Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-08-11
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OF MIR. LlNCON OF .UASSACHU.
Brandop Whig.


u ho q drcgied ~ he f0iIes Of Multiplying Van |
H,WcHs lcH0rmDRS expenditures ~ "AHcrd- |
hons and Repairs of the PrcNGenfS House"
Worccsfcr, Mass, Juiy %, 1910.
Nr'yrs. Galcs s Scsion.
have seen with the utmost surprise |
ma the lntcIIigencor of the 23diiustant,
which reached me this morning, sever
.ol certificates from ewing Members
.of Congress" on the subject of"a pub |
l'cation III the Globe ofthc 10Th ofJuly,
loi6, under the caption of .Hessrs.
Lincoln and Oglc," and it has now be- |
IsssSic proper for me, personally, to no
ticc both the certificates and the mat
tcrs to which they refer. shall GER
Itainly have no controversy with either
of the gentlemen who have seen fit to
give these certificates. To these of
.ilcssrs. Stanly, Allen, and Naylor,
have nothing TO object Indeed, to
that of the latter, IN whom am happy
torccognlzc Il personal as we'll as poit-
zeal friend, ! would myself most will
lngly have subscribed g. the substan-
tive facts stated by all, so far as re.
|
The Presidents House, | no more guess
ton than themselves. | have never
said, or authorized to be said or repor-
ted, a single word which those certif-
Gates galnsay and ! feel entirely con.
scions of having afforded no cause, on
my part, for any intcrposition between
mr. Ogle and myself.
In the one certificate, however mr..
John c. Clark and others, there are ex.
presslons to which ] feel bound to off,
er word Of reply. find in it, the fol-
lowing paragraphs: "The undersigned
do not undertake to say whether mr.
Lincoln used the language imputed to
him by the Globe or not, but as he
has permitted its publication to remain
ten days without public contradiction,
we presume he now adopts the Ian
guagc new ascribcd TO him, if he did
not originally utter it," Ifthesc gentle
: men heard the remarks which ! did,
ia l&c(. make an the occasion referred
to in the Globe, they must have known
that did mol ''originally utter the lan-
guuge" ascrlbcd to me by that paper,
in the extract they have taken, nor any
thing like it. Or if they heard my re-
ply to mr.. Ogle a fortnight afterwards,
when, upon my return to my seat from
a temporary absence, he alluded to
the same misrepresentation of my re-
marks, they must have heard my une-
quivocal denial offdelity of the Globes
report, and full and frank expression
oc what did say on that occasion.
, From another part OF tho same certificate,
, in connection with the extract from the Globe,
it might be inferred that had spoken Of the
purchase of furniture as being under the di-
reclion of the Committee on Public Buildings,
of which | was chairman. Nothing could be
: further from my meaning, or the statement
( made by me. Even the remark, as given in
the extract from the Globe, greatly erroneous
as it most surely is, would hardly warrant the
= inference drawn from it by the signers of the
K certificate. What did say was, in substance
that since had been at the head of the com
I gnittce, for period Of nearly three years, no
{ APPROPRIATIONS, 10 my knowledge, has been at
r the request Of the President; that the com
mittco had always acted on the requsitor
r and estimates OF the Commissioners of Public
= Buildings, and that on one occasion, when tho
9 President had been referred 10, as in the need O
!, a proposed appropriation, lie had declined ex
= ipressing any opinion or wish on the subject
r OCihe purchases which had been made, | ex
II picitly diseamed all knowledge. ] had nei
# ther seen the bills, at that ime nor did spoaI
= OF, OF in any manner refer to them. My re
d marks we're exclusively applied to the dP1ro
c pr'ditoHs, and to the appropriations onty !
Il s we'll known that there is a Committee o.
j. Expenditures, distinct and Independent Of In
: Committee on the Public Buildings, and b
p, the former, and not the latter, all such dls
:, bursmcdis as are now spok en- Of are properl
J. subjects Of inquiry and anmadverson. An
II | here distinctly and explicitly declare that
It 70 tho character uf the purchase OF iuInitur
II by Mr.. Van Buren,, between the 18th Of Marcl
and the 9th ct December, 1887, 10 winch In
J. certificate refers, ! uttered hot word OF re
2 mark for ! knew nothing, and before HE dc
y livery Of Ns. Ogle's speech, had heard noth
j. lnn Of the articles OF the bills, which are IN
~ subject Of his comment When the appropr
u alton was granted under which ihesa purchas
=: cs were made. vas not chairman OF the com
e mitice. This was in the second session o
u the 2iih Congress, and my appointment wa
" The Congress after ] repeat that, since tina
-e uoriod. whatever, has been asked for, ethe
e Tor the public grounds or tho public buildings
s, i'm improvements fepairs, or furniture, hai
A. como through the usual and formal estimate
furnished by the Commissioner, with no re
lf quest made 20 thc committee, directly or indi
?. r,ctiy. 70 my knowledge, from the President
IS This observation IT, AT least, due 20 tho indie
20 pondenl action Of ms associates
,fI The APPROXIMATION under which ''ii appear
T. from the said vouchers, thai more Than eight
F. teen thousand dollar, were expended for fur