Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-09-24

rRoI THE cANrINKL
HUME.--No. XIV.
Res,;'iequ Of Mr.. JsffzRsoN's Glm;nistra'i0a

Re1le7D q 1fr. TaFFERS0N'S -2a1'iHf5fra'fos
THE next fuGjc6t of attention is an act O.
Congrefs, paa1d about the lal Of March, lao2
incrcaii.Ig the iaaries of certain executive oili
GERS. This together with the ialc OF the baak
flock Of The United States is fine comment or
the fncerity of tic preienr administration ii
their projections Of love for economy, and The
interet of the people n the dpola Of their mon
ey.
/, On the 9TH day Of September; 7 7Ss, was ap
proved an at, efabiifi.ing the iaares CT certai,
executive officers. Their corporations have
conitanty been ,hc fame, except final: altera-
/, tioa in thofe OF certain executive officers
In the sr.afury department., and in that Of
F.; the attorney general, till all ad of March 2
,7oo, 1t was unlimited as 20 the time OF 1t:
| continuance, and part Of general iyiteni -
! Has this law been repealed On the iecond Of
March i70o, was approved an act, IN whic.
I proyGon was made that certain Officers ct gov
| eminent ihould receive higher compensation:
. for icrviccs initead of thole, before eitaoihed
! for the term of three years. The ilIary OF the
Secretary was RATED from $500 TO 5000 dollars
and that Of the Attorney General from 2ioo &c
1000, and others in iimiar ratio. But in thu:
aG there was no claufc, repeating the law o
September, / 72o, or in any way affecting Ii OK
crpt for the time, we have mentioned. NOW Il /,
an undeniable principle, that when one law, whoie
exiitance is to continue but for certain time
alters another, which was general ana uDlim.t
ed as foon as the former expires, the later Is
again in force. Nay, it hes been held, thai
wasn 4 law has repealed preceding one, re-
peal OF this latter is revival of the former, with
cut any provi,on for that purpoic. Ii Is cleal
then that the law of 1889 was in force after the
expiration Of the act of 1899, which wa
on the 3lf of December 81, 1901. neishe
more nor leis, than tho.e granted By the act o.
! l7so. The fecretary Of the l'reafury could
again only receive from the 3ltt Of December
Sol, as years falary $500 dollars and tht
i Attorney General a4oc until the compensation
fhould be ircreaed by for,r iucceeding act o.
congrefs. On the 18th april, So2, iuch .!
act was app-o we'd by Mr.. Jeferion. The ia!a
! ~ Of the Secretary cfthe Treaiury, sasain 5000
and that of the st,orney General 5000 dollars
! II then 5000 is more, than AGO, and 5000 NOR,
than 24oo, it is demonitrabiy true, that our
fc!f-denying patriots have RATED the faaries
which they thcmfe!ves formerly voted agani
as being unneccH.giy high, and waite Of pub
tic money.
|
played by comparing the circumstances Cor a.
increafc of compensation by the Federalts il
! 1899, with thofe for an augmentation OF falar,
by the Democrats in So2.
In 1879 we were al war with France. In $50
the PRECEDENT, informed us, we were at peact
with all nations. A the former time every ar
ticle Of living was at the hisheft price at the
latter they were proportionally cheap. Whsr
the Fcdcraliits administered the government, i
was an unpard fin, it was haitenng to tn,
criiis of national bankrepcy, TO raife faaries
though the great expenfe of living required it
/ 10 raiic them, when the means of fubiiitanc,
were much cheaper, was right, was meritorious
was railing the nation to the very pinnacle O
wealth, for the only reaion however, which car
be invcnted, bccauie they themielves were to re
ecive them. Indeed 70 forgctfu have the dc
mocrats been of their former lelons of econo
my, that they have made exertions fnce So:
to increatr lalaries, enjoyed by themfelves, be
yond what federalim ever attempted.
he iale of tn: bank itock has been ;n9ehiga
ted in Congreis, and the retult is evidence o
what might have been expected that great lac
rihce OF the property of the United States ha
been made. The obfervations and calculations
ihewing the ignorance and corruption of ths
tarniaettion of MIR. Gaasin, were made BY Nj.
Bayard. We fial not heftate to ufc them a
being the mott complete examination Of the fub
jet, tina: the PUBLIC can receive.
Two queitons pretent themfslves hrit
whether the commiflioners of the Gnking funt
had amy legal right to fell the bank flares at all
Secondly, whcrncr it was fit and expedient Il
fell them at the time, and OH the terms the,
did 9
1t is admitted that they were empowered By
an act of 1870, under which alto they pretend
to juitify the prelent ranfacton, to fell. if the,
thould find the fame to be mott advantageous
(uoh and 70 MANY OF the flares of the aock o
the bank of the United States, as they nigh
think proper. and to apply the proceeds to tn