The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-08-14
Of seventy thousand dollars, was wholly

Afier the repair Of the House, IN the
years 1917 and 'lS, during the admin
isra,ion Of Mr.. Monroe, the records
show appropriations for refurnieing it TO
the aggregate amount OF $4,000.
10 the administration ofMr. John @.
Adams the grants amounted 10 $50 Que,
In that Of General Jackson $39 900,
In that ofMr. Van Buren they have
been, to this time, $40, 600.
The statement from which! read,
givss,he date Of each law and the pre-
else appropriation under il. i
Such, Mr.. Chairman. are the sums
-whelher lavish or not. shalt not siop
TO consider which from time TO time,
have been voted bY Congress; aud these
are the ''feceivets" 10 whomthe mem-
ber refers s-men who, for accepting tho
Accommodations provided by law for
the Office which they sustained, are
charged with "robblng the Treasury
and fleeing the People" These are
they Of whom i, is said "The receiver
is as bad as the Thief" The elder
! Adams, the daunil- -ss asserter Of A.
merican freedom; Jefferson the co-pa>
trioi Of Adsms, the draughtsman ofthe
Declaration Of independence, the great
apostle of liberty, The very chief Of dem
ocrats; Madison, the champion Of The
Constitution, the patriot statesman and
sage; Monroe, the soldier Of the Rev
olution, the breve defender Of the Re.
public in the first war, the iDffexibe and
unc compromising advocate Of national
honor, rights, and interests 10 the last:
these are they who received the appro-
, pria,ions. and to whom the adage 10 ap-
piled. Names dsaihless IN fame, i'm
: mortal 10 the history OF their conu,ry's
I renowul My venerAted colleague TOO,
I the learned civilian, the accomplished ed
i d,ploma,ist, the inc rruptibe magistrate,
d he who on this floor is the most fearless
Q g. faithful of the servants oftle people
together with the Hero Of New Orleans
Il "ihe greatest and the besi," and ,h'
,' more humble 'follower 10 the foot
II steps" they also are within the oblo'
o guy Of the same reproach.
N And who is the theft The Congress of ,ht
n. Unrted States, the RepresenIativ Of the peoPl
m IN snrcession, through series Of more rnan 10
ty years. These are the men who, by making
lhe appropriations. in the sentiment ofthe nun
20 ber from Pennsylvania, Plundered the Treasu
all nv and robbed their constituents Is there al
ss individual within the sound ofmy voice who's
~. cheek does not burn with Indignation at Il
;" bare recital of the charge3 Where were III
hg sleepless sentinels Of the Peoples rights, IL
Ia dragon guardians Of the pable chests, whe
he these spoilers, robbed il of its treasure I WI
No no arm raised for the protection Search u
= journals Of either House Of Congress and ne
u ther voice nor vote is found against one ftho
lls appropriations. IF they deserve the charact
,s. now attempted to be given them, how happeI
of it that in forty years there has been no resistant
to their passage - How happens it, lndee,
~ thet in the last Congress, Of which this Pen
e. sylvanian, of more than Spartan virtue. was
INT member, no opposition was offered 10 grants p
he csely similar 10 those contained in the prese
an bill Z They passed without objection then.
~ mr. Ogle. No; member near me says
~ ~ ohJected.l
q" Mr.. Lincoln, Who is the man heard
no dssentient If any had the virtue, at Il
m time to think it wrong, he had not the cours
ell to make 1t known. Where is the recorded W
a, at call even for division upon the questio
~ Sir, the truth is, such grants were thou,
10 proper upon the original consideration Of the
the and subsequently, they have been Of course a
be usual. is
10 lflhe People will no longer approve the
,u- Congress must refer back, byslegisIation,
"a. their occasion; dispose ofthe "White Hous,
'o' send the furniture 70 auction; and leave the
m ident to provide for himself his place Of rt
as dence and means Of accommodation WI
~ this shall appear to be the judgment Of the p
- pie, shall be found among the last to withsti
-" their will.
'"0 There is another topic upon which the m,
ON her has harped loud and long - the style
Ong fashion Of the articles which have been pnr
try sed under the appropriations In my imper
I;nr y reported remarks, to which the member
ss freely refers for text to bis folio annoiatic
Vp' with the reading of which, for hours, he ha
the cupie6 the time of this committee, not a.sn
the article was particularly specified OF justified
hal, me. Wherefore, then. does he attempt to m
~; me responsible for such as he has chosen 10
~" signate, and for the extravaganza Of which
lteo on The fidelity Of his description only, he .
It n, a sentence of condemnation did say, ho'
II er, generally, have already to-day repea
n - and now reiterate, that 10 casual obse
" the furniture appears neither loo rich nor to
Fess bundant for the size and magni6ceDce Of
the manson, nor too good for the use Of the
tra- representative officers Of free and sover
a,e. people. But Of this make 10 matter of PEE
, al controversy with the member. Innders
nus, him now to say that he has never been al
OF house. How WELL then, it may comport !
, af> a becoming modesty, or sense Of justice Q,
erns 10 denounce unseen that which prudent and
ora5le men have sanctioned, / leave for OF
49, to consider. He condemns the articles as
|S1 the exhibition Of aristocralic pride and splen
Of Well, sir,I defendnot The purchase Of I
ANS. articles, but take my position behind the 9
49, acter Of those by whose authority they
P'O procured. insist that whatever fault has
committed It lies with those who. FURNISHED
and means Of surh extravaganza, II extravag