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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--- \
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•=, •E4r doing all iiis i*ty , ..wOrk,
--------:-.- - -;LOW-Martinis_thplandy' ,l
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'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
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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
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----- 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
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: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.
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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-•
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: • 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
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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
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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" , .
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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
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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,: - , •.
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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,
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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. . ;
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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: .
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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?" .
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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 - • '
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