Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-06

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deem Il duty oSpprize you OF the fact, aud throus
you. The members OF the General COMMITTEES
III will afford us great pleasure to act in CONGO
with the Committee in MI that concerns the gre
interests ofthe party, and we have no doubt but III
present union will greatly facilitate those intorcs,
/ ihove the honor to be, very respectfully,
/ y our obedeht servant,
JAMES WATSON WEBB,
In behalf Of the Editors
Was tc not unable, with the did of Major Noah, 4
tobtain The recognition OF his paper, be organ of III
I Republican COMMITTEES? Did he not, after lavps
asSnilcd Major Noah, we have already shown sit
prate with HIM for the of his name under belid
that the name OF the man whom he had abused wous
advance his pccuniary interests"
! Congressional DoeumeniS--Calcs s; Seaton.
! We promised not long ago land we will in sho5
time redeem itl to publish at large the Debate 81
printing the Documents--for some months, the chd
sen theme Of Jackson vitupcraton against Gales mr.
Seaion, Editors Of the National Intelligencer, an
the opposition minority in the Senate of the Unite
States. In the mean while, we extract from tli4
Camden Is. C.) Journal, "a Jackson paperl nlc,tc
from Judge Smith of s. c., explaining th.t procced|
ing, and the true OF opposition to it in the Sc
nate. Such is the high standing of Judge Smith il
Vrgna, for political integrity, that his opinions vii
weigh down the interested slang of Duff Green ant
The vindc'ive cooperation of his cOpyist in this
cwy.
From He Camden Journal
1 a letter from the Hon Wm. Smith, to gentleman
in this town, extracts from which appear below, vii
be read with interest by our citizens
WAsuINcToN Cry. March Is. !
! My Dear Sir: | have by this mornings mail, re-
ccvcd your favor Of the 9th init in which you So
my for the allowance 10 Gales e. Seoton for
printing, &c. is welded against me with considerable
cflacu Upon that subject you want my reasons for
my VOC. &C viii give you them briefly
u Tho documents intended to be published were ont
of print, and would shortly be lost entirely unless
repin cd. Gales & Seaton are the best printers in
I Washington. Mr. Livingston, of Louisiana dc
voted Jackson man, who wos his all de-carrp at the
battle of the 9Th Of January 1915, at New Orleans
and now extremely devoted to every measure thai
General Jackson proposes. He was republican of
23, has never deserted the Jefferson or Jackson
tard Tie is, moreover 4 very literary rent ornau
and is distinguished member Of tho u States
Senate, fom the State of Louisiana. This gentleman
y was, with all those high claims TO attention who
offered the resolution for printing the documents and
for them TO be printed by Gales e. Seaton. He offer
cd this resolution, and supported it, The most intel
ligent printers in Philadclphia aud New York were
consulted, and decided that the price very rea
sonablc one. The calculation was made by Mr.
Lowrie, the Secretary ofthe Senate He made tho
utmost calculation taking all the documents whether
necessary unnecessary and with them all it would
amount only 10 SlO8OOO very inconsderable sum-
when compared 10 the importance of rescuinp those
documents from the oblivion to which they were
ldOomcd shortly to go, unless reprinted. But was
well known that instead of thirty volumes, not more
than Twelve or htteen volumes at most would cont
Prise all that was necessary for future use Ths
would have reduced it TO $4,000. Now this was the
utmost expense. Whilst this resolution was in pro-
gross, by which Gales Seaton were to do this worI,
NJ s. 25, who called himself Greer offered 10
do this printing for So. But nobody knew Mr. Greer
and nobody believed that he knew any thing about
printing. When his proposal was not attended IN
Duff Green, who, TO doubt had used this man TO rr
job for himself, came and nude his own pro6o
sa TO do this job for one half of what Gales Sea;on
had proposed This was evidently not with view
TO benefit tho public, bu; TO procure job for which he
expected to be paid at least much Gales 81 Sea-
, ton had proposed, II no more. This explain in this
way: lie was to set ont at 50 62I per volume, and
when done nc had nothing further to do than 10 have
certified that he had lost So Gel per volume ard il
would have been given hIm at once This wopId
nave brought IT up at least 10 The price of Gales &,
y ocaton. This was consequence that Duff Gronn
knew would most assHrcdly follow not as a f,vor ~
him in particular, but what Congress does every da
for other public undertskers. Ffe was to undertake
1t as the public printer TO Congress- and he was lust
as certain of obtaining this relief he was sure ne
should d. The work
This was made party business by those WHO
wished to procure the contract for Duff Green.
81 * paragraph was here omitted by the Editor or
Tue Jorrna on account of its personal illusions u
lie published that had voted for this large sum that
might favor the distressed family of Sesten This
knew nothing Of II was truly pratuitous 7 Ind
every reason to believe that he had made this repr
scntation that II nigh, reach homo for no other pur-
pose but to enable my enemies politically mean 10
put me down. assure you upon my honor so ia r
from dong what did to favor Gales g. Scnon thai
had not been in either ofther houses for seven years
" We nre not on friendly terms. But knew thew
would do tho work far BETTER and as chenp If no.
cheaper, in The end. I have other reasons which
weighed on this occasion. Duff Green is the printer
to Congress, and gets slowly that wo can get no
documents 10 send to our constituents until they arc
published abroad in ovory newspaper.
Besides all tins, intended before the business was
begun, 90 reduce the number Of volumes at least ono
half by interpreting resolution TO stop or curtail Tho
books Of this sort which shall hereafter be rivcn to
! tic members OF Congress
But, my dear sir, the great offence Of which bnvo
been guilty, Is, have remained too long in the Sc
nate. IncTc arc two or three other gentlemen vvln
want my place, and who cannot wait until serve o,f
another term. This business ia Of piece with tho
! a.taca5 made on me in 1922 have offended abont
10 the same degree IN this case. have beon in tho
projects for drawing public monies / Lovo savcd
moro Lhan $40 1000 600 md INV canrls au-.-.- M.