The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-06-22
Facts tor the People i'm Broken
Doses. Dose No. 3.
The Government Press and the Gorern.
ment Official Editor
FROM Mr.. BoND's SPEECH.

We know, sir, at the commencement of
Cen Jackson's Administration, the Official
Newspaper was the United States Tele
graph, published by Duff Green. Things
vent on pretty smoothly fer while, and
until, as was said, some Jealous rivalry
sprung up between the then Vice Presl
dent Of the United States and the present
President Mr.. Van Buren,, aho was then
Secretary Of State. But do not profess
10 be familiar with the cause Of this family
jar. Report said that the Telegraph was
not discontinued abruptly, as the official
organ, but was gradually sU2planted by the
Globe, and lis Editor. Frar&is p. Blair,
brought here for that purpose from KeR.
lucky. Among the means re9eried to for
tins purpose, as complained Of by the Tele.
graph, we're orders or requests to various
Postmsslers throughout the country 10 fur.
nish lists Of lis subscribers. The Globe
was then sent TO them, claiming to have
the special confidence Of the party. La
this way 1T vas animated into favor among
the subscribers Of the Telegraph, and IN
due scissor the latter paper was wholly ab
Jured have no knowledge of all the
measures taken "that al all hazards tie
paper be sustained" and leave II Tor others
whs know Francis P. Blair better than
do, TO determine whether the Aduiinistra,
ton, IN 3urnshlng an Editor to the Globe,
succeeded ~ getting true and trus;y fel.
low, fellow that Will 20 The whole, who
us troubled with no principles on any sub.
Ct, bul who will support a certain inter.
est through thick and thin" This know
hat the Administration fosiered AID cher.
ished the Globe with 80 immense amount
Of patronage, aud in that gave II strength
and influence. That paper was first pub
h~hed IN 1881. The whole amount paid
lor printing hy the Executive Depa rttnents
IN 1882 aud 1888 was SIl3 SAC q, OF
which SAL Pas AZ were paid TO the Globe,
and The residue TO various other printing IS
Establishments, editors, g. publishers through.
out the United States. In ls34 ard l~35,
the whole amount so paid was $50 500 %,
% which sum, part say S40,473 -, was
paid 10 the Globe, and the residue again dl
vlded as before. For the next two Years,
ending with September, 1887, the several
Executive departments paid nut, for prlnt-
ing, the enormous sum oil 81 lag S04 6s OF
this sun, the Globe received SPA, ISL ~,
and the balance was divided and subdl,f
ded-the spoil beng thus gwen in due pro
portions among the whole pack, from the
sturdy mastf that ho~ls at the door of the
- q as
;urusptl that bsrks on the farthesi verge Of
nur frontier"
Bot Il will be observed that, so Far, have
stated the amount Of the Executive patro
mage Of the press only. In December
s35, the Globe obtained the printing for
he House of Representatives, and for the
two years ending on the 30th Of September,
S37, its editors or ptrbilsheFs were paid,
On that account, SfO5 GA 80 Ii thus
appears thar, for the last SIX years, the
Glohs newspaper has received from the
Government, as the Published documents
prove, nearly 220, 900. What It has re
ce,ved indirectly, and from office holders
aud eypectsnts, 10 one can tell. ! will not
designate each of the innumerable, host OF
editors and printers on whom this patron
age has been shoWered. Many of them
have received small sums; others again, do
not quite equal the Globe editors; but I
will name few who seen 10 be amcng the
preferred, and then leave i for their rea
ders to say whether their papers can be sup.
posed to be under the Wholesome regimen
of Treasury Diet.
find that HILL & Barton, q New HAmp.
sbite, shave received, in about SIX years,
6etween>7 900 and Ss.Oe0. Durlhg the
same time, Shsdracb Penn, jr. of Kentucky, |
mas been paid about $4,000, nearly the |
half of which has been paid %srbin the last
no years. During the same time, the
ms of True Il GEeen, Of Chas. G. Green, |
IN Beak 4 Green, of Boston, have been
paM So, 2o4 76l In the course of two
yssls Medary & Nanypenny were paid
So aaR6a; :, PaynsvS Clark s., S37 Or /;
MutfbA& Parrys ofsphlsdysphla, 81, s22 |
20; aeaa ~ rdary, 81 5S4
Ohio, 81 Ia kzssasy msoss we're
made BY he pssss h!ment, and,
Ia.aJdtlca 10 slss u - 4 sssfronage, some
d lIsse PsrAsseS kss advantageous con,
racts in she same Bsbaument, for the sup