Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-05-21
CONGREGATIONAL
BROKEN ~DOSES-DOSE I'd.
The Government Press ami he G%ortrRmcnt Official
Edioft
From Ma. BoNp's Sprrcn.

"'s '"N '''tNb 'tltf l tItHflli, InbHNllti nN lnU
Gfeen.-lhlngs went on pretty smooth, tar a while.
aud untl, as WAS SAID, some jealous rivalry sprung up
between the then Vice President OF tie United
States and tile present President, MI. Van Buren,,
who was then Secretary of State. II WIS sand Green
was suspected oi ollctlshinga stronger pa1taIn, TO, the
Vice President than for the Secretary OF State. But
| do not profess 10 te familiar with the cause of this
'hinlly jar. Report sad that the Telegraph WAS not
discontinued abruptly, as the Official organ, but
was gradually snpplauIed by the Globe. aud
its editor Francis l.. BLAIR, brought here Tor that
purpose from kentucky. Among the means resoried
TO ton that purpose, complained OF b, tn Telcclapl
were orders or requests To various Postna>tcts
throughout the county To furnish lists oi lis sub
sciibefs. The Globe VAS then sent to them, CLAIM
ing 10 have the special confidence Of the parry. In
tins way II was initiated lnto favor among the sub
scribe,s of the Telegraph, aud ~ due season tie lat
ter paper was wholly ahlured. have no knowledge
OF all the measures tshen " hat AZ all hazards the
paper be sustained and will leave II 10, others who
know Francis L. Blari better than do. To deter
r'Ine whether the Administrator, IN furnishing an
editor for the Globe, succeeded IN getiinE a "truc
aud ttusty fellow, Il fellow that will go the Whole,
VINO Is troubled with no pilnciplcs ON any subject,
hut who will support Il certain interest through ttlch
and thin Tins | know that the Administration
iostered and cherished the Globe with an Immense
amount OF patronage, and in that way gave 1t strength
and influence. That paper was first published IN
1881. HE whole amount paid Tor printing by the
Executive Departments IN 1892 and 1893 WIS Sll3,-
$40 Il, Oh winch S1I,2lo ~ was paid to the Globe,
aud the residue 10 various other printing establish
ments, editors, and publishers Throughout the Unit
cd Siaies.-ln 1894 and and 1885, the whole amount
50 pad was $50. 96G 50, of winch sun. n pait. say
9io,473 l6, WAS paid the Globe, and the residue IL
Gun divided as before. For the next Two scals. end
ing with September, 1897. The several Executive de
paftments paid out, for printing. the enormous sum
of Sl42.s04 Is! OF tins, The Globe received SCI
3Sl p, and the balance was divided and subdleIdcd
tile spoil being thus given IN due proportions a
mong the whole pack, from the sturdy masflif that
howls ii the door OF the Treasury, down to the
most stafveillng turnspit that banks on the iaitlest
verge oil or frontier"
But II will be observed that, so far, | have stated
the amount oi the Executive patronage OF the press
only. In December, 1885, the Globe Obtained the
printing for the House of Representatives, aud tor
me two Aeals ending ON the 30th al September, 1897,
lis editors OF publishers were plId. ON that account.
Slo5,9ll So! 1t thus appears llldi. ion the last SIX
years, the olobe newspaper has received from the
GnYeind1eht, rs the published documents prove,
nearly S2H,000. What II has received udI-
reotis, aud ifain Office hpIIersand rxpreianls, no one
can tell. | vii not designate each oil the lnnnmcra-
bic host oil editors and printers on mlon tlus PATTON
ave h. been siluwcred. Many OF Illenl have lccrv-
cd snail sums; others, again, do not quite equal the
Globe editors; but | viii name Il few who seem to
be among the preferred, aud then leave II TO llcir
readers TO say whether tkeir papers can be supposed
Ia be under the wholesome regimen oil Treasury
diet.
| lind that HILL q Barton, OF New Hampshire,
n"'e iree'vtu' III ABOUT SIX years between I,oOo ana
Po,uoo. ~, the sun hnle' Nh1diaeh rem il
VI hehtueky' mas oeei p'Id about clo,ooo' ne'fy
'he nai' II "olel n'S oee' Iald WITHIN the last two
Years. During the same time, the firms Of True &
''eeh, 1ilas. u bleeO' ana beilS " bleen, OF Dos
ton, have been paid S27,2O &c! In the course OF
Two years, Mrdaty q Manypennv were paid So 05s
60; PAYNE * Clark S2,s37 50: M1lm x Patiy, OF
Philadelphia, 81 1872 % Medary. Reynolds, & Me
dary. SI5oi; aud Samuel Medary & Brothers, all
oiOllo, $1,000. All these payments were made BY
the Post Office Department, aud. IN addition to tins
printing patronage, some OF these parties enjnyed nd
vantageous contracts IN the same Department. for
TIE supply o" paper and twinr," connected with then
printing oi blanks. these contracts lur = blanks,
paper, and t"Ine,' when eXanllr ed, as they were by
the committees OF lnvestl. alton, disclosed the practice
OF most reprehehslble p rtIahiy IN the Postmaster
General tor certain political idvorites. have not
examined TO see II the other Departments did not
simultaneously bcsiow "A pari OF their printing pat
ronaee on these same lndrvlduals.-This further
fac,, however, Is disclosed by the printing accounts
OF these Depar mentS; than, for some time past, they
have thrown large portions OF IheIr patronage into
The hands OF Lanstrce x O'Sullivan, of this city.
who are publishing a pcrIodIcll journal, The " Dem
o''a'c he'ie"' "hch processes TO be a hlethry
work nut a, 'lr same time devotes ITS columns 10
III cause an" defence OF me ADMINISTRATION "ih a
zeal eqn''led only by the Globe, and, in at least one
I''u W Ju'''' u "u'"' l 'l'hN' as liiat paper
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