Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-07-13
NO. As.

ty fellow, a fellow that viii go the whole.
who is troubled with no principles on any
subject, but who will support certain inter-
est through thick and thin" This know,
that the Administration fostered andcherish-
ed the Globe with an immense amount OF
patronage. and in that way gave It strength
aud influence. That paper was first pub
ished in 1881 he " iIssss .:s.s-ss paid Tor
printing by the Executive Departments in
1882 and 1888 was 81 l3,346 81, Of which
S47, 245 AZ were paid TO the Globe, and the
residue to various other printing establish
ments, editors. and publishers throughout
the United States. In 1884 and 1885, the
whole amount so paid was $4,000 so; Of
which sum, part, say S40,473 lG, was
paid to the Globe, and the residue again d.
vided as before. For the next two years, en-
ding with September 1887, the several Ex-
eculive Departments paid out for printing,
the enormus sum OF Sl42s0f 69l Ofthis,
the Globe received S2a Isl 2z- and LIE b b.!
ance was divided and subdivided--the spoil
being thus given 10 due proportions among
the whole pack, from THE sturdy mastH that
bowls at the door of the Treasury" down
ito the most slarveling turnspit that barks
on the farthest verge of our frontier"
! But it will be observed that, so far, have
stated the amount 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 SOth
September, 1887, its editors or publishers
were paid, on that account, Sl05,9l4 SO
1t thus appears that, for the last six years,
the Globe newspaper has received from tho
Government, as the published documents
prove. nearly S22OO00 What it has re-
ceived indirectly and from office-holders
and eXpectants, no one can tell. l Will not
designate each Of the nnumerable host of ed
itors and printers on whom this patronage
has been showered Many Of them have
received small sums others, again, do not
quite equal the Globe editors; but | will
name few who seem to be amog the pre-
ferred, and then leave ii for their readers to
say whether their papers can be supposed TO
be under the wholesome regiment Of Treas
ury diet.
/ / find that Hill & Barton of New Hamp-
SHIRE have received, in about 6 years. he
tween 1000 and $4,000. During the same
time, Shadrach Penn. Jr. OF Kentucky. has
been paid about $4,000, nearly the half Of
which has been paid within the last two
years. During the same tiuie the firms of
/. True & Green, Chas. G.. Green, and Beal
& Green, of Boston, have been paid S27.-
204 76! In the course OF two years. MEDIA
ry & Manypenny were paid S295S 66;
Paine s. Clark S2,s37 So; Miffin & Parry,
: of Philadelphia, 1922 &c; Medary, Rey
f, mold & Mrdary 5l.5s4 aud Samuel Media
: ry s. Brothers, all of Ohio, $1,000 All
these payments were made by the Post OF
fee Department; and, in addition to this
= printing patronage, some ofthese parties en-
. joyed advantageous contracts in the same
= Department, for the supply of paper and
= twine," connected with their printing OF
blanks. These contracts for BLANKS paper,
:. and twine," when examined, as they were
!, by the committees Of investigation, disclosed
h the practice of most reprehensible palliaity
n in the Postmaster General for certain poil-
4 ical favortes. | have not examined to see il
, the other Departments did not simultaneous
y y bestow part of their printing patronage
on these same individuals. This further
= fact, however, is disclosed by the printing
? accounts ofthese Departments that for some
time past, they have thrown large portions
!. oftheir pa ronage into the hands of Lang,
y tree & OSullivan, ofihis city, who are pub
5 fishing periodical journal, the Democrat
% &c Rerier." which PROCESSES to be litera
=, ny work, but at the same time, devotcs its
:. columns TO the cause and defence of The
:, Administration with zeal equalled only
y by the Globe, and, in at least one of its arti
:" Giles recently published, shows as little re-
=, gard for justice and truth, think, MS that pa
r per does.