Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-04-08
THE WING" IN TIE UPHOLSTERY BUSINESS

Our contemporary of the Opposition is, per
haps. the best informed journal upon upholste-
rv and cabinet work now to bc found in the
country--day after day, from paper to paper
and even into pamphlet form, the upholstery
Investigations Of the Wing have been publish
cI to the world From what this proceeds we
are unable to say--it may be from the assocla-
ton Of opposite the large
and elegant upholstery establishment Of MeSsrs.
Docgct i Anderson and contiguous to Howe,
to Bnford 4 Porter. Bclsin Il Atkinson. llar-
wood, cartwright. and Starret, the stoTc
house, may hc seen the ills of association ror-
rupting the fountain Of opposition politics,
into Il mere price current ef upholstery.
And so enamorcd is the "Whig" with its pro-
scnttask, that it deems John I.ctrher unit to he
Governor Of Virginia, because he did not occll-
py his time in Congress, with upholstery IN
vcstigationS.
Pricing "Brocatelle curtains" is no part oil a
representatives duty, and we think was pro-
perlv omitted by John LetclIer. lie had no In
formation or knowledge Of that business, and
could not have discharged ;ts du:ics with crr-
dit TO himself or cool 10 his country. But the
''Whis" hereafter will be the proper source
from which all information upon tbs nranch
of trade can he derived and We recommend i'''
present editorials t" all thc upholstery eStab'
lishmcnts Of Richnond ftr all the Information
upon tha, important branch Of trade.
The 'Whg" in it, present upholstery an"
furniture mononania, has conioundcd two
Congresses, and made the upholstery and
furniture extravaganza. that belonged 10 the
18th Congress the gist OF its charge against the
Democratic party. when it must Know II lis
upholstery and furniture monomlna has not
;sused it to forget that the 3lh Congress was
IN Ter the Black Republc.n organization with
Mr. Banks as Spclkcr-lnd oar upholstery
contemporary must remember that Its own
,ar,y cluscl the election Of Mr.. Banks, By its
iactious opposition to bo!h Richardson and
Aiken; and hence that it> own. party u more
,sponsibc for this upholstery extravaganza
han the Democracy.
We append the following extract from Mr.
..etchers speech Of M,rch l2;h, 1858:
During the Thirty.f,urth Congress, 81 ,o.2
vas appropriated to pay per diem and mileage
% Archer, Foukc. Turnry, Rceder, Milllken
md Bennett, for contestlng the seats OF nrr-
,ers returned to that Congress; and IN all
hose cases the contests were decided against
hem. The yeas and nays show that the Up
POSITION are responsible for this expenditure
During the same Congress. river and harhor
bills, footing up the SUN Of $,l5,0oe. were
PASSED by the Opposition and vetoed by Pres'-
lent Pierce, greatly To the annoyance of the
gentleman and his party. At the iirSt Scs-
ion of the same Congress. appropriations
amounting to 81. lsS. T39 were passed for forty
one custom houses, courthouseS. poSt-oiice>,
md marine hospitals OF this number. only
eleven were recommended by the Administra'
ton. At the third session Of the same Con-
,rcss appropriations for the same purpose
we're made to thirty.onc buildings Of like
kind amounting TO &@.0Si, ,01U, only four OF
which had the recommendation OF the Admin.
istra;ipn.
"During the same Congress, appropriations,
amo lntlnC ~ the sum Ol :-'-'p'V'' WY
mad for the extension Of the Capitol. the dome,
and works Of art Itwa, ont Of this appropr'a-
ton f,r the Capitol extension, if am rightly
| infor ned. that desks were purchased ct $40
| ,ach, ard chairs ut SO each, for the new hall
Of IN House oi Representatives.
"Tnc appropriations for the several items Of
the contingent fund for the House OF Repre-
senta,ires for the Thirty-third Congress,
,mounted to 1905, 100 j6 The appropria.
tons f,r the same objects for the Thirty-fourth
Congress ran mp. under the action of the Op-
pos,lion in this House, who had the majority,
to the sun Of 81. .oS,,717o, showing an increase
in this branch Of expenditure "f S!S4, f"H ii.