Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-10-12

gsncer Office. began before came here The old mem
bers having Obtained their share the new corners q" o
refuse what has been previously prnt" 10, if
the old members, matter of course vote H. pscausn,
they did not il would be an acknowledgment t'ul VI,
had taken money from the Treasury to n'a"c r.' no,
sites in books for themselves to which lhey VIZ r."
entitled: and this abuse is handed down rom
gress 10 Congress by the rumP OF the o'u ns ,h
who are obliged TO give 10 the ne" n'e'n , 80
louceur of books which they had previously ,
among themselves. ! voted tor tns fesoiuo''' ~
49,, Pa 80 d;d mt understand at The time lis iuIi
bearinu md the n.nountt invoised; ana no" cay
that the portion of the books when iai's " e - Wv
propcrty of the Government, ana al lis se'Slce,
over il NAV be found advantageous TO SURRENDER III:
m. senate have again and again voted down lhis aP
nronria,ion but the majority in The House men 'acs
nm some indispensable appropriation hl' ana cofnpe' e
Senate vote IT, and The tfesoen' " s'G" ,"h,;sb
lose the means Of supporting some regular es'aO"sh'
men, of Government aud be compelled 10 tlro" 'hF
business OF The country into confusion, or leave II un
dime The forty odd thousand dollars appropriated 10
the lntelligencers book con'i'o'ton' woo
the Senate at the present session. as heretofore nut
WINS afterwards coupled by the House with the oil! 10
provde for the support OF the Military Academy Of me
United States for the year 1885, and Ter other purposes
and % frccd upon the Senate and President IL Is IN
This wrv when the Fcderaiss have majority IN eier
branch Of Congress- that They compel Democratic Ad'
mins,ruou to submit to the appropriation OF unneces
snrv millions with which, by log rolling, they load lne
bills indispensable 10 the support of Government ihei
corrupt appropriations TO subscrpe private local. ana
pcrsonnl interests, are always lacked 10 OIL which
mus, be passed, or the Government be stopped
Ru mother mode is adopted by The Federal party nav
n The majority in either House. 10 swell the expenses
AGAINST the wishes Of the Administration and then charge
The extravaganza to It, For example at the present ses
sion the House printed $500 600 in documents many OF
them not worth the paper (now made waste paper on
which they are printed OF this sort is volume OF 80
nngee consisting entirely of the cancelled drafts OF lie
Treasury which my colleague (Nr. Bond) called Tor,
and had printed. lie could have no motive IN GAZING
for this but 10 make fat job of rule and figure work
for Gales 81 Seaton II is just as valuable work as SO
MANY cancelled checks drawn on bank In tie begin
nnG Of the session, Mr. Garland OF Virginia, Ion
sentative called for The correspondence OF The lea-
sury with the banks. The House was Informed that
there were not clerks in the Depart sufficient to pre-
pare it during the term Of the members IL wou'd nave
made fat Job Of at least $50 600, GA which the gentle
mans friend Mr. Allen, would have had per ccnlase,
and Gales and Seu,on their profits. Another call was
made by him for all the documents in regard to The de-
faul,crs to the Treasury; and this would have been 10
copy and print the papers oil the oiice OF he So'c'r VI
the Treasury out and This would, besides the ex
pense OF copying at least $50 0OO more Tor prlnt
ing /, found there no, clerks ennug 10 make
the copies and Mr. Garland moved resolution 10 au'
thorze appointments for this purpose hut II inied
This shows what the Conservatives and Wings 'o0nd
haze done by way of bringing grst 10 Gales and Sea
ton press to afford vast profits 10 then, and increase
the psr ccnage of Allen What they have done appears
from the gross of hundred and twenty thousand
dollars for the and present session OF the House
prinpr with an aear OF fifteen thousand dollars yet TO
be received for it, with forty three thousand dollars Tor
b,cks and least fifty nine thousand dollars TO be rea-
lizrd at the same rtte, Tor me approaching SESSION.
showing an aggregate or TWO HUNDRED AND
THIRTY. SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS Tor one
branch of Congress for Congressional crm where.
as Messrs Blair aud Rves have received during the
81. wears my colleague Mr.. Bondl has scanned their
printing only hundred and six thousand doiIars Tor
Congress printing and materials, and one hundred anu
fourteen thousand from all the Departments, ior The
same time.
hut the most scandaous part OF this history Of the
p,n,ing of the House is vet be told. Although Gales
81 Seaon receive all this money for printing, they were
| no, elected its printers Allen was elected to perform
this confidential trust, although he had only about Il or
% votes in House Of 2i2 members. Does il not look
as though after three days baoIing corrupt bargain
was made, under which it was arranged That Allen was
10 become nominaly The printer I" the tlouse but Gales
d. Sraon were do the work and receive the pay: Al
| ter the caucus held which consumma,cd the 'na'
nous agreement (r such was the case,) by winch II
was stipulated that Gales ~ Seaion trends would 60
over 10 Allen ard unite with The CONSERVATIVES IN MS
election suspicious excited by the announcement
or this determinations and several of The honest Con-
servalives whose votes were necessary 10 the success
of Allen Intercepted him as TO the supposed in'en'
ton Of transferring the printing TO Gales ~ seaton-
He denied positively that there existed such an engage
uen, aud pledged himself to execute The printing IN n's
lha, purpose. 1Iigg that he was making provision io
is established by The statement he pledge ana o..fGo Il
(Mr. Snyder of Iinos) Their votes WEE, in effect
sold to Gales d Seaon, although they protested, in ad
vance, against being made accessory 10 such shameful
q UIId
ruc,cr has been farmed out in violation of all principle
and decency, 10 individuals to whom it is known ina
jnrty Of this body, we'll thes constituents were
unwilling TO condc it, and Allen in violation Of another
Republican principle, holds a snecnre. Will any
hereafter say that this House is IL be trusted 10 cleo
the Chief Magistrate Of this country, when ii is found
that in elecllng printer, pecunary considerations fs
bases OF bargaining between par!ies have controlled the
| result:
Another natural consequence Of this bargaining, Ia:
been discovered before the committee appointed 10 in
vesgne the subject. This committee being appointed
The heel Of the session. has yet had lime make
full investigations and report but ei liberty to use
the information which have derived from q witness
sworn before it, first rate practical printer called on
by that committee to measure the work and calculate
The price which II was lawful 10 charge for 1t, and
pare with that which Gales and Scaion in The name
Of Allen, printer TO this House, had received for it
found that the first document printed Tor This House al
this session, by Gales and Sralon, lrauduen,ly
! prined and that by diminishing The page, and using
types different from those authorized by law they had
made illicit profit amounting 10 between thirteen and
fourteen hundred dollars. lie examined another ducu
meni, and found like fraud committed; and unnw.
fu profit Of between and 500 obtained by il. This
but beginning. The committee had not time 10
prosecute tho inquiry further at This session; and asked
leave to continue nj the next which was granted -
have statement Of these facts in writing from the
witness, TO by him before The committee. He
is first rate printer we'll acquainted with Congressional
work, end of unimpcachsbe character. | have little
doubt from this commencement that it wall be found in
the end, that Gales and Seaton have made as much out
Of their frauds, will pay Allen the per cenage he
required as compensation for The deception pracsed
upon those Conservatives whom he betrayed and To
make good 10 those who acted with him his PROMISE to
convert the consideration he received into the means of
supporting the press established in this city for their
common benefit. All the legitimate profits upon the
public work will thus, probably he cleared the Intel
gencer and the alimen of the Madisonian will be de-
rived from the frauds committed by his Wing accom-.
plces the Treasury How characteristic This of the
woPrinlng concerns and the two parties which entered
into the vile coalition that gave birth to The bastard Ma
pccuStions of the ln,cgencer' And this is an earnest
OF wha, the Federal party will do for the little Spartan
band of Conservatives, who shall have ned their stand