Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-04-14
OUTS, &C,
A G.. ELLIOTT.
The way the President Makes ladies.

The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press thus describes the
terms and manner of the recent sale of the
Union newspaper to Mr.. Bowman by Mr..
Wendell:
The sale, as | understand from person
who obtained it from the fountain heal.
was simply this Wendell allows Bowman
to assume possession of the Union estab-
lishment, without paying any purchase
money, and in consideration thereof, the
President stipulates to give the contract
for the Post Office blanks, and the execu.
tive printing to Wendell, or some one he
may designate. Wendell agrces, in turn.
to pay $40 900 of the profits ofthese jobs.
in monthly instalments of 81 ,666. The
residue of these profits. amounting to $50,
600 or S24, 900 per annum. he is to retain
as the purchase money of the Union, and is
also to discharge some political debts, in
CURED by James l. chiefly in Pennsylva-
MIA, in forcing Lecompton through the
House of Representatives, and in the cleo
ton of October last.
If, however, the contract shoull ever be
taken from Wendell by Mr.. Buchanan,
then the sale of the Union becomes void
and of no effect, Bowman dissolving from
the public view as proprietor and editor,
and Wendell again taking possession of
he newspaper property as the real owner.
You will see. therefore, that there is really
no sale of the property of the Union but
that it has only been rented to Mr.. Bnch-
anan. through General Bowman, by Mr..
Wendell, Mr.. Buchanan having stipulated
to pay the rent, Twenty or twenty five
thousand dollars year, out of the public
treasury. in the way Of contracts.
There is a private arrangement between
Mr.. Buchanan and General Bowman, that
out of the $40. 00e received by the latter
from the profits of the contracts given to
Mr.. Wendell, ST., 900 isto be paid to sun
dry pensioned papers OF Mr.. Buchanan $
in Pennsylvania, the balance. $4,000. be-
ing reserved to conduct the Union. Bow
mans chief reliance upon making a for
tune, under these circumstances, is by be-
ing elected Senate printer next winter, as
the head of the official government organ,
in which case Wendell and he will have
another contract for a division of the spoils,
as Wendell will necessarily lave to do
/ the work
Judge or Attorney General Black drew
mp the papers in this bargain. The rest oil
the Cabinet were ignorant of the transac-
ton.
Upon the foregoing the Indiana Journal
makes the following just and forsiblc re-
marks:
We take this to be about the coolest
piece of dishonesty ever attempted by any
public officer The mixing of such an Of
fetal as the President Of the United States
in six penny bargain for very paltry
newspaper, will strike one as a small busi-
ness. If it be perfectly honest. but when tllc
chief element of the transaction is the pay
ment of the purchase money from til,
treasury Of TIE people, it becomes most
wonderfully, that is, Democratically, NEAR
aud dishonest. Just think of the Pres
i,lent of the Unite, States buying a paper
for friend and paying for it with the pub.
lie money! Is it not enough to make the
bones of Jefferson rasp the sides of hi,
coffin in anguish at the degradation of tn,
high office he once filled?