The daily union., 1852-04-15
The Public Printing.

The Public Printing.
We published yesterday the report of the able chair
man OF the House Committee on Printing, in order
that readers might the state Of this portion OF the
public business. II will be perceived that the committee
have been driven to the necessity of acting they
have done by the failure of the contractor to execute his
work. The law providing remedy for such failure, the
committee could not do less than follow the Injunction
Of the law and. formed as the committee was, they
could not do so without dividing the work And
YET distinguished and honorable members Of the House
have taken up the idea that there was something ex-
ceedDgy indelicate in the proposition TO give thai
portion of the printing which the contractor had
failed 10 do according TO law TO the presses of the
Washington Union and the Republic The terms co.,
ioas and bargains for the sake Of the spols have been
freely applied; and, what is most surprising to us, they
have been applied by those who understand what
meant by such TERMS should have been the last have
brought them forward We aude particularly the hon
orable member from Mississippi Mr. Brown, who seemed
ohave specially in his keeping the interests OF the South
en- Prena paper already infamous for its abuse Of the
democratic party and its avowed efforts to dsmember our
eonederacy and bring into contempt all who have been
Hmenal in defeating the mischevous agitation of the
saionists and dsunionists One would suppose that the
hsnds OF such journal would be cautious in the
depthe,s assaing others with lack OF public virtue
Butt not alone the Infamous noorey acquired by this
journal in its upon the best interests OF our country
which units it for the task imposed upon il OF exposing
coalitions and bargains but the fact that il has been itself
for months past openly in the market, doing the very
thing which its friends affect to despse This is
proved by its own columns, which are full OF overures
OF the most gross kind intended to control portion OF the
public printing. We cite few of these unblushing
acknowledgements Of prosacy In that paper Of the l4th
Of February last is the following:
lie, the two pate, at the South who differ little that
there only drop OF aggression between them, and
mere difference in the mode OF restanceet these parties
now unite and demand indemnity for the Comp promise
Let them require purchase OF Cuba. The srfemie
dale between England and France Is now broken and
they longer interfere with negotiation between us
Spain The xation OF Cuba viii restore the po-
,ical equilibrium between the North and South And
twill be popular measure even IN the North ana west
"of course we to be the organ; but we intend to
give fat slices Of the printing to our aDguishing
friend Of the Union, and to the Republic and the lnte
gsncer although they Illegally withhold the executive
printing from u.s."
Again, on the 9th OF April, the same journal aeknowl-
edges the agency OF its friends In the endeavor TO bargain
for the public printing
"An made by Of our friends to obtain for
by democratic msioty in both houses we were urged 10
pledge ourselves for the democratic nominee We
seadfssy refused to make any pledges or bargains We
conened ourselves with saying that thought the demo
cratic nominee would probably be acceptable TO the
South than the whig and that opinion is entirely vnd-
Gated by the recent vote the Compounds. And in
sisted that since party strong enough alone
troll the printing any other question, II both
y and proper that the which had the greatest
t both from previous and probable parry association and
pinciple should unite and give the printing their
spectivc presses. But knew that although there were
In the democratic ranks many who might be confdcd in
Tor good faith aud fair dealing It also contained n
clique Of nanow-minded bitter, vindctivc, and poscrp-
tive persons who, however friendly and cordial thoy ght
pretend to be before election, would prescribe
body not OF thor set Afterwards IL they had
obtain tho aid of their political opponents to effect it,
But in order that The friends Of this coalition. haiing
srocae OF the OF dsunon may understand how il
receives their declaration in behalf Of its purity and inno
oencs we make extrac, from its yesterdays leader in
the following words
Asfor the policy sacrificing super-transccn-
dental idea Of total political scfdenal, shall acqu
Ce any OF our friends in Congress exalted in
mof conceptions they may try the experiment on
"'mseves OF having no connexion with government and
sBh ther seats, at least their per diem and mileage
"ehaye such an abiding conviction OF political
integrity that we would risk the receipt OF the executive
printing oil which deprived in violation OF law,
h accept hafthe Congress printing, and half the
printing at good prices, and still fancy ourselves quite
pure and patriotic any OF ths gentlemen who for
asmocratic reunion"
we should not have noticed such acknowledg-
msn' OF proAigacy. had not the honorable member
nOm Mississippi manifested so great an anxiety in
ns remarks lest the public interest should fall sac
nnce TO the party bias OF the members Of the Printing
.omm's'ee. That gentleman called to his aid his friend
rom Massachusetts, Mr. Rantoul, who declared that he
could defend his coalitions but not those founded on
p0oe punder. Coalitions to break up the Union were all
''cusable, but coalitions to execute the laws were infa-
nous W" all right enough to prevent the Washing
VI Union from being employed public printer, long
meTeoy the door Of hope kept open for the South
"n fres' and the National Era. but the moment the
COMMITTEES acted they were bound to do by the provis-