Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1840-08-25
THE WAY THE PUBLIC MON
Ely is SQUANDERED.

ILLUSTRATION OF VAN BUREN's DEMOCRACY.
Remarks Of Mr.. Charles Ogle, member Of
Congress from Pennsyvania--an ORR
ainal Jackson man--on the General
Appropriation Bill.
(COntiRued.)
I am disposed to believe Mr.. Chairman,
that the present occupant of the palace is
not 'real genuine" locofoco, hard ham
ded democrat. He can't have the ''right
stripe" You may depend upon it some
thing must be out of gear. Why, sir, he |
loves tassels, rosettes, and girlsh iinsry al
most as mnch as a real ''Bank Wing" |
loves ''hard-cider.". By the act Of the
Sd of March 1897, Congress appropriated |
twenty thousand dollars 'for The PreSi-
denPS House - / quote the law, ''tor |
FURNITURE of The Presidents House"
Now, find the entire bill of Messrs Pat
ton 81 Co. included in the Abstract of
payment made by Thomas l.. Smith,
agent for purchasing furniture for the
Presidents to 18th May, 1888. | would,
therefore. respectfully inquire whether
sin tasSeIs and roSettes' are considered
household furniture, in the legitimate
democratic meaning of the word ? ! ask,
sir, whether silk tasssels and rosettes
can be democratically inventoried as part
and parcel of the household furniture of
hard. Handed ocofoco? Are ''Silk taS seZs
and roseaes" hereafter to be written down,
| deemed and taken in the same category
with frying pans, oaken chests, chaff- bags
and crout tubs ? AS we'll might the hon.
est man Of Tulpehachen valley, who gar
nishes his 8 by 10 looking with string
Of blue.iay, yellow hammer, whitaker,
and mocking. bird eggs, call those spec.
led eggs, household furniture, aud for
mally beaueath them, when he IS about
TO take leave of plantations and sPeckled
eggs, by his will, written OF noncuPa-
tive. Sir, this would be too bad for
Christian country. But this is not all,
for in the same abstract" of payment
made by T. l.. Smith, the following bill is
also included:
WASHINGTON, August %, 1887.
The United States Government for Pres
ident's House,
| Il "A Il
453 broadway, New York.
for GOLDLEAF, GILDED MATER1-
4 AIS. labor, and expenses to the Presl-
/ dents House S2,OOO,OO
Aug %, received paymentin full Of L.
/; l.. Smith,
! AUGT. F. CAMMEYER."
] Do YOU suppose Mr.. Chairman, that 9
claim. unsophisticated locofoco can stand
i this Viii he agree that Martin Var
r Buren, acted fairly by paying out money
!. which was appropriated by law for FUR
IS NlTURE for the Presidents House" il
e hovino GOLD LEAF and GLIDING
e MATERIALS, and afterwards "whip
d nino the Devil round the stump" by cal
EpG GOLD LEAF and GLIDING ma
If terials household furniture No, sir, h
is viii not. The, genuine locofoco is to-
i. honest for that. Some few of them may
1t perhaps, be persuaded 10 admit that ISL
n Tassezs and Rosettes" are part and pan
le eel of an orthodox schedule of Democrat
We household furniture, but | aver the ap
n plication of red hot pinchers, racks, gt
bits, bowstrings, chains, and molten lea'
an cannot inluce one them to acknow
n, edge that GOLD LEAF and GlLDlN'
y. MATERIALS may be legItimaiely II
NJ serted in the same schedule.
h. But the send is not yet" l have b
fore me, Mr.. Chairman, the original b
49, (dnlv receipted) ofC. II. g. j. +. VIII
w for sundry FRENCH BEDSTEADS
pr War5ze.top Washing stands 'Din'n
'nt IONS ,'a,s, Coanode Nth Statuary Marble to
90 Dressing Bureaus and other upholster
,ui bouoht August 10, 1887, the sum OF s
ID 5997 so Of the Peoples cash. ! he
articles may be denomlnated "house'h'
eel furniture" in The proper and true und'
err standing Of the terms. But, sir, prot'
be, against expending the money OF my C C
ION stItuents for elegant FRENCH BE
ace STFADS. Must the AMERICA
! oak. and hickory, and cherry, and acaln
mr. and naDle that admits of 'smoothest sta
uld stand neglected in the forests, for the G
ROSEWOOD, sandal, ebony, 6or' ana nlaa
he'd auy of France, and the far OH Uses
eet, ne scar Shall the Peoples money
ally sb;oped across the ocean by the PeoP
arto cIief servant to support FOREIGN y
rel cHANICS. whilst OUR OWN GU
lree WORKMEN almost perish tor lacl
uar- bread : Shall that 'bread be with
pop from the mouth ofhonest labor az no
pia- hut lavished upon the subjects OF ki
vol abroad? Why was Mr.. Van Baren
Q IL anxious TO possess an elegant FkFN
iish- RFDSTEAD? Docs he desire to
an the trimmings Of GROWN BED, a
{. 1t Besides the Ladies Circular Par
SUBJ there arc twelve commodlous aPartn
lew on tho second story Of the palace-oH
must which is occupied by the President q
Grip sogice' The term office, however,
one been prescribed BY the 'CoURT CIRe
a. q pulger noun, and hence the g
nues- room IS designed at the palace BY the
- sounding and tinkling name Of =
: ~ PRESIDENTS AUDIENCE Gil
NV. VA RER' Hard by the Presidents s
P"'' d;eoce Chamber is the 'AN'FE-kO
- ma which all visitors are conducte
ill., richly alfred English palace serr6
rat until the Democratic President
9th. signify his pleasure that they may
! and reduced 10 ahe presence. ! have
gentleman complain that the !.
= s-lI ,ot heon provided w