Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-04-24

e., one wear, four at one thousand dol
s~np'o'tsu snd az the services Of a gentleman OF
Is ea1", sYnerience would be required. to take
tdsHs non of the business, one OF that de-
the an should be employed at a salary OF two
rja u. Claw still could see no reason tor the aP-
:,;an. As to recording the laws men
Pop nv the gentleman from Maryland that
roneu i,s unnecessary, as the department kept
VS. ;':n,I enrolled bills, and a number OF print
ne of the laws, that could always be re-
81 e" - Indeed, he did not believe any time
rn'" ,,sn, BIZ the clerks in that unnecessary Ia
Va 4. 20 recording quires OF applications Tor
o' 10 nresumed no gentleman would think Vt
'dss' He repeated that the clerks IN the
1ys,msnts we're, or ought to be, competent to
.,r,nrement and filing Of the papers pertain
ns - their own business. Papers ought to De
~ and arranged as they came in. The law
n..a,,,;oed and provided a sufficient number OF
~ o. transact the business of the departments;
'',TT q, the close Of the session, while the
l"u ,nu,iation bill was in its passage, SO necessa-
aPPs'r,b In service of the Governmeat-while so
y we're waiting for the money due them,
na1! . y me Secretary Of the Senate had to raise
tn Ot. On hi, " responsibility. to pay the mem
49, of the Senate-a covert application had been
'.I. for more assistance. The Secretary OF
@r ks 5000, and the committee have agreed
a;xs hin 81, 500; and, to keep the other de-
!n,o,, in countenance, and prevent them
=" Nv ,h;okiug themselves neglected, a like sum
,s0 n them. If the amendment was per-
,;.,sJ in. he would ask permission to record his
,n,s ,,,inst it, By calling for the yeas and nays.
The sea. aud nays were then ordered accord
,,,.r ,ome remarks from Mr.. Forsyth, in ia
ror Of the amendment.
vr. Foo, SAID, surely the Senator from Ken
RI mu,t be fully satisfied Of the necessity OF
king the appropriation, after hearing the let
%, from the Secretary, declaring that the papers
,,d the business in the office were IN great con-
f,,ion, especially since the Secretary has stated,
a. Elly and distinctly, the cause Of this confu-
NON. VIZ. :: that il had been occasiooed by the re-
noy,ls tha, had taken place 10 that department.
lei, NOT ipdispensably necessary that the business
q The office should be kept up, to prevent entire
confusion. even If these removals have caused the
d,6culty! The public service ought not 10 SUI
fp,. Ii was well known how much confusion aud
delay had arisen from the removal OF clerks
Many have experienced great delays in the set
Element of their accounts. One, to his (Mr.
Foot's) certain knowledge, was detained some
weeks because an account which had been settled
al the department could not be found by tho ne,D
iqcumbeafs; and the claimant was delayed IN OBJ
nlning the money that had been found due him,
until he could send home and obtain a copy oil
the letter from the department. The removal Of
clerks in this department had been sweeping
nearly all have been reformed!
Mr.. Marcv said. the committee had proposed
the amendment under the belief that those gen
tlemen whose experience in public business had
convinced them of the utility Of the measure con-
t~smpIated. would Join in its support. From the
vast number and importance of the documents in
the Department Of State that needed arrangement,
he vas convinced that the appropriation was ne
Csssary in the others. As such opposition, how.
ever, had been made to the amendment, he would
advise the chairman Of the committee to with
draw il.
Mr., Smith said that as the yeas and nays had
been ordered, he could not Withdraw it without
unanimous consent: he would made the motion,
However, to try the sense Of the Senate.
The question was then put, and the chairman
Of the committee was permitted, by unanimous
consent, 10 withdraw the amendment.
The papers say that Sir Walter Scott has had
the honor Of being presented to the King Of Ma
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