Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-08-04

es by which we arc ,oproioct domestic indus
try from foreign competition viii he adopt
the strange way of comforting benefits on A.
mcrican ar,izans by transferring their money
To reward the artizans of Europel What will
The American wool-growcr say 10 this plan !
How Will the American weaver relish IT,
With your permission, Mr.. chairman, ! will
now conduct you 10 the first story of The pal.
ace, where we shall enter the court Ban
quoting Room in which | can promise YOU n
sight that will be good for sore eyes" i, is
a genuine loco foco's dinner table-set out,
arranged in order, and duly prepared 10 re-
ceive the Court guests. In the first place,
however, ! must inform you tina, this table is
not provided with those old and Questionable
dishes, hog and hominy, fried meat and gravy,
schni,z, KEEP, and sourcrout, with a mug of
hard cider" No, sir, no. All these sub.
stantial preparations are looked upon by
gourmands, French cooks, and loco foco pres
idents as exceedingly vulgar, and fit only to
set before "Bank wings" and men (as the
Globe eloquently expresses ~ "who adopt the
maxims and principles of cobblcrs and tink-
ers." But the true orthodox democratic vi
ands, with which the genuine ~locoloco furnish
es his dinner table, consist in massive gold
plate and French sterling silver services, blue
and gold French tambours, compoiiers. on
feet, stands for bonbons, with three stages,
gilded French p~latcaus, garnished with mir
rors and garlands, and gaudy artificial flow
ers. During the apostolic days, the saints
were commanded to eat what was set before
them asking no questions-but if any good
Christian man should, by mistake, find his
way to a table thus furnished, and should in
cline to obey the precept according to its let
ter, he would certainly have hard fare of it,
He might perhaps sustain furnishing humanity
by browsing on artificial flowers and wreaths,
or, peradventure, by touching with the tongue
the saccharine compotiers and %bonbons, some
what after the manner of the very commenda-
BILE usage said to have prevailed at an early
day among the inhabitants of Undertook Of
suspending by a cord a large lump of sugar
Immediately over the centre Of the table, so
that it might swing round TO the guests alter
nately. Albeit, sir, there is no food for the
palate placed on this loco foco's table; there is
a feast of gold for the eye that would have sa-
tisfied King Midas himself. And although
the wood of several large forests was not cut
down 10 dress the ~victuals Of this large Tam
erlane banquet, yet il required the enormous
sum of eleven thousand one hundred and nine
ty one dollars and thirty two cents of the peo-
pies cash to buy the table furniture.
You seem amazed, Mr.. Chairman, and un-
willing to believe that | speak forth the words
Oh Uutl ana SDOcIucSS. j HaNC now III my
hands the official vouchers which show the
expenditure of every dollar of that large sum,
and that the whole amount thereof; with the
exception of SI,l25, was expended since the
| DAYS of the plain, frugal, economical, and re-
publican and retrenching systemo Of Gen. Jack
son and Martin Van Buren, commenced. And
] here, in my place, demand in the name Of
my constituents, that the Committee on the
Expenditures of the public buildings make a
report TO this House, and communicate copies,
not only Of the vouchers on this subject, but
all the vouchers in relation TO expenditures for
the presidents house, furniture and grounds;
that they may be all spread before the people
in an official form. This everlasting leakage
from the peoples strong box must be checked.
But | will exhibit to the Committee the va
rious bills which form the aggregate of ST.
1911 80 for the table service of the democratic
President.
will. in the first place, bring to the Com
mi,,ee the bill for the French sterling silver
plate and gilt dessert set, bought from a Rus
sian nObleman, M. de lie General Baron de
Tuyill, resident Minister Of his majesty the
Emperor of Russia at Lisbon, for the sum Of
four thousand three hundred and eighty dol
lars and eighty-two cents.
The silver plate consists Of soup ~tureens,
sauce boats, plates, diveises grandeurs, bottle
stands, soup-ladles, &c. &c. &c. &c. &c. &c.
three hundred and thirty eight pieces.
The gilt dessert set is composed OF table
spoons, sweet-meat spoons, tea or coffee
spoons, knives, forks, &c. &C., one hundred
and forty pieces.
The following receipts are endorsed on the
bill for the silver plate and gilt service:
"Received, June Goth, 1888, four thousand
three hundred and eight dollars eighty-two
cents, being in full for the within service OF
plate. GEORGE w. SOUTH"
81 certify that I have received into the pres
ident's house all the articles contained in the
within service, and they are intended for the
use Of the presidents house.
Washington, July |, 1888.
j. BOULANGER."
II may be proper to remark that pure gold
is generally considered too ductile and soft 10
manufacture into knives, forks, and other uien-
sis, which require some degree Of frmBess or
want of plisbility. TIN GILT or gold service,
therefore, used in the palaces OF kings and al
the castles Of wealthy noblemen in Europe, Is
composed Of a slight substratum OF silver,
thickly plated or overlaid with pure gold
And hence | conclude the service Of the pres
ident was manufactured after the same man
ner. No honest democrat, however, by tax
ing no the various articles would doubt a mo-
ment that they were made Of gold, without any
alloy. They may be pure gold, though ] am
inclined 20 think Otherwise. inasmuch as they
were procured from one Of the great mobiles Of
the Russian Empire.
Mr.. Chairman, IN my opinion II is time the
people OF the n. $. should know that their
money goes to buy for their plain. hard hand
ed democratic president, knives forks and