Mr. HENDRICKS. So I understand. Prior to the passage of this law of 1864 I do not claim there was any notice to be given, and I suppose none was requisite, except that good faith that ought to be kept with a large establishment, where money is invested with a view of carrying on a work, where type is purchased, aper purchased, hands hired, and all that. There is good faith that we should not arbitrarily stop the arrangement to the loss of the men who are engaged in the business. But, sir, when this law of 1864was passed, the Government, as I think, became bound by the arrangement being a change of compensation, became bound for 2 years. I have no doubt about it. That was the purpose of it. Can the publishers discontinue it short of 2 years? Can they say, “We will not publish it” unless they give Congress 2 years' notice? Clearly not, under this proviso. I suppose it became binding as a contract upon them as soon as they published anything and received any compensation under the law. It became a contract binding upon them if they accepted it by any act of theirs. Then they cannot discontinue the publication except they give us 2 years' notice. Can we then say, under the same proviso, that we will discontinue it arbitrarily without giving them this notice? What is the object of the notice? That they shall not be oing on E. upon uncertainties, but that they shall when they purchase type and paper and employ hands that this thing will continue as much as 2 years at least. I do not know what are the influences that bring about this proposed change. I am not oing to discuss that. I have heard a E. great about it. This is a work that is done for this Government honestly. It is one of the establishments that has acted honestly with this Government. John C. Rives, in my judgment I knew him well never took a dollar from this Government that was not. according to the law and the arrangement with Congress. Since his death I have never heard a word from any man that it was not honestly done in quality of work, in quality of binding, and that the accounts were not fairly rendered. I have never heard the breath of suspicion of the integrity of this one establishment. It is the one that is to be stricken down. Why, sir? This Globe publication is a credit to the Government; it is a credit to our people. I understand that the proceedings of no legislative body in the world are more satisfactorily published than ours are in the Globe. I admit some interest because of my attachment to Mr. Rives. I knew him when I was quite a young man, and I admired him for his integrity and for his rare sagacity. I have admired the work because it is a credit to Congress and to the country. I should regret to see a personal matter brought into a question of this Sort. I think the Government is committed for 2 years. We said we would give 2 years' notice. We had better live up to it. As we would insist that the Globe office should not discontinue without giving us the 2 years' notice, it is common, plain, straightforward honesty that we should not except upon giving the same notice. We had that agreement. It was so understood. I never doubted that we would give that notice. Giving that notice there is no loss to anybody. If, then, it is the pleasure of the Senate to give the notice, that is square and fair and right, too; but to stop it short of the 2 years, in my judgment, is not complying with the contract.