Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1838-05-31

upon the resolution Of Mr.. Hopkins, to
divorce tho Government from the Press
mrBond ofO., made m unanswerable speech
lie weas into "most searching operation, :"
aud developed facts which will as,onish every
one, il indeed any thing which the Admins
tration does, Can excite establishment. We
propose to give few extracts, in "broken
Doses" 50 as not 10 fatigue the reader with
the contemplation oftoo heavy mass Of Cor.
ruptlen at one tine. Mr.. Bond says:
1--WE know sir, that at the commencement,
q Gen. Jackson's Administration. the offic iai
newspaper WAS the United States Teisoranh
published by Duff Green. Things wen, m
pretty smoothly for a while, and until "a
was said. some jealous rivalry sprung up he.
tween the then Vice President Of the United
States and the present President, Mr.. Van
Buren,. who was then Secretary Of State. II
was said Green was suspected Of cher,shing
stronger Partially for the Vice President ,hsn
Tor the Secretary of State. But I do moi pro,
Tess to DO familiar with the causes of hi,
family jar. Report said that tho telegram
was not discontinued abruptly, az the Official
organ, but was gradually supplanted by the
Globe, and its editor. Francis p. Blair.
prougat here for that purpose from Kentuc
KY. Among the means resorted 10 for this
purpose, as eonplained ofby tho Telegraph.
were orders or requests 10 various Postmas-
tiers throughout the country TO furnish I;.,.
Ct its subscribers. The Globe was then sent
TO them, claiming 10 have the special conf.
dence OF the party. In this way il was mi.
i,ated into faver among the subscribers Of
ths Telegraph, and in due season the latter
paper was wholly abjured. have no knows
ledge oil oil the measures taken ",hat al all
hazards the paper be sustained" and will
leave 1t Tor others who know +. p. Blair
better than do, to determine whether the
Administration, in furnishing an editor for
the Globe, succeeded in getting "true and
'rusty fellow, a fellow that will 70 the whole )
who is troubled with 40 principles on any
subject. but who will support a certain in.
ieiest through thick and thin" This
knew, That the Administration fostered ast.
cherished theGlobe with an immense amount
OF Pstrsnag ,and IN that way gave ii strength
and Influence. That paper was first publish
ed in 1881. The whole amount paid for
printing by the Executive Departments in
1882 and 1888 was Sll3, 346, 81, of which
S47 .2A5 AZ were paid to tho Globe, and the
residue to various other printing establish.
ments, editors, and publishers ,hrouybout
the United States. In 1884 and 1885. the
whole amount SO paid was 9S3 ,966 so: of
which sum, part, say gao, 473 Is, was psd
TO the Globe, ana the residue again divided
as before. For the next two years, ending
with September, 1887. the several Execu.
i've departments paid out Tor printing, the O.
normous sum Of 1852. sO4 6S! OF This. ,hs
Globe received S24 1881 az, aud the balance
was divided and subdivided-,he spoil being
mus given in due proportions among the
fhn
howls at the door of the Treasury. down N
c's most staryeiing turnspit that bsrks on
the iarlhest verge of our frontier"
Bet it will be observed that, 50 far. have
stated the amoant Of the Executive patron
age OF the press only. In December. 1885.
the Globe obtained the printing for the
House OF Representatives., and for the two
years ending on the 3Oth September. 1887
its editors or Publishers were paid. on thai
account, 9l05, 9I4 53!! II thus appears that.
Tor the last six years, the Globe ne wspaper
has received from the Government, as The
published documents prove nearly 1920, 900.
What ii has received indirectly, and from
ofhce holders and expectants, no one can tell.
will not designate each of the innumerabIe
host OF editors and printers on whom this
patronage has been showered. Many OF
them have received small SUMS others. a.
gain, do not quite equal the Globe editor; bu.
will name few who seem to be amsng the
preferred. and then leave il for their readers
10 say whether their papers Can be supposed
10 be under the wholesome regimen OF Urea.
sury diet.
find that Hill 81 Barton, of New Hamp-
shire. have received, in about six wears. be-
tween 900 and $4,000. During the same
time, Shadrach Penn, js. of Kentucky, has
been paid about 9 10 600, nearly the half OF
which has been paid within the last two years.
During the same time, the firms of True &
Green, Chas. G. Green, and Beals & Green
OF Boston, have been paid 1927 ,2O3 76! In
she course OF two years, Medary & Many
penny were paid 50, 95s &c; Paine & Clark
81, 1897 SO !; Miflin s. Parry, of Philadel.
phia, 81 1922 26 Medary, Reynolds & Me
Diary 8 1874 [; and Samuel Medary & Bro.
theirs, all of Ohio, $4,000 All these pay.
meats were made by the Post Office DEPART.
ment; and in addition 10 this printing pat.
ronage, some OF these parties enjoyed advan-
tageous contracts in the same Department
for the supply of "paper and twine," con
Rected with their printing OF blanks These
contracts for "bianks, paper and twioe !"
when examined, as they were by the com.
mittees of Investigation, disclosed the prac-
lice OF most reprehensible parIiaIity in the
postmaster General for certain political fs
vorites. have not examined to see if the
other Departments did not simultaneously
bestow part of their printing patronage on
these same individuals. This further fact
however, is disclosed by the printing ac-
counts OF these Departments: that, tor some
Lime past, they have thrown large portions of
their patronage into the hands OF IsDgtree
q Ooollivsn OF this city, who are publish>
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