Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-12-03

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rival and ethcr To d'eappont them. or secure
what ne seems to have thought good job ahead,
pu, IN proposals to do thus printing himself. for
half the amount proposed BY Gales g. Seaton.
| And because member though, proper TO move
that the proposals Of Gales g. Seaon DO stricken out
anu the proposals Of Gcn. Duff Green be inserted,
nc seems to have totally forgotten every moral Oh
| hgation he was under both To the Senate whom he
asSahed, and To the community at large, whom he
progressed TO inform, To give impartial statement
OF oil the facts, and forgetfnl of the facts
wnich he had himself recently published, thu,
they were yet smoking from his ow press, in his
Telegraph Of the 3Oth Of January he published to
the world the following editorial remarks, and in
such manner as to give them the complexion of
"Gaies & Seaton's Compii, fion.-The Senate on
Yesterday by WIT. of ~ to i6. passed the resolution
instructng the Secretary To subscribe for the usual
niber OF copies of compa,io Of public documents
4 proposed to be published by Gales g. Sea,on (and
here no gives the yeas and nays) aud then remarks:
l Tie manner in which this resolution, which if
INTO effect to the extent proposed by Gales &
Seaton, will be donation them of more than three
hundred thousand dollars. has been forced through
tho Senate at time when the minority by accident.
mad obtained majority, is q full commentary upon
the principles of the opposition 10 the administration
Onr proposals at two dollars and ARy cents were
made upon the price of printing for Congress and
accepted, would have given greater prnti, than
NC now receive for tho public work Yet the mi
noriy in the Senate, aud Mr.. Webster at their head
voted to give Gales e. Sea,on five dolors and twenty
Inv" cents" And then saws:
~ however Is tul' commentary upon tho party
eeing the forbcarancc and courtesy Of the pary or
Canned in opposition tho Governments; and will ex
mbit TO the people Of this country how far that party
would carry power, were they possessed of 1t and b.
Eev"d il necessary to their party views
In his Telegraph Of The Sd of February, in anoth.
er editorial address, on this subject, he SAYS:
|, Ihe vote OF The Senate on their proposals." al
ludng to Gales g. Sraton. was a commencement, of n
new era Well might they shout long live hs Alb.
solnte Ohgarchy. bonus of five hundred thousand
dollars - sufficient IN ease all qnalms of conscience
and for which they would hoist the official hsg
In the same Telegraph, of the Sd OF February nf.
ter the above editorial remarks, he repubishes f. ON
the Baltimore Republican, what was but the echo of
inc Telegraph. brought back 10 its columns the
following: 49,
Upon the wreck Of the In.elligencer, the enoinc
ct opposition is tn be erected and The coalition seek
to make the people bear the expense by originating
measure which if they succeed in ACCOMPLISHING il
VIII take from the public Treasury and that too du
ring The existence Of Republican Congress. and
Republican Executive hundreds of thousands, to re-
establish Gales g. Seaton in trade"
ana after these unwarrantabc cxaggcrations in
Whch ne mad associated myself with minority of tho
SENATE, with Dir. Webster at their head nivng
ay The public money with the most extravscnnl
hand and organized to overthrow the administration
ne then condescends grautousy, ID give the public
an apology for my extravaganza in so:anderne awov
Inc public money:
THE APOLOGY.
III Is due to Judge Smith, who voted with the Cd
poShion on thus occasion, that should sny that ve
10 not believe that he actuated by any of Tho
motives which we have reprobated We believe his ,
ympahes we're enlisted for the family of one Of tho
Editors" - VIZ - '"' :
General Green must have supposed INV syr,n,,h;o ,
we're very easily awakened For he knew perfec,Io {
81 '"erc was nehhcr intimacy or correspondence I
,etWeen myseif or either of the editors or their fam
i's' had not been IN the house of either of them
or more than seven years l had not been a subscr
Der TO their paper for three years On the Other
nand mad reason 20 complain Of unkind treatment
rom them. And General Green knew as we'll os 7 }
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lis apology could be nothing than anohe mode
" enforcing his original purpose But when AR =
livingston introduced the names of Gales and Sea r
on IN MS resolution, IT certainly would have BETRAYED
great want OF magnanimlty on my part tn have
is'n IN my place and stated, tina, could not vote
or the resolution because the persons 10 wbo,, tb
rinting was to be given had treated me unkindlv d
ooH'e Tune after these attacks by General Green v
u answer To letter of friend in South Carolina =
lpon the subject of this Resolution said tba, Cen e
uleeh had ohered to undertake this printing for
jail me price asked by Gales 81 Seaon But tba, a
ne knew when the work DONE upon renrssen y
at,on 10 Congress that ho had sustained loss bv y
T. ne would be remumcratod; it was what was Y
lone every day by Congress. And further st.,d i
mother objection to General Green, which xas biz
'eng inc public printer to Congress, and 90, on =
10 slowly, that we could get no Documents To sond
o our constituents, until they rc-pnbshcd a. a
,road in every newspaper. This answer wos nub- c
ished by my friend and fell into General G,reoo
'ands And on the 18th Of a pr he addressed N mo
letter through the coumnsl Of the Telegraph. Of
'e"' '."e H. CuiHpihlning oil those remarks nd y
!enes he fact of Congress indemnfyino no,son ho
iad lost by contracts with the General Government:
ana calls on me to designate particular cases Az be
following: ''' u 10 ''''
uenerai Grcen is the printer to both houses of Con-
Gress, and on the 5h February last 5000 copcs Of
ne sepoIt o, the Secretary Of the Treasury OH Com
,ho anu Navigation was ordered to be printed by
tne House Of Representatives, for the use of tb,,
House For the printing of which, he would be paid
Inc fuli price stipulated for On the same day he
was, as public printer, ordered by the COMMITTEES On
he contingent Fund, to print 1000 copies for the So
n n And that Committee allowed him To- receive
had composed single word of it, Tbi. d. ID was on"
tey gfatu'tons on the part Of the Committee and M,
WITHIN any rule of Congress, to pay for public print
ing. 80 that General Green, upon this occasion. re-
ceiyed 1854 beyond his CONTRACT for loses bef,p bo
had sustained any, but upon a mere presunn,;on
that ne might have to Compose this work TWICE ss be
reality he had not composed once; and with n ncr'
iect certainty that one composition woud answer for