Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-06-13

tain for it a sufficient number of sub.
J scrlbers to take measures, that, all
hazards, the paper be sustained then
to get for the editor, some true and
trusty fellow--a fellow that will 60
the whole hog;' who is troubled
no principles on any subject, but who
who will support certain interest,
through thick and thin;' who viii pur-
sue no course of his own, but will ever
be ready TO take his cue from certain
quarter. After getting him some one
or two hundred subscribers, and using
every expe8icnt to make him some cha
racter, he must then have the prin-
ting Of the laws, as a token of the
confidence of the Government and
then all will DO ready for action.
Sir, viii not say that such a
press is to be established and paid out
of the contingent fund am mol war;
ranted in such assertion; but sag that
such a netc beginner must hare patrons
age, although it be in direct opposition 10
the interests Of the People"
| Thus spoke Mr.. Houston, in 1877
Let us now pause for moment, Mr..
Speaker, and inquire whether those
who knew so well the use and abuse of
/ this power, have not proved themselves
skllful adopts practical application.
Let us direct our attention to the official
newspaper, The Globe, and see il Mr..
Houston has not most aptly described
cts rise, progress, and present state.
We know, sir, that at the commece-
ment of Gen. Jackson's administration,
the official newspaper was the United
States Telegraph, edltedby Duff Green.
Things went on pretty smoothly for a
while, and until, as was said, some jea.
lous rivalry sprung up between the then
Vice President Of the United States,
and the present President, Mr.. Van Blu
rem, who was then Secretary Of State.
1t was said that Green was suspected
for cherishing a stronger pariialiiy for
the Vice President than for the Secreta-
ry of State. But do not profess to be
| familiar with the causes Of this family
jar. Report says the Telegraph was
not discontinued abruptly as the Official
organ, but was gradually supplanted
by the Globe, and IFS editor, Francis p.
Blair, brought here for that purpose,
from Kentucky. Among the means re-
sorted to for this purpose, as complain
ed of by the Telegraph, were orders or
requests to various Posttnastersth through
out the country to furnish lists Of its
subscribers. The Globe was then sent
to them, claiming to have the special
confidence of the party. In this way
| it was initiated into favor among the
subscribers Of the Telegraph, and IN
due season the latter paper was wholly
abjuged. have no knowledge o. all
the measures taken ,'that at all haz-
ards the paper be sustained" and will
leave it for others who know Francis
p. Blair better than do, TO determine
whether the administration, in furnish
ing an editor for the Globe, succeeded
in getting true and trusty fellow,
fellow that will go The whole, who
is troubled with no principles on any
subject, but who will support certain
interest Through thick and thin. -
This know, that the administration
fostered and cherished the Globe with
an immense amount of patronage, and
in that way gave it strength and lnhu-
ence. That paper was first published
in 1881. The whole amount paid for
printing by the Executive Departments
in 1882 and 1888 was $ll3, 3i6, al, of
which, $47 ,245,42 were paid to the
Globe, and the residue TO various 9TH
err printing establishments, editors, and
publishers, throughout tho u. States.-
| la 1884 and 1885, the whole amount
so paid was $s3, 966 80 Of which
sum, part, say $40,473 l6, was paid
to the Globe, and the residue again d.
yided as before. For the next two
wears, ending with September, 1887,
the several Executive Departments
paid out for printing, the enormous
sum OF $l42, s04 6S! OF this, the
Globe received $24,3sl 81, and the
balance was divided and subdivided-
the spoil being thus given in due pro-
portions among the whole pack, from
:" the sturdy mastifr that bowls at the
door OF the Treasury" down "to the
most starveing turnspit that banks on
the farthest verge Of our frontier"
But it will be observed that, so far,
| have stated the amount Of the E1ec-
utire patronage Of the press only. 10
December, 1885, the Globe obtained
the printing for the House OF Represen
tatiyes, and for the two years ending
on the 30th Of September, 1887, its
editors or publishers were paid, on that
account, Sl05,9l4 Sd! 1t thus ar
pears that, for the last six years, the
Globe newspaper has received from
the Government, as the published doc
uroan,s nroye. nearly S220,000. What