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whom payment for 'subscriptiOn and advertiicutents
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n..SRELLY, Esq. Shiremanntown,,Clinrl% Co.
Sci TT Coryn,•Esq..Newville , ,';_ -• do
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JL,Wir,s ON ,-05q. Meebaniesburg, • • (lb
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Dr, ASA N.'w Cklibberland ,
;rims. BLACK', Esq. llflcuntield, Perry county.
POETR-Y.
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" Vitit swes:tvst 11nv vl-1(4000(1.
Froin Savior's gardens eull'd iridi care."
From thc, Lorthilile
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' . I lifive a fah' slid gentle-friend,
: Whose. Imart is pare I,weem
. maiden's liefirf;
(tinarigMarlike - a - star.-
) Ili's , : • '
La: -s dawn., yet gathers altar :1 stain
From-atr4lit-it-see's 11t s. -
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1 (Iti not that flittery ,
ucv - ci• re:idiot her cur;
Frothy say its syren song .• ••.
- 41 k no effect on - her ; • • ••
F orislte.,i r 4 . • .
Nlcr•inture soft and ciciLl=
ilidtigh on the eve of Ivoinanhood,
heart a very child.' • "
.An'tv t, witjtin the ndsi:deptiis
Of her.dark and dreamy eyes,
A sirtdoWy-something, like dap•iliongli!,
I . 4 . te.iulpr'.4:ulness lies;
kriniFin
As in her
, chiltlis4.years, • .
Its wildness and ils lustre .nciw •
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: . _ Are Sollend4Wicii-yNanfs=-7----.--:
Tears that steal not froln hidden spring,
'sorrow and regret,
For none but lovely, eelings
In her gentle breast have triet ;
For every tear diat,gems her eye
From her goinkbosOrn flows, .
Like dew - drops &mit a golden stns;
Or sweetness frchn a vise. •
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,For'e'en in lifee: delieioui spring, •
We-oftlavelnenidries
That throw around our sunny hearts.
A transient cloud_of_sigits
'For a wondrous eliange within the litiari
At that sweet time is wro'ught,
When on earth is softly laid •
._,—.,A_spelLof deeper thotight. .
AndAtehasyeadied
sweetpoetie:figel -
l'(Then to.the eyc edeh flowcret's leaf
Seems like a glowiV Page 7:
For u beauty and a mystery
--About.the_l_kwt„isthroii:n; •
When childhood's',lnierry lati,glEr
To girlhood's softer tone:
IdO not knoiv.j .round her heart
Lnye . yet Lath thrown his wing;
j rather think she's like myself, .
: . An April hearted thing% -
. tonly ktioW that she is fair,
Andloves me passing Well ;
" flat who this gentle maiden is,
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j feel nottfree to tell. •
!Bo Quiet—do: 11l Call my 'Mother. ,
' As I was sitting in a wood, .
' . 'Under an oak-ter's leafy corer, , ...
iklnsingkpieasant solitude;
W
hoodmuld'come I 3:5 but John; my lover!
Ile pressed my hand, tad kissed my cheek ;.
Then, wtillittk-gro 114, kissed the Other;
While I exclaimed, and strove to shriek,.
"Be quiet—do! I'll 'call my hMthixl'!.l...• .
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Elie saw my anger• was sincere,.
,Anpovingly.began to Chide me; -
And wiping frorri,my.eheeli the tettri,
lie sat itiM on the grasS beside me. •
lie feigned such -pretty - , amorous woe,
Breathed,sueltSWeet,VCM:S, one nt er 61.11Vir, -
1 could but smilerrelet-w-hispeeing,-lowT
"Be quiet—dol - 6,Au -
• He talked , so long, andtalked49`We'lf,
And swore he meant not-to. deeeivimne
felt . mOre 'grief than-Leatitell, •
'W!ic.nsiyithia: kiss lie rose to lease
madl, `!and. mint thou ,• ,
I:l(,ive thee better than nll other_; • ; •
Thet;c is no fl ed tcilkupry so,
"'never nieani,toicall thy moilley; • .
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701707110, on the .RffalFetiqi,
• abuses:in the public eapeOditares• „, - and
. to separate the Government frown the
T.l&
IY.eliVe - iTdlii 'the liditsoLof Represoimtives;
• The manner in wineh this patronage
abUse4 andf the - ::read i almost.tele,_
- graphic jlespatch With whielt the Wires of
party machinery are ",,felt throughotie and
from-the most Ilistantiparts of the Union,-
May be iniagined'after reading this laconic
note, written by Mr. "Van:Buren, soon after
entering the-ditties 'of Secretary..of Stafe, to
a.gentleman itilouisiana^: •
"My. Dear Sir: I have Ow 'honor of ae
knoVvledgii4 the receiiit of your letter of the
21sti ult. acid Of informing you that the.•
move's and appointments you recommended
were made- on thhe -- day Your letter teas re . -
- With respect;your friend, Ste. ,
"At. VAN IRJI3EN."
Is: .... sAnd- . ..50 far from being willing' to reduce
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theumber of,Clerks in this Depariment,' I
as . the -People- -Wetso.hiduced to - believe
-Would be dobe, ;111 - r Van Buren,_when.cat, I
led oh for that purpOse, saw the whole . af-. I
fair through a new .meditun, and Ireirilied:•,
.c , M v . opim o n...is, that - there can be no retitle- -
-lion - in the numbor-of . officers employed in
ilie,Departmeni, (OC,States,) , without detri- 1
pent sto ,the'publie -intemst!" And - yet,the
-Retrenchment Committee, when-Mr. Clay
sivaS •in that' . Department, 7 reported ''tip'l
i they. felt satisfied:that,' had 1 lictodieer - ht . its
bead.conCurred withthentin-' thb -- opirtionl;
- they migJo. kayo pi:espied ..::,, -plan - . Tor not
only a gr ad Ind- -redu,ction of_ the number - Of
clerks, but forrait actual increase in ellicien
ey of' theirlabors.", : ' . •.• ." - — l* '. - I
lint other discrepancies between the pro-
fessioh and-p6ctice,Of these reformers re-. 1
wain to be-noticed.• It will die, found that
the report -of- the genthiman from New
Yprk,•(Mr. Clambreleng,).and his friends; I
condenmed "the practice introduced by the'
Secretaries of the Departments, of sending
thelreportl of their clerks or heads di bu-
roans, instead of condensing . thep),:_tiad 1
making them substantially their own corn-.I
mimic:lllo.7 This 'practice,. if bad, , has
meater)acemeorave.lo,..l6ls diiilY indulgqd
In by allAhe Departments, as the answers I
to the calls and'resolutions of this Mouse
.111)undattliy_sb.,,„ But n still more reertark
able - - commentary - - follows. • Whcn - the
Departments of -War passed-into= the hthuls"
of John 11. Eakin, sa zealous referdier, he,
too, was called 'two!) ttr. carry ,out his • re
frenelnneht-systemi-antl reduce :the number
of his. clerks, In fulfilmentof the:1011c ex
• pectation,.Which be and others bad excited,
To the surprise of all, lie referred the sub
ject to:the clerks themselves! and here, sir,
is his reply: ..,. . '''' . •c- s .s,
Wiitt - Dra , ArtviEwk, Jan. 2'7, 1830. ~
_____`.!Srn: I have the honor to lay before you
repo,ydroni . the several bureaus connected
With the. War Department. on the subject
. of 'a resolution of the sth hist. referred.to
me by the Committee on Retienchineiff...
-• Respectfully,_
."J. H. EATON."
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• "011ARI,E8 A. WICICAFKE, '&4. "
These bureaui,- so filr front agieeing to
part-With any of_theif escutcheons, actually
ask for an additional. supply! Thus ended
ihaf-fare •.- • • . 1 ~
421,0t/ter, Precept.-This, retrenchment 1
report alleged that , , our diplomatic relaijons
- find-foreign-in(ercOurse-wbre-unnecesSarily-,
'eXpensive, and reeomended "a• (tied afi r ..i i
propriation for the cOntnigenCies of each '
mission;" :"in • ; no Case ; 60
, exceeding 0;
(anitually,) to . cover the seigience.s Of star
tionary, poiage, office,: dell: hire, and all . :
other coming-A - 160s whatsoever." • -,•• , ~.
Let us see the .praCiiee..„ AntlreW -. Bte- .
vensdn; our Minister at London; is allowed°
for these,contingenciei, including "presents]
to the Menial officers ano servants of the ,
Court; and (Abets, on his. preSetinnion, 'arol4
'.C.I 'stunts,"
.$4,005• ,inll,tespace_of
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abo it (p a year;The like expenses of nearly
all our :other (oreign missions are
,in cor
respondent ratio.
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'gr;ulc of
Ministers Was to be reduced in some instan
ces, 'especially that at Madrid; to a Charge,
with a salary of $4,000. - .. - •
7 Prticlice.—.A. Minister - i'lencpo n tiintiary.
has,
_.been : lppt,ftt.
,Madrid eonstally,_ anti.
John H. Eaton is:now there oritt - salary of
$9,000, having, also received his -ofittit of
the same amount. - And during the last ..
session of Congress ari attempt was - made • to
hicretpc' the salajie§ of all our foreign:Win:,
jstors. ;Who &mid have i anticipated •.this.
from:an Administration that proclaimed on.
-this_floor,_(at least-one' of its ghost power
ful• - and infludntial - supporters the-later.Mr,
Randolph, who joined' in ,the cry of re._
trenchmeni here. proclaimed, and What, he
said the-ildl - approbation 9( "the party:")
" - "Soltihg as - - Members .of Congress, - and
'not 'Of this house Only obShiefly, Will-betv,
.and:pringc; and duck, and •fawn, and get
out 'of the Way at..a litue4ing.'Y;ole, or lend a
), I ,P2O 6 (A'$OO; at a.• . p.inehingiyolje,- . .t0• obtain
tiltse Places, - 711i01!C,fykiill'ebtil6iitto . 70ratO ,
-'. - ii: . '1" d'" ' F ' 1" W ' ''' - 11'
toe salary a ae )c :to tiem . .. e.areto..t.
that they liye at, * pL,,N.(e4Witli:,ll.l. Lon
. lon,'4nd thA,l . iyinir, t'fitre;i6 ,yerk expeii
.sivp. ;,Well sirovlvi ; aunt` thein there?—
re they impresse4,Blo.,. Were :they.t,a ,
li" by a . prays-gang „on
~N.Liwer. Ilifi;
;,knocked down; .arin
,hand-eutThd,• , Clitteked
.on board - of a - tender, - and , told that they
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"Ji \ FAXILY iEWSPAPER: - DEVOTEp TO NEWS, POLITICS,.. LITERATURE, THE• ARTS AND SCIENCES, .A.G f RICULTURE; AMUSEMENT, &C. &C.
'-POLITICAL.
SPEECH OF MR. BOND,
April, 1838.
4- - ---ECoizchuledf4p2n, our last.]
" Washington, -,Opril 20, 1820
and . .rialisked, „Weekly; by George jit:.Pliiiiips; in :Carlifile, • Cumbertgnd CiinntY; Pa
must take the pkyand' . ialions which His .
lklayegtY7Wai'pleased to 'allow?" ,*
. Now I appeal to you, Mr.Speaker,' if
The moral application of these itmarkS hau .
not been justly felt "in Congress, and riot
in - thisliciuse-onlys-or T phielly-undei-the-re
trenchmerit and•reforrn Administration?
to --;- CoPreet -
Snotherprecept of the - reformino; report.
--7-Tho , Comniittee tlionglitthe Mode of "ap
poiniing---aniFenrialmpaiiiigliAitcr*Of-d-es-;;•
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patches liable to strong objections, prOnete
degenerate into-a species of faVoritisin little
short of -a-convenient mode Of sending-favor
ites abroad•te traVel * . Tor their 'pleasure,
healtifiT:orifisfruction-,:out of 411 e: public -cof
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Practice.—The .Presiderit" and his Sec
retary of State; both. Jackson-reformed,
now take a favorite clerk '°l the- State 'De
partment,, whose salary --- frt the time teas at
the rate of; ..$1760 per year, send hint as
- bearer of despatches to Mexico, and,. '.for
about three' • month's service, - ,pay ldrir
$1212,88, and %stiller him also to-draw his .
clerk's
,salary for the period of his absence!
i'or this I-refer you to-the : case of -Robert'
!
Grecnhow who is the translating, clerk Of
iliatPepartment; all: the , fa. is of the: ease
being stateitin..the.repotts of _therSecretbry,
ffeHexcuses • this. transaction,:-hy saying
thaf.thetranlations,whilek were reghired,
during Mr. -c - . 4 reen how's — abSelice. weremade
at his expense... 'lt tii . Ort.bc weltto, inquire.
Whether - any translations were mquircd
during that period, and: Avliv alsO it would
not hare been quite* •':).4 Welfl.6 -- discontinue .
the salary for the time, and let. The i;lovern
mem pay for any translations \Kew.
- needed.: ButdO we not here_distinetly real= -
ize what - the - retrenchment report - condemn
edin:tjlesei Nvorils: "that an actual 'Mem.
ihent considered to have li6ll ::1 sort of
property_ in the ofliee as to:enable Min
'tam out its duties, and 10 reec;ive a part 01
its revenues for doing nothing!"
• --Another illustration of this. '',onvettictit
. _
ihotle favorite abroad," ,"mi1.,01;
the_publicoffers," is found in the . .same.
WI, of contingoit 'e.xpenses,of fOreign inter
course.' -1- alluded to '(lie case- of 'Mr-•
Charles - Biddle, 'who; When tient inated by
General .Jackson for a jtidgeShip in Flort .
da, was rcjeeted-by the Senate. •
After this.rejection Mr. Biddle teas des -H
patched by the Executive to Central Ameri.,
ea Mid NeW Grenada. --What. serViee lie
rendered - we -know not, bnt - it appears that
for this - mission an - allowance of $7,122,95
ba's been-Made. Mr. Charles Biddle is the
Same gentleman whohad n controversy with
Mr. Senator Grundy,iniarefiflce -- devolidii r
of the- latter . to Gen. Jackson was question
-We learn.liy one of the printed ilocu
'lnentsi- occasioned - - by that-dispute,- t he-
Senator,:for the purpose ofproving himself
to be. what is called 10.`Whele hog Jackson
many" said lie "had. swallowed the hog not
only Whole; bitt ivrong end foremost; taking
the bristles. against -the. grain; and had gone
for all Gen. Jackson's bob-tail nominations,
even -to Billdle.": . :
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..:iYou may reirtember, Mr. Speaker, that
gi7eat fault pas fOund with Mr,•Clay for an
allowance. to :John. 11. Pleasants, who was
employed as hearer of despatches, and. sat
out on his voyage, but t being taken ill, was:
obliged to, abandon it,'.though he Caused his
despatehes to safely delivered: In - the
account, which I am- now examining, - we
' find he sum of $1,522 7,‘4 paid by' Mr.
Forsyth, the-Secretary of State, to Eleazer
Early, sent with despatches fOr - oUr Charge
d' Affajvqq,At. Bogota, Itut,l which were uev-
j :er. delivered: . The sickness, of Mr. Plea-
saints furnished no pailiation,.....i.u-the—ntind Sl l,
of thereformet•s r for the 'payment made to
, him, thobghtexauged his despatches, to be.'
I safely ;delivered. Yet these same gentle-,
i r inen---1141. - ample t -pretext, --in : the...alleged.
I-ship - 161a of '.Mr.:Early, to pay. him .$3ll
'35-for expenses, $527 37for clothing, bed
j ding, and beelta,hist.o,r abandoned' by hini,
j and $7,14 for- one hundkil---and , nineteen
:' dayS' compensation, at $0 pct . , day, though
his despatches were never delivered!
:. At this time, too, Mr,. ,Early appears to
have been , . receiving a,salary, j of $1 ; 500 a
year as Librarian of the House of Repre 7
I sentatives! .. It . would . scent - that Mr., See-
I retary . Vorsyth is' not a stranger. to this
17 - - ' [ ___Lotivet --77-I nent_inode_of_sendtt_gt - , :favoriteS
abroad, to travel for their pleasure, health, or
instruction, out of the publie.colfers.".
I -also findtitaiii2 . ,..iiZ l ,' av,.o4rgid for
tingcnt expenses of Williani T. Barr
muting!.
....,:xp_.._
_y,
late Minister to Spain.... Now,.
sir, it is
known that Mr. Barry never reached Spain .
_but•died on his way there. 11e,.0f course
receiVed the,tis 11 salary and ontfit; and I
i 'ain., at
. a)oss o kilo)* what contingent_ ex
penses,. rota rredrby - liim - could-- justly- be_
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charged-to tie United States. , - • - :
• Thei'e,app :ars, .also, to. have been via
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_to John R. Clay, in 1836, $3,381-41;:as ,
7 , `Ciffilifensationibr certain .diplematie; sex-;
vices." This getftleman; .at that • time,
held the place of Secretary. of liegation at'
St.: Petersbur&h,With la salaryof 82,000 a
year, and the payment to him of the•further '
Sunrof $3,381. 41:may be justly questioned.
Other items, indicative of extravagance
,et . favoritism, may_be .se en . in _th is,. : eel) fib--
gent expense account of foreign Missiony b,ut
I,will . not Stop to specify them.• , •
. It wilalso bo found, that, in the:,tlays of
this `‘seaphing epera4oun and "reform,".
Tthe ,stOling committees.of this 'none° on
.t.lfq - e - .xperiditiyes uf -the .severtil7tleptirtmentsl
attended. to,,theiri,vocatiou.; , --Bilt I -YPr,Y soon
after . Opiteral `Jackson. cairie : imp; power,'
Base cOmmittees:becalnO so-much avnititt4
oriiktre„ form; that
,the ' ehairimm of one of
thebi . deelaritil here diiiing the last Congress,
141 had ; ,uc-yer even:- thought it worth. his.
Wltile'.',O.cOnVelie)iis dciaim4R , .e; anti, .he ap ,
i iiciared (Pate -;' snrprised , or—M---alr :events
- iUESIII.II . I , :I.lr7P.E.girOool ll .i . JEVVE 6, *s. s
amused, that any inquiry was expected to
be inade - in - regard to'the expenses of ;these
departments! • This,state of•things.forins a !
strong contrast with the report, - made here - H
in• April, 1828, by IVir. Blair, of Tennessee,
-aliairmaillotthe_Gommitton Public Ac!
counts•and Expenditures in • tile. State p,e
paimnent. He, • yon - know, Mr. Speaker;
was a Jackson reformer; like the -Select
etiritiiiiieei-lie-found every thing wrongT•
Mid proniiSedto correct it. The ptirchasa
of books, - the employment - of a librarian,.and!!
many other things; ..were censured—even
the• right lo purchase a print OrlikeneSs of
C-ken Wasltimlion,- : to be stispondOiciff-:th - n•;
DePartment,. ivaB 4U - 6d - rifted. Hdiv-stantis
the. Matter now? Why, large sums , of
money are yearly expended for the library.
of the State Departinetit, and - many books
purchased, which are certainly Aninecess.47.-
ry, .
• BeSides the purclmse of perioai
:eels; neWspapers,'. made for this Depart
ment by , its disbiirsing - agent at home . , there
was expended in -London;
for similar objects, neafiy til5PO, • A libra. :
rhut is . employed; at a. salary of" I„i4oi
600 to that-paid to 'the- librarian--:0( . .. - the
. great 'oldie library : of. GoogrOS:, .All this .
too, sir, -*ler the auspices_ of tentlernalt
who sakliliat this part of The eXpcnses of
-that Depailanent wits censurable, and ought
o he dispensed' Willt,'as all the °aims of
the Gui.ernmenteniuld:well avail..themselves.
oftlte_public tbe ..Capitol. Hui,
Mr.-Speaker, the tunics changed, arid 'Mr,'
Van Buren and Forsyth changed:with
them. ,The State-Department is now:laid
- of - lint() grand divisions.__•Wlten tlri
had charge .ofit, the 131ne Book exhibited - a . '
list of a dozen names, all under the head
of clerks, Gum of these neted as tranShitor
liar ilte Department,. and his salary was $l, -
I.s . o:;:inotimr paicc-out the funikt, and was
charted with the contingent expense,ml-:
cOnnts, and lie received - $1,150 a year.—
Dow soon is all this - sittitilicity nod eccni - o-•
my ..forgai en! The Blue Book, of last year
)epartment into, a "Difiloinatie
1 solar ..Birrean,” a "41Ome
Boretiu,''.:t "Translator," whose salary is,
$,1,700,4:1 "Di:Ann:Sing Agent," whose
aryisi $.1.,595, a librarian," whose salary
is $1
.540, a '"Keeper a the- Archives,"
whose salary is,. $1 4 510, and gives, one man'
$O6O a year fOr "packing.tiling, arranging;
and- preserving newspapers and printed
aocunients." This is done by that boast
ed .‘‘denuieratic party" which affects 'such
holy-horror at, any,itppearaoce Of whal they
whose letters are foundiu:Salmagundi; had.
seen 'this' display of "Bureaus" in the State
justified Otitis . admiration .at "the grand
.and Magnificent scale ron which the.Ameri
yans transact their business:" . HU, I have
-- yet - to - add,. that those .whmuestioned, - the
right ofThe State Department tb purchase. a
print' of the . immortal Washington -have
used the money of the people to buy prints
'of 'General Jackson, and now of Martin
Van Buren, for almost everyloom in each,
of the. Departmentslt : • • •
SpeaketAuring thiit "searching ope-•
ration l L . -midcaptiouf3 -fault4iiidnigr-Mvery
petty exp.enr ofth semeral Departments
- was --- looked
_sit ivitii open .ccensure. -I
well remember that an item of'some few
dollars, paid laborer, for destroyincr b the
- grass which was growing betWeenthe bricks'
of therpaved 'walk - leading - to - the - State - De
parOhent, was held up to public view as a
piece of aristocratic .extravagance:-,, 'Now,
-4ri"s'nPliPse. - 4 4 eYe. 1310- ‘63e - 719 - 17r - r!iivirt
similar and &Italy (if not niore).objection-.,
able charges Mille preset - a. aeconnts,of•these
Departoieniss.ueli as. cash, fiaid for clear
the,,paveMents,_ so_that_
Mr: Vorsythineed: not•Ntiet las' feet
dollars;.a 'quarter for labour," "54 .dollars
for sin dries," "16 dollars fot - IVork,"
ont.stating What )alier or work. It might,
have been forkilihrg - eiSS, or, raising . vege
tables for the Secrqtary., '!'he term "sun-
Aries" May, concedi . the' same- thiAgs; and
the eurioutitiniglit ins - tire „What. use was ,
Made of. the lire-proof. paint for which
. w -
dollar were paid,by the Secretary of. State.-;
Ilut•mbneyls well laid out, if . it will 'pre
serve the edifice! And iris to. be regretted
that the Secretary of the-Treasury and the.
Postmaster General had not made:similar
j purchases 'in time
.:to save theiti respective_
buildiogs.," Penknives and. scissors, bythb .
- dozen and litTriloien't.Ti, iirdifised - fortiro'
Secretary of State; who also pays ivelerk,to
go• to Baltimore to 'collect a draft.
, An item•
of:100 dollars id by - the Secretary pf.the .
Treasury (orate _transportatin_u of money;
, hut*wAtidk . .awiley,..6i 1 '4).14 whence, on
where . transported,'.. We litiotv.,
last charge is a kind Of foretaste of haid-1
money ,suli 7 TrOa:sury systems, by which,.M-1
Stead of traoSmitting the funds !if the:Gey;-1
eminent by means, of tile:6llo4p, ;9414 - ti ,411(1 .
rapid Syntenl. of. exchange: Itltielt.prevailedl
before 'the 'banks were % "lebatiehea" by
'Mr. Kiiiidall - ,7lll6*lilie'`_piofYi3 . ' Ith* tei l l
to wagotied O'er • the country at great
,ex
.tense and.hazard,'• and always with:dijay,:
he.late eininent and.Virtuens' Attorney:
General; WilliaWn Wirt, did, nut Cseape 114.
eenslire .of these indefatigable reformere,,
He had _rendered • sonic pre er
viceS; in, which "the United States were iii
teresteil,,bitizWhieh"Were:not, - Welt allis
ellicial -station; el large,a , pan-ii
serViee•an inconSidorable-osuni was paid f ,.to
ltiin,.but AS propriety wiISA nestioned. - : The I
rill try Of the :Attorney: General was' tlieb •
3,500 dollars, and he was lilloWed 890.1d0l-
tars for a clerk: HOW s.tpdS tlie:iFase . now ? '
..The.salary ef Mr: .13e4unin Rutter, th - e
present Attorney; General;is 4,ooolollars,
and in 1834 lie wzi:; paid ;iOlO ftirouni-
. .
i pensation, beSides being allowed. 1300 del
lars for a. - elerk and'ineeeoriger, arid 500
Jars for the contingent expensee of, hie of
fice. The same additional allowance and
Charge,_ amounting together: to. 1,800 d 01.7
Uri, is - Made* in 1835. Indeperiderit of
ifie increased salaryand - 411 - 67 - 61illiite pro
vision for a Messenger, whonee.comes Mr:
Butler's right, to.cltarge an .excees of. $l5O
1-9-forcompensation,:beeides: 500 dollars-for
Contingetit the - Year -- 1830Wd
heard rid - thing of contingent expenses, but a.'
provision of 1401,, dollars-is Made.. for a
clerk and messenger, and fof-Ati; , Butler's
-- Odinpensation thteyeVid,re - C6iiied
Alollars,:whewhis_Salttry, was_ only 4,000.
dollars. Why iv as thig - t - rdess'of 332 'dol
l:I:vs paid—him? He appears to have beed
tised - as . a sort of Caldli - Quotein. He has
ilden.:alloAmdto_euj ay the 'salary or is pwn
.office and that 'of . the Secretary Warat;
one and the, sanie 'being
.at the rate "of
.40.,000 - per year; pursuing too his profes
sion, and receiving its emoluments." , No
wouderwexereeivein him `‘the complying .
law officer of the crown:" When did he
`over give an xipinion contrery to_ the wish
:ofi the "President, ifildlinew _what that was?
Let 3111 - ;.:0 ... an 'illustration:' As the Story
is. told, when. the..Ballimore railroad was
about to he located at its termination in
thie
_City, the company consulted' Mr. But
ler on some point :IS .to this right of
_ways
_under. their .charter. - L_Afier_full_detili9ration
his piolessional opinion Was obtained in
gkritinfr.. 't,"happened that 'General Jack
son felt some concern itiout thci:locatlon or
this. right Of. way, and lid - expreSscil- an'
,opiiiion on the same . point, rectliiring a ter:-
of the road, which the company
wish, and -Which Mr. Butler had
adviSekthem they need - imutulopt. Gbi t .
Jaelisup was, furnished 'with the opinion of
the A itoratey General; , but, instead cif yield
ing, li4 tmtlorsed on ii, " Mr. Butler has
not exaibincd •Witlibis usual cage
. letthiS paper he referred back to ltim, with
a. copy of-.tlie charter- for . •re=eitunina
tion." In due. bole,-sir, the Attorney Ge
neral agrees with the Viesident,-and gives aui
eonairm4 . with.that v. hickC • cn.
Jacksiin had expressed! . After - this,' Mr.
Speaker, we need not be surprised at. the
opinion of Mr. Butler, given as a
ion tultition - or justifieation fos Gen. Jack
son to Pocket' the bill repealing the Treasu
ry circular, and which had metal both
Houses of - Congress almost' -by acclama
tion. -Nor, indeed, should we be
.astonish
ed. at any opinion Of , his i unless_he_ should
Wave happene - dlifo — give one difrcrent — from
what he supposed- the President wanted.
I wish now,tO make a few . 4 tibmme . hts oii
'Kendall, late Fourth Auditor, and now Post
master.. • General. This' gentleman you
know„pir, was 'an eleventh-hour Jaclkson
man. Vp,liowever, was .among - tlie.tirg
Who got office; and immediately after his'
appointment, a letter of this is published,
in which, after holding himself4nd a few
friends up as having been persecuted, Ate
exclaims, "what has Heaven done'? .So
disposed,of events, as *to make Barry Post
master General, and myself a more ham
lileAnditorY As-to-Mr—Barry,-no_madet
"Uthatevents" made:him. po§tmaster Gen
flknow that wider his managpmem
that departmeht was deranged and - rendered
insolvent! - • • •„.
But now for this "humble Andiior;!' or,
as - from - his Tow n —question, hens soniiitinies
called, "this Heaven-born" Amos.. If
tory does him kistice, i that
degired-4A , er Mr: Clay; whieh; it
not being in the 'poWer of the latter to .pro
vide;,l4. Kendall espoused the pause of
General Jackson.'
_ In this letter. Jai:, 114,,Kendall,_be..saysi_,
"I feel hot*, by my obligations to
. my
country, and by the pledges so often repeat-._
ed• by all the . , principal, men of our party,
to promOte, with all thy takintS and indus
try, the reforms which the PPopleslemand.
I will inove -that our 7 declarations- haw not
been hollow, pretences: Ilesides',: I
. hold
the interference of . Federal. officers with
State7p6litiCS Co be improper in principle,"
_. 'Yor the reterm under this last. paragraph,,,
I refer yon to Mr: Kondall's• letters. and
toasts-sent io:s'ariousli oli i ital. , m eeti ngs and
tlinnerS, throughout. the .comitry for a foil/
• _
~
l • years: past, on .tha eve of State elections.
1 „. When Mr. Kendall entered upon the du 7 .
1 tips of his Auditor's office,` he. caused to. be
7mthlistiptliiii- . -the---1-Tini ted-S . 4ttes-,,„-tel pga4li.;
the then official organ, a letter, in Which he
"Says, "The . interest of the ,country , (let
maiulS., that this office shall by tilled . with
prektvof Zusihess; and net.. with, PaNding
yiditichms.r-....5ir, :the, whole. letter' was
tlie'.Wol'lc:nt 'A.bitliblihg politician; express"
ly' designed . ' fili political . and ' demagogue
ends,, which. the; writer, in the same lire t ath,
'said lie had gnittintileftfor others!' I will
,read a fONV.pasSieres, lrpm it:::: '‘f In. Ave days
I halve -returned' fo the pok office twiinty
fetters and three painphretS,.enelosed toilie.,
Fourth - Auditor,nnil, directed to other-pert
sons !"8,!IloW,loitg, after Ibis leiterw
"as it !
before. : Mr.
die
_Globe newspaper, and .tile
• feitnee • ;of • his ''friend . FraneiS - •1 4 .• Blair -
(.another eleventh -hour Jackson !Ilan, wiled;
I he had bionglit•fi'oni his formerlresidence a t.
1 1 Frankfort ) Kchtucky;)'sent uni,ler his . frank
10-Kehttickatid-perimpf4...Pisewhere, MP
I prOspee.tus..or_this:hewspaiol - .( .
_.• .
I.
: .J o :tiiitt same !le ner Mr.,Kendall also 'says:'
' • .‘4.l,i_pen- entering this • ellice,• on Menday,
last .one of the first' objeits'. Which 'struck
iitx• eye - Was:z,pi le. •of -newspapers Oh My,
' table, Among: .them,; I- Counted:" Six•tePhi
; different' Papers ,•=rill •:of •ty hich.fWas••:tolil
V ere subscribed for by the•Fehrth Apilitor,,
-and paid for:ent•of - :the T.Nastiry:7 l ,!. ••••''
~
BEIM
. .
-He stnt • them' back, as . he then stated,
with'd note. to:each of - which- the-follow
ing is dopy: . : • •..
• • TRV.ASTYRY DEPXIthIENT;, •
4th tiuDiTtmes OincE, March 24, 1829,
, . .
ng:_that_Lain_...authoriged - .
try: Charge the. Government with subscrip-,
tions to newspapers and other publications,
Which are, not useful to me in the discharge
rof . my — crlfte . .4l -- tintieSl — mid not --- percef . t .7
cai>
„jeurnalittseltling_the accounts of the .
United States Navy,-1. have to request that
von will iiscontnine.sending it to till:, (ace.
Very-respectfully c -3 . 4.ntr . riliedient servant: — '
. • . . AMOS KENDALL...."
ONE
MEE
here,.
ere;, Mr, Speaker, .is
_a - fine displaYof,
the "pride, pomp, and .eircuntstance" of
Office, if not of ollicThl ioSelence. But
_y_eaterday_he_was himself
_the.
_editor and
-pTiblisher-of . a neNirspaper; . next,appears;.
in his own language, an "Inunble • Auditor:7
lint - sir,t does not the letter jest read show
that - lib had forgotten Iris humility,"and be
-come puffed up with pflicial.eonsequence!
Why slid he not sietply Jell his brother
editors, •hr brief-and-respectful language,.
that Ittihad dise..onti lined thn.Subscription for
their paper?
lint a further tlfought is suggested by this
letter of Mr. Athos Kendall, • and his rea-I
son. for discontinuing: newspaper subserip-1
tions. lle is now, sir,,POSiniaster Peneral..!
. Suppose--We-lookat - the,-,statentent • of-the: :
contingent expenses of his office for the
last year. Do you think -we shall find any
subscriptions for newspapers' there "paid
.
.thr old - of the TreaSnry . ?" -•isten - to-a few •
-
oolithern Interary - liNfbssever, 6'lo 00
New York Journal of (lommurce, 10 00
. Alleglieny_Deinoerar„ - 1 1 00
• PennSylvaniani ; • 13 .00
ladiati
- Metropolitan -/ -
of the I/ally . ..Cia !! ! :30- 00
Riclnnbnd Enquirer :_ . - 500
'Sundry others which 1: w ill nonstop to mune;
the Whole number beingtwenty or upwari - ls,'
and the ;Vital or subscription - 7vitlrin a sinall
.fraction of 200 dollars ! • Be-Was frbilitefied,
:at a pile of - 1,0 newspapers - , but he can IldiV
fake twenty - at:'• a dose!' Can_ it. be possi-.
ble that a man; who came into. office de-_
blaring;'-like th - e - Pliarisees - of old, thai."he
was not,like• other men," mid. would even
"tithelnint mid ennu - inn," beginS already
to "neglect the weightier matters , of the
raw?" What becomes of this inflated
iproinise- . "to prove";"„that his ",dechtrations
lia-diFinCheiiiliellow Piet.:actin?" - Of what
I value - was his declaration ; Made in. his let,•
'jet' before referqd to, and in which he says,•
dent has given me an opportunity to aid hint
in proving that - . reform is not an empty
soulid,• .and is -Oot to apply • -merely. to a
.change of Jpen?" Why, sir, I quote as. a
reply to' these questions his o'wir words, , in
another. passage of his own letter: "The ,
world will know him at last, and assign him
his true rank.'' omnipotent, and 1
public justice certain." .
• •
Among Mr. Kelidall"a reforms -may be ,
mentioned.nleading agency in the
movalLol-the-publie-deposites-from-L-the ,
Bank of the United Stfttes: To e i ffect this,
lie carried. on a syst - encof ••"billingiand coo
with -- the - State .banks, and, in the
guage'of a certain Senator, (Mr: Benton;)
"debauched them." debauchis,
the - Tword.;" I apply it th .the ,Govern
alien thong 1 re thought
the People had been debauched, inidapplied
it. to them:: For this, work of " a
debneh,",
Which proved sp Sbrionsit curse to the coun
try,
_this agent was employed thirty-tWo
days;, and 'wag, paid for this service' the sufn
of $3lO-11 beingalniut ten ,dollars day_
for a job Which has oceasionbdinneh of the
. embarrassment under Which the emintry
now labors., Ile got 10 dollars a day, for
doing this, injury- to .the- Public:--a hard
working laborer finds it difficult to : get his
dollar a day. , Btft still,. Mr. -Kendall be 7 .
longs to the "democratic party," and whilst
he received his 1,0• dollars a day, for ;that
Work,he also received the
,regular salary, of
_his office: This appears to be an establiSh
ednsage adds 'A.thitinistration. The case,
Of - :the - Attorney - General. already-Men:-
tiOned. „ The :rbports :from the Departments
show several other cases, though I Will
..nOWT only, add-that of
. the Commissioner of
:Indian . , Affairs, Arlie Was - for a whiler‘actir.. ,
- -SeerataryJol..._and -di U.; mini
drew„the salaries of each being at
the rate of 'O,OOO aoi a rs a y our; ,
Sperler, no
,nitm better knows,
all the uses of office than Mr. Kendall.. 1,
have'read a•political tract,. written,l think,
by-. Dean entilled.._soincwhat
;way: "-The - bonVenieitee or 11 -. 'place tit
-Court, or - a, yore. Mode of providing gar
ments - for- a whole Mr: .Kendall':
appears . to .understand•ilie"nipdriv iiperan-
di" of this battler. TIM Printed - list of
, clerks in this Department exhibits his
- -fat he t , in4aw-ritidWO - Itej,"4ICNI4T - 10 f I I - 51 :
ries of .1.000, 1400; and 1,400',
and.,tlius see.o family - proviien l'ornear ,
nearly 10,000 dollars it,year, - ineleilhig leis
own salary. But Iktr:"Kendall •is-nio•-thc
only;officer whin thns takes care Of his own
household. : - If ;•provisibn' of this kind be
evidenee "fziith;" 1,4; of them-- will 'be
fotind PreSident's son'
deli! v al re;tdy menj
•thnied.'d '1 1 . 5 . 00' ,yeari • - S, - ,cretary of
Stato,'S' soil, itiitil - ycrwr'latrlheld the
- At teritey,
relation by tithirtagn of the Secretary tti the
17 ,- ,..*,no.fii:as f!Oviilrt4lozyri ntki tv 6 fl, - 46p.
the Dcpa'rtinent% •itnatimi holds the
Boston, With
,a salary of 3,0000 yi ar e 'besides.
% azir SERVES, P01G. 39.
. .
President • of .the, ,Lafayette Bank of that:
_City ; and.-,a l :third- is Abe:- Cashier- of the,
Franklin Bank of that city; • Whie l;epame .
.a'special pet .findet.the . pet bank system;
These ge.ntlemen• would all make excellent
sub,'lreasurerS! • • • -.. • •
-141m—i3eild-saideh-the-f)raridbition-tor—
cretrenehment gas under eonsiderelion here:
•
iu 1828; the. friends of Mr.- Adams, by
wily of Proying that he, and they .(lesired:
every dust economy and:reform,. pointed if)
I •
Ilfi4jrieSSagb reconundutfing it: ' How were•
‘they answered?, Why, sir, Mr. - Ingham, •
'who was 'soon afterwards made Secretary of .
the.Treasuyy," said it w=as 'indeed true, that_
the.
,Message did -'recommend it, but he ;
wanted to see more .practice and - lesS..pro.
fession in - this matter. - There `Were' no •
specified reforms 'found -in the Message; ho
could' Only Lind there one of,ilitise
recennnendations, Which Were : as tininean ,
iiig; he said, as.the • words - "yOur:hunti.ile'
servant"• at the foot of a letter. Mr. Ran
dorrill, in the .Same debate; Used this lan
guage; mi the suhjec.t of retrenchment and
reform : • -•
"The- President' did:recount - tend them;
in' !Tried those loitylgeneralitiEs-iriihwhia
:sermons, polltic:11 bk religious,. abotifnr; -
uhiclrmight he printed-in-blank law
proehss; 'autl . filled -nS_oecasions re-
But f .sir, (sni(lhe,-) Lam for loolcing
at the ,practic.rs..,'Mul not it,"the liree.epts of •
thopyson, polilical- or religious.' , .
Mr. Bond said. tills rae of.Mr,..ktindolpli .
was .perfectly just; it.wits tuns shqwn; too,
to be arbwed : by - this Adulinistration, and
he-Weis will itni . to:judge 'them by digit' own..
rule, and thought to .. .this they ought:ll9l4o
to the.,-„llouse. 2
and to the Peopleto - say - Whether the "prac
tiees7' of this Administration '.`had conforum
od
lii their preCepis." •
the reeinninemlaticin in General
cson s ress one 01 . those
"hiftvgOneralities" . ju4Sp6,ken of, and de , ,_
lin d' by Mr. li.andelph T.tie "Vint Cabi
net" Most have lth'it the: alt .readin g ,,
othetwise.'‘.niferin7 n tit , quite .So
bly- inscribed :-;asy
That pairemige of the ,Federal Government
winch was: said to be hreught .into eontliq _
'The freedom ,of elections.has
tuckly increased, and is stikunrestrained,:
in the "same Conliiet.-- • .
, •
. he gentleman-. front Teenessee
Bell) lies for years' labored to
.bring this
Howie to the consideration of a bill to Beane
the, freedom of ; electiong, - . Mid thus carry
into effect the recninirfendation cif Ggiinral
•gentlerpattiS, and. untiring as he has been in
his elllnts,. the .measure proposed by . hiM :
4msreCeiv.ed_the__tro nstead-oe...tho
ir-or of:this • thitiitistratfon. ; )110 ;and
venerable Set ator' from tho,same - State,(Mr.::
White). .were the
° early and devoted frie nds '_of _General, _lackdri,.,gugl-theY still r depire
to carry. into Practical, effect the Principles,
which ; they;. With Vieneral .I;aCl{sit, :pro*
fessed to he goyerm3d by:. . Tyey fcel and
know the imminent danger ihielt,threalciA ,
the country,' in -the hicreasmt
,streirgtk.,of ,
the patronage of oftio i e. iThey itee - und wg'
all-see, that the office-holders,. are,. "aliga4‘ . _
in. the hind." . Por. r‘ : , &seriatim .pf
wing •
, to pet 'w ilLdraW_kn_.high_authority.-.
member of- the ..eriate, (Mr., Ortindy,),.a:••
, friend of Gen: Jackson,---the. evi rc --
deneocie which has been already, glve4l. in,
his Oivn tirords; held ; this. latruage ;
ii6ll - doWn4ho-OldAtrtninittradon----
”_ When, 1 see. (said he). - Mt: office-holdok .
. he). 'an: . .
interfering' in clection, it occurrd. tp ; ;lni__ .
that, he WaS - flunking-of
. his salary,l and
therefOre, an • turfit.ladviscr Pt.* People.'
. ,Mr. Speaker; that Which occurred' to Me, .
6iitp4y no . ddubt.often occurred to. you at
this wino perio,tl.: Tlie_propiiiition is it.veti
natural (Mei and 1 think quit- recent event . ,.
have strengthened rather than impairpd . itk
truth. 'BM 1 'beg thefurther. indulgour4
of the - I:louse while I. rend what
ilistingmialied - friend - . .General ;laclutn
• said; NV 11141 dObali lig the 'subject of retrench
meat and reform on this floor. I : allndq. to
Mr: ihichanan r , now a Senator. from PArni
sv Bran ia, anil, with his continued and :,9„ao . w
ing-devotion to the.party, What he said.will
certainly be.. conaidered 4 orthodux . .."l . I
find, 1 4 that debate; dia - h — esaidTiVta.S
known, •
it ~ t "That when n'inao is once appotided-to--
liflic'6,, all the elltslt,pass,ions of -hitsnature
are enlisted for,the purpose retaThinf r i,it.......
m
'‘'ae -A •
l'lte he) zlre .thq. enlisted
srhlicrs of, that admiltis4ation,:sby
they arc finstained. Thekeoinfortable_ex-.,
istenee:often depends tipon 1103 y-election
their does-'digiiili)ointtne,itt ,
i n the hearts of the ilisapp:iinted,„
:11.0pels 131111:10'40 them;-aildbe4Fing-41q- 1;
;appoint:nein, \vitli.patience they-1:110%y wiir,
present a . l3* . claim to office.''
This; pasitge of Mr.'Buchannini',s. speceN
Itiin to have been anohservcr of niiitt
' and 011,0, atallfandliar
-90iti e tani-a c tion,-----1 W41 ,9 0 04.---
, the emysegnettees of thekelfis . ll ettilr i tApT tha
otliec." holder, and ' :the Flw(rittY'la
believe.llth, t (leitcrnlJacitsf;n 0114:1441r,lends
woul 1. sditable restinint upon. --
it.' lut 1, roar,, that, ilte.l''ci; il+ t w,ill be
left to conelutin: titl,:eiAan is 'One
of tlietie `..`,olitie:tl_l*sous" 13ti
1 1 4 W:110se ",Pr . qcitioes (it) .I Jlt tit t '
CerrE.:spottil t,ll
4 117':,filiatOnitior tit° 6%. o,rite . .Xclinifilstrrition
oI the'.geinlintuin ond hitt •frlel43
''holclers ; have . .received' new
a check:: But 1 must yet poiln anotheranother
d lrCnitv between Mrs. Buy,li r litt n pro--
'rand praqiee;'.! 1,rt..1110 sante debnte -
he reyiewt;(l, with
.ccuilre;'; several the A . -
,tlJreig - n ,at, to:. Rinqia inigged '
ME
MEM
El
I
a 1