Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-08-14

me Ease Room letter published last
winter from Member of Congress, in relation 10
The extravagence with which the East Room in the
Presidents House bad been furnished has leen G.
Yer since, source oil exultaon to the Admins
"atlon prin's. The fact was, that the East Room
was not furni-hei at all and what appeared to he
an obvious falsehocd ia the letter writer, was held
up to the pablo in the strongest colours as a sam.
pie oil the arts 10 which the opposition resorie 10
pun down the Administration The Editors of ii;s
paper came In, Of course, for their -hare of the
gioes and jeers 10 which THIS letter gave rise. Tha,
we should have innocen,ly given publicity to such
statement, was OF regret. But when ws
discovered the error, not only disclamel il, but
called on our correspondent, btb publicly and pr,,
vately,ior an explanation. Malignant men made some
sNsnuafions to our prejudice, but they were look
ed upon with contempt. Whenever The cause we
espouse requires fasehood, forgery, or a resort TO
dishonouraoie means. TO sustain il, we shall absn-
Den II promptly and without regret. The suyu,ise
expressed by our enemies that should have Civ
en- currency 60 such Misrepresentation mlie Ell un.
DER the circumstances, a compliment which we
shall recprocate, when their general regard to truth
shd justice shall afford US an opportunity.
In relation 10 the East Room letter we did all I'VE
thought II Incumbent upon us 10 do. We have
received the explanation of The writer and we
give 1t to the pubic. II is dated July TO- 1877 -
lie says, " have been travelling since early in m.
Spring, and did not discover until lately how much
you had been assailed for the letter ON the East
Room. Doubtless ii has appeared very strange to
yourselves how II could be said by a person On
tue spot, that room was very finely furnished
winch every body could see not furnished at all
such statement would SAVIOR more of insanity
than of intention 10 deceive. The fac, IL ,bsre
was mistake Of one room for another not nv
me, Tor was not there, alho, Oh the letter s w,.
ten In the inst person, but by another member WIN
was not much acquainted with the interior of the
Presidents house, and who naturally concluded
that the hnest room which he saw was the one in
which The % 600 dollsrs had been extended He
wished the public attention TO be turned TO the ex
ttavanance OF the APPROPRIATION, and SO did /; and
from his report the lelter>was written 1 reoret the
mistake (Which you perceive was that of rooms by
stranger Tor many reasons; among Others because
mas been the means Of turning public attention from
the real point, the extravaganza of the ammonia
tons for furnishing this House under the nrssen,
Administration, and about which there Is no mis-
take. Certain II is that ii 600 dollars was voted
IN March 1928, and 20 900 more in Nav 1926
making 39, 900 dollars IN little more than one ve,,
Ihe whole OF the first was. expended and 6lOO
dolls. OF the latter and the rems Under would have
have gone the same way but for the noise made =
bout this letter The debates in Congress sam after
IroSea 'hs. sun there was mistake about the room
actually furnished, aad for all the abuse which has
ensued, we must comlor, Ourselves with The rea
ton that the public treasury has been the gamer of
I9, 900 dolls. by it,"
Such Il The explanation forwarded 10 us 10 he
used as we please The explanation might be nut
WI piv he
writer own statement, caDdIdy made 10 M in a
letter, which, probably, intended az a iusti6c,
lion 10 u.s. we have no idea that il will be oc-
Chronological to be satisfactory by the Administra.
uon presses we have no Wish 10 deceive our
ieauers IN relation 10 this, Of any other matter The
public will, however, be at no loss TO conceive
how such mistake could have been made he a
stranger IN regard TO the rooms of SO Larry. house
as the Presidents IN the midst of a crowd and The
siqueue OF couI'iy ieyee.' "A plain man in the
whiri OF such circle; dazzled By the glitter, and
embarrassed by the Ceremony and presence nj the
DisniIaries OF the land, might, in trutb. nav. loo,
his knowledge OF the points of the cOnDass Such
Things have happened IN less confined places than
The Crowded halls and saloonssof a Pre,il4nt,s
house. we recoiect an interesting narrative oil
an experienced captain losing himself at sea,
with all the aid OF his Compass and Instruments =.
passing betH cen Iceland and the Ferto ILL., ~
made iand at Christian Sand in Nerwav Es
knew not where he was, anu no one on board his
ship could understand syllable uttered by The ma
ives AT leneih he produced his charts. and made
them understand that he wished them to poin, 90,
ine place where he was They did so: and A..
found, that instead Of steering for the Sootb ba
had sterred tor the North OF Europe /; ALI ,nroeJ
out very well, and his cargo (Fobaccol. was die.
posed OF al most enormous price. SUCH mis- slsss
o 'De points Oh The compass, are not of such rare
occurrence in the history OF the world as 10 be mat.
yer OF establishment, even al this late day Bu, the
mistake OF this drawing room navigator 10 fr,nLty
AeAno"Iedged; and his name could Ike IN. ,bi,e
he"ner better nor worse. We could desire ,ba,
hereafter Correspondents would be little NOR.
particular We care not for the bitter rsiIicos nj
men OF whom such things are expected For
ABUSE and llIbeTality OF treatment we are orensrs
and care nothing about them, so lono az Gee feel
that we are in'ulnerabe to such missiles and tba,
the pubic have no just ground think thet 81 ebe,
ussIe 10 deceive them willingly psrmi, others m
do IT, by our means. "
we dd expect to hear from the " ritter Of tbe E,s,
~" e''ef much sooner, but he gives the reas n
oil ms silence IT he had not exDlsined the matte,
we should have given up his name a. soon ~ ,a
sscertained that he declined 10 de so win bis
p'aDauon we shall drop the subject, II NAV \,
P'oET 10 remark, that the writer IL man whom
we nave known, and believelo bs man of honor
1i'S rank explanation may expose him TO sill fur
'neI abuse. but lis frsnkness gives il redeemine
fI"",y' re was The pensman Of another vino was
MISTAKEN IN MS points of the compass; and he telIa
Us nov y happened, and we have given his own
Fris'On OF the story Let the Z" kennel presses''
N"s fISs"en' must not be quoted WITHOUT the
"'iSs OF quo'aiion) make the III OF Of il.
.nufder', Feioaes, Sc Too many Of our
brethren OF The type endeavor 60 give n,ere. +,
'Hei papers by hunting up s the Disgusting dsisils
81 u'e CHIMES committed, and the accidents that
happen, IN our extensive country, and among a
PVPlia'ion the reesi, most determined and enter
itisns ID we world. Such practice we consider
V,s "on0ied IN the breach than in the obsery-
shce' 10 present the dark side OF the picture so
continually to The public gaze, must mako fo,ei,n
n"''Ons ahu even our own citizens, think more un-
iAVoraoiy OF our habits and morals than thev real
~ deserve. The United States ere inhsbjied by
ifeener; without the resfrsints ~ 4, s,s.i,,, - >