Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1840-09-01

since ihe refinement Of John g. Adams.
'sfoF alterations and repairs Of TIE presi-
dents House" planting trees. smploving
grounds, &c. Those appropriations a.
mounted, altogether, TO the sum 6es
722 So. will now, sir, offer to ths con1-
mittee similar list Of appropriations, du-
ring the same period, for furniture for the
Presidents House.
Act Of Sd March, 1929. For finishing
the Presidents House under the direction :
the President $4,000 90
Act of I'd March, 1881.
For furniture and repairs 100000
Act of I'd March, 1888
Presidents House, in addition
TO proceeds of such decayed
furniture as. he may direct 10
Act of sOth June, 1884.
sFor COMPLETING the
furniture of the Presidents
House. 7: 10000 90
Act of Bird March, 1897,
For furniture of the Presidents
House 2O,OOO,O0
To these appropriations may be added
the proceeds, as before stated. made by
the sale of the decayed and questionable
furniture, $500 40, and we have the
gross sum of seoenty thousand sir Hundred
and eigh q dollars and forty cents, expen-
ded by the reformels for furniture for the
i Presidents House. And this, too, sir,
after the feformers had themselves con- >
tended and insisted that the Presidents
House had been furnished by John @.
Adams in a style of regal magnificence,
But let us look little closer. By the 18th
clause of the LIST section of the act of 30th
: June, I434, six thousand dollars were ap-
propriated for COMPLETING the furniture
ofthe Presidents House The furniture
:. was therefore complete after the expendl-
J ture of this $4,000. Now, Mr.. CHAIR
: man can you tell me how it came 10 pass
: that Mr.. Van Buren, expended %, 120eS
7 on the palace furniture during the sum-
. mer and autumn of 1887 The last sum
: GA, 127 98) consists of 1000 appropriated
: by the act of Sd of March, 1887, and
: 4, 127 90, the amount of the FIVE bills al
ready read, for what are denominated re-
: pairs and alterations. Is it to be credi-
= = ted that the refo,mers have destroyed, in
q the short space of three years, furniture
ne worth $24, I27 0S Z About $4,000 annu-
:. ally wasted larger sum by two thousand
: dollars, than has been invested in the fur
niture of the princely mansion on the north
side of Franklin square, and Immediately
T. opposite the palace. If an expenditure
of six thousand dollars is sufficient TO pro-
wide appropriate and suitable furniture for
w the most elegant private mansion in the
city of Washington, what will the plain
tn republican farmers of the country say 10
IS, the expenditure of $70,6s0 40 by the re-
nj, formers in completing the furniture of the
IN. Presidents House, which was crowded
Is with the richest furniture on the globe at
col the time the reformers came into possess
'ras ion!
III The Presidents House, from the time Of
.o its destruction in 1914, was not re6nished
'eo and occupied until September, 1917. It
- was then talSen possession ofby Mr.. Mon
4: roe. The furniture inthe former building
TIT had been destroyed with it, and the little
ee su that had been purchased afterwards, fol
'iln The accommodation of President Madison
leie in the house which had been rented foI
him, 1.-THE eastern end of the seven bull
nas dings,) was only secondhand furniture
% aud of triHing' value; there was moi car
!. = pet il the house, the floor having beer
. .;a covered with blue and green bate, whiel
80 was entirely worn. out indeed, i IS sal'
that there was not single article aInl
iul, ture used BY Mf. Madison suited e o
'clu- new building. o. Monroe however, aa
that considerable furniture, Of good quality
'ldor most Of which he had procircd abroad 2
Iorlh american Minister. and Il & residue Is
'Qkt0 his accommodation as Seer starry q asE
ange This furniture. including sI. il
FUR Of plate, Be placed il de Dent
the House. at valuation 8.o7I 11s hxe
op- upon il by Two Of the most respectable cit
pat zens ofthe District. About the same per
cd, an order, TINTED IN amount @ sUels
MS thousand dollars, was transmitted BY NJ
urms Monroe to the Messrs. Russell and [
tons Fage at Havre, with instructions to PR
that cure some articles Of furniture, ssstron
Z: massive. and durable" 10 be manufacture
r has for the rooms for which they were respe
Of lively intended. These gentlemen, acgis
chen, under the erroneous impression that t
sDa- house Of the President was to be furnish
in the siiIe Of king palace: deviat
4 ar greatly from the Instructions of Mr.. Nc
ilhout roe, not only in the richness and splend
I'D be of the articles purchased, but actually r
{ Ho 10 their bills to 92Oe5 SIS francs. or 81
were AT II, being 90, AT IT higher than /
hat extent ofthe order which they had reee
son Of led. All this splendid French furnitu
that, was forthwith shipped TO America, a
T the Congress subsequently, granted the nee
nd de- sary appropriation to cover the dificit.
appa. Although Mr. Monroe was somewhat
It MF. fortunate il The selection Of his agents.
who was little to blame in the whole affair;
rss Of many Of the articles deemed proper
,er &C. Presidents House could not at that
For It have been procured in the United Stat
5 were and, besides, the statute directs THAT
neces. nestle manufacture was not enacted u
Albeit Nay %, 1925. The furniture Of The
Jed his lsident's house was further Increased