The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-06-19


parts ofIhe hall, 10 put an indifferent
pine table IN front OF the chair. t1sWas
sure no gentleman would contend thai Il !
would. They would all agree that Il :
was necessary TO have one portion Of
the hall 10 keeping with another. Now
the Same principle which appied to The
chair and TO this capitol, would also ap-
ply 10 the Presidents house, u the
furniture and sppeDdageS Of ellhehwefe
considered loo costly, il was not Tho
fault Cf members, or The President. II,
said Mr. L., any body is 10 be. blamed. 4
must be }sur ancestors--ihesep patriots
who thought proper to- consttvcl snclI
buildings. Ifgeptlemen fell dltPosSdto
tshfow stones, they must throw them u !
tttef patriotic forefathers, who insthp
lpnrlty aud simplicity of their hearts, did
lIiOl deem such buildings too costly, or
Jas having anti.repubIican tendency, We
fhad not done il. i had been 10 days
\ gone by, and by men better than we were
aud he who would undertake TO deny an
iappropriauon for keeping such buiIdlnSs
4 10 repair, was casting reProach upon
Ethe memory Of those good men. He
would again repeat, that opposing such
appropriations was q small business ve.-
ry small indeed, and which would do hd
man any credit. There were objects
of far higher character to which tho
gentleman from PennsylvanIa might de
rect his attention, and where the admnI
istration was more vulnerable. - ....
He Mr. L., was no friend Of Mr.. Van
Buren,, butt w"ud do him The justice
to say, if there was anything wrong in
, relation 10 the furniture of the White
} House, the President was NOT 10 blame
3 for II. On the contrary, he, Mr. L.
0 knew his great dellcacy on the subjetl.
/ aud would assure lhs gentlemen That,
whenever the committee rad consulted
9 the President IN relation to any addl-'
Q tional furniture, he had invariably ex-
: pressed the q eateet reluclence 10 have
j any thing expended for that subject.
. He M l.. would state, from his oW ii
= knowledge, that LOT single ortlce Of
}. furniture supplied during the last three
!, years, had been supplied at the request
!. OF the President himseIE The commit
II tee alone were .answerable, and they
VI would assume the responsibility. But
8, so far vas the President from deslrlpg
nj any additions made to the furniture, that
IL abouttwO ears aeo, il actually became
re necessary for himself spd soihet mem :
"a l,bSrs Of The Commfttee TO odg what he bad
never done before, nor would he ever DO
D. it again. Did gentlemen wish 10 know
3. what that wasl Ee would fell ihen.
ct II was 10 20 through every room in an
q, other mans houra, TO see how much
D. furniture he wanted, and what conve-
at niences were required. He hoped thai
,g gentlemen would take notice Of THE fac
90 and remember il whenever they attsmp.
,h ted to cast cepsure on the President ir
Y, relation TO his furniture.
ly Mr. L. then gave some particulars o
Q, the condition of,be White House, whel
ch il was visited by the committee, be.
fore i, was left by The late Presideh
10 Jackson.
OF He said there was one room occupie,
by the private Secretary Of The Presl
of dent, with his wife and family. In iha
SO room there were three old chairs,
". stained wash stand, and shabby oil
he fashioned mahogany table. which ,nrne'
Sc up, and which was so mean that III
he waggoner of President Munroe was a
he tbamed of it, and actually refused /
take it away. When he looked Ioun
he that. room, it reminded him Of his SON
, college loom. Yet these three oil
air chairs, stained wash. stand, and Turn U
on table, wac ell the furniture in that room
ad which was occupied by the private Sec
tic re,ary and family up to the time ths lat
we President left the city. If any gentle
,ur ,leman doubted the truth of,his state
III, ment, lei him 60 through the cbambe
snt and inspect them himself. But he bio
or ped he should no longer hear blame cas-
b. on the President when small appro
cy priation was required for the purchas
W of necessary furniture. lfthe iurni.ur
,ur was considered loo expensive, it Wa
nd not the fault ofthe President, but lh
Ow fault fthose who by constructing III
rat building Of such dimensions had tendel
&C. ed it necessary. 2
in Mr. l.. expressed biz determination
liz vote for every reasonable appropriatio
for keeping the house in proper repai
M He then called attention TO the sums o
nd the Treasury building, and went into d
lad argument Of come length to show tbt
'p- in this instance, the appropriations ha
las really been abused; which remarks wi
M be given as early as time will permit.
,ns SAGE REmARKs.-FrOm the New York Pa,