Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-08-07
POLITICS..
(F'r1m the Gihh>.

day. 1t is introduced thus:
ale began by replying To some remarks Of MIR. Ogle
incidental 10 the main debate, taking OCCASION, in the
course Of his reply. 10 state certain particulars III which
his remarks on n former day had been misstntrd, pro.
badly brcau use misunderstood by the Reporter for The
Globe newspaper. After dispensing Of this preliminary
matter, Mr.. l.. proceeded to the main subject before the
Committee Of the Whole, upon which he spoke as fol.
lows
1t will he seen from this that the ~"Prrliminary mat.
ter disposed of in the brief sentence here extracted.
has been altogether excluded from the speech, as now
published. We regret it exceedingly; first, because thu
ablest, most eloquent, explanatory and interesting par,
nf Mr.. Lincolns speech is thus suppressed, rs We have
said ont of tenderness 10 Oglr-and secondly, be-
cause the particulars in the report Of his first speech.
n which MIR. Lincoln says he "had been miSstnicd,
pr0babiy because misunderstood, is not given, and w
are not, therefore, enabled to correct whatever mistake
occurred in the report of the speech. This We have
taken some pains To remedy, by desiring our Reporter
to communicate to Mr.. Lincoln the original sketch,
and nbtain from him such correction MS will enable MS,
in lis republication, 10 set right the misrepresentation q!
hs meaning conveyed in the hasty sketch Of his frs:
speech In the mean time, we give that rnrtion of has
second reply, published day before yesterday in ,hr In
irlligencer, and his letter published to-day, that til"
atement and opinions Of Mr.. Lincoln, as he now rx
presses them, may he compared with what he was un.
derstood by the Glnbe Reporters TO say in the first
speech, which he has not yet revised for The press.
IL viii be sren on this comparison, that although MIR
Lincoln may very properly say, as he does rmplatlcal
", mat u 0H nOt H'fT me i0HgdHgf HSfFfOfH 10 me ~
init paper, uic Globes rcpoT;,D IN tic criract DE.
Messrs. J. c. Cl0rE, and other c%ertlfcrsl hdrc takcR, no1
uny Ming Ike IL" yet the impression which the Rr.
porter Inns conveyed, in his own language, is borne "nI
by MIR. Lincoln's account in his letter "t what "HE pr
SAY IS SUBSTANCE - especially if coupled with what
he has now, under his own hand, published as part o
his SECOND speech.
We give the first paragraph in the sketch Of the
Globe Reporter, excepted 10 By M"ssrs. J. c. Clark.
Cnoprr, Mitchell, Sinont"n, Rrdgway, and Goode, Uhr
certtticrs for Oglc.) 1t is as follows:
"Elc Mr.. Lincoln) was no friend Of Mr.. Van Buren,,
bat he would 90 him the Justice To say if there was any
thing wrong in relation 10 the furniture Of the Whit
House, the President was not 10 blame for it. On The
contrary, he (Mr. L) knew his great drlirary on the
subject, and would assure the gentleman that, whenever
the committee had consulted The President in relation
TO any additional furniture, he had invariably expressed
his reluctance 10 have any thing expended for that OBJ.
lirct. He (hlr. L. would stale, irnm his own know
ledge, that not a single article of furniture, upplcd
during the last three years, had been supplied al tie re-
quest nf the President. The committee alone were an.
swerable, and they would assume the responsibility"
Upon this, Oglc's committee of ccrilicrs have put
out the following certificate:
"Ttr undersigned, do not undertake To say whether
Mr.. Lincoln used the language imputed 10 linn by The
"Glnbe" or not; hut As he has permitted It's publication
TO remain ten days without public contradiction, W"
presume that he nov adopts thr language ascribrd 10
him, il he did mt originally utter it. Fer the purpose,
therefore, nj placing the matter truly before the conn.
try, and TO correct the gross Inisrc presentation of facts
contained in the above extract, the undersigned certify
that they have carefully examined the vouchers winch
have been duly audited and settled b. the Treasury De-
partmcnt, for the purchase of furniture for the Prrsi-
dents House since The 4th of March, 1857, and hat
they have compared the sad vouchers with the state.
menis Of the same in tho published speech "f Mr.. Ogl-,
and find the SAID vouchers truly set forth in the sad
speech.
"And they further certify, that it appears from The
said vouchers that more than eighteen thousand dol
lars were expended in furniture for the Presidents
House between The 4th day Of March, 1887, aud the
9Th day Of December, 1897, the day on winch the Com
nittre on Public Buildings aud Grounds was appointed,
and Of which Mr.. Lincoln WAS Chairman; the former
Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds having
ceased to exist on the Sd day Of March, 1857.
"1hc undersigned further certify, that il appears from
the said vouchers that the said money was cXprndrd hy
The agents Of the President, VIZ: MS sos ABRAHAM
FAN BUKEN, T. l.. Smith, and oihrrs,) on warrants
drawn by order Of the President of the United States
himself.
sAnd the undersigned would further state that the
Committee on Public Buildings and Crumbs have M
control, direction, or jurisdiction whatever in the secc-
ton or purchase of furniture which the President may
see proper to procure by himsrlfor his agents, when
appropriations are made for that object by law.
j.. I. CLARK, of New York,
JAMES COOPER,
CHI. F MITCHELL,
w. SIMONTON,
w. RlDGWAY,
p. G. GOODE.
"Washington, July 20, leiD.'
In his letter If reply, Mr.. Lincoln, after saying, al
did not originally utter the language ascribrd In NE by
that pa pPr,' : gneS on To rcprl the inirrrncrs If the crrti-
fcrs, and 10 state what he did say in substance, thus:
.From another part Of the same certificate, in con-
nectton with the extract from The Globe, II might hr IN.
ferrpd that ! had spoken ofthr purchase Of furniture as
being under the direction of the Committee on Public
Buildings, Of which | was the chairman. Nuthing
could be further from my meaning, or the sair.
ment made by me. Even the remark, as given in the
I tru irnr, Ia, Gll,n r4pflr MAO, ,, - pnui
surely is, would hardly warrant the Inference drawn
from il by the signers of The certificate. Whit did
say was, in substance, that since | had been at the head
Of the %ommitic for a period of nearly three years, M
APPROPRIATIONS, To my knowledge, had hcrn made al
the request of the President; that the committee had
always acted IN The requ'sition and estimates Of the
Commissioner Of Public Buildings, and that on one nc
cnsion, when the President bad been referred TO rs t."
The need Of a proposed appropriation, he had declined
expressing any opinion or wish upon the subject. or
tie purchases which had been made. | cxpl CITY DIS
claimed all knowledge. had neither seen The b,lls, at
that time, nor did speak OF, or in any manner refer 1"
them. My remarks were exclusively applied to The
appropriations, and to the appropriations 0niy.'
Although We did not hear Mr.. Lincoln speech, or
see or hear any thing of the sketch given Of II in the
Globe, until it appeared in the paper, Mr.. Lincoln $
explanation renders II very obvious 10 US that tlr mis-
conception is one of words rather than meaning. What
Mr.. L,ncnln said of the money supplied, wash the Re-
porter rendered as spoken of the things supplied by the
money.
Mr.. Lincoln in his letter, says, that ''ohen the Pre-.
sidcnt had bcen referred 10 rs TO the need Of a proPosed
appropriation, he had declined expressing anyoPinion or
ncish upon TIE snbect." !,
Again, MIR. Lincoln states in his letter, that "sincc J
Ind been at The head IF lie committee, for a period 81
nearly three ycnrs, no APPROPRIATIONS to my hR0T'cdSr
kad btcn made at The request Of the PRESIDENT" Now
this is the whole case.
The Globe Reporter understands Mr.. Lincoln thus:
"HE, MR.. LINCOLN, WOULD STATE FROM
HIS KNOWLEDGE, THAT o A SIN
GLE ARTICLE OF FURNITURE SUPPLIED,
DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS, TAI
BEEN SUPPLIED AT THE REQUEST OF II
PRESIDENTS"
Mr.. Lincoln, as reported by himself in substance, in
his letter of the 25th inst, published to-day in the Ma
tional Tntelligencrr, saws:
"WHAT l DID SAY, WAS, IN SUBSTANCE.
THAT SINCE HAD BEEN AT THE HEAD OF
THE COMMITTEE, FOR A PERIOD OF NEAR.
LY THREE YEARS, NO APPROPRIATION. TO
MY KNOWLEDGE. HAD BEEN MADE AT h
REQUEST OF II PRESIDENT"
Now, as 'THE APPROPRIATIONS" (Which Mr.. In
coin marks with an emphasis, Ivy putting it in capitals
IN his own lrtter) stlrus mt made nj the request If the