Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-07-20
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we continue our extracts, this morning, from
The Speech oil Mr.. oge of Pennsy lyania which lu,
nsh the people, with what many oil then never could
nave otherwise obtalned-a glimpse at the interior
arrangements OF the Presidential mansion. Now, it
may be- that many persons will deem all this SPLEEN
dor aud magnilcenee as not at all censutable they
may think ii perfectly light tina, the DIV ling which
the people provide for their Chief Magistrate shall
be furnished ina si,le corresponding with the gran.
deur OF It's exterior appearance and that lheir first
officer should be prepared receive foreign dgni,a.
RES IN 81, Vie not inferior that to heh they have
been accustomed at homo in The halls OF kings and
princes and mobiles. These persons may be e,ati6ed
TO see that all This done. But we confess for one.
these gorgeous exhibitions not at ali 10 GU, taste;
nor are they IN consonance with the simple, unos
tental'ous, republican simplicity which charae ized
Tue hrs' Presidents OF the Republic. And who less
admied George Washington aud Thomas Jefferson
and James Madison, or who paid Them less bomape.
because oithe absence ofthis regal magndsenee. :"
LAS Mr.. Benton would call it, Than they would
have done bad they walked on noors Of pearl, and
'he i'sht oil thousand diamonds had flashed ffum
'he'r b'o"sl But then are told ii is indslicat,
10 lay before the people inventory, as il were. of
The Presidents furniture. This mighr be uue. ,(u
were the PresiaenfS, and not the Ponies; n, eve,
Then 1t might be ndeleae, it, instead Of exciting ad
m'fat'on by It's beauty aud variety the exhibition be
uayed the poverty Of his household eluipments-
But surely they have righr To COMPLAIN. WIN
themselves set us the example Have thew fo,go,.
leu MI bentoos famous East Room lellerf If it
were fight IN HIM 10 expose 10 the people the ",e
gal naanllicence" OF john q. Adams's furniture
"''"ou sh mere fancy sketch, as II was, the coin
age oi ms own ieitile bran,-wth what face can
ms inends aud followers now complain. when the
facts, copied from Official records are set forth Ia
shock the "Republican sensiblilies" of a plan und
frugal people II the exposure were wrong in ,srlC
hey' have no night 10 ooupain that ii has been
naue.
But then we arc told, that MIR, Lincoln of Mas.
s'ehuseus' IA high-mnded Whig"-(an Wings
are high minded when they happen 10 break ,he
iofce Ola blow aimed AT the du.ioist,,tio,, ,o
are told that Mr. Lincoln vindicacd the pioprisly
u 'nese expenditures, and that hn specially exon
Grated the President from al. c.n.ute in the matte,
"ee's''ng that ""heneyer the committee had con-
suited the President IN relation 10 any additional fur
nlinte he had Invariably expressed his reluctance ,o
having any thing expended for that object" Wbe,b.
ef Mr.. Lincoln said Ills o. not we do moi know. Inn
ms We know, Tor al ledstws told so by the repone,
"i The Boston Atlas) lhal, MI Ogle in the course of
us tPetch anImadsened with se,eiity upon Mr.
Lincoln sremahs, as they had been reported IN the
Globe, and that "Mr. Lincoln repeatedly inter.
''fupled him, and informed him that tbc ,eoo,, or
''hIs speech which published in the Globe. wa.
taken by reporter and published without his
A"'"'eoge or consent: he never saw it until ii APP.
pea'ed 10 print, and had opportunity to revise II:
and ne ao'Shed distinctly understand hat il con-
famed mndy inaccuracies some of which he had
pointed out To the gentleman from PENNSYLVANIA
''tMr OgIe) The report, he repeared wa,
"PERVERSION OF HIS LANGUAGE. and
CONTAINED EXPRESSIONS WHICH HE
Ibid NOT USE. lie disaroved Tie spiru of al
"entrefy" And yet The Enquirer quotes his "per.
verled" and "inaccurate' report of Nh. Lmcolu's
remarks, in order TO break the force Of Mr.. Ope',
revelations
he question reduces itself to this: Suppose the
East boom had been furnished with regal magnif-
cence," as Mr.. Benton declared it was in J O. Adj
mss t'he-would not the Enquirer have made usc
oil that fact 10 induce the people 10 believe that Nj
Adams was lmbued with anti Republican principles,
and that be was an spsh imita,or of Royal fash.
ions ! Was not that The design Of Mr. Benton
when he wrote, and of he Enquirer when publish.
ed The famous East Room letter! II, then, tina,
which was imagined OF Mr.. Adams, be true Of Mr.
a nj al hat faco tIav b,
ed the former on a false statement, now excuse The
latter, when that lalsehood has become reality -
We shall pin them TO this point.