Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-05-15
The Public Printing.
ALICE

The Public Printing.
The coalition, SO our Washington exchange pa
pers announce, is complete the Union and the Re
public newspapers are public prints-the one do
ing the work of the House of Representatives, the
other that of the Senate. There is not, in the
history politics, coalition more debasing and cor
rupt than this. 1t is not a coalition for the ad
yancement of party or the success of principle,
but base coalition for the purpose of dividing
public plunder-a coalition the aim of which is
but too manifest to escape the notice of any one,
and deserving, as ii should receive, public expos
ure and denuncia,ion. The Southern Press is the
only Independent aud avowed organ of tie Slave
States-it. has battled for their rights and inter
ests through good and bad reports and it has
maintained toward the old parties an armed neu-
-trality. By law it entitled portion of the
public printing under the direction of the different
epartments--the law officer of the administra-
ton so decided, but Mr.. Fillmore refused to car
~ the law into force, and the work belonging to it
by right, handed over to the other papers at
Washington showing that, if it were possible, the
Press should be starved out A democratic Con
gress, in order to carry out the efforts of WING
administration, give the work of one House to d
whig paper, and the work of the other House to
democratic paper-thus cutting off honest com
petition, and arming political opponent with the
means OF carrying on effective campaign, ma
king the whole transaction wear the appearance of
an open declaration of against everything that
dare stand up in defence of Southern Ri hts and
honor The committee controlling the public
printing are thus mentioned by The Press.
The Hon. TRUMAN SMITH is one CT the two
whig members of this committee. He was elec-
ton -master-genera in the last whig Presidential
canvass. He remained here at Washington to
preside over the whig bureau of electioneerinu
documents and articles. And when General TAY-
LoR was elected Mr.. SMITH issued circular TO
get up the Repubtic newspaper. Mr.. SMITH is
again assuming electioneering activity He
rebukeS, bitter y, Northern whig Mr. BRooKs,
Tor demanding the recognition OF the Compromise
IN wing caucus, and for stating how much the
North is Injected with opposition Mr.. SMITH is
looking ScoTT- ward. AID now, is il no. beauti-
ful specimen OF party juggling 10 couple OF
democrats, on conmitte OF Congress, sitting
down with Mr.. TRUMAN SMITH and his colleague,
TO divide the Spoils OF The Treasury provide am
munition for the approaching Presidential contest,
for wing and democratic organ Would it not
be beautiful to see the Union denouncng Scorr,
and The RepuJlic defending him, both supported
out OF the Treasury with fat job, procured by
joint efforts ana joint friends Tor the purpose
And don't it look pretty for all this to be done by
a JOINT Committee OF four democrats and two
whgs-ofa Congress owe whelmingly Dmocrat-
ic in both branches =? And amt this great ex-
plot 10 be achieved by AN editor claimn. to be
sole organ of the majority?
We think this subject demands the immediate
and decisive action OF Congress We presume
the committee have not been intrepid enough TO
contract Tor deficiencies that have not yet occurred
We want to see the prices. We to ste the
documents they are--not new ones with
great alterations was the case with the resolu-
ton of the committee. The Census printing has
yet TO be provided tor. Ii is time for Congress to
Intervene.
Gs5- The New York Tribune and the New Or
leans Bulletin have recently had a very spirited
controversy in relation the fugitive slave bill
The sum and substance of the controversy is thus
given by the Tribune, and we invite the reader to
note the last sentence of the Tnbunes artice.-'
He distinctly says to his New Orleans coten3po-
rary that the feud grows of the refusal of the
Northern to unite with the Southern wings in
cheating the South. In other words it is the f
nality of the compromise over again, and as the
Tribune is honest, the difficulty seems to be that
it will not aid in cheating the South, and hence
the Bulletin pitches in, as the saying is:
g Our marshals and judges will of course con-
form TO it and obey it SO long as 1t is a law. You
can probably force through the Wing national
eanvention-you certainly can through the other
"a resolve implying acquiesence in and support
of that law. But what will it be worth to you q
that is the practical question. Do you fancy that
the great body of Northern people will ever
really and heartily try to help you catch your run
away negroes If you do, yol are jolly green
that's all. We tell you fra. ky that zoe won't
and you rail at therefor; but there are thou
sands all around US who deiest slaye-catching as
heartily We do, and will taAe precious good
care to have nothing to do with it. Yet, because
they attend Union meetings and pass 'compro-
mise resolves you pronounce them good fellows
and true friends of the Union Bah ! You don
yourself delight in slavery any more than they do
You are simply talking Tor effect, and We under
stand you. You want to be cheated by false pro /
LESSONS and protestations. and your feud with us
grows out OF our refusal to unite in cheating you
The Bulletin answers
" Yes sir we can do what you say, and We /