The southern press., 1852-04-17

We did not hear the debate In the Rouse,
Yesterday, on the Public Printing. Nor did we
hear the speech of Senator BoRLAKD, on the
same subject. We have, however, been aP.
priced of statements made in both, which re-
quire our attention; and we have the high graft
6cation of being able to show that our whole
course in relation to this transaction has been
without reproach.
Mr.. GoRMAs states that the editor OF the
Columbus Times, who was here some weeks
ago, made overtures to the Committee on Print.
ing, for portion of it for the Southern Press,
and offered to pledge this paper to an acquies.
cence in the Compromise, and to the support Of
the Baltimore nominee As to Mr.. FoRsYTH,
he can answer for himself-and so can we, and
90 will we And therefore, we now state, that
neither we ourselves have ever offered, or pro-
posed, or intended to do either, that is To sup
port the nominee of the Baltimore conventio n,
or to acquiesence in lthe Compromise. On the
contrary, when such things have been proposed
to US, as they have been, we invariably and
promptly refused. And no person has ever had
any authority, express or implied, directly or in
directly, to make any such offer. And We re-
peat. that we have never offered any pledge,
promise, or stipulation OF any kind whatever.
Mr.. BoRLAKp states, we understand, that the
senior editor Of this paper proposed to him to
give the printing to the Union and Southern
Press, and that he refused He did refuse to
give it to the Union at all, in whole or in part.
We urged him to do so, on the ground that the
Union was the organ of portion of the Demo-
cratic party, and that portion agreed with the
Southern Rights party more nearly than any
other party, or part Of party. But he was in.
flexible. In this refusal we differed from him.
We thought such an arrangement the only one
that could be made under the circumstances
with any propriety. 1t is true, we diff red from
the Union widely on some questions, but on
those we differed perhaps still more widely from
the Republic or Inlelhgencer, and on some
questions we agreed with the Union, and the
Compromise Democrats. of the North and South
II is true, We were aware that the Union, under
its present editorial control, was occasionally
seurrilous, and generally incompetent, but then
we had intimations that the present editor, il
was hoped, would retire from the chair. II
thus appears that our position has been uni
formly consistent and irreproachable-a
that we have never said word in private 10
any member Of the committee in The slightest
degree Incompatible Nth phat zoe had before said
publicly in the editorial columns Of this paper.
And since the revelation of private converse
lions is the order of the day, we not only waive
all objections to the publication of anything we
have said on this subject to anybody, but we
defy any man to state anything that will mpl.
cate US, in the slightest degree, in any ncousis
tency. We conversed with Mr.. BoELASp, we
think, twice, and with Mr.. STANTON twice, on
the subject and in all these cases at or near the
close Of the committees deliberations on the
subject, and because we understood they had
or were about TO decide, on the fatal and mon.
strous coalition Of the Union and Republic. We
made no reference 10 prices nor had any knopledg.
Of bids We did not even examine the law on
the subject until the day before we published il
and did not dream that in what The committee
proposed to do, they were acting without lega
authority. We are thus entirely exempt ever
from a particle of improperly in reference Il
this whole transaction. We are even utterly
exempt from any design 10 break down the
Union, for any cause whatever For, il oul
counsel had been followed that interesting con
esrn would have been preserved, for the NORTH
cation of its friends, and the amusement of liz
foes.
But Mr.. GoRnAs states that the proprietors
Of the Republic never called on him, or on the
committee on this subject. Well, as resort has
been made TO private conversations for the pur.
pose Of injuring the Southern Press, we now
call on Mr.. GoRMAs 10 state the private con.
vsrsations Of the propretors Of the Union IL
him and TO the committee in reference to this
coalition? We ask him whether they, or one
of them, did not advise, suggest, or urge him
or the committee TO vote for giving this printing
to the Republic and Union And we ask Mr.
TRUMAN SMITH at Mr.. HAVEN whether the
propristors or friends Of the Republic did NOT
call on them, or one Of them, 10 advise or urge
that arrangement And we would ask further
whether, when this question was first agitated
in the House, and a resolution offered on the
subject, whether Democrats did not 20 about
70 persuade Wings 10 the House, TO vote
against suspending The rules 10 consider that
resolution, telling them that the interests Of the
Republic newspaper would be injured by con.
sidering the resolution! Now, all this difficulty
has arisen, as most others that have occurred
IN this government, since the establishment O
the Southern Press, from q disregard of ouI
advice. Let any man Of candor and common
sense, consider our advice, both on the Compro
mise and on the Printing, and he will be com
PEELED 10 confess that II il had been followed
things would have gone on much better.
BY the way, we learn from that very authenti
source, private conversations, that the Repubii
has made new compromise-thst Il has prom