Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-12-03

Gales g. Seaton. inst anly became impatient of a
rival, and either to d,sappoint them, to secure
what he seems to have thought good job ahead,
put IN proposals to do this printing himself, for
/ ball the amount proposed by Gales a. Saatou.
| And because no member thought proper to move.
that the proposals of Gales g. Seaeon be stricken
and the proposals of Gen. Duff Green be inserted,
he seems to have totally forgotten every moral ob
legation lie was under both to the Ssnalo whom he
asSaiied. and to the community at large, whom he
to Inform, to give an impartial statement
Of all the facts, and forgetfml of the fact,
winch he had himself recently published, tina
they wero yet smoking from his owa press in hi;
Telegraph OF the 30lh of January, ne published tc
the world the following editorial remarks and il
such manner as to give them the complexion of re
| atty
Scales s Seaton's Compii.iion.-The Senate on
Yesterday by v"te OF ~ to I6 passed The resolution
instructing the Secretary subscribe for the usual
number Of COMES of compa' ion al public documents
proposed to be published by Gales q Scaton" land
mere no gives the yeas and uays) and then remarks:
Pie manner in which this resolution, which il
into effect to the extern, proposed by Gales g.
Seaton, will be donation them of more than three
hundred thousand dollars, has hecn orced through,
the Senate nj time when the minority BY accident
mad obtained majority, Is full commentary upon
the principles of the oppnsio ion to the administration
Our proposals at two dollars and fifty cents, were
made upon the price of printing for Congress- and
1t accepted, would have given us profit than
We n"w receive for the public work Yet the mi
noriiy in the Senate, and Mr. Webster at their head
voted to give Gales g. Sea.on five doors and twenty
HVc cents AND then says:
"lt, however Is full commentary upon the pa rty
feelings the furbcaruDcc and courtesy of the party or
ganized in opposition To the Governments and will ex-
nb 10 the people of this country how far that party
would carry power, were they possessed of and be
i:eved II necessary to their party views"
In his Telegraph of the Sd of February in anoth-
or editorial ndiress on this subject lie says
The vote of the Senate their proposals. al
ludIng tn Gales 81 Sr'aton. commencement, of
new era. Well might they shout long live :Iie Alb
solnte Oigarchy. bonus of five hundred thousand
dollars Is sufficient 10 MI qua!n,s of conscience
and for which they would hoist the official flag
In the same Telegraph, of the Sd OF February, af-
ter the above editorial remarks, he repnbishes Fl ON
the Baltimore Republican, what was but the echo of
the Telegraph, brought back to its columns, the
following
Upon the wreck Of the In,ellirencer, the ennine
of opposition is to be erected and The coalition seek
to make the people bear the expense, by originating
measure winch II they succeed III accomplishing it,
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"
And alter these unwarrantable exappcratons in
which he had associated myself with minority of the
Senate, with Mr. Webster at their head piyng
away the public money with the most extravagani
hand and organized to overthrow the admiuistra ration
an apology for my extravaganza in squanderns away
The public money:
THE APOLOGY.
III Is due TO Judge Smith, who voted with the op-
do not believe that he actnated by anv of tho
motives which we have reproba,ed We believe his
enlisted for the family of one of the
Editors"
General Green must have supposed nv svmnatbies
we're very easily awakened. For he knew perfectly
Wen there was neither intimacy correspondent &c
between myself or either of the editors or their FAM
lies had not been in the house of either of them
Tor more than seven years had not been subscri-
Der to their paper tor three years On the other
nand l mad reason to complain of nnkind treatment
rom ,hem. And General Green knew well MS
did, the instances of their unkindness. Therefore
ils apology could be nothing more than another mode
OF enforcing bis original purpose. But when Mr.
Livingston introduced the names of Gales and Sea
ton IN his resolution, it certainly would have BETRAYED
a great want of magnsnmity on my part to have
risen IN my place and stated, that could not vote
Tor The resolution. because the persons to whom tho
printing was to be given had treated me unkndly
Some time after these attacks by General Green
IN answer to letter of friend in South Carolina
upon the subject of this Resolution said that Gen
era Green had offered undertake this PRINTING for
half the price asked BY Gales g. Sea,on. But that
ne knew when the work was done, upon represen
aton to Congress that he had sustained loss bv
t, he would De remumerated as it was what was
lone every day by Congress. And further stated
mother objection to General Green, which was, his
eing the public printer to Congress, and got on
o slowly, that we could get no documents to send
our constituents, until they were re-pubshed a.
road IN every newspaper This answer was pub
shed by my friend, and fen into General Green's
lands. And the 18th of April, he addressed TO me
letter through the columnsI of the Telegraph, of
reat length complaining Of those remarks And
en'rs he fact of Congress ndemnifyng persons who
ad lost by contracts with the General Governments;
nd calls on me to designate particular cases. AS he
sked for case, will give him one; and it is the
blowing: " vac
General Green is the printer to both houses of Con-
Ifess' and on the 9Th February last 6Ooo copies of
ne report OF the Secretary Of the Treasury on Com
MERGE and Navigation, was ordered to be printed by
Ine House OF Representatives. for the use of that
,bouse: For the printing of which, he would be paid
..,o 'u p,lee stipulated for On the same dav he
was as pubic printer, ordered by tho Commit ee On
the contingent Fund, to print 1000 copies fur the Se
nate. And that Committee allowed him to receive
1884 tor composition. And this was done heEore bo
had composed single word of it. This 1854 was on
rey gratutous on tho part Of the Committee and NOT
within any rule of Congress, to pay for public print
ceived 1854 beyond his contract for losgcs bsfro he
had sustained any, but upon a mere presumption
that ne might have to compose this work twice ag no
had been ordered by both houses to print it. whom in
reality he had not composed it once; and with uer
iect certainty that composition would answer for
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