Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-06-02
G., First Page ofths Daily Paper.

''au"!' NATION altogether, had descended
LAIN facts and figures, and was successfully
lending hi, native land. Our readers vii. per
''''"a 1s,.eJ to see an account Of this friend
a'P 90 y ;, and we nave it given in the New
ry'f commercial, the principal facts being de-
i .I i,om the Revue Encyclopedique.
"T e.. controversy opened with an elaborate es-
lne - Saulnier, distinguished French poll
ay g ~ and one of line Editors Of the Revue
ucal W." "us The aim Of Saunier was to prove,
bpAa. IN, that a government OF three powers,
SaHl''S no means the limited monarchy OF
N" not so expensive as the cheap Gov
faaes "A Iao,rsran,s,t bon narche) Of the U.
: :as, Ii will be seen IN the seque', !na' us
sa,;.nes are most wofully bungled. aud his oPPo-
" '",, ,on,hIlate him with hs own weapons, that
''a ".ay. .,atistically. NJ. Saulnier estimates
:, sx6enses under three heads:
." The annual state expense.
n, of the General Government.
Maintenance Of clergy, aud OF militia turn
pike tolls, &c u,a n,uhsrs AZ 70
-i;,n, NJ dollars annually, or at 81 tor every
'.EsdnaI. while in Fraace it is but Sc 20. Ge-
"D..l, LAFAYETTE and Bernard, with our country
"'a Coor.r. who is always wide awake when the
a 1-~ arises about America, replied to show,
1.-the annual expenses per man IS 81 So.-
r'aner includes schools and poor, and estimates
$40 Facts and figures are arrayed with
,rno.nq force IN support Of this position. Saul
NOR mon this, acknowledges that he may posi-
Nv nave made some mistake, and accordingly
,o.s over again his calculations. and concludes
5o,Ily thai every inhabitant of the U. States
n,ys annually 81 SO for the expenses oil his cheap
g'ernment' ...;.o
oII,,tersin the National, 10 which he nearly SKINS
NJ Saulnier alive, & amply vindicates ourgo'erh-
msDt from tie charge Of being more costly tnah
Me- mOuarchies Ut Europe. Even with the dls'
advantage of writing ir foreign language, Mr.
Conner exhibits all the terseness and visor Oh MS
n,iye tongue, and his letters have been repeat
,dv ouo,ed in terms of high commentator by
beliterary men Of Paris. The discussion would
IA ,oo LONG for these columns, but We cannot re-
f,io from noticing one or two facts, which were
,Eeited IN the course Of the controversy.
The management of the Treasury at Washing
inpton, costs Sll0,22O, which at Paris IS but
-! ''',----->sns If most office and army
10 France. This is not denied as TAR as we car
learn, BY Mr.. Cooper; but then he shows that Our
whole army does not cost more than millions,
while that Of France costs "a millions; that to ma.
mage the disbursement Of 200 millions in France,
1900 clerks are employed, while a similar dis.
bursement Of &c millions in America, employs
only i54 clerks. He puts the latter case in ano-
ther point Of view. The disbursement OF fifteen
millions ofirhabitants, employs "a clerks. while
FSance with S. millions, to equaliZe this, should
employ $40 clerks. but in fact these are 1900.
Saunier happens to state, and we believe cor
reetly. that the average price OF labor in the U.
States is 80 cents, aud in France 25. At his
osn valuation of taxes with Us, il is then shown,
hata Yankee works 8 days in the year to pay his
axes, while Frenchman must work more than
9OiOr the same purpose. In this account militia
Y service is not included, although France has
100000 soldiers, aud America 5000. This,
therefore, takes one man in 80 in France, and
na In 200 in the United States.
saulnler states, the taxes for the poor in Anne
tica, to be 90 cents per man. 1t is shown, that,
10 Phlladel phia, there are paupers in hundred,
and IN Massachusetts, but one, while at Paris
here are A in hundred, and at Rheims 80 in
hundred. This argument is put in another
.Orm.
In America, 1000 paupers cost 100000.
ID France, ll.500 paupers cost $4,000.
Certainly, as the Editor Of the Review OBJ
serves, tins presents not only flatterng, but al
must an mriting picture Of pauperism in Ameri-
a. The whole discussion is abundantly inte-
resting and instructive, and as such we warmly
commend II to our readers. For the part Ia
aea,n It by Mr.. Cooper, and the able manner
"a Which he has served out hls gallo antagonist,
SEueseNes The thanks Of his cOuntrymen. Such
sOOL' arenCt soinvitiug as gathering laurels on
S'e ae'ds OF literature, but we have yet to learn
@a' they will not awaken in the hearts Of his
"aH'rymen sentiments of respect quite equal
:. nose bestowed upon clever poem or pathe-
al fauk.-In the article headed "Conversa-
u0as Of the President" published in the Globe,
~a' 'uns'ionary is represented as having referred
"ue case Of Perier, the French Minister, and
s'u'ras'ed it with that Of Stanbery. He stated,
NY he Globe, "that, from late accounts, It APP
v.A'eu the Premier had, in the discussion in the
muse u Deputies, improperly aspersed the cha
,4''sr OF French citizeu-that the citizen
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