The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-07-29
Thursday Evening, July ~, 1854
"THr sroILs. ."-Unlike Medary, the tw,


Thursday Evening, July 90, 1852
"THE Spo1Ls. Unlike Medary, the two
Locofoco papers at Washington are just now
anxious to obtain the public printing. Sew
eral days since, the Locofoco caucus agreed
upon the plan, but it failed to meet with the
appreciation. of the House. To obtain the
consent of three wings of the party, it will
be necessary to make provisions for the
~Southern Press" as we'll as the "Union." I"
We can do no better than add what a prom
inent democrat says in the frst-named pa
per:
"The whole difficulty in settling this mat
ter, vital as It is to the democratic party, ars-
es from want of concert among the mem
bers Of the party in Congress. In the face
of fthe enemy, on the eve of great struggle,
the Democratic members of Congress have
no mutual understanding, and are perfectly
disorganized. have hear them compared
to too hundred fouls in barn-yard, among
whom handful of corn had just been thrown
every one picking up the grains for him
self. Now, public printer cannot be cho-
sen, except by the nearly united voice of the
democratic party, and the mistake that Gen.
Armstrong has been making is, that he is
trying to force the printing through single
faction of the party. There are three wings
of the party in Congress-the Compromise,
the Southern Rights, and the Freesoil.-
These must be brought to agree, or there is
no printer. And must be permitted to say
that it is highly discreditable to the party in
Congress that it thus exhibits its weakness.
While the Wings are actively engaged in
printing and distributing documents, exhib-
ting as usual, double face-holding up
Scott to the North as freesoiler through
the speeches of Gentry and Toombs, and
Pierce to the South as free soier through
contrary testimony--the democrats are like
flock of sheep--disunited, disorganized and
quarreling among themselves, and all for the
want of such an understanding as FIVE min
utes of common sense conversation ought to
bring about
If Gen. Armstrong will take the proper
steps, and exhibit proper spirit of conclia-
tion, Germans bill might pass, and an ar
rangement might be made by which both he
and the party would be gamers. If he does
not he may hang up his fiddle, and the party
must get along without an organ, and take
the consequences of meeting the disciplined
and regular forces of Whiggery in Novem-
ber, ,oiM militia rabbe. DEMOCRAT.
Barring the compliments, it must be con-
fessed that ga Democrat" knows his breth-
rem well. This thing of abolishing the con-
tract system, is 'vital" to the Democratic
party, is it! Then a public printer with
double rates, or the party must die. Oh!
what shame it is that this great party, ht
Democracy, can only be held together when
the "spoils'' are equally divided! And you
hear young orators, after seeing such con-
fessions as this, prate upon the corners o
the streets about "principles Democratic
principles"-and you hear such men as DR.
Olds, who can't be happy unless they are
digging in the public treasury, talk about tht
"five loaves andtwo fishes" land all the while
it is acknowledged that the division of th'
spoilsis "vital'' to the Democratic party!-
Such party, such leaders and such limo
cent young orators-but who pays for al
thisI y. ... -.....n .
Party papers must be supported, and if in
dividual enterprise can't accomplish this,t
public must pay. Citizen Medary, even a
the cost of violation of the new Constl
tuition, must have. one more good dig at tn
Treasury; and there at Washington Will
the contract system is advocated in othe
matters, it won't do at all for the printing
The price won't keep up the organ. An
descending to small matters, here at home
the Eagle must be kept aAoat by similar as
saults upon the peoples pockets.
It was only short time since that Con
missioner Reese, sworn officer, sma1
man, talented man, good looking ind
vidual, one after the fashion ofgood old Ur
Gle Ned, barring the "outside and inside
comparison, -...... ..
.Who has no brain IN de top Of his head,
"Just here de brain ought to grow"
Declared positively that the Wing offit
should not get the County printing at fu
price, half price, quarter price or any 9TH
price--and yet halfthe salary that this mt
pockets every year for doing worse th'
nothing, comes out of the pockets of WI
Taxpayers. And more than this, if tn
same individual had private job to do, al
aWhig Office agreed to doit for half VIII
one of his own party would charge him, b
mate sense of individual economy would !
duce him to do what under no circumstance
as he says, would he do for the county.
We thought while we were on the que
tion, that we would give our worthy Col
missioner a few ideas for evening mediate
after the labors of the day are over, a
should our kind Offices prove acceptable,
shall occasionally take the painsot recurri
to, this and other subjects, connected wi
his official duties, in order that in our hui
bic way we may relieve that dnilness in
which himself and friends have7been throw
BY the nomination of Gen. Pierce. And
assure him that our attentions are not caus
by any particular regard for himself, o
way or the other, but that we may be
some little service to the taxpayers of
county. Already, If we are properly
formed, a saving of over hundred doll'
Loo,, ,,,oda and fh;a heinO accomplist