Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-08-15

ed Republican feelings shocked at tire regal NAV
pi6cencc he behcld.
Now LEI us turn 10 his letter of explanation. which
We insert in full from tie Enquirer of YESTERDAY
''JULY I6, 1897
81 have been travelling since early in the Sprpg
ana d'd not discover until lately, how much you had
oeen assaised fer tie letter the East ROOM Doubt,
less has appeared very strange TO yourselves how
could &c sad by person the spot that room was
very h"e'y FURNISHED, which every body could see was
not tut iShed nj all! Such statement would SAVIOR
more of insanity than of intention TO deceive. TIE
iact is, beIe was mistake of one room for anotIpc
not b, me- for was not there although the letter
Is written inhc first persons but by another membcr
VINO was not much acquainted with the interior of the
tresioentS house and who naturally concluded that
Tue ilnest room which lie saw was the one in which
ne S3,oVo dollars had been expended. He wished
TIE public attention 10 be turned TO the extr,va
Eance of the appropriation, and so did |: and from
h's report tie letter was written. | regret the mis-
take (WHICH you perceive that of by stan
ger or many reasons; and among others, because it
mas oeeh te means OF turning public attention from,
The real point, the extravaganza Of the appropriatons
Tor furnishing this House under The present Admin
iafaton and about which there is mistake Ger
tain it is that 1000 dollars was voted in Ma,cL 18o5
ana 23uOO more IN May 1895, making 80 600 dollar
IN little more than year. The whole eff the rsr
sum was expended, and 5000 dolls of the ,atter-an7
The remainder would have gone the same wav hut ia.
lhe morse made about this letter. The debates in
congress soon after proved this. Still there was ,
n''stake about the room actually furnished and for all
sne aouse which has ensued we comfort our
selves with the reflection, that the public treasury ia
been tie gamer of 1000 dolls. by nn
10 comment is necessary upon this last letter
he respectable" member acknowledges he lies am,
that IS enough. no comment of ours could sink hin,
deeper in lnamy, if we could, have we the disnosi
hon TO sink him deeper than he has sunk himself We,
Tho indifference and citaluncc, with which he
makes this acknowledgment, is quite remarkable
:he facts Says hey there mistake of one roor
Tor another, not By me, for was not there al,louc
the letter is written in the first person. but BY nno,e.
mfm0ef:" 4ethe was not t!crc--ahoush he had rorn
10 pay ms respects. &c the President or rather TO see
the East Eocm-the sight of which greatly scandaIi
%ed hs old fashioned Republican feelings What refn-
cd and delicate scnsibiliiy
The respectable" member not onlv acknowledges
his nfamy with the utmost sang foid but even takes
credit to himself of it, 1--WE must comfort ourselves
ihe and the Enquirer) that the Public Treasury has
been gamer by it Uhe ej S9oOo-1h is another lie
or although the appropriation, less than it was
when Mr. Jefferson and MIR. Madison came into Of
ice, yet The President not only did not use tue appro
Priaon, but expressed his wish that il had nm,
Been made, nor had this letter auy thing 10 do with ts
subsequent dlmGution. How cver 10 correct This
respectable" members lies, would be as tedious rs
superiuous
We leave the reader to form his own estimate Of n
value to be given the Frespectable" members excuse
for his n1sriec. For parts we do not believe ono
word OF tive do not believe that any member NJ
congress did or could mistake some other room Io-
the East Room, for the East Room is the East Room.
neither the north, south west. We believe the lei
tar TO have been deliberately fabricated for the pur
pose OF aiding the great purpose of rendering the Ad
'nnsra'on odious in part but chiefly 10 contribute TO
MT Randoiph's reelection the Senate OF the u s
then pending before the Va Assembly. How il an.
s"eTed these PurPoPes we need not say. No MEM
Der from Va wrote N-apd we still think that the Re.
personalities OF other States ought to take stems TO ex
oneTatc themselves from suspicion. Certain il is tha,
faisehood so nPudenty asserted and so unbughinr.
~ ackno" lodged by member Of Congress- is discred.
liable TO the dignity and purity of the whole bodv.
lac fountain OF legislation ought be purified-tbe,
stream must needs be polluted when The source is po
soned.
We should hardly have supposed chat anr man who
respected himself, valued the respect of society,"
would have venuTed to appear rs the apoogst of this
respectable" members conduct. Yet the Enouirer
I'm The absence of the Senior Editor undertakes this
hopeful and and cODgeniai task very pretty AMI
Gpropos story told ola Captain IAN experienced one
TOO who between Iceland and the Ferro Islands steer
ing for the south of Europe went north by mistake and
arrived in Norway iceland being the northern extrem
lily OF Europe) & the learned Editor thinks this exactly
case in point with The East room lie The CAPTAIN
sailing north from Iceland and arriving in NORWAY he
is Of opinion equally remarkable with the resuec
Table members saying he had stsn the fac furniture in
the East room, when there was none there-and we
certainly fully agree with him in opinion But az
tie cruclyion Of flies afford lis no amusement and ,ro
are sure no qualification TO the reader, will dismiss
the East 'oom the respectable" member and the
learned Editor together, and without further remark.
y Tr J0crSo7's IRIS $50 OoO-.1G. yU4dison's o5OoO
r Fonros 3O000-hte appropriation for furniture at.
der This Naturalization 5000.
IL Is amusing TO witness the shifts and excuses of tho
Jackson Editors, for not publishing Mr. Clays speech
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