Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-05-17

of editors aud printers on whom this patron
age has been showercd. Many of them have
received small sums; others, agsip, do NOT
quite equal the Globe editors; but VIII
name few who seem 10 be among the pre-
lcrred, and then leave it for their readers to
say whether their papers can be supposed 10
be under the wholesome regimen of Trea-
sury diet.
i find that Hill g. Barton, of New lamp
shire, have received. in about six years, be-
tween 7,CC0 and 5000. During the same
time, Shadrach Penn, jr. Of Kentucky. has
been psid about SI0,0C0, 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 Bonls a. Green.
of Boston, have been pnid 527 ,204 &c! In
the course of two years, Medary g. Manypen-
ny were paid a2,95S &C; Paine g. Clark So
637 So Mifflin 81 Parry, of Philadelpha,
81 ,S22 26; Medary, Reynolds, g. Mcdary
1854; and Samuel Medary q Brothers, all
OF Ohio, S2,002 An these payments were
made by the Post Office Department and,in
addition to this printing patronage, some of
these parties enjoyed advantageous contracts
in the same Department, for the supply OF
"paper and twnc" connected with their
printing OF blanks. These contracts for
eblanks, paper, and twlne," when examined,
as they were by the committees ofinvesiiga-
ton, disclosed the practice Of most rcprchen-
sible partalty in the Postma-tcr General for
certain political iavoriies. ] have not cx-
omined 10 see if the other Departments DID
not simultaneously bestow O part OF their
printing patronage on these same individuals.
This further fact, however. is disclosed by the
printing accounts Ofthesc Departments: that,
for some time past, they have throwo large
portions Of their patronage into the hands OF
Langirce a. O'Sulivan, OF this city, who are
yu"!:.a!::as a periodical journal, the "Demo-
cratic Rerie,o,T when no.1sses ~ be liiera-
ry work, but, at the same time, drvo;.: iis
columns TO the cause aud defence Of the AG-
with n zeal cqualled only by the
Globe, aud, in ut least one of its articles re-
Gently published, shows ms little regard foy
Justice and truth, l think, as that paper dOcr.
The Executive patronage Of the press was
one of the great chapters ofreiorm into which
the famous rctrcnchmcnt report ot this House
was divided. Ii il there stated as an alarm
ing fact, that the amount paid for printing and
advertising "by the Executive Departments
ot the scat of Government for the Then
three last years, (iS25. 1896, and 1877 and
by tho General Post Office, in two years, was
81. $50 ST." In the same report, we are nI-
so told ,ha, the printing for Copgyess,the Se-
nate and lIouse included, from March, 1919,
to December 1927, being period OF eight
yoers, amounted to S29 ,ee3 ~. These ~s'.
thought To be extravagaat expenditures, ana
iretrcmch,ncnt demanded and promised
| beg the House To indulge me few mo-
ments in holding up To their view, and espe-
culy to the gentleman from New York, SIR.
.CAMnrELENG,l \ who was an active member Of
that committee, q mirror, in which the practi-
cal reform may he seen. IF the gentleman,
or the party, shall find the object hideous
one, | can only say the picture reflected ID
the cork Of their own hands.
For the six years ending OH 3Oth Septem-
ber, 1887, tho several Executive Depart
ments, inclusive of tho General Post Office,
paid out $40, ! IG 81 for their printing. In
order to get three years, SO as to compare 't
with the term and amount before stated. by
the committee, let US take half Of the S3fn,-
Il6 81, say Sl1O,O3S Is
Deduct the amoun, stated by
the committee, 1lys30 5l
Amt. Of ircrcas" every three
years by the Rcformers, S9S,227 81
! also find. that in six years euding on the
3Olh day of Scptember, 1887, the printing for
Congress, (Scnate and llouse,) aud inclusive
of certain land documents, books. and cngra-
wing, amounted to s75l.5Si 62. Let ns
deduct the amount reported by the committee
as paid for the same object in eight years oy
the Administration which was condemned for
its cxtravapancc-that was S21 1888 3.--
That operation will show that the Re/ormers
have paid, in the Legislative patronage Of tho
press $4,000 25 more in six years than The
Wing party paid in eisA ycars!!
Having thus shown the amount of mud how
4. 5al i,u ha
il will be appropriate to see what the friends
of Gen. jackson said wonld be the conse-
auence of such use. The committee, in their
repoit, speuk ct the moral mechanism upon
" hich this patronage acts "asa power that
seems irresistible" and say they "w'!l not
stop to argue wha, they predicate as an mn
deniable fact that, by the employment oi the
expenditures Of The contingent funds of The
departments, n Government prcss 10 to oil IN
tents and purposes cfcctualiy established, ss
much so as il there were an annual item in
the appropriation bill for the purpose of pur-
chasing the Joint and harmonious action OF
one hundred papers in the uncompromising
vindic atom Of thnse in power, nna IN the ni-
sparing abuse of those who are not And
in the debate already referred to, Dir. lInlDil-
ton, one of the rcior,ners. IN speaking OF pay
cnt for the services of the press, observed
"Whcn the Government becomes the pay
master for these services, the evil N infinitely
augmented. For, what are the services which
the press under such circumstances N ex-
p,cted to render ms q return for the pnriia'
kindness ofthe Government Wby.to cover
all their approaches to arbitrary poMeri to
defend each measure OF msrule aud corruP-
ton; to End excuses and apologies for every
act of imbccility, although tho interest and
honor Of the country may be jcoparded by TO-
norancc, apathy, or neglect but. shove oil,
to subject those who do not think rhe exist
ing powers entitled TO the confidence ct the
People 10 the most unsparing calun'ny and
ohuses Mr. BoSp said hc would appeal to
the House and to The country IL we are not
now experiencing daily the practical sppIi-
cation OF what Mr.. Hamilton mentioned ~ Q
possible state Of things. Il not his description
of u subsidized press in the hands of the Go-
vcrnment 50 graphically true ~ thc present
Administration and hs press that |, might
Justly be eontcctured that they sat for the
picture Every days experience shows TIM,
all who oppose the present Admin'strntio"
ore "sullccied to the most unsparine ca'on.
nv and abuse" Another of the Jackson re-
Enmers in this House, Mr. Floyd,of Virginia,
observed in debate here, that 'the Esccu'ive
influence in this Government ws. very errs',