The southern press., 1852-05-08

adopted, substantially, the whole bid aud estimate
Of Towers, and that the price we propose TO give
does not vary 500 from that estimate.
Mr.. EVANS. AS never said that the gen.
tleman had varied from Towers's contract, and
never knew what Towers's contract was, pre-
sumo the geutlersan cannot refer to me.
| Mr.. GORMAN. Certainly not. But it has
been whispered sboat in certain quarters.
! Mr.. EVANS, ] never said anything of the
Sort and do not say SO now. ! am sorry there
are so many personal difficulties surrounding
! this printing discussion | announced, at the
beginning of this discussion, and notwithstand
ing all that has been said about it, can an
nounce it to-day from the bottom of my heart,
that can attribute no improper or corrupt mo-
tive to the gentleman from Indiana, Mr.. Cor
MAN, or the gentleman from Kentucky, Mr..
STANTON. They are the last gentlemen TO
whom could attribute any such motives. !
know nothing about Towers's bid But this is
matter Of public interest, and we have to base
! this public printing upon some system. 1t be-
comes u.s. therefore, to have free, fair field, and
candid discussion upon this subject, doing JUS
tice to all men, ard injuring the feelings Of no
man. | would not willingly do it, 1t strikes
me as singular thing, that Boyd Hanilton's
prices were not increased to enable him to go
on, for " money makes the mare GO"
Mr.. STANTON We had no power to in
crease the prices of Boyd Hamilton; and we
were compelled, by law, TO employ some one
else to do the work and charge him and his
securities with the difference in price.
Mr.. EVANS. The House will Judge be-
tween me and the gentleman in regard to the
power | will not peruse that branch of the
subject any further. will not dwell upon the
short comings or long. goings of the committee,
or express any sentiment at all upon it. They
have done differently it is true, from what |
would have done. They have acted upon differ
ent principles and from different motives.
There are combinations existing in this city,:
combinations bearing heavily upon us all, and
which myself will not say found it impos-
ble-but difficultto resist; combinations which
have appealed to me as well as to you all.
These combinations ought to be resisted at
once, or they will exist here forever; for this is
not the work of one day. but of all time. And
all future Congresses will find the same things,
unless we now at once, and with all our manli-
ness and force, resist them. For one, am
prepared to do it, They are found nowhere
else will not quote the example of absolute
governments for our imitation, for love free
! dom, and hate absolute governments; but in
certain matters we may look abroad to see if
we cannot meet with something that may bene-
fit ourselves. The English government have a
national printing office, which, as far as know,
has been carried on without any charge of cor
ruption being made against it. So has the
French government: so has the Prussian gov.
eminent, and so has the Austrian government.
Mr. GORMAN With the permission Of the
gentleman from Maryland, desire to make a
suggestion to the House This Patent Office
report has to be printed by some one. | wish
the House to understand that ! have simply re
ported the usual resolution for the printing Of
the number that you usually order have done
nothing Use. am not going 10 do anything
else. When they are printed they are printed
at the prices agreed upon unanimously, be-
lieve, by the joint committee.
| Now, sir only want to state TO the House,
that really you can have no printing done unless
| you order it, The House must order it. These
'hngs cannot be done by the committee. You
cannot have those reports printed unless you or
der them to be printed. want the House also
to understand that they can get all the informa-
ton they desire about prices by referring TO the
public bids which are on public record in Miscel-
laneous Documents, No. TO- They will find
Towers's bid there; and the prices that we have
given to the printers who are 10 do the work for
the House, although not identical in all the items,
are substantially the same ms Towers's bid. All
] ask the House to do is, to order this printing
IL they order i, well and good If not, it is all
! the same TO me. The old members are not par.
tculary interested in these things. II the new
members want them, they will have 10 order the
printing.
Ii Boyd Hamilton can do the work, he shall
certainly do il. II he can do il according 10 his
contract, il is the duty Of the committee 10 let
him do il, and they intend that he shall do it,
All the documents which have been in his hands
| for more than month, and which have not been
commenced by him at all, we have taken from
him. lie has had some documents for four
months and half which are not finished, and
some Of which have not been commenced yet
| will state another fact for the information
Of the House. A proposition was submitted
to the joint committee TO give the printing 10
Donelson a. Armstrong and the Republic, and
that proposition was voted down when the new
committee met A proposition, introduced by
Senator, was then agreed to, that the commit.
tee of each House should exercise its own
judgment in giving out such printing as Il saw
| fit. The committee on the part Of the House
have, therefore, executed contract with Don.
elson a. Armstrong, and they have ordered
one single document, and that is all, 10 be given
to them. We have strenuously kept the con.
tract, and required Boyd Hamilton 10 come up
TO il, as far as We possibly could. We have
written notes and called on him specifically 10
say wherein he can comply with his contract
| Wherever he can do IL, we have assiduously and
earnestly insisted on his fulfilling that contract
| That 10 what we have done. The committee
on the part Of the House are not esponsible for
any printing that may have been given TO the
publishers Of the Republic, the Globe, or the
| National InielliRencsT, or any one else The
Senate committee can give the printing Of that
body TO whoever they please. | do not know
what they have done. Il is very probable, how
ever, that they have done what the House com.
mittee have done-gyen il 10 Donelson g.
Armstrong.
thank the gentleman from Maryland for his
kindness in allowing me so much Of his time.
] really do not want 10 make a speech upon
this matter. But ] do not want 10 be msrep.
resented before the country. ] have no desire
TO get into personal difficulties, but | do not
choose gentlemen 10 circulate il through the
county that | have acted in bad faith towards
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