THE SENATE PRINTING.
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| Don't be alarmed reader; we are not GO
ing to infict politics upon you. We have
word to say about the public printing; but
in SO doing, we shall not forfeit our word
nor surrender our neutrality Viewing things
as we do, naturally, not through the me-
dium of political microscope, nor yet
through that of interest, only in SO far as it
concerns the mass, we are vain enough to
suppose that our views OF matters and
things may not be uninteresting nor unprof-
liable. However this may be, actuated by
pure motives, and desire to do good, we
shall, from time to time, express our opin-
ion on all matters of general interest.


1t is to us, personally, matter of in
difference who gets the public printing!
will initiate neither for nor against US. But
we have an insupcrable objection to giving
the printing of both honses TO one firm. That
objection is based upon principle of human
ity, as it favors the doing the greatest amount
of good to the greatest number. This is our
objection: Should the Senate printing be
given, along with that of the House, to one
firm, it will, no doubt, be a great pecuniary
benefit to that irm--it will enrich the pro-
prietors. But should the printing be di-
vided, it will benefit taco firms; and not only
SO, but it will give employment to eighteen
or twenty journeymen printers for nine
months or year-thus, it will take from
eighteen to twenty men to do the work, if
divided, which would otherwise be accom-
plished with that many hands less--every
body knows that the bulk of the work is
oerbat,m et Hteratim. Which will accom-
plish the greatest good, the distribution Of
S7,92O among twenty journeymen printers,
for value received, or the giving that much
to one firms We 60 for the. journeymen.
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