Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-02-16

J lay, that they were temporary psnons whO
grew up oEt OF cur rnpts.e-wi,h France :
who when they wsre sppointed, were uie-
!, ful g accelerate. raxs! preparations AZ as
mary points IS coula be advan,sgropay
/ occupied, and that it was only proper to.
d;icontinpe them when an Accommodation
had been efec,ed, and after they had lad
tine enough TO wind up the affairs of,heir
agency, This was no. the cafe previous
to Mr.. JcEerioa's adRini .frasion. In o.
tier infances of removal he only did it to
make way 70, nenhc1s Of his cwn fea,
andsit will not b, prs;;ssseed thar here
there wss any fcuaiaticx .tf+d< charge
under examination.
As 70 The 'iniixeors osiHe revenue, The
cafe in asief. Gand,. .,hps----Whcn the ex.
scifs On ditiIlca fpiris; -ss esablilhed,
three different deieriptions of officers Yess
inaitutsd TO carry It into effect. Surervi-
fors, infpeetors and collectors, were diiiri.
buted to diarias, iurveys and divihons,
one to each. A dieriet comprehends an
entire tlate a iursey fpms large portion
of it OF number Of counties a divi6on
for the mott Far, Jingle county. In iome
of the fmall Aates there were no difsiA
officers for the furveys-the duties Of in.
fpeaor being annexed 70 thois Of fuperyi-
for; in larger cnes there were inipetors
more or le.s numerous; according 70 their
extent. A. other ip;eSEiI revenues were
e:tsbllhed, they were put under the ina.
nasemens, Of the fans. sfdcss. The bare
aaiem-n, 81 lie fsa lhsw. ,hs neceaity Of
tliese oficeFs.. The, revenues of no.go-
vernneus were efHspS etef cclleacdnn.
der mere h,lnpls e,z,oizas ,N Or 'hrO'
sl;cagea .th.ftse flrs 7MYs4 elsiles ofo
licers Wsere, drnetsa ::aal1t /; only to the
middle elasi. tia ght1rtlionSs objection
can bemide. Ter Us eohJectG!e the rea-
fons for employing them :
In fone Of che kates great oppoGtioa
was expected, and was actually expert
enced. In fach Rates eGpecially it was
evidently ufeful to have the exsrtions Of
fome men of weight ard character in their
fphere Of moderate extent, to reconcile
the difcoutented ito arrange the details
Of 'bulinef', and to give energy to the
m,afures for collection. In Others, fimi-
lsr officers were probably uieful in the
early fage,, for the pdfpoie Of eifablifh.
ing the details fnply, The fubdiviiion
was m all cafes favorable. TO an active, and
vigilsnt superintendent. Nor does tire.
quire extraordinary penetration to dif-
Germ that the policy was viii: at the time
when the meafurea were adopted. II is
poGble that.upon the complete eilabiilh-
ment Of the plan, when all oppoGt;oa
had been vanquithed, and when he colec-
zion has become an affair Of mere routine,
.ths, thi, intermediate clais may have ceaf.
ed to be eGential.' But till this Fad be.
come perfectly evident, it would have
been premature TO alter the original plan.
Though it be true, that lcme years have
elapfea tince the e2cife.l.wwas paEed, is
is not very long l1ce II has been in full
and uninterrupted opsrnlon. sOther laws
introducing o,ht4 bMSshes IF internal re-
venue, have bsehiinb!A e49A6Ses nsfY psilcd from
tine to time, andaheaaHhcy Of the fame
officers have probably befT Slothd uefpl Oh
their frf intrda1M6d and execution.
Hence il il eafl55 Modified for that they
were not bsfdne a1Gt3ntihued, If indeed
experience has fhewn that they are snoe
itillinecefary, wfliRhf Ii 3sleif 'ptoblems,i.
CAL Nothing ~ ihSfe cay than Is re-
auce the number Of Asssats employed j.
any buiincfs, and yat~lor the bn6neis to
60 on with the reduced number. But BE-.
fore the Reduction is applaudsd, !.
ought to be aferta med that the buGneis
is as we'll done as il was before. There
nawidc difference Between merely getting
alone with bufneis and doing il WEI! ard
efettuslly. -
! Thefe obfervsticos efficiently new thst
in the inaances which kaye been cited.
there is no evidence of a t..;!poG,icn in the
preceding eadminiRratiops, improperly to
multiply Offices ard cfscers. Atsine r.s-
der difeseBt sirtumf ances, they conducted
as thoie ciresmAanses i;a.,e.i, sns il, oil
nrohsi;i;f0 e, q f,,n.,... H. H. a