New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-18
LIE, in connection IT'D the proposition Tor printing
the Euloeies on the late President, &c. In pam

the Euloeies on the late President, &C In pam
phlet form; , r.,
Nv he ser.r by the House OF Representatives. 70 the
Cen miss 90 r,p,,os 81 81 oc ep-. on the sSoess In
boh Houses with other hat ssctons connected win me
fureA honofs paid 10 The deceased President 0fhe Unea
Although II 10 completely clear that the printing OF
vsmphe, falls within the contract for the pubic pnn',
Ing, ~ Mia tcAioh connected Al Aud, Alm0asa
an ,s,6td thai the job door uooer The only pro
6sbe part Of The contract yet great my conhoenee 10
fTs6t liberal sppro prison from the other oppressive
Psis OF we e%nnse'-sno 90 gses. 10y , S b,rh ,bs
American Pres 10 susceptible that fS eheeyfsAy yield
any interest may have 10 ius execution
We could do the work very handsomely al the UHim
cce buihee some appliances 10 ne printing sr' to
be obsrtd IN Phi sdepbis or oher cite' 10 The Norh
which would tpsbe ihe'T pt'e, 20 execute Inc Won 10
more e. lea ant s'y Than ~e could display.
Therefore md sou Of embsarr assmen which your
otbersi Printing Contract would impose hereby beg
pave 10 he uuo esiood hat u al tho obligations Of the
Couuset are dbpeus.d With On my part and hope iha
you wisle ali The mesos TO have executed In
Inc suns ne s Hse1iHe
Tocol New lie Chairman Of Printing Committee
Having taken a glance at this curious document,
you can see the obvious proprety Of the course OF
Mr.. DUR in insisting on proviso that nothing in
the resolution on this subject, which was passed
10 day should be considered as in the least affect
ing the contract with the RITcHIE contractors.
say RICHIE contractors, because Father RlTCBIE
has not only confessed himself connected with the
contract in the foregoing letter. but also admitted
TO the WENTWORTH Committee that he was re-
sponsible" for the whole matter. 1t was very pro-
per that such guard should be thrown around the
subject Ii also shows that the language Of EVANS
of Md. In characterZiDg the business of the print
ing ss a "swindle throughout" was but the Ian
guage Of just indignation exerted by this extra
ordinary proposition of Father RITCHIE. The ef-
feet Of accepting the proposition as it is expressed
would have been clearly release ofthe contractor.
But am glad this subject Of printing has come
up at length so that the attention Of the people
may be drawn to it The mode Of doing things at
present is wofully corrupt and corupting, and it
ought TO be reformed Some Hercules in Congress
should let the food Of Reform upon this Augean
stable, and purify it or sweep It utterly away
In my opinion Government PTlRttRg Estdbttsh-
gltnt is the Only mode of correction. With H. ten,
or a hundred, a thous and hands If need be, could
be put upon the work, TO get it out at the day
necessary. Then the cost would be regulated like
the cost Of typographical labor elsewhere. There
would be, If the establishment were well guarded,
no chance for ali that swindng and rascality to
which the contract system opens the way
The printing discussion to day id an amount OF
good rarely accomplished so incidentally. II, how
ever, caused some exhibitions hardly becoming
the occasion, seeing that the matter under discuss
ion grew out of the melancholy event which has
Just thrown q Nation into mOurning-es specially an
exhibition Of wrath given by Arkansas JOHNSON,
when he questioned the propriety Of the Speakers
impsTtslity and fairness. The Speaker, as you
will see by the proceedings backed out and as
signed the floor 10 JOHNSON, after having positively
cOnteBded for some time that be could not recog-
nize the arrangements between members as 10 the
floor But, them remembering how they do things
in Arkansas, cleaving down Speakers Of the Leg
islature in the chair with those delicate weapons
known as Arkansas Toothpicks the Speaker
show ed good deal Of discretion after all aud dis
cre,on is declared by Of those current proverbs
which nobody dsres TO dispute, to be the better
part Of valor you know.
word In this connection, about the denial of
Father RICHIE that 'the Contractor, as he speaks
of him in the Union this morning, has discharged
all his compostors, and his assertion that those
who were discharged will be employed soon
again-tbat they only got month or two ahead OF
the pressmen, and all that All have b. say is,
while OF course not presuming TO doubt his word,
that il 10 pity he did not give the discharged COM
positors 80 to understand their position. That some
OF them, at least had the best reason 10 consider
themselves permanently discharged, have evil
dence altoe ether reliable The story we have in
the Union, in behalf of "the Contractor" looks
ss-y --~~h like an after thought generated by the
OF Ohio and others. He may think himself lucky
"the Contractor" is permitted to recall the dis
missed hands. A Sun 10 among the movements
contemplated. 1 do not hesitate to say that Con.
eress has shown a criminal forbearance in this
whole business but, at the same time, do not
pretend TO dictate the proper course to pursue with
the view Of getting the public printing out OF It's
present dsgraceful and corrupting dilemma.
SIGMA