Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-02-08
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the last Congress, and that neeessaril, the public
printer had 10 procure his materials after he was
elected thi, session. Now lhis is too bad-too
disngcnuous. | put IL To the candof oil The homo
rable gentleman, did not Blair, did not " the par
tg" kRoT-know a well they no" know
kaotc bcyond IA moral certainly, thai he was 10 be-
elected public printer 6torc this House met Az,
months ago, did he not knote IT too well not obe-
gin preparation for his work Let him, let the
Globe answer me. II is too bad, confess, thus
to be forced on all occasions TO acknowledge our
humiliation bat facts, stubborn facts must Sub
bornly be told repeat the question--if the ma
,eraIs were not ready for our order, how came
they TO be ready for Blair 4 Rives' own sales 10
members bought 100, colleague tells me he
bought 1000, You aud You, here, thcrc, every
where, (poihtug 10 seats around hlm) bought ot
Blair Il Rnes whilst YOU were waiting for thu
same work At public expense. II the ehera-
wings too were not ready tor the copies with the
accompanying documents, Why were the small
messages, whaut the accompany ing documents, not
furnished Blair \ Riyes had to sell out their
own private stock on hand before they executed
the order the House. TIN printing are told
was done, bur the copies not furnished. SO much
the worse.
The gentleman from New Jersey Mr. Parker
says, that in the last Congress The balance OF pat
that Gales y Scaton had the printing. Sir, am
making no small petty issue. said "he Or
rernmenf patronage; whether in the hands OF
one party another, ii is still patronage, and Go-
refnmont patronage. But non, looking prosprc-
lively lor the next Two years, the whole OF the TX
coui,e printing, aud of tie printing OF hs House,
falling litlc short OF Two hundred thousand dollars
Is 10 be hcdPed on one Pct-ohee OF tho Govern
mcn." Heretofore, the printing has been more
divided among the different presses. But am not
for the one or the other printer, or iorany, to
joy this immense patronage am for taking II
from all. Gentlemen need not throw up Gales N
Seaion To me. l never voted for Gales g. Sea-
ton and | will not debate with them the poor,
pitilul, contemplate issue between Gales 4 Sea
ton aud Bla,r II Rivcs, or any other party print
crs. II their interests, or their part interests,
were all which a,e involved in tins question,
should not care enough about II TO break silence,
bnt there are most pMamouai and momentous and
vital interests Of the country and its future well
fare involvcl--interests which we cannot long u
Vcrlook, without forgetting our country III the low
aud grovcng StrileS ut IHrtv-tlc interests OF IN
dependent legislation, and of independence in thu
public mud.
| would ask the gentleman from New Jersey
(Mr. P,uKIn) whether, when he stumbling
Over the speeches lying about and ob,iructng the
aud passages OF tins huge building, he fell
upon speeches one side alone Wcro there
not piles upon piles OF The party" speeches as
we'll as of" the panic" spceeIc, He says, du-
ring the panic ,cssion-lhe panic session Yes,
sir, il was a panic session " Ne partv' was pan
ic-struck for a while, but am done with that.
do not moan to discuss old things. ! mean to look
ahead aud To endcayor to make all things become
new During the panic session, the gentleman
SAWS, when Gales \ Seaton were public printers,
We beard nothing ot rNtravaganCc then III public
printing. The gentleman IS out SIT, In - mIsta-
ken, there WIS d committee ON the subject OF Il
Buses cNIres,lv appointed, at the head Of winch
placed an honorable gentleman from Georgia,
(Mr. tlYroN,) but that committee could never,
or did never. report have never known
though could guess, perhaps, why that commit
tee never dld report. My honorable friend from
North Carolina (Nl,. Mck ,y) wa. IA member of
that committee, and he no doubt, can tell why,
and can rs, too, OF some abuses which might
have been reported.
The gentleman not only complains Of the print
ing of pane speeches, but also of the Post Office
report. | am not asoni>hcd, sir, AT his complain
ine OF the printing OF $1,000 copies oi the report
OF the Post Office Committee that was a " pane
rcporf :" But the complaint only shows how Tar
reform would 90. lie SAYS, that report was very
,oinmnoul, and va. read by nobodv 1t is 50
much the better for d" ths pdffg' if that report has
been read by mob ,!y. But let him not lay that
tla,erug meiun To hi, soul. Sii that report,
which the result OF the loint industry, ability,
and aou.np>s Of the gentleman from Ohio (Nlr.
Wmrrlrsry3 fnd tho gentleman from Vermont,
(Mr E>turrrO lhaa whom there not, and ne
Yer were, in Congress, two moro useful and faith
ful representatives of ti,- PeopIe-that report
broke up the nest, prohcd the old sore, and laid
hare the corruption ot that Department. l do not
know that all the foul matter has out yet and
that it may not yt' hecom" mor" corrupt thaG ever.
There are some othe, Departments which should
like To see prohcd There are YOUR Land offices,
and your Indian burraux, which, Ii al believe is
true, nov, AMI have been Ton a long IInl", les
tcring with rs sinking corruption as ever ucera.c'
the Post Office. | should Ike to see about p, 600
copies OF jus, sach panic reports printed upon each
of those Departments. W I'll may gentlemen com
PLAN of the distribution of such information as that
contained in the report of the Post Office Com
mlttec. Such information To the People is well
calculated 10 strike tho party" with panic Sir,
$1,000 copies al that report were not half enough
for population Of twelve millions. II told tale
of corruption where all should hc rs pure us tho
air of your mountains, IN republic. W Guild that
| could believe it would produce real bona tde
rctorm-not reform, such as party politicians
hold up TO the desire and expectation Of the Peo-
rlc-not a reform merely TO ta,n out and PIT IN,
but Il rodrodl reform, cure, "A healing oi the dis
ease. 1t did all il could do it informed us of the
disease, it let out some ictid matter. But fear
it exposed most fearful character of the disease.