Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-06-28

80 were always edit Of 1tisa pa-
pers supporting the Administrator
Among many applicants election had 10
be made. The Law gave tho election 10
the department; and - the prices weye
fixed By the act Of Congress, and could
neither b increased nor diminishsd By
the President, it vas Of no public con-
Germ to whom the printing might be
given Az there is no pretence but that
Aaii tho.wssk~ss deos . ussssiesAs IN
law, and nothingsn ore than the lawful
price peid lbsie tina most Jealous snesny
Of the President can point out no just
ground Of complaint against him for the
disposal Of this printing.
The imPotAsloas in respsct TO the
printing have in the course Cfthe sxsn-
lnation assumed msny forms aud exhi-
bited many contradictions Of each other
BY the accusing witnesses, and no small
number Of seIf-contsalictieas ty the
same witnesses il their examination at
different times. Two points, however,
embrace the substance OF the charges
against the President on this subjeOt:
Let. That the profits arising fsom the
printing of the Post Office blanks were,
by the order and direction Of the Presi-
dent, applied TO the support Of three
newspaper, the Union, now, the ON
stit15ioa, IT Washington, aud the Penn
sylyanian and Argus, Philidelphia.
I'd. That ths profits Of this printing
we're corruptly offered by the President
to John w. Forney, the editor Of :
newspaper ct Philsdelphia, to induce
him to give up his own views aud SIP
port the Administration on the Kansas
question.
As this patronage was BY Law vested
in the executive, what reason for cen
sure could it afford, whether its beue6ts
were bestowed on one person only, OF
distributed among several! In regard
to the manner in which it was disposed
Of, there has been great deal Of testi-
mony by Cornelius Wendell, who has
been examined many times on this
point, and whose testimony on one &C
casion seldomj accoFds with his state
ments on the same point at other times.
To point out the many contradictions
Of the witness in his different accounts
of this matter would be an irksome aud
unnecessary task. But the real truth il
clearly established, and is briefly this:
THIS printing was bore of conten-
ton among several persons who we're
eager to enjoy it, and who claimed it on
the SCORE Of political services to the
Democratic party. 1t was given " the
Postmaster General to " lillian ltice, by
the order already mentioned, dated the
4lst of December, 1857. Until this
tine it had been suffered to remain ia
the same condition - when Mr.. Blu
chanan's administration commenced
Rice contracted with Wendell, who un-
dertook 10 do the work, d,aw the pay,
aud retain fifty-seven per cent. for HIM.
self, and pay forty-three per cent. to
Rice. This was an arrangement be.
tween Rice and Wendell, 10 which the
government had no concern. Il was
merely : private contract between them;
aud If they were satiefed, no one else
bad any reason to complain. The work
10 point of fact, was not done by Wen
dell, but be employed another person
y. T. CrcweID to Go the work for from
forty to City per cent. leaving a margin
Of profit to Wendell. Rice was the only
party authorised by the governments
The contract between him and Wendell
seems to have been fulfilled for the first
six months but afterwards Wendell re-
fused to pay bis full share to Rice, but re-
tanned a portion of it for himself, and
paid portion to Severos, OF the Gar
gus" This be pretended to do under
An arrangement or direction of the Pres
ident, concerning which, on different
examinations, he has told many conflict.
ing stories.
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