New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-04
The City Printing.

If do not reply fully TO the article in ye-,e'-
DAYS Courier Oh The Printer to the Board OF AZ
dermen. our reader, viii understand tina, We r.
irain from regard, not to The Courier bui to Mr..
King. on whom We intended no reflection by ON
comment, on his appointment. If the Corporate
had chosen to make him mpiroller0r Corporate,
Counsel, We nj. hi. hot at all blaming him in IT,
premises, have pronounced the selection uudiciou..
But our objection to the appointment actually mad
wa, not at all personal. Had itbecn so, Ne mig.i
have insisted the fact that Mr.. X. la, been fo'
Years citizen of another State, and not voter a.
this. "a. at ob icction We objected simpyto thecicc
ton as Printer Of man who i, not Printer %.
all and has never been engaged in the business oi
General or Job Printing. We objected to this alp
Pointment because It appeared to be made on Tire
Spoils principle TO which We have ever bee
aycrse of finding an Office for the man aud not lie
man bcs, fitted for the Office. We objected, b.
cause We believe a saving might fairly and just,
be effected by giving out the City Printing sll To-
gether by contract to the best bidder; or, iailu
This. we thought 1t should be- distributed among Tia
most deserving job Printers Of the City. llavii
publicly advocated this course before the VIII
were in power We consider no apology ncce,,ar,
for adhering TO osr convictions when the crcsn-
stances had changed
And now a word in reply TO the insinuaion %,
Ihe Courier that if our refusal to receive auy al
the Corporation job Prntng - had been put forth
"prerious to the election Ct Printers TO the two
Board. and to the Common Council instead Of
the day after those places had been filed, II
"would doubtless have received more credit" &c.
Now it is not our practice to make parade Of de-
clining Offices. but we happen to have evidence al
hand in this instance On the 20M If AprH (-N
weeks before the election of Printers,) The .SuB
asserted that we were fishing for some of this Print
ing or expecting it. The NEXT day (2lst) we rc
piled to this imputa,ion in the following word'
which viii be found directly under the Edtori
head Of The Tribune:
1t can only be necessary to state that are haze
"uniformly adcocoted tie giring Of the CorDo.
ration Printing By contract TO me forrest bill
'der, and that hare uniformity deciared h
"our friends (many of whom have rendered
their sspport) that IRE lcouM IN no case he
"caadidate for hat Printing, or reccige a on
"anytcrms. 1f any one think our word
"nceds cndoi scIncnf theso points refer him
"to the Alderman elect Of the Fifteenth Ward, or
:" to any one Of the many with whom wa have con.
"vcrsed on the subject. Our determination
az this point has been openly, publicly proclaimed
con all fitting occasions, and is notorious
If any man wishes farther evidence on th. head
we presume AID Underwood, w. Dodge, Davies,
Atwcl OF Mr., Van Nerdcn, Printer to the Board
of Assistants, Will satisfy him-thesc being amone
some hundreds of Wings and Loco ocos to whom
We have publicly, repeatedly, positively declared
II, all times that we would have none of tbs
Printing.
The Courier's ardent commentator of all tho
now appointments not called for by any thing
in our columns. We objected only TO the Tripci
pie on which a single one had been made If the
officer, generally stand in need of any endorse
ment, we think it would have better look if given
by some journal whose Printer had not been np.
pointed to Que of the mos, lucrative places under
the Corporation.