Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-01-28

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Tho proceedings Of the House OF Representa-
ives. ON Saturday. that the resolution OF the
Committee on Rerrench ment on the SUBJECT OF
the employment, of The public stationery IN
hacking Of pamphlets, sc. not ordered 10 ne
printed by Congress, was laid on The table
The subject is 10 be brought before Congress
in another form. Mr. Wickliffe seems to have
been seizsd with sudden computation ior the
industry with which he employed the public
stationery al the last session; and realizing the
tri,e maxim --"the greater the sinner, the great
er The sain,"-has resolved that his present
zeal in cur.ailine shall oblitera,e the recollec'
ton Of his former prodigali,y in wasting the
public supplies. 2enilence is very becoming:
the only difficulty lies in determining when 1t
is genuine. We are much inclined 10 doubt
the eenuineness Of Mr.. Wieklife's repentance,
and on this simple ground: candid and luil
comics sion Of errur is one of the accompani-
ments and evidences Of true pe1llence. Mr'
Wickliffe S confession has been limited and one
sided, intended to criminate the party I" when
he is opposed, and blinking the participation
Of his own. Since, therefore, his confession
has no, been candid and full, we suspect that
his peuitence is not deep nor sincere
His ref rences 10 the numbers OF the Richr
mond, North Carolina and Pennsylvania Ad-
dresses printed in the District, and sent abroad
under cover Of the public stationery, wear the
appearance Of being intended TO operate in his
favor, at the ensuing elections for members OF
Congress in Kentucky. He desires 10 s'ana
before the people rather as discoverer and
corrector OF abuses, than as a liberal partitIpa-
tor in them; and i, may be fairly assumed that
this desire has Influenced him 10 conceal SO
much of the facts as might dim the splendoI
Of his own reputation for purity. When Mr..
Long, on Saturday, referred to the numerous is
sues Of the Telegraph extra which found their
way to every part OF the compass, clad in the
public envelopes there seemed 10 be great
reluctance on the other side TO approach that
topic. MIR. Wickl,ffe sat mute under the i'm
putaticn, and the Chairman Of the Re,rench-
menl Committee closed the lips OF the other
side, BY renewal Of his motion to lay the re-
| solution on the table. II is, nevertheless, no-
torious that gentlemen in the lobby OF the
House were frequently in danger, during the
last session, of being knocked down by coming
| in collision with noun ain OF Telegraphs ell
| Their in the folding room, or near Its entrance
Night after night the folders were occupied in
the packing Of these precious documents
the mail stages groaned under their weight
and the post Offices throughout theiU Mon were
choaked up with them. il would be impossi-
Bile for US to state the precise share of the labor
OF addressing these "e1tras" which fell TO the
10, Of Mr. Wickliffe-but he is an industriou'
man, and no, disposed to be penurious Of hi.
efforts, when the interests OF his party demand
their liberal application.
| tits unnecessary to say more on the subject
at this moment. As we are menaced with a
renewal of the discussion, in another form, j, is
rk FRA; HE r re 4peet that more full exPosi
House, than that which has been made by Mr.
Wickliffe; and whenever i. shall be made, we
shall employ our best efforts in laying j, before
the people. Mar. Jour.