The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-08-27

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and loco foco Presidents as exceedingly vulgar
ana nj only to set before Bank Wings, ant
men las the Globe eloquently expresses it, ,,ohe
oucps tne mGT'nas and principles Of GOLFERS ane
TIMERS But tho true orthodox, democratic
/ vands, with which genuine loco foco fnrnisl,
es his dinner table, consists in ,nassipe cold ylt,
ana FRENCH sterling silper seypices, Llue ana
j goa french tdmbourS, compotieys on feet. stand.
Jor oonbons, tcsth three stqges, gil1ea Frencl
ptdteaus, gdrnished apith mirrors aud garlqnds
/ ana gaudy artificial fo,1ers During the apos
toiic Gays, the SAINTS were commanded to teat
"nat was set before them, asking no questions
but If any good Christian man should. by
mistake, find his way to table thus furnished
and should incline to obey the precept accord
| ing to Its letter, he would certainly have haru
iare OF It. He might perhaps, sustain famish
ing humanity by browsing on artificial flowers
ana Wreaths, or, peradvcnturc, by touching
WIN the tongue the saccharine com otiers and
oooiiooils' somewhat after the manner of the We
ry commcndablc usage said to have prevailed Mt
an early day among the inhabitants of Kinder.
nook, OF suspending by a cord large lump Of
sugar immediately over the centre OF the table.
so that 1t might swing round to the guests al.
ternately. Albeit, sir, there is no food for the
| palate placed upon this locofoco's table. there
IS feast OF gold for the eye that would have
. satiated King Midas himself. And although
the wood Of several large forests was. not cut
down to dress the victuals for this Tamerlane
banquet, yet it required the enormous sum OF
ELEVEN Thousand one Hundred and
nlnety-one Dollars and thirty-two cents
! nfr lD ~l-S..
o! the feopie's Cash to buy the Table
| 'sFurniture.,' fN'' = :
believe that | speak not the words of truth
and soberness. l have now in nv hands, sir.
the obeial uoucheYs,' which show the expen-
dlture of every dollar of that large sum, an
that the whole amount thereof, with the ex-
ceptlon OF 81 ,l25, was expended since the DAYS
OF the ptata, frugal, economical, republican, re.
trenchihg reformation of jackson and Van
Buren, commenced. And here, in NV place.
demand in the name of my constituents. that
the Committee on the Expenditures on the
Public Buildings make report to this House,
and communicate copies, not only Of the vouch-
ers on this subject, but all the vouchers in re.
lation to ex pcnditures for the Presidents House,
furniture and grounds that they NAV be all
spreadlbeiore the people in an $ official form.
! his everlasting leakage from the people s
strong box must be s1anched
But will EXHIBIT to the committee the vari.
Gus bills which form the aggregate Of Sll ,l9l
81 Tor the table service of the democratic Pre-.
sident. o. -,....... g. 70, .-...,-...s 81
| will, in the first place, bring to the notice
of the committccsthe bill for the French sTER.
LING SILVER PLATE and GILT DESSERT SET, bong bit
! fromaaa RUSSIAN NoBLEMAN, DE NJ LIE GENERAL
BARON DE TuYIL, resident Minister of his Ma
JEsTY the EMpERoR OF Russia at Lisbon, for the
sum of four thousand three hundred and eight
dollars and eighty t,co cents. zT.5
| The silver plate consists of SOUP TUREENs,
| SAUCE BOATS, PLATES, diuerses grundeurS, BOT
! TIE STANDS, SOUP LADIES, &c. &c Sc, three
| hundred and Mirty.eigM pieces
The gilt dessert set is composed of TABLE
! SPOONS, sWEETMEAT SPOONS TEA or COFFEE SPOONS,
KNIVES, FORKS, &c. &c, one hundred and toYty
pieces. - ....-.s
The following receipts arc endorsed on the
bill tor the silver plate and gilt service.
"Received June 90, 1893, four thousand
three hundred and eight dollars eiehtv.two
cents, being in full for the within service of
plate. 4ifEs{lI GEO. w. 5SOUTH."'k
IL certify that have received into the Pre-.
sldents House all the articles contained in the
within service, and they are intended for the
| use of the Presidents House. T.f, g"
he aFas Ek J. BOULANGER." r
- Washington, July /, 1888. IA ~s 1851
1t may be proper to remark that pure gold is
generally considered too ducte and soft to
| manufacture into knives, forks, and other uten-
sils, which require some degree Of firmness or
want of pliabilty. The gilt or gold service,
therefore, used in the palaces of kings and at
! the castles of wealthy nobemen in Europe, is
composed OF slight substratum of silver, thick
ly plated or overlaid with pure gold, And hence
lpresume, the gilt service of the President was
manufactured after the same manner. No
honest democrat, however, by taking up the
various articles Of which it consists, would be
led to doubt a moment that they are made OF
gold, without any alloy. They may be pure
gold, though am inclined to believe otherwise,
lnasmuch as they were procured from one of
the great mobiles Of the Russian empire.
Ny Chairman, in my opinion, it is time the
people of the United States should know that
their money goes to buy for their plain hard
handed democratic President, knives, forks and
spoons of gold, that he may dine in the style of
the monarchs of Europe. Mr. WADDy THoMP-
SON. No wonder This, you know, is a gold
and silver Administration. The fact, however,
is impudently denied, not only by Mr. Van Bu-
ren's ''organ," the Globe, but by all the loco.
foco papers throughout the country. When
certain lawyer, in Columbus, Ohio, told far
mer in his neighborhood that the Presiden, had
a dinner service Of gold, the locofoco paper pub
lished in that place, called the ohio States
man, made so fierce an attack upon him that
the poor man was frightened, and actually re-
tracted the statement though it was as true
as preaching The editor Of that journal, after
thus obtaining triumph over truth, proceeds
in one OF his late papers to make the 6 amende
honorable" Please, sir, to notice the cool au-
dacity of the fellow: .@5u -
"a week or two since, we alluded in our pa
per to whig attorney Of this city, that should
have attempted to impose on an old farmer, by.
telling him that Mr. Van Buren, eat off of gold
plates, and used gold knife and fork. We felt
indignant that any one whom we held in high
estimation, personally, should have descended
to such a mode of electioneering, NOT THArANy
ONE WOULD BELIEVE IT, but that any one should
resort to such acts. We were, however, graft
fled by learning from the gentleman implicated
that he was nlisun dorstood, and of course we
did him injustice, and it gives pleasure to be
thusable publiclyto say So We should have made
this statement earlier, but we were anxious to
see all parties before we did 500 i's3
Now, sir, Iwould advise this whig lawyer