Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-09-17
O. Do ron include the printing.

Q. Do you include the printing.
"A. No, sir.
Q. How much would the printing amount
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that subject very closely. not so closely as
have the binding, becouse that is under the
control of the Superintendent of Public
Printing.
Q. Is the printing as large an item as the
binding2 E ID y 4 "a Z
A. o. The printing is much larger Item.
offered to do the whole of the executive
printing at 80 per cent. less than the law of
the 26th of August. 1852, allowed. Il offered
that to Mr. Bowman since his election as pub
lie printer; and Independent of doing 1t for
so Der cent. less. L expected to make my pro-
fit ont of that And 1 proposed to do the
binding of all the executive departments at
331 per cent less than he receives for it now.
In other words, proposed to take 66s per
cent for my part, giving hin SS55 per cent,
he expanding no capital at all, being at no
expense whatsoever.
Q. And you say you expected to make a
fair profit after that!
A. expected 10 make my profit after that,
of course / have considerable experience in
this matter, and have long been contractor
with the government for lis executive print
ing previous to the printing act coming into
operation. ] did it for some or 10 years
from 1871 or 1912 to 1852. Under the con-
tract system had the principal part OF the
executive printing-pretty much all.
Q. The law fixes the prices for all this work
the binding and printing for the executive
departments-does il not?
A. No, str; Just achdt the department chooses 10
pan for he executive binding; arh0terer they choose
10 make ont the bills for, If they opprOce them,
Mey pay. The law fixes the price for the
printing, but not for the executive binding.
The price is fixed for the CON- .ssional bind
ing, the binding of the congressional docu-
menis. When refer to the executive print
ing, refer to all the printing of the executive
departments, including the post office blanks
.. Including the fat and lean, as tits called?
A Yes, sir; the fat and the lean, every
thing together. The printing is much larger
| item than the binding. and the departna' els can
noke almost as profitable as HeN please.
We call especial attention to the above
testimony of Dir. PETITIONS. IL gives rs an
| insight. not only into the mode Of distributing
public plumber, blu, into the bypocritcal and
| vascillating character of Ar. BUCHANAN. Let
us ask the reader again TO turn to the SHIFT
| lug ard shuffling of the President in this
matter Of ruling and binding. Does it not
show that the object was not TO consult either
the law or the public interest, but to ply TO ht
best advantage tie corruption fund arising ont Of
The EXECUTIVE printing and binding, the prices
of which, instead of being regulated and
| limited by law, were just what the President
and the Departments might see proper to
make them There was no effort to discredit
the testimony of this witness, except by an
| endeavor TO show that he was mistaken in
1 his statement OF the first Endorsement by the
| President and its erasure on the letter refer
red to the Attorney General; but even that
statement was not positively refuted. On the
contrary, his reputation for honesty was sus-
/ tanned by DR.. S. b. BLANCHARD; by W.
BAYLY, ststioner; by V. BLANCHARD, a
bookseller; and by other witnesses living in
Washington, all of whom had known him for
| many years.
We here bring our extracts to a close fol
to-day. We shall continue them, and in the
meantime we defy any friend Of the BUcH-
ANAN-BRECKINRIDGE administration to dis
prove any Of the damning focts thus brought
to light.