The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-09-10
q NICHOLAS .


~ Presidents House, one hundred and hity dol
lArs.
$50. z. NICHOLAS
have JUS, read Eve several bills, which
exh,b., az expenditure, under the act Of Coo
gress las, mentioned, FOR wha, are denomlna
ted repairs Of the Presidents House "
during the FIRST SIX moa.h's Of Sir. Van
Bureaus term, amounting altogether 10 the
sun Of S4.l27 e5 By these bills we are
,augb; what IS meant by the phrase, ere
PAIRS Of the Presidents Hosse, 10 the pal
ace vocabulary. Ii appears that repairs
o the Presidents House consis, in buying
scar!e, damask and Brussels carpet Cor the
Prt4.leat's 9fsce scraping or scrub5ing,
sa1 making window curtains for the same
purchasing s.lrer paper and green silk for
tie Green room and remoTIng furniture
from the Ald.eace room to the Major S
room. and from this room 10 the Audience
yooM taking down window curtains, wash,
iag and making them again, FOR the Square
room taking down curtains, and taking Up
carpets, il the Circular aud Blue rooms !;
putting - window curtains IN the MAJORS
room auc Mr.. ". Van Buren's room max
ing and layiog co.u carpets making bell
pulls, Purchasing evans, cleaning and re-
9airing chandeliers, pier tables With French
figures, Column astral lamps, c0ruIcopla
ltache, branches, maniel branch lamps,
c4n1as..eas and pla,eaUs. | think, sir, the
farmers, mechanics, and laborers will Judge
The foregoing items 10 be q very strange
klno Of " repairs O. Ghe Presidents IloUSE."
Iuey ~. have 10 hesitation 10 prououuc.
i1g tina, there IS scarcely 4 single dollar 10
c.goe1 Il tae foregoing bills sh!ch can with
proqr.ety be said TO have been expended in
repairs l-f tie Presidents HoUsE." |
heard , cea,lemsa remark, siJb most cut
ting severity, saIe speaking on the subject
y. repairs u tie Presidents House" that
IL sas the dgty O. tie Government Who
FRS. Ogll. the aa8se 10 keep Il n repair,
and stsi.e- jt- occupant from the rams and
'1.ads q heasea." Don't you believe, sir,
i4si tie President adopts a most admirable
1,de % " shelter himself from "he rain
and ,siads Of heaeel BY expanding the ap-
preparations made by Congress " for repairs
Of the Pres dents HJu5c, 10 buying siirer
paper, scarlet daTg,k, and green six 10
fixing bell pulls" cleaning or regilding
plateaus, and corugcopia bracket braacbes
taking down and putting Up widow cur.
lains laying down and taking up carpets,
and 10 removing the furniture from the
Audience room to he MAJORS room, and
from the latter 10 the Audience rom =
the bouesi truth gGgt the whole matter is
Ibis, SIR. Scarcely $500 have been expend
ed during the last twelve years 10 making
legitimate real, petmanen: " rcpqirS Of the
Presidents HOUSE, excepting on one coca.
sion for painting the entire building inside
and outside, Cor which d special appropfia.
ton Of 49, -2 was voted by Congress-
The Representatives Of the People have
been gu!Ied-yes, sir, actually guiied. with
the idea that large annual appropriations
have been necessary for repairs Of the
PfcstdeursiHouse," that il might uot I" fall
70 pieces and 90 10 ruin :" and when those
appropriations have been made for " repairs
Of ,bo Presidents House," they have in.
Vsf'ab.y. been expended IN the manner |
have indicated.
But, sir, the phraseo,o2y Of the act Of
Congress passed 81 March, 1887, as before
mentioned, embraces the word attera
tons as well as the word repairs. p
What do you understand by the term sal
teratoas ?" can tell you what that word
signifies a, the palace. If the broad walls
Of the Eas, room have been hung with
paper Of The lemon color. nth rich
cloth b0rdey" aud # the lemon color should
be prescribed BY the palace dandIes as un
fashionable, the word alterations would
10 this supposed case apply with remarkable
cIesrness, aud would enable the master Of
the House TO substitute rich, chasle and
seaaalai" silver paper, with golden bor