The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-04-10

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bid both by MIR. Greer who finally obtained H. and
BY Ryes who did not obtain H. In this you are also
Mistaken as the hand writing upon the book proves
that the word accepted" in no instance written
by the Postmaster, but written by one OF the
two clerks of the Department who made the com
parsons and calculations. Each Of those gentlemen
will testify, IL any cousiye fraudulent or unlaw-
full intention existed, that they not pryy 10 H.
They had made mistake in the multiplication Of
figures On a review they found out the error, which
was corrected without the interference of any bidder
in interest
| hardly need TO multiply words 10 prove your
charges Of collision, fraud and violation Of law in
these Post Office contracts TO be not only false, but
10 the highest degree wanton and malicious. II the
public not already satisfied all the points pre-
sented by yourself and your interested witness, the
statement of Mr.. Childs, the clerk in the Depart
ment, who almost exclusively directed and superin-
tended the whole business Of advertising for propo
sails, receiving opening and entering the bids, max
ing the calculations and entering acceptances agreea
bly, To law, will satisfy every person by whom he is
known who wishes to know the truth This state
ment, hope, he will hereaf er make.
But you are not satisfied with the charge of colu-
sion corruption and fraud in the Post Office
tracts. You charge with being "falsfer of ac-
counts" and with making false statements OF the
vast amounts you have received from the Treasury.
You say that statement of figures received at
the Department throws light on my bids for the
Post Office contracts; but ''shows the blackness OF
the man" This matter of ''prices paid to Blair and
Rives for printing" entered precisely as received
it, was no ''fancy sketch" of mine The manuscript
memorandum of the second column showed the
lual prices paid Blair and Rves for printing without
furnishing paper, and the first column was after
wards entered on the memorandum in pencil on
request to ascertain the paid where the printers
found paper the mistake was my own in supposing
the sum paid to others for blank paper and printing
was paid to them. If they had found the paper
likewise, il would do them no injustice to say that
their prices would have been nothing below those
given in the first column.
You charge me with falsfyng the Blue Book and
exceeding the sum thee marked paid to you.-
made pretence to accurate calculations in haste
while resting al my table few minutes before din
ner l selected from the last Blue Book fifty or
hundred separate items, adding up and finding the
sum for two years 10 be s2O3,54O 10; and said
received directly from the Treasury, for printing for
the several Departments Of the Government, near
or quite half million Of dollars, than to,n'
hundred dollars for each working day in that time
The net profits this great sum, saved to the Gov
ernment if the work had been done at the prices ac
ceped on the bids of Hill Sons for the Post Office
blanks, would amount to nearly quite two hun
bred dollars for each working day
But you ingeniously contrve to evade the truth
by summing up all the money received by f. p Blair
and Blair Rives on several successive Blue Books
copying from no less than five Of these books which
are published every two years. 1t is true the Globe
establishment twice more beaten in contests
for the public printing in either branch Of Congress
by bank men, and that enormous amounts Of money
were paid Gales Seaton, Duff Green, and others,
for the printing at that time their charges were
then thought and declared by your Globe to be as
exorbitant think yours to be now. Deprived
of that printing under Gen Jacksons administration
you petted by the President and heads Of De-
parment with all the patronage they could give you
|, myself, procured for your first Extra Congress
sional Globe several thousand subscribers received
and paid over to you in the space of few weeks
several thousand dollars-purchased and paid you
hundreds OF dollars taken from my pay a
member of the Senate for pamphlet speeches and
documents ag inst and exposing the frauds of Nicho-
las Biddle and the late Bank of the United States
None Of this money entered in the Blue
BooE, or taken into the account Of the FOUR HUN
lDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND SEVEN
HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN DOLLARS and
6ny-two cents, which you say is the L" total paid TO
+. p. Blair and Blair Rves from the time Of the
establishment Of the Globe, the It'll Of December,
1880, to the 3Oth September, ls4l, according 10 The
Blue Book "
To conceal the truth is better than TO falsify
and deny the TRUTH because by such ament the
people equally deceived. Now, why did you
take your statement Of receipts exclusively from the
Blue Book and cite that authority, when your own
cash books or entries Of charges would present a
much more accurate account Of your rcceipts'
II is said by those persons who presumed to
have correct information that you have since the pub
LEGATION Of the last Blue Book settled running accounts
with several Of the Departments, extending back for
years that you had suffered these accounts remain
because you had more money than you knew what to
do WITH and did not press the claims for immediate
payment while the Treasury was short Of funds
that you very graciousy consented TO become Co
yernment creditor and take single Treasury note Of
one hundred, one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars barring interest of six per cent, in time Of
Government scarcity that this Treasury note was
taken for the OF debt which became TO you
consolidated six per cent stock, converting the float
ing omnum into the means which in Gres,
Britain make the rich mans wealth swallow up The
larger part Of the avas Of the poor mans labor by
involuntary contribution. To swell this amount.
the same job Of printing was done twice over
to get the profits on this job you have been nc.
cused Of making bargain with a clerk in the De-
partment Of State since Mr. Van Buren, went out of