The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-12
s. Buzz, BuZgo

We republish in another column an article
from the Union of yesterday. in reply to the
articles in which we have commented on the
distractions to the public business interposed by
certain DEMOCRATIC members of the House of
| Representatives This we do, notwithstand-
ing the reply is not responsive to our allega-
tons, because we desire to deal fairly with the
inculpated members and with the public, by
giving them both sides of this controversy. We
have published the official report of the pro-
ceedings of Friday from the Globe newspaper,
and we have reprinted all the Unions articles
Will the Union give its readers the official ac-
count2 We do not expect it to exhibit the
editorial courtesy of republishing our article
when it assails them. We prefer it's readers
| should observe the suppression of them, and
draw their own differences from this significant
fact.
So much of the article as relates to the his
tory of the Republic is foreign to the purposes
of the present discussion, and false in every
essential statement. But we do not accuse
the writer of mendacity, or disposition to
misrepresent. He is only misinformed. He
could not we'll know any thing in the premises
save by information, as during large portion
of the time in question he was absent from
the country, and for while at least as far off
as San Francisco, editing paper that sup
ported Mr.. KING for the Senate of the United
States against the DEMOCRATIC candidates.
With this remark we pass over the quasi
historical portion of the Unions article and
arrive at the charge of the Republics having
made unprecedented personal attacks" "upon
those leading members of Congress whom it
regards as chiefly Instrumental in defeating
schemes TO get money out Of the treasury"
This is pretty well for public journal that is
depicting the treasury for the printing OF the
House, the printing Of the Senate, and that
will in few months add to this the printing
of all the Executive Departments.
tbs nothing to us-not brass farthing-
how pertinaciously the 'leading members
Messrs. ORR, MoMULLEN, LETcHER, and
DEAN-guard the public treasure. If the
DEMOCRATIC majority of FIFTY-rwo are in
such hot pursuit of the public money that thew
can only be kept from it by motions for ad-
journment and calls of the House, we think
this is very good reason why the people
should reform the House altogether, and send
WINGS In the place of the immense Demo-
CRATIC majority who cannot be trusted with
the transaction of public business for fear they
will plumber the treasury. This is the case
made out for the DEMOCRATIC party by the
| Union newspaper and its friends LErcHER.
Orr, McMULLEN, and DEAN
The Union styles the Republic the s.organ
of the depredators," and it is so struck with
the felicity of this language, that it repeats it.
self In italics and within quotation marks, fol-
lowed by note of exclamation, to express its
especial wonder" This means that we
nave "tender regard" for the interests
OF private claimants, because we have mani
tested desire that their demands on the
Government should be met and acted upon
by the House, one way or the other. These
demands the Union denounces indiscriminatelv
as "depredations" because we betrav !.
"tender regard" for them we are denounced
as "the organ of the depredators. Now lot
us see how far all this is complimentary to the
1 COltGmD0r9r
First of all these ''depredations'' must be re-
ported by committees of the House or Senate
IN (Which there are large Democratic aaaiorit;es.
If a demand is adversely reported upon by
these committees there is an end of it. The
"tender regard'' then which we entertain for
these "depredations" must be shared with the
Democratic committees, or they would never
have seen daylight. Now if these Demo
CRATIC committees have reported any ..depre-
datlons," why has not the Un,on denounced
them! II our contemporary will only call our
attention to ONE depreciation" which these
DEMOCRATIC committees have been weak and
corrupt enough to recommend, we will denounce
1t to the stop Of our bent" We should like
| nothing better. But what false sentinel on