Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-09-10
F,Um The Nc,o York Ercairg Post.
LfNCOLN'S SECOND REPLYTO OGLE

We have set Of journalists noied for their
aiiStUc,aIic tendencies, who i'll once s'nlticn
with Il :.c ct domestic simplicity. They COM
plain thai Ill,' Presidents lioIlsc is altogether
too s!ImEimoraIr furnished. ard acciI-G Mir
Van Burcn of wasting The public money tU
adorn his irc:ln. pIace
To avoi,! ali cavil we Copy from Nh'::
print, llc National ln;clileencrr. some iurlcr
pa-;>a"r. iro!m !, " Iiia report ni' ilr. LIGcuiES
sprccL eynncrang ilr. Van Buren, w!Inl'y
from all parcipatuu in this extravaganza. II
Extravaganza il can lie called
MIR. D:.te in answer 10 those who argued that
twas nGl Mr. Van i:nren's fault il Congress
hut Il large house amI furnished It expen+irely,
remarked HAT the receiver is as bad III tie
thief" To this Alr. Lincoln TINS rrpllrs
"WliG is the receiver. and who the thief! From
tbc days of Washington. through Il long sue.
cessiom Of ilIu<irn'Is men, every President of
The United States, including the elder Adams,
Jefferson, Madison. Mnnrrc J G. Adams.
Jackson. and the present ircllmb, nj; have re-
crivc'l tho benefit OF similar provision i'll their
official station. The House, tic furniture, the
garden, and the cultivated grounds have been
alike the enjoyment Of each. and at the public
charge. 1t rnay be- Instructive to this commit
tee to be informed ofthc grants Of Congress for
WI WI tClN. lllE
riods Of The respective administrations have
now before me Il statement coI'il'cd from off
cial documents of appropriations for the pur.
cIIlS'' of furniture Tor each Presidential "rnI.
alter the removal nftiIG State Governmcn: 10
tIr Federal City.
"B, Il law of tic 81 Of March. 179T, just pre-
vinuS to the commencement oftie Adn:;nis!r;,-
lion Of the elder Adams. Congress made tIic
iolowi' e appropriation:
proceeds ul' the sale of old furniture and so
nHc Ii III addition thrreln as the President may
Judge necessary. not eXrrcdiug S1JG COO.
during the Administration of Mr. Jefferson.
the appropriations amounted 10 Si2D,00n.
"ln that ni Alr. Madison TO SO .Oi0
1T was i'll this period That the house was
sacked by ih' British. upon their i,lcursion into
! Washington dnrin" the war. and lie furniture
which from the he" lining had cost the nation
upwards oi' Strcaty thousand dollars, was Who'll
ly destroyed.
Alter tim repair Of nc house in the years.
lSl7 and lSl9. during tie administration Of
Monroe. The records show appropriations Of
rc-inrnshlmg to the aggregate amount Of
$50 00D.
"ln the administration of Mr. Jnhn @. Adams
the grants announced to so OnO.
''ln Ina, of Jackson Ia ;s:59. .00O.
ain that "rAlr Van Buren, they have been.
to this lime $20,0G0.
"'rhe satcmcn, from which read gives tic
date OF each law and the precise appropriation
under it,
Having answered this branch ofthe question
Mr. Lincoln applies biuSclI In the other:
And who is the ti;ict! The Congress Of ,hr
United States the Representatives of the Pco-
pie in succession, through series of more tllan
!Orty yeais.-l'hesr ara ii,r un.lI, who bv max
lng the appropriations. n The sentiment nflhc
member from Pens, l'ania MrOge ~ under:
rd iiir Treasury aud rnhhr'i their constituents!
Is there an Individual within the sound of nv
voice whose check does not burn with indigna-
rnn al the bar" recital ol',he Charge! Where
were the Se"peSS scrlinrlS of the Prouln's
rights. the dragon guardians nr the pnbc
chests, when these spoilers robbed it of it,
treasure! Was no ar" raised TO-: iis protection!
Search tic journals OF either House Of Con-
grc+s. and neither voice nor vGte is found
against one Of those appropriations. Ii they
deserve The character Enw attempted tu be Civ
on them hnw happens il that in .nily Years
| there has been no resistance Ia tlclr passage!
How happens it, indeed lint in the last Com
grrSs. in which this PCnnSvvanan nl more
Than Spartan virtue. WAS member 10 nprus j.
tim YVES offered tn grants precisely similar 10
tiluse cuiitainrd i'll the present b!''
Mr.. Iinro'n Erorccd4 10 show, in Ike fo!.
ow;rm satisfactory ma, r,r. ti;ai Mr.. Van I!u-
rem t. no more 10 hia:,c il. this affair l!ran the
n'oS, liilaaI democrat oihis predecessors. and
la many Of Iio<r ar'ic!rS Of ornamental
furniture about which O.'c has made such
caticr, surprising HAT they were purchased
during the present administrations wrrr in fact
purchased during :hc time OF AIr. Mnnrrr
"TlomaS Jefferson WAS Oncr arcuIImicd
p!l!E AMI uHprct"ni!iHg !cinrc!Ht and. PASSED!
III !,i$ Glr, Tor IN uiGS'Cnl;i:Iaiis Chef NaaiS-
:raI". .a 81 wr ;IavI- c ;'at tit. ;urI. q: :.l-
0fD WAS rSirGti d 10! iilrnilurc nrrirc Ihr pr-
riol Of The Presidency and this. ton in ah'!i-
lion tn the Sli iiO previously granted To lis
immediate Predecessor Tie purity. aml re-
pub!i"Hn simplicity al aIr. NIadisnn's LIE and
n!aunrrs have never lo this time hrcn question.
ed, yet 10 The Ss.i".H!!!' Iicn'c arpral rated,
S;lS 0O0 nor" were added to tue rn, al .,ancai,.
try in tie eight years of his administrations
Colone Monroe, too. WAS he Il vain :Ioriaus
aris,Ocral! lie has the credit, in history nj
least, Of having resisted to lood, in iir rcvn-
lutiorary conflict, Il government of rnval
pride ard arrogance. and hy Il lie IL voted 10
his coun::y. contributed IL largely as a;,y other
Ia il,, establishment an support nl :i-,r.inlis
q: opal rights AMI polIr&' equality; Y". in his
admins :a;i"' Il sr'a:c, cxnc hnrr ~: made
ia re.inrmShins The n.,', ;:ici liz l;'.. war .an
,laier all his predecessors. u hal says ,n,i,
Mr.. Chairman. of my venerable cu.iaa@nc,-
'Hr. Adams. iSli'' moi 3 .c" whir ;nprrcipc
aud Il plain republican III n,ar3::>! :,u,! YET
ilc received whatever hcnciil reSt:"d from an
appropriation Of S3o,GGG during lhcinnr ycar<of
his Presidency, added to l!w large expenditure
made nv Colonel l!nnrnr.
"llr. 0-lc. deny that either Adams or
Monroe ever had nchl:uinrcry as Van Buren,
MIR. Lincoln. And undertake. 10 .aY that.
during the Presidency OF SIR. iIonror murc
"irunp"ry,' as The member is pleased 10 term
it, WAS carried lirn the Presidential manson
than under every otter administration, 10 ll:is
Iiinr. pnt together.
Mr. Ella:ml,I, it was no; my WISH 10 cricr
Il all inlo this subject. Bat unun the denial ni
,i,o mr. pn,v tI.I LnuL .c ,.,f,. ,I.,, ,,u,