Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1827-08-28
FAST ROO,I.-No. II.

sumo, when they get into scrape, say, "no''y we
can't oblige the worthy editors OF the Petersburg IN
teligencer by giving up the name OF the d's'nsus"-
ed member of Congress who gave us that erroneous
account of the Presidents East Room, without MS
own consent such disclosure not being altusether
consistent with our notions OF the confidence repos-
ed in u.s. But ii we do not obge the editors by ask
ing him permission to surrender he name, we WIN
apply to him for correction of the errors INTO whlch
he has been betrayed" Here the gentlemen begin
TO discard their il-timed levty and TINS proceed :
- Errors they are gross errors, we have now the
most satisfactory assurances from another member
of Congress which we have received since the ap-
pearance of our late article on this subject" ;"
NAV however, be some satisfaction to the curiosity
of tour brethren to understand that our author Is
not member of Congress from Virginia" 4
Though the editors must By this time and indeed
for long time before. have known perfectly wen
that they had been deceived into publishing to the
world rank falsehood they are so uncandld as tol
call it merely an erroneols ac,v,tat' of the Pre-
sident's East Room
Something however must be done to serene mem
seires from the Indignation Of the community. sol
they humby beg their honorable and . distinguish
ed'' intormer to :. correcp the "errofs into which
he had been betrayed;" Ito retouch his statement,
suppose) and to relieve if possible, the celebrated
editors of the Richmond Enquirer from their hum-
Hating condition of being his scapegoats. What
say, the distinguished" gentleman
On the 10th July, 1897, fue months and kat
after the date of his first letter. he writes to the
editors, and SAYS, g have been travelling since
eary in the SPRING and did not discover aoad lately,
how much you had been assailed on the subject of
the East Room. Doubtless it appeared rery strange
to yourselves, how it could be said BY person on
the spot, that a room was finely furnished. which
every body could see was not furnished at all Such
Il statement would SAVIOUR more OF insanity than OF
intention to deceive The fact is, there mis-.
take of enc room for another, not by me, for WAS
NOT THERE though the letter is acrjtell IN the first
person. but by another member, who was not much
acquainted with the interior of the Presidents house,
and who naturally concluded that the finest room
acich he soac apas The one on which the $3.50 had
been expended He wished the public attention to
BE- turned to the extravaganza of the appropriation
and so did l ; and from his report the letter was
written. regret the mistake (Which you perceive
was that of rooms, BY strangely for many reasons
and among others, because it had been the means of
turning public attention from the real point. the ex-
trayagance of the appropriations tor furnishing this
house under the present Administration, and about
which there is no mistake"
So then it seems that this {. distinguished mem
Der has been travelling since early IN the Spring.
and did not discover until lately. how much . the
Enquirer had been assailed the subject of the
East room ~ Wonderful indeed His newspa
pers were. suppose, like those of another 6 dis
iinguished' parsonage " regularly mailed for him, .
but received "rresularly." Or mayhap he was 50
unucky as not to see newspapers at all Tor nearly six
months But he admits that he did not set out OH
his travels till after the middle Of February, and. OF
course not till after member of the House Of Re
representatives. had substantially pronounced his New
Years day letter to be !asehood ! He may vel
say thatit doubtless appeared strange to" the Ed
1ors of the Enquirer " how it could . be said by
person on the spot that room was "neIy furnished
which every body could see C was not furnished al
ALL" When these Editors published this, they did
not necessarily know that IS every body could
see'' this. They had his word to the contrary. lie
told them he had gone to the Presidents house 70,
the purpose Of seeing the EAST ROOM that MS mo
tive for going to see how tueny fire thousand dol
Oars worth Of furniture could be slowed away in it
1hatHE was " anxious to see" how this could be done
chat HE did see the EAST Room that HIS curiosit,
aras fully satisfied" that it was truly gorgeous
sight to behold" hut had too much the look of yea
ynagnlticence to be perfectly agreeable to HIS ole
republican feelings that, after some patriotic re
elections, left & The EAST Room >, that III
anade HIS way into the Presence Chamber; that III
paid the debt of owly obeisance !" that HE re
tired !" and after telling what HE saw, tells whom
1IE did not see Let the reader compare the phr;l
sseology, declaring as strong words declare
that it proceeded from any cye uilacss-With the
silly ana wicked expanaonnow given. Or rather
let him compare the original with the substituted
iaisehocd. The &C Distinguished member says thai
ne was NOT THERE that he only wrote down il
the first person. story he got from anothel
member - Yes Sc another member of Congress il
now introduced into this unhappy drama. Anothe
Richmond Is IN the field and we now come to the
.nndI effort by which the correspondent of the En-
qulrer seeks to escape from public condemnation
lie says " there zyds mistake of one roam 70,
another - that instead fms seeing the EAST Room
which, from patriotic motives, HE was so anrious I,
Sec and Sgent to see, "onoter member saw another
rom /; and this other room THE ROOM in which
That other mnlnher natrrallr conclndod,, IL IL