.sobbinx and the Democratic Review
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sJobbing and the Democratic Review
To t4e Editor Of The Tribune


SIR: observe in your paper another article 1r
relation to the Democratic Review and to myself
which again claims brief notice from me. For
your expressions of respect and esteem, and
your disclaimer of personal blame " to me, per-
nit me to offer my thanks, Though at the same
time TO couple them with the suggestion that you
might sometimes spare yourself the necessity of a
subsequent correction of statements like that con-
tanned in yonr present article, by applying for ex.
PLANTATION, in advance Of too hasty publication, to
the best able to furnish it directly and COR
recty. l find nothing else calling for further no
tice from me than the following:


"Mr. O'Suivan, as proprietor of the Democratic Re,
view, is now, II net Eisniormed, The appointed
Printer OF the Decisions, kc Of The Supreme Court oi me


ency annually from the National Treasury TO sustain his
partisan periodical He is Printer and OF course en-
Toys Printer 10 do the work. reservng liberal profit TO
himself Against this also, protest. invasion OF The
Just rights OF actual printers err gouse OF the treasury


fairly in th. way. II the Government pays only fair
price the whole of that price should so 10 the man who
ohe craft added TO an imposition the Treasury that
lawyer Editor can make profit between them"


Msprnted sas.' Ed. Tr.l


Now sir, permit me to inform you that the con-
tract for the execution of certain printing annu-
ally required by the Supreme Court of the United
States, which you thus denounce partisan
lob, and as an invasion of the just rights of
iual printers, or gouge the Treasury, was
awarded to the frm of :. Langtree & OSuivan," :"
on open and public competition, as the lopest
among a aumber Of bidders, precisely as was also
that of the printing of the Madison Papers un-
der the authority OF Congress. That firm was ia
possession and management of an extensive print
ng-otfice, in which variety Of every species of
printing-book, newspaper, and miscellaneous
was executed. The officer of the Supreme Court
under whose direction this whole matter rests is
known to be nos only gentleman of character and
standing inmessurably beyond the reach of the
impu,aton your article conveys, but also entirely
disconnected from al The interests or exctemen,s
of party politics. besides being under the supervi-
sion of the Court itself. which august body, coec-
lively and Individually, necessarily divide the
odium of yeur charge. With them | am content
TO leave it, and remain,


Respectfully yours, J. L 0SULLlvAN.


Ne:p- York, 4ugust l2th, 1872


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