The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-09-19
From The Charlottesville Jef~soaian RsPIbliesn
PUBLIC PRINTER.

The House Of Representatives were occu-
pied nearly three days in trying to elect
Printer. On the 18th ballot, Mr.. Thomas
Allen, the editor Of the Madisonian received
ll3yotes, the requisite number to elect him.
Messrs. Blair and Rives the late Printers re-
ceived at each ballotting from l0i to l07
votes. Since the election, the Globe en-
deayors to make it appear that the election
was effected by intrigue, and that the United
States Bank will receive all the profits which
may arise from the printing of the House.
This is an assertion which is not justified by
the fact; but the way in which it is made out
is somewhat in the following manner. Mr..
Allen has but lately established himself at
Washington, and has not the necessary mate
rails to do the work, and he has made an ar
rangement with Messrs Gales and Seaton,
the editors of the National Intelligencer to
perform the work for him until such time as
he can procure an Office with materials suf-
ficient to do the work himself: and as, ac-
cording to the Globe, the Office Of the National
Intelligeneer Is under deed of trust to the
US. Baffk, therefore this enemy of the peo-
pie gets all the profits arising from the print
ing and not Mr.. Allen. This is round about
way of accounting for things, and we shall
next expect to hear that each press in the
country that opposes an exclusive metallic
currency is influenced or bought up by the
U. S. Bank. And it might be reasoned in
this way-This Bank being opposed to the
exclusive metallic scheme, therefore every
press that agrees with it on that particular
point is in favor of National Bank, and there
must be intrigue and bargain between the
conductors of the press and the U. S. Bank
The reasoning is just as good as that by which
it is attempted to make the Madisonian se-
cretly in favor of National Bank and the
Republican Members of Congress who support
that paper, to be guilty of the same intrigue
and bargain. We are not afraid Of the United
States Bank, neither shall we permit it to be
held over our heads as a bugbear TO frighten
US from what we believe to be our duty in the
opinions we may express respecting an entire
specie currency
From the first announcement Of the design
to establish the Madisonian, the Globe has
labored to make the impression among the
Republican party that it was wing scheme
to gull the people into the support Of Ma
tional Bank. 1t was denounced because the
prospectus appeared in the columns Of the
National Intelligencer; but the editors Of the
Globe forgot to tell us that they also had been
requested by Mr.. Allen, to insert the same
as an advertisement in their paper which they
refused, and that other notices which Mr.. AL
len sent TO them were treated in the same
way If the establishment of the Madisonian
is wing scheme, then the Globe must have
been got up in the same way, as we have un-
derstood that some of those who were origi-
nally engaged in establishing the Globe to
put down the U. S. Telegraph, were among
the first to urge the necessity Of establishing
the Madisonian.
Mr.. Allen, however, is elected printer to
the House of Representatives, and his damn
ing sin is that Gales and Seaton for a while
will do the work for him. There are, we be-
lieve, but two Offices at Washington capable
of doing the public printing. What then
should Mr.. Allen do Should he apply to
the editors of the Globe to do the work for
him, after they had evinced hostility Of
character too malignant to suppose that they
would have been willing to assist him in any
bility have refused il such application had
been made-or should Mr.. Allen have made
the arrangement that he has donel Let any
man be placed in similar circumstances with
Mr.. Allen and we believe he will act in the
same way that Mr.. Allen has.
The charge that the Madisonian is favora-
bic to National Bank and the political views
of the wings is completely refuted by the re-
marks Of that paper which we have given
above, and the following from our Repre-
sentative, Major Garland. The constituents
Of Mr.. c. can hardly be brought to believe
that he is capable of deceiving them in the
vote he gave for public printer; or that he
would be guilty Of intriguing or bargaining
with his political opponents. If we thought
him capable of any action of this sort, we
would hold him up to the execration of his
constituents and the world. We believe Ma
jor Garland to be as honest man as any in
Congress. And we feel certain that we speak
the sentiments Of Major G.. when we say that
he has neither the design, nor the inclination
to separate from the Democratic party; be-
cause they maintain in common some great
fundamental principles which will be over
thrown with the overthrow of,he party, which
every republican and every patriot should de-
precate but if refusal to vote for the sub
treasury scheme, and an unconditional sub
mission to every requisition which may be
made by party tactics, right or wrong be suf
ficient to produce separation, then indeed it
must come, and we feel confident that this
district will sustain the course of their repre-
sentative. We are sure of this that they will
not condemn him unheard it is quite proba-
bic that the Major will soon give us few of
his thoughts in Speech, when we shall see
who's who and what's what.
The Globe has already the printing Of the
Departments and of the Senate, and yet be-
cause it is not permitted to monopolizc the
whole public printing, it is called desertion
of party to vote against its editors. Every