The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1858-10-01
THE cosTRovIRsY ABOUT THE PUBLIC
PAINTING

fAINIlNo
TIE Southern lniclligcnccr Of the sth and 'S'i
int. contain. an attack upon the present and for
mer proprc,or Of the sia,e Gazette io' 'he'f
eon.iuc, a. Public Printers IN which Il Is charged
nyains. TEEN that they have not only BEEN raid
ex,ravafant amounts for executing the pnbhe
work bat that Tor yeNr- thsy have psn engaged
in p.s-,la,ior- upon the public ''rasury The
lniellirnoer allsyes tbs, tbsc printers have
"roeivcl from the 'rnsury Of TEXAS over fen
thousand doiier, sqoye than they irs-s ratified 10
under a,ir ooy,frcs's esd is ctr gcrcrnins Their
dyi,e, And il either the tvrrrs or hitnnS ~
the cuucnsiors drawn ar. denied he rqa','s
Nicer. Oldham and Marshall 80 invite a suit
hy the Governor for the .uifs oserpaid t3ior'
Jadse Terrell whom thsy 40 much iaud With
rigl, Of appeal TO the Supreme Court which
they insist they have ciccied
The In'elligsncer thea proceed. to fcyies tie
varca- accounts of the Gsgei;e Ia detail, ard %
point out their errors The article j. lous one
occupying over thirteen columns And 70 give
greater plausbiliiy and force 10 It's avsrmenis, a
letter il Published from Scott Anderson. Esq.
Secretary ct State. admitting an oserchergr 81
sio7l ca II appears tina, this account was
mad cot and pad during the absence Of MAJ
Marshall who il at prc~u' in Mississippi. and
ita, rbc gentlemen IN charge Of The G0eiie "A
soon n. II wss shosn promptly admitted Il and
agreed to refund the money.
The charges Of the iu'elligencor arc briefly ~
follows
lst Tha, the proprieior- u The CARTE FOR
fitted their contract by not executing the work
within the time required BY law, and ought TO
have be.n -uei upon their bond
? Tia. ,hcv have charged The Senate and
House separately for the same documents whr
a. the editor contends the amour, should have
been given in tho aggregate. For instance, The
Hou-s orders 900 copio- Of report and the
Senate 1000 by charging separately the Pub.
lc Printer geis Of cent pcr page on 'hc iifsi
I've hundred Of each wherens if charged in the
aggregate ~ coo copies be would 81 Of a
cent per paee ba, for 500 copies
3 That The Public Printer u allowed by law D
II a cent per page for various public documents
and 4, Of a cent for the remainder Quito a nun.
Der Of Instances arp gwen in which It s alleged
that be- charrod ~ rru' fr 'he cnf.r mum.
Yer n corics
! l. 3. asserted that the Printer charged duu-
DC f0r rule and figure work when biz contract
did not allow 4 to him Tint \ was dishonest
aud m e1tor'iou The lntcIligenrer admits that
It was allowed by the feCisla'aYe apou the re.
port II John Henry Brown editor Of The Gal
weston Civilian Of the HOUSE, md Senator Scar
borough editor II the Browns ll' Fig both %
whom are practical prnt,ra
3 That the Printer charged iu e,fri r.
stances for 200 copies beyond be- contract pi,,e
8 The law requires that lh' page shall be %
such Il laurlh Il l. alleged that marly ell Of
them were snort. varying from onr 70 . lines.
!, alleged that the contract system s Liable
10 great abuse that TN printing could hnye
bern executed much cheaper If le' ont 70 the
lowest bidder and that it il the sensible and
proper mode 10 ensure the cheap and rapid exc
cu'Jn of the work
With the personal character II the oontroycr
81 between the editors Of the Austin papers We
have nothing to do and do not wish to be ron
lnrcd ineir characters as public iourrni'-.~
aud their relations 20 The dcmorreiic party Ia
another question The public printing Is sub
iect in which every one is interested. II the
charges againit the ',@et,c are we-founded no
feelings Of party character ought 70 be permit
ted 10 intervene 90 shield them from coudemna-
ton and punishment NJ ran admifcs an indc
pendent journalist more than sc DO, or wonld he
less liable 20 cenauro democratic editor Fog the
isec and full expression Of his opinions. We
have been disposed 10 allow the inieliigencor the
largest latitude which Il might lceiiaately claim,
but with the most unbiased considerations " IL
course, wc see much IN i 10 condemn and hH'
little to approve Its controlling purpose. it
seems TO US, has been to Oppose every moycmen,
Of hc party, whether IN IT, immediate locality or
tie State at large whore there was an orporu.
nity offered for opposition We do not deny the
abstract right 70 pursue such course but 4 iia
intentions looked to the harmony Of the party
and Ia preservation Il ought 10 have been pur
sued In a different spirit We hayo no admira
ton Of thai Affected independence by which a
nan in conflict instead Of turning bis guns apon
his onemiee, shoots his friends in the back The
career Of the lntclligcucer has been that Of a
disoreani1or Its whole purpose seems to have
been ac,uated by settled determination to pro
,luce distraction aud division in The democratic
ranks
Hence rhile oui personal feeling. towards the
propretars Of that journal may be kind we can
not consen, by our silence to sanction the course
they are pursuing
The charges against the Gazette arr sreccihc
aud plain They are either true OF untrue. The
Iuiellipeo'rr has published them and appealed
to prac .AA printers to sustain or condemn them
For or We have examined them. aud shall
speak our opinion as to each allegation.
/. he first charge, atrictly speaking u cor
rect. The propriciors Of the Gazette failed Il
execute the printing in time Bat docs the In
telligcurer mean TO say 'ha, the Secretary %
State had 10 option bot to institute proceeding
against them ior violation Of their contract