, 1860-06-11
Trs1Inbnl1'A Exposition Of tlae Printing =
Corruption

senutor Trumbull's speech at Philadelphia,
albeit delivered in the open air, in q smart
shower, contained some very sharp points. Ills
brief exposition Of the Printing corrupt;on ia
quite the most mastery thing We hare yet seen
on that subject. It was as follows:
Inow want to show you how this work was
done, and wish 10 make this point clear to you.
One day six orders were giren for printing
Post Office blanks. The question was asked,
printing contained IN six orders had been con.
taiued IN one orders" Answer: "Yes, SIR"
Question: "Just as wells" Answer "Much
more economically to the Government, but not
so pro[tably to the printer" "a roice-"Ah,
hal" and lsughter-l Qaestion :" Can you con-
veniently state the difference in the price of
these six orders, computing them as Separate
orders. and computing them as one order:"
lie answers: Without any allowance for COM
position, these sir orders would have cost $13
Is; their actual cost was $9l 1872" Now do
you understand how it was that they managed
to give Mr. Wendell es1 Is fer work which
could hare been done for $l3 IS?
4 yolcK-Teli us the way.
Mr. TRrNurLL way was this: 1her
gave out the printing, for instance, OF fifty Post
Office blanks, and tue printer charged for COM
position-for setting up the type, That order
was given, say at o'clock in the morning, aud
half an hour after second order comes for
printer charged for setting up tue type a second
time. At ten O'Clock another order is given for
fifty more, and the printer charges for setting
up the type third time. And SO on the orders
ars multiplied; and in one day six separate
orders for Post Office blanks we:c g,ren, swell
ing the expense Of printing thcu,, from thirteen
dollars and fifteen cents. or, if one composition
il included, from twenty-Elx dollars aud fifteen
cents to ninety-one dollars and fifteen cents,
{IIear, hear. And that is the wav your Gov
c,nment is managed, and that is ihe wav the
expenditures Of your Government have been
doubled, and mere than doubled, durin. the
rule Of the party which has been in power siucc
lS52. l cannot detan you on this question il
this rain. This is but one illustration; the same
sort oi execution Of the law runs through tie
army contracts and t1rou9 b the navy contracts
Some Of you know something aboutihe manner
in which 1--we oak WIS purchased for the navy.
and you know something sbout the coal con
trncts, and in this way The money was raised to
-orrupt the baliotbox and cheat the people,
Now, fellow ci.izens, are you for retaining in
power party guilty Of such acts as these?
I"No." The difficulty is not in the law, but in
It's execution. The price for the public printing
is fixed, but who would hare supposed that 4
rage as to E1re separate orders for each Post
Office blank he wanted, in order to swell the
profits Of 'hs pr'n'erS
The people Of Illinois, with one Of the rails
Abraham Lincoln split out thirty years ago,
tion. We hare pried up tho Augean stable
where these Democrats hare been rerellng for
the last eight years. and We only want Pennsyl-
vaniR to get hold Of the end Of xhe rail with Us.
and re will overthrow The structure. tCheers.]
Campaign motsoes.
1t the recent ratification meeting in Srrinc-
field, Ar. Linco1n's home, some very expressive
sentences were inscribed ou the banners borne
in procession, By Honest Old Abe's friends, We
copy few from the Illinois Journal.
"The Coming Axn-Abe Lincoln"
"The Lantern thst will light all Disunionists
aEho killed the Little Giantt Long Abe.
with the Text Of our Fathers"
"Protectiou to American Labor"
ave maintain tie Rights Of Citizens At Home
or Abroad"
"The Constitution and Union shall be Pre-
served"
"protection to Home Industry"
"Ths Territories for Free White Men,"
"0ld Abe-One Of Hammond's mud-siI1s."
Stare Labor; Take Your Choice"
"Ffee Homes for the Homeless"
"Dict Yates, The Man Of the People, our next
"Let the Enen1ies Of the Constitution Rail-
We y Fence them 10, in November"
douglas made the Wedge Of Uufriendfy
asg';ls,on Leg IL s9d 'old Abs split the Dsnoo~
p...4!: =. A4sIa9:a.: 10 Fetesr Of Many Peopl..
-, abraham lincoln ths Farm. hand tho
FFlitap3ost@.o-ths F;a3s ~ Surveyor Ltgialatof-
grees-the President Of tho United Stasea,''
"The Mud sil' will be heard from"