The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-06-23

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locks and hinges and all the walls 10 be Of the thick
except the wood-house and all the wood work TO have
three good coats Of paint, except where otherwise
specified"
| The above is part Of the specifications, DC
| agreed upon for the construction OF these de
mocratic" buildings, as certified by WI. r.
Strange, clerk OF the Branch Mint al Charlotte,
~. c..
II the Sub-ireasury bill shall become law,
and the receivers general, &c, who are 70 be
provided with "rooms," &c. at the public ex-
pense, shall out of the contingent expenses"
or "Dastage Of gold" &c, construct such
buildings, such palaces as this. what comfort
able thing il will be TO be sub-reasurers They
Will steal as much as Swartwout did before they
leave such comforts
In December, 1899, the Imaum of Muscat
wrote the President OF the United States let
ter and sent him several presents. If the bottle
OF oil OF roses could be retained by our demo
cratic Majesty, | hope one demijohn Of rose
water will be sent 10 the branch mint a Char
iotte, N. G. Here is copy of the letter as
communicated TO Congress in Senate Doc 4SS
OF the present session:
MuscAr, Dec. 20, 1899
Sin have the pleasure of sending to your Excel
lency, through friendship, viz
good-bred Arabian Mid horses,
string containing $50 pearls,
separate argc-size PEARLS
carpet
bottle of oil Of roses
4Cashmere shawls
demiohns of water
hlso gold-mounted sword, please to accept with
me other mentioned articles Hoping you will be
pleased to accept these triies from your friend
SYED BIN SULTAN
Written by order Of his hghness
SfED SYED BIN SULTAN BIN AHMED
Imaum Of Mpsca
=. SYED BIN Calfann
His Exceency MARTIN VAN BuREN,
President of the u. s Of N. America, washington
To this letter Mr.. Van Bn--a replies. He
commences, not with a "om," but Great and
good friend p and he concludes his letter thus
Wishing health and prosperity to your highness.
ard stability 10 your Government and TO Your
people tranquility and happiness, pray that God may
have you, great and good friend in his holy keeping
M VAN buren,.
JOHN FORSYTH,
Sec Of State
WAsHINGros, May 8 1910.
hope, if this .great and good friend" should
leave his subjects, and visit this free land OF
ours, to pay his respects TO our lmaum, who
wishes ''poaoer aud stability" to his great
and good friends" Government that he will be
invited 10 visit the branch mint, where he him
self can enjoy the shade Of "tulip popars and
slver-leaved naples" and regale himself in the
Office on the ''scroll sofa" or the chair covered
with morocco If the weather is fine, the mag
nolia grandihora, the Chinese arbor vita, or the
best double dahlias, will afford him "odor" in
the "octagonal" summer-house There, too,
he can enjoy in Eastern style the democratic
comforts of a warm bath or shower bath. And
If he should dream that forty thousand sub-trea
surers would in few years be provided with
such comforts, and standing army Of 100000
men be also created, he would consent to be
President Of the United States His Arab Mid
horses could be accommodated in a stable with
the walls brick and half thick, roof, doors,
and windows painted with three coats Of paint,
and the windows in the form Of a crescent
Here, too, he could study the art Of humbug
he could learn the history of the morus multicau-
lis, and the branch minis, and laugh at the folly
of this great nation, which has suffered itself
so long TO be deluded in the expectation Of ulti
mately having gold currency. He would tell
his people on his return that the ''open sesame"
n. office. f9anbenn.e - 49,
But he must come before March, lS41, for the
wide-spreadng branches of the fourishing Anne
rlcan tree, the buckeye, casting whitening
shade on the Kinderhook multcaulis