The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-18

ssIfdsfsncs -The Hon. mr.. Evans. Of Maryland.
This gentleman saw fit, Tuesday last in the
House of Representatives assai and msrepresent the
editor OF this paper his usual numbering style OF speak
ing. His remarks now before US, they pub
lished in the Globe OF yesterday We have attentivey
examined and weighed them; and we feel constrained
to pronounce them untrue illiberal, and caumnous.
II often happens that forced to reply TO unbound
ed calumny, because il emanaes from those who are
known to the country; but in the present instance we are
forced to reply to the criticisms of the honorable AeI-
ander Euans, of Maryland, for opposite reasonbe-
cause he is known to the country II The nation
knew anything about him, we should pass him by with
silent contempt--as have passed by the attacks OF
Mr. Sany, of North Carolina-with the full assurance
that his reputation would carry along with his charges
all the defence which the case would require.
The remarks to which we aude will be found in
another column. And the first point which strikes us
is a wilful misstatement or a statement which con-
victs the member from Maryland of utter ignorance
OF the subject of which he treats and ncompetency
in the discharge of his public duties. The one we
hold TO be reprehensible as the other for the man
who assails and seeks TO inure another, without in
quirng into the facts of the case devoid Of justice
as if knowing those facts, he had wlfully and DELHI
erately fals6ed them. But this is not all. We will
prove what we say, and brand him. so that all honest
men may hereafter know what his assertions
worth The first Misrepresentation uttered by him is
his assertion that the contractor for the public printing
has bound himself to execute the public printing
coding prescribed specimen and yet he processes
to have read the contract and TO have investigated the
whole matter. The contractor has done such thing
There has been specimen agreed for the paper
printing Of Congress- Mr.. Evans well knew--f,
indeed, he held his word worth enough to
require him to investigate the facts upon which he
spoke No specimen alluded to in the contract
of the printer; and the printer had nothing to guide
him, in the fuhlment Of his obligation, but the work
which had heretofore been deemed satisfactory by
Congress- and he unheSa,ingly says, (and he defes
Mr. Evans to deny it that the work which he has done
for Congress has been surpassed by any printer
TO Congress from the foundation of the government to
the present time. After this false assertion of Mr. Evans
land he says, forsooh, that he has taken pains look
into the conract) he represents that letter the
chairman OF the Committee Printing declared that
the manner in which we executed the printing for the
two houses of Congress too bad for the printing OF
the remarks upon the death of the late President This
assertion is used attack upon the in which
the public printing has been executed and attack upon
tves. Now, Mr.. Evans ought to have known that the
committee had determined that the remarks upon the
death Of the late President should be printed in the
style as the remarks on the death of Mr. Calhoun
which, we understand were executed in Philadelphia
and in superior style That style OF printing came
within the contract. inasmuch As the contract en-
braces every description OF printing; but it is we'll
known to every member of Congress, who knows
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vestsaton pending to the proper remunera-
ton for the class Of printing under which the pamphlet
would fall. The printer unwilling to execute any
work, unless should be executed under his understand
og OF the contracts yet he anxious the time
that the work should be speedily DONE and executed in
the elegant style. He unwilling. therefore, to
take the particular printing under the and
furthermore the Committee on Printing had determined
that the particular printing should be paid for at certain
fixed price; which price, though liberal one was Is
tablshed without regard to the spuatons OF The print
ing contract Our letter. therefore, could be fairly con-
suued to that willing to dispense with
the strict execution Of the contract in this instance.
As to the assertion that the provisions OF the printing
contract faithfully executed would insure the execution
Of the public printing in handsome manner and on
low the reports of the British Parliament we
have only say that this assertion as sratuous as
is untrue. The member from Maryland surely mean, by
this portion OF his harangue to deceive his constituents
into the belief that he knew something OF matters beyond
his baiIiwck, and even the transactions Of the
British Parliament But be has deceived them. II Mr.
Evans will look at Report II. X. No 1884, goth Con.
sress LIST session., he will find the prices paid by the
British Parliament exceed those paid by the American
Congress at least hundred per cent.
The Maryland member is then liberal enough to speak
OF "a SWINDLE"-of swindling the government; yet,
when he was interrupted by Mr. Holmes, of South Caro-
lima, he compelled to shift his ground. and to present
himself in ridiculous attitude He was endeavor-
ing the belief that the contractor pas cheating
the government yet, in the BREATH he had to ca,
his words, and admit upon the spot tina, the con.
tractor might not have received enough pay him for his
work by 100 per cent Does the member from MARYLAND
know the meaning of the words which he employs
Does he speak like IDIOT without attaching any sort of
significance to any Of his phrases How lei US ask can
the government be cheated by men who are
doing the work of the government at less than the
cost OF their work DO cheat in order TO cheat them
selves' DO enter into losing contract in order TO
cheat othenl But" says Mr.. Evans at rcos gross
sonde after entering into contract 10 do The ,cork
IN eerta,n ayts-whieh style good enough, and
good proposed by the chairman of the Com.
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