Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-02-09

their political friends, as they had a right to do. We suggest to the Herald that these things are too fresh in the minds of men, and if it wants such outrageous statements believed, it must go back beyond facts patent to all.
 The next exquisite production is from the State Rights Democrat wherein he quotes from "Brother Coumbus:''
 "The Gazette says that tho proprietors of the True Democrat get $200O0 year from the State treasury. No marvel, then, that it can afford to trim its sails to suit every wind,"
 If these figures are lie for every unit, then
 is the assertion of the Gazette fifteen thousand times le We suggest that if we received that sum every year, it would not be necessary to trim.
 The next morsel is from the Gazette, which acts as prompter to the concern:
 A PAYING OFFIcE--Curiosity induced us to look into the amount of money received from the treasury by the puulic printers; and, on an examination, we find that the publishers of the True Democrat have been paid $39,O2l AZ, since the publication of the biennial reports of 1056-S7, ,687 52 of which was paid for print ing the Governors message and accompanying documents--and it is probable that there are still more l" "documents" to publish. Thls too, we are informed has been paid on the certlti- cates of the public printer.
 These fellows are awful fools with all their cunning. The Gazette first makes the charge. The next step is to sustain it. Thereupon a resolution is introduced into the house, calling .lo Cor ,,,f,r Tt iu niousy w0rded It calls for all amounts paid out for printing from Oct 31, 1854, to Oct. 31 1856; from Oct 3l, 1856, to Oct. 3l, 1858, and from that date to the date of the resoluton.- This embraces six years or parts of years; the whole printing for two sessions and the greater part of the printing done for third session of the General Assembly; the cost of printing the Digest, which occurs only once in ten years, and of printing the geological report. The state ment furnished to the house shows that the sums paid were distributed among thirty or forty persons or firms. As to the figures of the Gazette we shall hereafter give the true figures. The Gazette says that tt is informed that these amounts were paid on the certificate of the pub lie printer, when if he had looked on the do- cument before him he would have seen that they were paid on the certificate of the proper off, cers The object is to create the impression that the auditor allows our claims on our certi- fcate alone. In justice to the paying officers we state that all accounts for work done are submitted to the officers for whom 1t is execut- ed; by them examined, compared and certified, in addition to our certificate, with the excep- ton of accounts for printing for the auditors office which the auditor may or may not certify, as he pleases. When it is remembered that we give bond and are acting under it, it may be questioned if any other certificate than our own can be required, but for the satisfaction of the officers we have waived this point and in every case presented accounts fully certified by the proper officers.
 We repeat that these fellows are fools with all their low cunning. If they had contented themselves with vague charges, broad hints and their usual indefniteness they might have found believers. As tits, we shall show, (neXt week, if possible,) from the official records, that the amount received by Us, exclusive of the printing of the Digest, do not amount 10 S500O year, and be able to convince any practical printer that our profits cannot possibly exceed eight hundred dollars.
 If this concerned us alone we would let it pass, but it is due to the people to know the truth. We think we can show that the amount paid for public printing iS less DOW, when more work is done than it was six or eight years since, and that others have received more mo- ney for public printing than we have. To this end we shall take the trouble to get state- ment from the pioper office showing the amounts paid in each year, and to whom.- That, we think, will dssipate these rumors and nail these lies of our enemies to the counter.
 We will add here that we have examined the reports of the comptrolers or auditors of the different States and find that only three of them pay less amount for public printing than Arkansas. In nineteen of them ther9 IS sepa rate account for paper, the State furnishing it to the printer, and in every Case the amount paid for the paper on which the public printing is done exceeds the amount paid here for both paper and printing.
 The public printing in this State would rot support any office, if it was dependent on that alone With the exception of a few blanks now and then for the different offices and land agents, thu work is required to be done imme- diately before, during and within short time after each session of the General Assembly, | During the remaining portion of the two years the office would lie idle. We shall publish | an account for printing the Digest and invite i any printer to compare the items with the vo- lume, with the rates fixed by law and sec if we have not really uidercharged for the work 1t | has been examined by printers from the eastern States who said 1t was printed as cheaply as it | would have been done there. If there would i have been any difference in the cost of printing | here and there it would not have been suffi. | cient to pay the cost of transportation to Ar kansas.
 Having been elected with. but one dis sentng voice, to the office of public printer we are bound to perform our duties, but if it were | not for this we would cheerfully make this pro- | position to any good, democratic printer who would secure Us by bond and be prepared to ex- ecute the work: Pay us S740 and take the contract for year. This too, when we know that the acts and journals of the present ses- sion will be much larger than ever before. The truth is, that, throwing out the bank reports, which are now completed; the Digest which will not again be printed until 1868, and the report of the geological survey, the whole cost of the public printing, advertising and all will not amount to S5,0O0 year, good portion of which is paid to other offices. We shall fur nsn the facts and figures as soon as they can be procured from the offices of the auditor and swamp land secretary, which, we think will con- firm all our statements.
 To the trio, whose remarks we have quoted at the commencement of this article, we have this to Say: The profits of the True Democrat office are not received from the State treasury.