The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-04-18
THE CONFESSION.

THE CONFESSION.
weaver was originally to have had the profits Of
The 1000 copies ordered by the Secretary and was
certainly sOlled 10 compensation the author Of
The Compendium, Ian additional number OF copies oil
which were ordered by Congress,) MIR. kises
told him that he would give him s., 500 TO furnish
the copy to complete the work, and IN lieu Of all
claim To profits under the first arrangement, (Which
he had resigned ~ the mandate at the Secreta-
ry) provided Congress paid the Globe Office the ie-
gal price To which il entitled for the execution
Of the work. Globe.
Weaver was in the employ of the Govern
ment His time belonged 10 I,he Government.
A copyright for official papers in one of the Elk
ecuve Departments, which had cost the Cow
eroment millions! A pretty subterfuge!
''Mr. Rives told him (Weayer) that he would
give him $4,000 to furnish copy"-and this
while Weaver was paid by The day by the Gov
ernment TO furnish IT Che Government copy
Was there ever ranker brbery2
S. eaking Of the printing OF the Census, the
Globe says
With regard to the right of the Globe Office to the
execution of the work. under the order Of the super
ntendent clerk of the Census by authority Of the
Secretary, the committee say "1his clerk had been
the organ Of cation btt,ceen The State Drpar
ment and Blair & Rues IN the erecuon Of the printing
Of all the general aggregates Of the Srh Census; and
from this fact, as we as from, his official position and
connerion 10Th the subject generally they had reasonable
ground 10 believe that his order sanction both by
lac and the head Of The Depa tmeni"
Then why did The Globe agree to give the su
perintendent SO, 500 for the job2
Although MIR. Webster had directed in September
transfer Of the work began at the Globe Office IN
June, and was apprized by letter from Blair Rives
that it begun, under note from the superin-
tendent conveying the order as "by the authority Of
the Secretary Of Staie"- although they informed him
they intended to prosecute the printing Of the work
under that authority, he never disavowed it, de-
MED TO in any way the validity Of the order made
in his own name, (and which he was apprised stood
on record the letter-book of his own Department
until after the put LEGATION was completed, and pre-
scented the ensuing session Of Congress for its and
his acceptance and then his declaration that he had
not authorized the Globe Office TO print, is shown to
be mere equivocation, by testimony proving con-
clusively that he gave Mr.. Weaver permission to
press--when he well knew that all the Census work
was going on at the Globe press.-Giobe.
We beg ave to quote portion Of Mr.. Web
ster's testimony before the Select Committee of
Congress:
"Queston LIST, by J. g. Rives. Did you, or did
you rot, or before the 7h day of June, lS4l au-
lhorize the experimenting clerk of the 9Th census to
have a compendium Of the 9th census printed under
the then existing aws'
"Answer. | did not. d. WEBSTER"
"Question 3D. Did you, did you not, late in
June, early in July, 1871, authorize the superin-
tending clerk of the sixth to request Blair &
Rives to suspend the printing of the compendium Of
the sixth censusi
" Answer. do not remember the date but the first
time that the experimenting clerk informed me or
gave me to understand that Messrs Blair g. Riyes
were printing compendium Of the sixth census, un-
der the expectation of being paid for such printing
by the Department OF State, directed him 10 90 to
those gentlemen Immediately and say to them that
there was no authority in the Department TO order
such printing; that had given order for it that
the Department would not pay for and that il they
proceeded with the work they would do so at their
own risk.
ID. WEBSTER
Question Sd. Did you, or did you not, on the 2lst
day of September, lo4l, direct the experimenting
clerk Of the sixth to call on Blair Il Riyes and
obtain from them the copy of the compendium Of the
sixth which had been ihsna print
3D. and deliver il TO Thomas Allen for the purpose of
having it printed by him
Answer After the passing Of the act Of Septem-
Der J. lo4l ] ordered that the compendium therein
required should be printed by Thomas Allen, and
gave direction TO the experimenting clerk to furnish
II to him for that purpose. gave him no direction
to go to Blair Riycs for anything connected with
the subject for nothing in their hands by my or
Ger.
d. WEBSTER
And yet the G ODE persists in saying:
The National lntellgencer was the avowed or
gan OF Mr.. Gays branch Of he Wing party In this
state of things Mr. Webster was willing to make the
experiment Of modifying the anmadversions Of the
Globe, by sending this important job OF Mr. Weaver
to its press, under the supposton that we
would be interested in itn
Nothing tcas said to Mr. Blair, but the printing was
sent-csa sop, we have no doubt TO Ccrberus -
Globe.
Was Weaver Cerberus2 The Globe does
not deny having agreed TO pay him $500.