The daily union., 1852-09-03

then take The thing into our hands altogether; APP
point superintendent hire our own wolkmen
buy our paper and presses and IN hai way We can
do The work To our own sasacon and as eheapy as by
any other mode The only real and substantial d
between the plan proposed by the BILL and the plan pro-
0osed by my amendment will be that BY the laer there
will be no middle maB daysman, 10 come In between
the government and the laborng men For these reasons
III think the amendment is preferable
beg pardon for having occupied so much OF the time
of The Senate have spoken before this sab
eet have listened in silence 10 The admonillons which
senators have given each other. will not tolew the
ample set me, by lnficllng admonlon on any one.
bu shall content myself by asking the yeas and nays
Mr. WELLER There are many OF US here who are
satisfied the system after experiment has
most signay tailed We are desrous. therefore. OF re,
sorting TO the old plan OF electng public printer, who
shall be responsible TO Congress Tor the manner IN which
he discharges his official duties. Being satisfied OF thai,
the first question which naturally presents itself s what
compensation shall be allowed 10 this public printer
Now, senator's. who have no knowledge whatever upon
the subject of printing. would very naturally inquire
with regard TO il OF those whose vocation II
dersand that business say that il very natural
that those who intrusted with the examination OF
Ibis question should bavs called 10 their ala the norma
lion which had been acquired and could be furnished by
practical printers IL has been disclosed 10 the Senate that
the joint which selected upon this subject
have brought before them practical printers and from the
statement OF these printers they have liked CERTAIN
tariff Of prices 10 be paid Tor the public printing Nov,
ask. is there anything unjust unfair in this Was
there any other way by which the committee could put
themselves in possession of the information necessary
enable them 10 decide this question: We have the state
ment oi these senators that this course has been
adopted
profess TO be acluaed by other consideration than
desire 10 have the public printing faithfully and fairly
executed, and that just and reasonable compensation
should be given To the printers. say, therefore, thai
the senator from New Hampshire had no right 70 mpugn
the motives OF senators here in advocating this till He
had right say, insinuaie, that we, upon this
side Of the chamber, desrous Of bosenng up
party press in the city OF Washington Senators who ACT
from pure motives themselves not apt 10 mpute I'M
proper motives others Whether the abolition organ
nopolzcs all The brains of the editorial fraternity ia Wash
ngton not perhaps material in the adjustment OF This
question. But desire 10 say that the senator from New
Hampshire has right 10 intimate that we, on lhIs side
of the chamber have desire 10 bolster party press
in the city OF Washington. We claim 10 be acluaed
by high and honorable motives We claim to be salts
fed that the contract system has utterly failed and that
some other must be adopted order 10 the
proper execution OF the public printing We claim to be
willing TO give TO that public printer, whoever be may
be, Just and fair compensation for that duty There
fore, say, it did not become the senator from New
Hampshire 10 impue improper motives TO gentlemen upon
this sdeto intimate that, because one oi the political or
gans in this city has been extnguished, therefore was
possible that other party presses might be IN The same
position and that 4 was our desire TO do-waati To
seize upon the public treasure TO build up party press
Does the senator from New Hampshire believe it Does
he believe that there senator's this side of the
chamber who strongly aetuaed by party consider
aons that they would upon the public treasure to
prevent political paper from going out OF existence? III
he does believe it, he ought TO have the manlAess TO
avow it, and not 10 nsnuate IT, Sir, am for far play
and for fair dealing; and attempt TO assail The motives
of man. will say 10 his face openly. will not in
snuae that he trying TO steal the public money ior I'M
nave lelt myself called upon say this much in re-
ply 10 the nsiuaions that have been made by The
tor from New Hampshire believe he has been the first
one who has intmated that acuated by improper
motives, or by desire 10 sustain party press al the
pense OF the public treasury have nothing further TO
Mr. HALE. Mr. President, believe that in the little
time have been the Senate have not been accused
OF coaceaing what had to say and can tell the hon
orable senator from California that shall not begin at
this late day did not say what he put into my mouth,
The PRESIDENT If the senator had he would have
J been called to order.
MIR. HALE. Then, you and / agree, Mr.. President.
however tmay be with the senator from California.
did not say il, did insnuae it and only say
that if the got any such idea he got il from place
inside his wascoat, and not from anything said.
SIR, am little surprised at the manner OF the senator
from California was not surprised at the extreme in
tonations-l do not know their names-of his musical
tones, the high and the low bat tell the honorable
senator that the views which advanced entertain II
/ am obnoxious to anything which he has said. il may
be found in the fact that do not bring out quite
bold relief might have done the plain naked truth,
which every body else admits except the senator from
California. Would the senator IRON California, or any
body else upon this floor, deem impeachment OF his
integrity TO have il said that he desrous of building
up the party press wia which he associated! Why,
sir the honorable senator from Texas openly avowed,
but few minutes before the honorable senator from Cal
iforna spoke what the thinks ntimated, that
4 whilst he here member OF the Senate he would
give 10 the he was associated with any patronage
lha, fairly within his disposition
w. IL. Il.
i Mr. HALE. Well, that is going grea, way further
than | minated gentlemen might go And when the
honorable senator from Texas had avowed plainly,
surely there necessity for 10 nsnuae fact
that which had been boldly proclaimed as a principle OF
action simply said this-aDd want to repeat il, be-
Cause shed at the exhibition the senator from
California has madelhat the motives of those senator's
honorable and patriotic Does the senator take that
ironical' Does be think that it insnuson 10
say that gentemen's motives honorable and patriot
lcl That was just exactly what did say. And then
said, their motives being honorable and patriotic il
well enough not 10 pretend 10 shut eyes TO the Incl
dents which follow 10 the train OF patriotism Was there
anything wrong thatS Sir have the declaration OF
inspiration that Goodness is profitable unto all things
having promise OF the life that now is and of that which
is to come I" and il supposed be mpeach-
ment OF the Apostles plety that he made the discovery
| No, SIR, have had my motives impeachpd TOO often,
and too ong, and TOO openly and TOO BOLDLY have elt tin
my experience too much and keenly--lo retoIt
upon anybody else have sal here for five years past
and breasted the storm OF vtupera,on and Impeachment
OF my motives almost every time that opened my
and II has had otner eject, IL has impressed upon
my heart lesson which shall forget, and from
which shalt depart aud that is, not 10 impeach
The motives OF others, have done so. sir In fact. my
shutng honorable motives TO senators. that they have
thought The exuberance OF my compliments i'm
peachnent OF my sincerity. daughter That has been
my fault, II any thing.
Now sir, say once for all, that think the senator
from California mast have misunderstood me. He mis-.
| understood me when he undertook TO mpeach my mo.
tives III be did msunde rsand then, he will lind
that he msunderslands now, NJ he thinks that 10
be- by any consideration deferred from the expression of