pressinen roared = and,.the -- whole choir-of toinpositOrs . joineit in one of the most heart_rending chof . ssee we ever *it-- nessed. the ni6iiiiwhile; - the - inen - off.the mountains -were 'departed, We entreat all `visitors to keep , their hands-in-their,pock-' ets, their cloalCeapeS - , and ask lie , - . • # Strange . Critture.; - -A traveller stop ped to see'a friend, leaving hi's horse hitch ed in the - --ron.4 but found On his return.llint. lie lind- slipped his bridle; going in queSt of him, he met' a pedestrian* on the road, Of - . Wholit- he inquired ifrlie -. 4 'had seen - . a strangecreature‘vith a saddle on. "Sure .and I . .have," was the reply. A‘ Where`?"' 'gust yonthhei:li` -" Will yon show Me where'?" ". That said the man; approaching a small wood of young. timber— " And there he is sure!" The. traveller 'looking -- up answers, - "I do not gee him"- `"Just but come hare"—"-D—p," replied theArp..vollor_lttliat!a_a_Tu'rtkototiallome." .1"A. horse!" exclaimed the son of Hibernia, 'with surprise-" Sure 'a horse is no strange 'crature—but that,: . that, that there is a strange.•crature, (painting, at it,) it has a satlale on, and7roirmaykrid/ellim-,--for—l will not'!'' Snecdote for the Ladies.—The prison. 'report of COnnecticut, among other things, containsa'short exposition of the difficul ties and vexation which the officers of-the prison have to encounter in the gOVernmet of the four female convicts under their care, and the Directors most ungallantly . assert 'that these four make more trouble, than the whole remaining ninety three convicts. of other_ sex:,, But not content with this,_ they repeat 'a 'remark Madeto them, as they pretend, the superintendent of the Au burn State Prison. kave (says he) un der my care, about tour, hundred and fifty -male prisoners, and nine fen:lades could cheerfully undertake the care of an additionatfourhundred and fifty men, td be rid of.the nine_vonten." 'What a brute!!!_ izgerti O.§ :apolggist.-•-zOncliay .- ilit I was quartered at-a farMhouse, .With some of our. German Dragoons; the owner came -to ine" to complain : that the soldiers 'had beep, killing his fowls, and Pointed out one man in Particular as the principal offen .dei.: The fact being brought home to: the dragoon, he readily excused himself by say- . ing—". One, schicken *come frighten my horse, mid I.giVe hint ens kick, and he die,' "Oh, but," said I,- "the person•conteuds that you killed more than one fowl." "Oh, yes,- det Schieken, -scy-she scoind fly in my face, and 1 give her..one kick; and she die tam" , . . . . . . Daddy ./(zek...One of our Jack, tars in Ardent quara;=liras-amusing7iimself-with zemarks . ,on--passers 'by,- lately, when a.dan-. (Ticarrieyeppilig along with his short logged unmentionables, lashed rather tighrat—th-e -hottom.. , say friend,'„' ,said, Jack,. ” aint you got on .your breeches..wrong end up?" "No, fellow *lv_ do you ask?" said the dandy with dignity: replidd Jack, "you' ve_got the gallowsps on,thewrong end of yourtrowsers." . Among 'the "names on the list of letters, published by the Philadelphia P. M. is the, musical one of Bullhead Frogbelly, Esq.' " "It is cold as blazes!" crietl•Sain, wrap' ping hie.eroak around him. "Cold as bla ze.4!"_said: Tont,"'HOW:eati * that.bet Bla 7,es are hot.':'"Y - Ou s cool, I mean tlieiMrth ern light's," said Sam. • . , A fajnar.. heing'asked whether he intend ed id Ihis . :datighter to a major in the army'? "140,7 he rephed,' „I.losnotlike the .drillity*ii.'44ysoandry.".y A felloiv 'CinnidaineLt- that ho hail -, lost great ddulpf prolio4y.! nioncrtji jp,cinife'd' another; ; "Why, , I never. could geb hold' of it." •i . • • r . . • • • BilndboXesa--i.,-;;Voi lady: is allow3ed'f> ear ry -;More t , ACVeit banclbo,xos--arty cue laving. more ; caret4V! - ,6146(1 one , of our stage d ay, • yvlitikx.ortryipg,. his facial passengers,: - , •. • • - • - • A FAMILY NEAVSPAPE L---DEVOTEb‘TO NEWS, POLITICS, LIT'ERATURE, THE ' ARTS'AIO - SCIENCES,'4GRIC s itIikeIig,AMITSEMEiVT, &C. &C. Printed and Published, Weekly, by George JU Phillips, in Carlisle, CaMberland County, PP . L-I.T. IGA L, .-: . •._'. SPigECH Or POND, . Of Ohio,' on the :Resolution- to : correct abuses in the public. expenditures, and :to::Sefiarate the - Governni - ent - from:the_ Press.. . • Delivered in the House of Representativeei' • • '• , April; 1838. . ; ..• f Continued front °tic . Saunders concludectby saying, - iirat it was his "intention to take this power from ih6 State Depaitment, 'and place 'it else, •where.-'? -A member from Tennessee, ,(Mrs" . ifrariton,) afterwards 'governor of thatstate, and 'how the President.of 'Pekes, sustained Mr. Saunders' resolution,- and denied • the. right of the Secretary of State-to change the publication of the laws for opinion's sake. He alleged that the• practice of that depart had been to allow' an individual, who might be personally opposed to the views and opinions=of:Ahe-head--of-the-departnient, if lie was honeet' arid etipable•aS a public of fiCer,- to retairbiiiplace."' -He asked !cif changes - had been: • Made in birder :that the. pattonaffe,of the government May flow in a ' ~particular channel? . Such a course .wouldreeilrefite-b.rpre§gibir-Of said: • . . "Patronage is not • a thing local and eir tumseribed:, ,It sedlts every little . ratniftca? tiokinta , •whidlt•it can by . anypossihilityln- Sinuate itself: It -is like the prcrgress .of . _ _ . _ . • ,neer. iii the hunian body: - It seizes eVetyr . fdid-nd One aftei•-m . ibther . ;- - - - nor slops ifq_progress till the'sdll'erei sinks, and.then the knirels too -late applied." Next came Mr. -llamilton,.,of BoutitQa yoliiajltrii:cliairnian of (11;4 : ietrenehmt nt Commritee;to Which I hav,C . ,alreadylilluded. 'Flint gentlyman said:._ • '!".fhese,elighty-twoopresseS would be pat on the diet wholesome regimen, and in , the - coarse salutary' discipline,. The iturdrandhrileßenderri wotilil be, turned out to be fed on sirch, offals risilhey might, bc able to, pickup,tiritil 1116 whole pack should open in full arid. harmonious crY,in one note, from the.sturdy mastiff:that howls at the door 'of the Treasury, to the most starve-' ling turnspit that barks on the. farthest verge Of our frontier." _ . Mr: Bondsaid he 'Would not stop ,to in quire whether we did not.realize, iti4he -pre-sent oflir_ial-organ . the_Gicbe~ hat= sturdy' mastiff' that howls - at - the door of the TreaSnry." Mr. Hamilton . continued: "Is it necessary' that the Executive should have a government press,. to be. paid for by the people out a the publit - ezifresu --, " taro the measures of the administration, _Whether_right_or_Wrong?" . .. \ "lgsaid he) 4, Secretary of State can so apply the patron age of the government as to - nourish to venal aCeord .eighty-presses in Our country; to praise every thing the administration should do, and subject their proprietors to the pun : - • ishment of the loss of this 'patrol - Ingo if they dare to censure-its - measures, this forms (Hs-, tinctly a government preSs, which is more„ alarming to the liberties of the people than .the_organization _of_ _the. whole.._of_Ganeral Brown's army of six Men formed into a guard of the palace. eighty4Wo preSses can be Made to speak :is it Imo in one voice, that all that die gov.ertinient does, is eicellent,, and all those who are ofiposed to them say is false and faCtions; : this Con stant combined and concertdd language.will soon-have tendene.y to inake Abase-who hear little else believe all this is trite." , Mr. bond IMPed the house woiild pardon him for, Ipng extract. • Mr: Hamilton, froth Whose speecli it is tmcen, was,. at-the tick, a friend of.GeUeratJackson, and:zea- . louslY engaged.,in eleVatitig hint to power: In. thtia describing the government patron age over the'press; Altat getideman, - said . .he was merely warning the country Of dangers whiel Might be realized, if no•restraint was imposed. On that patronage. ~,Gen. Jackson it* elevated, and Mr. Van Bureal Succeed-. ed 7 himi -and—is no* in,pbtier,.; Instead 'of. eighty-tWro presses, tints employed - by die oveinnient, they hive. fIONY considerably -upwards_otoit.e buralred,:lind_iim_pationage, is held and exercised without 'any •manner of Ohecls. or restraint.. In this., surely the -ceiintrY-was4llsappoutted , But you als6; -- Mrz'Spealter, took.-part in that debate, and warned the• country. of the f tli' id flit ^asit~ langer or this paironage, anL ee necessity of restraining it. l'hope, sir, it: will not be . out of aiderte draw on your remarks in.aid of My :present . purpose. - 'The sentiments whiCh'you expressed are . perfeetly just, and gotartiand - the'aPProbation of all im partial minds. . : I have preferred, sir, sustaining the reso luticui now under consideration, - by the ar zuments ,and illustrations of the friends of .Gen. Jackson,'rather than to - attempt 'any new suggestiond. You will retnemVer,,, Speaker, , that:, some 'friend 'of Mr.• Clay; "the then Secre tary of . 4 3tate, intiniated . that the resolution . of Mr.'SSundeiS'Savered 9ometvhat:Of the " Spanish- this your itulik,- nation 'Wei aroifsed;and',you.exclaimed: ` "InqulsitOriai; And has the:Aline ar rived in this : - country;; When ii‘i§,deenied in giiiiiilorial respectfully - 1o; aska,P . ublie:offt-": r cer s _wha_is_res_poileihle to.thepeoplewhoie repreaentatives we are;', , forthe7lirdifre'r - 0i. 7 2 - sons (iiot the' private motives) of his . public conduct? Is ,it iffstilting>to deniand" of public office} toexplain and' account for hi§' condifet?,: Is the•trarisklanticlloctritiei that king:ean- do no -Wron . g.i'-y).42,0 in trodup hp,re?-_•ThOmgli we • have no alien AMd sedition taivs ;Iwo we, to have. What is tanta-' Minfrit 411 e -nit ';r7Are - 7the—priblic . ,ifunctiOn - - - aries of the goveritnient..to , ',belvrappodllp in the robe§ of 9flicq, : and hire- TllL^spoil r TER .71 1 0 I; 4",\ 'IS 3 S . sponsible to the people, or the people's - re; preSentativ - eSV--And are all those who We • -- ArhuiesS atfdludep - eirdcric - e - cutitighl'earleS - s= ly to-inquire into the eanductof public men, 41rd AO mariner 'in 'whioh - the public money. is expended, to be deriotinced by the Tara .sand arid servile adherents of the houSe that :hew reigns; as- factielis'oppoSideisti? . Sir, (you continued, Mr. Speaker,) this poWr of appointingthe - pUblic - printer, - isimprop-: erlY lodged 'Where it is. It is, to say. l the least of it; suli,jeet to -abuse,: arid maybe properly used fer_the purpose of muzzling and, influencing the:liberty of the press:" That being . the ease, you . proposed, sir, - tO ‘ m ‘reove ,this. power of appointment freM the,. ,. Department ofStafe, and 'vest . it sane •, where elSe, where it vionid be more safely and properly . exereised.";. The country is aware,.-Mr. Speaker, that you' have conti nued: to 'l)6'l - member 'of • this .. house ever since you made :the - remarks,jUst quoted, now more than eleven years..,Sonie wee,- tatici,p,waS cherished that.you ;WOW, when in .a majority here,. practise tinder these.opi n -and remoVe # this' printing- paticiiiage "frem the . Deparinient- of State, and vest it . somephere else, Where .- ..it. would be mere: .safely.arfil properly 'exercised.".'._" - I ant sor r.:3.ti,,sir„that,-this publioUxpectation'has'been.. -disappointed.-.--+Can.only account for it - by suppd,sinig, that :your various . ifolitieal en gagements. and high. public- station hlve. w thd Own your ktten t ion from - this import- ant subject. - - There: is some consolation, - however, in knowing that you have now an .opportiinity, of reilecniing, your pledge . , anti . the friends of retrenchmeift - and -reforin - in.• diilo;the hope di la you will'do. it: . . . „. I hope, sir; yen will not think - this , aii ,quiSjterial' measure. ~cti is, -indeed, :true,' ,that, when the represeiilaiives - of the *pie, during the last session of congress, attempt-, ell to look into the, departments of the•goV= erniiient, - Gen. Jackson openly - resisteAl it, • atul suCh.a measure -was "worse than the . Spiiiiish More-;--sirrire;-1-n -efreet; gave orders - that it ShOnliFiiet - be tol erated: Spe_hker4;did not:your cheek 'their mantle with hon'est indignation? of if you had held-a Seat - instead the chair yoti occupy, would you 'not have again exclaimed, 'IS "the - transatlantic doctrine, that 'the king can do no wrong;' to be in= trodfiCed here?" Or were.you_eonstrained, to adniit, that, tinder the boasted systerii of - ...reforthe_publiefunctionariarkthe.go_v_.!._ vernment" -are now "wrapped up in the rebes of office," ,and "held, irresponsible to the people; or to the - people's representata - - tives?" . - - . he hoped he' had; - by this trine, furnished soineevidence to the house, Mid to the_ gentleman from-New Hamp shire, (Mr. Viishman,} in particular, that the, exercise of this printing.patronage by Mr..tidal - es' ' administration,* was not only questioned, but , openly condemned. The friends of Gen.. Jackson, --so far froth jiie tending,that it was imprjicticalile to correct Alie. abuse of this•poWer, pledged &fselves _to the country; that they_eould' and would, ivhen iii amarrity; provide a remedy. lie :would_sUbinitit_to-the_peopla_to._say, -who, ether this had been done? .. Was it not noto rious that the extent of this printing patron age had been greatlyenlarged tinder thepre; sent dominant 'party? Is riot the number of neivspapers in which the laWs are printed, very considerably increased?, Is not the ordinary 'printing patronage of the' several departments- far greater_ froWtthan_formerly? And,• as to the•publie printing for congress, it had so swollen .under the promised re treneliment,..that we were almost induced to -belieVc that the term was used in irony 'by 'these from whom the peopie expected con ; oniY. , • • • I . now propose, Mr. Speaker, to show What seductive-influences--this patronage- o ver.. the press carries with it; and, for this purpose,'l . must- again invoke the aid Of the Jackson reformetS', , Using th'eir argu ments; arid the very language in which they adriionished.:the eotintry—pf-the- - base uses which - World be made lof. this pow*: , I . . hope 'gentlemen Will remember the remarks. Made.on this subject,- and which I have al leady-"giVerr to 7 the hotise, front the-speech of, 111 liatitilton,, the c.haihnau of the corn initted 'On'i'eforrry. I reserved for the pre seut }teen striking elid deseriptive passage in the speech',, of IVIr Houston; before alluded to. 71-I.e Undertakes to describe - an honest, independ- ent.editor, of good principles and deserved influence, and then adds that such an editor as this net t li e °sect-to-bow,' or-bend. his principles the sake, of supporting a particular administration or individual., • It nay 'necessary - te certain plans and inter ests; that such a man as this.shoidd be gag.: ged or pi`Ostrated. that case, •a very po -litic-coursa-wOuld-belo- start-=a--new-paper _sonic few motitha - before new,. patronage is to . be conferred—to use every exertion to sufficient - number :of-subscrib ers—to take-measures' that, _at all haiards, the paper be, austaine&-then to get' for the editOrsoine trueand trusty,fellow , --4 felicity tbitt *go the' wholeHiv ho 'is troubled ittiho'principleii.on any 'titibjeet; wh o wasupport a certain. interest 'throngli thick `end pursue, ito:Course otitis= - own;-'hnt-will-2.ever-bc-ready_ta.takerliti._cue. 'from.a certain quarter, . After getting him : 'aetrui - orie or twirhundrdd 'subscribers, and ;using every-expedient.:to make hini' some character,' lie must Alteii liateilta - printing of.tlle.latve as -a -token :of: thecq WI de e -of 4he gnVertintent,:_anti,then all will be -ready for such ipresoß 7 to-.-be-eptabliitiddri*l-p.aiil-fd*o4o: the - contingent • 'Warranted in sliciftiCassertiott; but litty _.T-- 1 , . newbeginnby must havo.patronage, altho' it be iit* direct oliposition. to .theinterestand floe • . • Thus.spoke•Mr. HotistUn in 1827. Let us now pause fora moment, 'Mi..Speakir — , 'arid. inquire whether those Who know so well the use and abuse of this power,..have_ _.. proved , themselves skilful adepts -in its practical-application: Let-us direct our at -teritiokto-the-o-flicial-newsp-aperoW.Globqi and,see if Mr. Houston- has notiiiost:ably Oescrih.eci progress,•-and present state."' - • • vVe- know, sir, that, at the conimence= ment of Gen;:lackspies,administratiOn,• the official newspapee'via'S the United States Telegraph, published by 'Gem-Duff - Green. Things Went.on pretty smoothly for awhile, and until, as was isaid,'some jealous' rivalry sprung.upbetivcen the then Vice President of the United States:and the._present dent, Mr.. Van 13iiien, who Was then Secre tary of State. ; It was-Said Green was sus pected -for cherishing t . a. stronger partiality for the Vice President than for. the Secre . - .lary..ottate. But I. do not profess _to .be familiar with the causes of this : family jar. Report said that.the.Telegrapli was.not continued. abruptly as the oflidial organ, but the: PIO*, andzitts. - editor, FranciS-r-,-Blair,:--brougnt. here for that purpose from Kentucky; niong: the means resorted .to : for the -pur pose, .as c'omplabied of by the : Telegraph; *ere, orders or fequests to. various *trims; ters' throughoutolie - cettntrjr, to fOrniSh lists -of, its. subscribers. :rho . ..Globe was then - sent to them; .elainiing to have - the special ,confidence of the party.. In 'this way, it . was initiated into favor amotigthe subscrib -,ers,of the...Tclegrapb . , mid,in due'season the latter pdper was Wholly 'abjured,' have no knowledge of all the measures •thken, -t4that,' at all haiartis ' the paper Linust] lie _Suetahjoil,..and - will leave jt for others Whe, know Francis-P.131114 bettevthan I tIO; to ilettalmino.-„Aviiether,tjui„.aflinhtistratioit,4l. .furnishing pit . .e4itoi-for . the Globe, succeed ed in getting a "Arne and.trusty fellow—a fellow., that_will !.go the whole—who. is trOnblcdwitlf no- principles on any subject; but who • will support, a certain interest `through thick and " This I . know, that the administratiOn fostered and cherish.. cd the Globc.wit an iimitense amount of h patronage, 'and iii' that Way gave it strength -and-influence. That 'paper. Was= first pub- liShetrinlB3l. The, .Whole amount paid for printing by the executive 4epartments in 18324'33, was 113,346 dollars 2.1 cents, of . which 47,245 dollars 42 - cents were paid joihe_Globc; and_ the residue to various o- tiler pririting - 'eStablislthients, editors aid publishers throughout the United States.: In. 1834-'35, the whole ainount soliaid was 83,963,,d011ars 5.0 cents,. 'of which sum a part (say 40,473 • dollars 16 cents) was paid to the . Globe; and the residue again divided as.before. For the next two years, ending with September 1837, the several xvitive departments paid int.!. for printing the taitortnous stun of 142,804 &Ales 68 eeits! _or this; the fillobe received 24,281 dolltirS27 cents, and the balance was divid; and-Stib---divided=the-`4poile-bentg-thus given in due prolioHions ahiong the whole pack, from "the sturdy niastiff that howN . at6the . door of the Treasury," down .to "the most .starveling turnspit that barks-1m the' farthest verge'of our frontier." • ' . . But it will be observed, that; :sti 'far,* I have' stated the amount of the executive pa tronage of the press only. : In Dec. 1835; thbfllObe obtained the : printing for the IL. of Repreiontativeg; and for the . two, years ending-on the -30th of Sept. 1837, its edit ors or publishers were paid, on that ac count, $105,914 531! It thus appears that, for the. last six years, the Globe newspaper has_receivedfrom.the gevernment, as the published doCuments prove; nearly : two 'hundred and twenty/ thousand dollarsW . What it has received indireOtly; and from (ACC-holders- and expectants,' no. one tell. wilLnot designate-each-of the innumerable editor's and printers.. Whorn : this patron age has been shoivered. Many of them Have received ,small sums: others,:again;ilo not - quite; equal the Gllobe editor; put I will name a few who seem-to be among the pre feired, arid:then leave_itfortheir readers to whoth - cetheirmiers can lie supposed to be underthe wholesome regimen 'Tea-' miry diet. . a . I And that Hilt amid Barton of N. I amp shire, have received, in about sic years; be. tween 7000 and 8000 dollars. Dutint,i the • §airie time, Shadr.aCh - Penn, Jr. - of Kentitc- , .ky,lias,....been, L __paltl.:alieut...lo,ooo dollars, nearly the half of Which:has liege paid,with in the last two years,: D4tring,the same tune, the ?time of 'ride and Green, Chait: G. Green ; and Beali and , Green, of Bo's ton, • have' boon paid $27;204 7 !' In the courso.of two yearti,-, -liledaryH rid -;-Mafir.• pantry. were paid $2,958 88: • Sine and, Clark; .$2,837 's3i Mifflin and' lrry, Of Philadelphia; '01;012 IVledatY, iiey nolds, and Medary, slsBlt .and Medarrand Brothero, all of Ohio, $lOO2. 'All these payments •werc' made bythe Post, ellico'Deliartrocriti andiin addition to this printing patronage, . some: OPtheaerparties enjoyed' advantageous contracts in the same, Repatinient,': for. tlie.atitiply of "paper ;and twine;''s-connectetl-,with.-:their—Printing,of blanks. .'l'hese . contraets - for "blanks; . pa, per, ;Md, twine," when examined, ,as they; were by the. committee rifiiivOtigation;4ll6.• chised the practice', of. most:reprehensible partialityin.theTeStniiiater,General:frir:,Ce r-I. lain political ravorite . s . '„,—,.;l - liavo:-EnA,:eXamin .- : ed . to 4 .See if:the othei-141)e.partinenis. , :did I not - simuitaneoitsl3 . r . SesteW*PartitYleir - W rlat4: ingi•patrenage Saitte , nt,tir.V..t 110 U;. N his -fur tltor.:fdc t lr haWeits:!i. is' diiiclosed • =I the printing•accounts of these departritents: That, for.nome• time pasti - they havq thrown large ; ptittiona.. .their' patronage .nito the• haudErcif Langtree and . O'SUllivan, of this city, whii are publishing a periodical joi'= nal, , the "Democratic Rview," which pro fdsses to .be a litbrary . .work,;but-at.the same_ nine _devotes its _columns to the reauSe - and defence of the :administration - , -- With• a:. zeal equalled - mily - by - the - Globe, "and; in .at leant one.of its articles recently published ; 'shoWs as little regard, forius - tice arid truth, think, as - that paper .does: • • the exedutive.,pationage of the press Was one of the great. chapters- of reform into which the 'famous yetrenehment report-of this lionsei t as divided: It is there stated as an alarining fact, that the amount paid for printing and advertising, .by the execu tive departments at the seat of government forlthe [alert] three_last_yearsi - ,[1828,•__!26„: and '27,] and by the .general post-office in two years., • was' 71,830 dollars 5i cents.'" •mn•rthe same report, . also 'told that the-prititimr b for congress, the senate and liouse•includedir•lromi-Marchi-1819 .to Dec. 1827, being a period of eight years,' amount ed to ' 211,883-dollars 37 . cents'. These were thought to be extravagant bx.pendi 7 r tt,tres - ,,.afid - ifetrenchment and pr"6:Wiseit • . - 7- : I beg the boUse to, indulge me a few mo ments• in holding up to their vieiir;• and :es pecially to the-gentleman from New York, (Mr. •Canibreleng,).who was an active mein'. ber of that committee, a mirror, in Which practicul re_ form- may be seen.. If. the gentleman,. or the, party, ihnltlintithe ject ;a hideoun one, 'I can only 'say the pied , titre:reflected is the Woirk of their own hands: . For the six years ending on the 60th:..0f Sept. 1837, the several executive depart ments,inclusiVe gcneyal liosV•office, paid ()tit:30,116 dollars 37 cents, for print ing, .lii order to get three years, as, to - compar6 It with the and amount, before 9t edliy--thox-olnniitteO,Act-its-talie italf-yf 340,110 and 37 cents; saw $170,08-18 Deduct the' amount stated by the committee,• '-'7; 4 71' 7 830 51 AMount of increase every 3 yea - r 8 by the reformerg, $9B - ,0 . 7 67 •_ I also find. that, in six years .ending. on the 30th day of Sept. 1837, the printing for congress, (senate and House,) and: inehisive . of certain land documents; books;, and' en-. -graving; amounted to $751,584.02. ..Ltit'cis deduct the amount reported by the Commit tee, as paid fox the sane object iii eight -years-by i the-administration-which T was T eon 7 ' declined for its extraViigthice, that *as $2'71,:. 883 31 . : .-'That operation will show that the refoTnzers have paid, in the legislative pa tronage of the press, 8479,701 25 MORE; in BiLl.; years, than the .whig party paid 'in eight years! • . Having thus shown -the ainotint of, and lioW this patronage is now'Used by'the Ex ecutive, it Willbe appropiute to see what the 'friends of Gen. Jackson said ' would, be; the consequence Of sueli use: The -com mittee, in their repiiit; speak of the moral inechinivn upon *filch Biis pittronagc — acts "as a power that seems irresistible," and say they "NVillliot stop. to argue what they 'predicate as an Undeniable fact, that, by the cmploym . dnfof . the expenditures attic eon tingenaands 'Of the departments, a govern , ' thent press, is, to ail intent( and purposes, effectually established, aS muclx so as if there were tut-annual item in . the impropri; ' ation Gill for the purpose nf purebasing ate ', jobit and liarmonidiffi* action of -one hun dred papers in the micomprothiSing vindi cation of those in power, mid in the un- • sparing abuse of those who are 'loll!', And in the debate already referred to, 'Mr.l-lam ilten, one of the-reformers ; in speaking of payme fol the servieeti, oftlibpreisi- ob• sery t "When . the 'government becomes. ti .p. y taster for these services,' the evil is infinitely augmented. •F or what are the ser vices-which-the press,-under T stich--cii4litn-• stances; is expected to render -as as -a return for the partial kindness 'of the government? Why, .to cover all their• approaches to ar -bitrary-Towet,--to-defehd-eaeh-measure,-of misinleand corruptionto find excuses and agOlogies for every act of imb.ecility, al:the' the'interest and honor of' the country :may . . be jenparded , by- igiteranceopaily,, or ne glegt,—,but, above ali t to- subject those Who do not think the existing powers', entitled to the - confidence of the people, to the Most unsparing calimmy and abuse," 1 : .-. Mr. Bond said he. would appeal .to= he iniuse mid' the . country, if- we are not ,now - experleitehirdailyllff - firectieircififilitVibm br what Mr. Hamilton mentioned as a . pos• siblestate of thing's? Is not his dcscriptiolh of a, subsidized-press in the hands of the go vernment, sit graphically true of the present admittistration_and_itapresslAhnt_itsnight. justly be' cohjectured that -- theY• sat - fer the ' picture( Every clay's, experience shows, that all Who ,oppose the present administra tion are ‘‘'Sittijecteil to thp mest'unipating Cahill - my arid abukc.", , • Arother of the d-ack -I:!Ure.formenS in this house,' Mr., Floyd, of Virc4iiii. Otis' drVed-in debate here, that "the eXe b euti;L4nticien PC 'in :thisg'OVerctinent was. ; very givat, :Ind lnid, been. exerted te Caltikuni ate Members ‘ lnjliiS hoUsei as, well as great ,and_lirise , ,teen Ott of the house.' He said it. had been,.attempfed'ici entilieni7tiff - hy' dark buten4o,7 And that . ."liircliug .serib -s).ers; hint bilai(j - niicl;' directly .or indirce'dy; tor -porfor'inieg the t054,. 3 ' - ~, ' . . - '.. - , . . . .„:-Nli7 -,. r . Speaker, . have-we not; ; felt . ..ao ti 5 be . ll . the sail.veaPy ' of- all this: fol• bp kit. uke years; but !mpt.c,paiticillarly siiice .. Mr. Van, Iltirecti::utniertook.L ,I . theimpro,VntikettLOATio :pre ss,'3..mia. columns -of ith lieentieeks po4e'r in- the' hiredo of 41ic Gleoliet: - . Ncrter OE SEIii4S; tWE.O.—Ao: -has not been disgusted with the coarse and • "unaparing,calumny"•from day to day pour. .? ,edbut upon niembers,bleongressi amid of the • senate inparticular, : who happened tothink that "the existitifitoWers* were net entitled to the.cOnfidence of the people?" . Whohas • not_seen.the_atteritptin-thegovernment-press— to break down the .influence and . priiVer. "Members of congress;'; and "to. cut • them.' off by hireling scribblers, paid directly:llr indirectly kir performing the - task?". Hoes' hot the.Grlike.constantly pha.rge..M.r.. Clay, - Mr.,•.Webs ter, Mr; Southard;, and other Beni; - .aterS,.as being paid by arid. Under the influ= ence;Of the U. S. Hank; wheel engaged lit . "the discharge-of. their high. aonstitntional ThitieS?" • •And when these feel slanders are herWle - d - from . the 'throat .of the,,osturdy ntas- • tiff" at - the door of the Treasury, do not the ..*, • 'whole kennel;:"Tra - Y, ,Blanthe•, - and Sweet-' . heart; .little dogstind till," even to the t‘inost . starveling turnspit that baricsb - lith - e farthest I verge of,enr frontier," re-echo the sound. • . The ,Jackson reformer, Mr, Floyd ; spoke of ; the slanders on members •of congress, and. • on Other* - *Men - elseWherei- ' Why; daily experience, that Mid inore.. ThePre.. - sidem and his press have gone on from tithe to.time ealumniating"menibers of congress • • and others, individually;.and, at length,- haVe - 7 got - to slandering the people kind of .wholesale, slander business, If a. congressional 'district, in the free. exercise, . -of its constitutional right, elect a mertiber who will not ."bow,aild.do..obeisane,e-to tha. -- - party," he is at once preclaithed to, be the feed attorney of the bank, arid the people of :- the- diitrict are i l / 2 tigin - atized . as "reprieved: debtors . ," -•-• • - •*. * • Here, i sir, Lflesire to read a 9 lortliat.*' graph ?born :the President's offitial neWsptp per—the" • Globe. It was printed a • y.ear . ' since, and then met my . eye,- 1. have pre- . served it for, the ,eipress .ptirpciseofnotiee.4 . : Mg 'it liere,,on a suitable' occasion; and thin IS-the firit appropriate. - -inomerff I= Lave. to - do so. The paragraili in - question written on ,the.oceaSiori of announcing' the *- election, el.-one of, the - present Senators froth.; - Ohio. (Mrs: Allen;) -doing, which the . Globe ektilts at what-it Was. pleased t 6 con skier_ a - defeat of Mr. E wing, a highly Ilis tinguiShed :did most valnable Member,. of the Senate:- Ido netcpropo'se to :dwell Oifthat election ;it is foreign to my purpo4efbut-I-. , do verily believe it Was:tichieverlagainst the wishes. of a - majority of the people of Ohio, and recent • events sustain that bpnioni . , — And yet; this man s . -whom the people -of -Ohio delighted, and, it the signs of 'the ' • times do not deceive, will again "delight to • nor.,L.is,_at_theinoinent_of_hia_retifing-1-- from*the Senate to the bosom of his family, and to all the private relations of .life; 'held -up and-stigmatfzed - Globe - aa - a - "batik beneficiary,''' - In the same article; 'sir ; seine - fifteen Senators are opprobriously named and contemned by. this Government press. The State of Alabama is particularly . con-. . gratulated On. „being relieVed from the "Cat- . • hot . tnery" of Gabriel Moore. • But noW-a lias. in stiddenly opened which ty* -- changes the ediuni thrOugh which the ' 7 7.: Globe secs'.'" V n alhouery,', 4 to use '`Mr. • - Blair's• - oUrn - • hi'age - i ---- how long hairithee - K -- ' ---- slime • that paper stigmatised Mr. Calhoun, "as the bank's feed instrument," and said 6riiihi "that no man Mier millOed the truth with so, little remorse?" Now, however, . • the whole scene is changed, and Mr,-Cal houn is. almost deified by the Very Geyern ment which. but yesterday had So reviled him! ----- H - ere - , - :Mr.. Speaker, the realize an other-trtifit- spread before -the - country . in. Mr. Bentori's report, Which, in describing the . . power of the President over individuals ad ministering the Government ; sa,Ysi..---PHe' makes and unmakes them."ltort time since ; thii - Arlininistration-and its-press)tte.od - H.- -- forth the advocates and friends of the State . • banks, and, after placing the publienatiney in.their custody, urged them *lend it out. Having thus - "debauchetl" and teditted thorn from the' " even tenor, of their way,'?; this • same_Administration and • press now- abuse the batiks and the credit systerri*whickbut Yesterday they applauded; ands, to justify • this abuse; falsehood is -substituted - for fact. .• The Globe a day or Vivo sineeittated ; -"that the Legislature examination in Ohio" proV!. otp.ithati.the ditectors of the banks :there had drawn out more than the whole amount of their real capital." - - This; sir; is- another (laving a•nd - impu,dent falsehood of that •pa- • per; and - fuiniShes additiOnal 'evidence of the desperation'of this, Adthiniitration; acid its • "Governs ent preas,", id. ; carrying out the \ Sub-Treasury . systonii.:-With..alLits 'selfish ----- pnrposes. The result of the ".11 4 gislative . , .examinatiou_of_the_banks in Ohio • .is fully repelled by. the Auditor a thoroughgoing disciplo,,of the sub-Trees - 1p ry school„ . His report is now'hefore . rite, and 1 . • invite immediate inspectiOn. It ' is most creditable to„ the Hatiks -, Of Ohio ; shows thein - to have been _prudently: mann-. . ged; and that they will not suffer - an parison With those of luny state in. the, Vtl. ionn. But.let us. look into the 'Auditeeti re port, and test tire .truth of . the fact etittid by • the Globe, "that the direCtOri of the hanks in Ohio had' draWn out more than thpitinOnt.,, of their real capital," • -. l.l3i:the , t itigitoe,e.ie--- port,' it. apneas that the ainotint of stock actually' paid in:these'. Hoiltri in. De. - edinber hist • was.4 l l;g3loal,ECNld,' and the . • Whole tiMoutit:,loanca-te-direetotif - ,and' - stoik 7 ' holdirq ,together, • at , • thattik* .l ' ;4604**;00." 4 :..: , I -leaVe, fori. • oif l 6l4 • .:sitt inlet 110 4 ' Al ri* Speakor; 1 , , apPeal;;46l - .'bil-,,Ati !to , . this Houp,if a .press which . •o' dondeeted'Shoitldhb'skTsfairiOtifaliiriOeit,L... • LTO_ DL.4 4 O:Si Tjti-VED 64:11.111-UXT41-rt - • ' I=
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