The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-07-05
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Bot. Mr.. Speaker. no man better
knows al the use Of Office Than Mr.
Kendall. have read a political tract.
written. think. BY Dean Swift. entitled
somewhat IN this way; - The convent
ence of place 81 Court. or . sure mode
OF providing garments Tor whole fami-
~" Mr.. Kendall appears 90 understand
The ''mOfus operaadT' Of this matter.
The printed list Of clerks in his Depart
mrRI exhibits his faElher-ia law and two
nephews. with salaries Of 81 900, 81 200,
and Si,i09; and thus we see family
/ provision Of nearly $4,000 a wear. in
GLIDING his nTn salary. But Mr.. Ken
dali is MT the only officer who thus takes
care Of his own household. II provision
ofIhis kiad be evidence Of :. faith" few Of
them will be found " ihidels." Tie
Presidents son has an Office. which
have already mentioned, Of Sl,51O a
year. The Secretary Of States son, IN
Ill very lately. held the place Of District
! Attorney IN Alabama. A near relation
by marriage Of the Secretary Of the Trea-
sury, hiss comfortable annuity Of 81 400
Ia the Navy Department; another holds
the appointment. of naval officer in Bos-
ton. with a salary Of 1900 per year. be-
sides being President Of tie Lafayette
Bank 1flhai city; and third is the CASH
Ter of the Franklin Bank OF that city.
which became special pet under the pet
bank system. These gentlemen would
all make exrelleut sub-rreasnrer.!
! Mr.. Bond said. when The proposition
! for relrenchmenl was under considera-
ton here in 1928. the friends Of Mr..
Adams. by way Of proving lha, he and
they desired every jus, economy and
reform, pointed 10 his Message recon-
mending it. How were they answered!
WHY, sir, Mr.. ingham. who soon AFTER
j wards was made Secretary of the freA-
sury, said i. was indeed true that The
/ Message did recommend IL, bu, lie want
/ ed Ia sre more practice and less profess
sion in this matter. There were no spe-
cited reforms found in the Message; he
could only find there one OF those for
NAL recommendations, which were as
unmeanins, he said. as the words "yonr
humble servant" NJ the fo1t of letter.
/ Mr.. Randolph. in the same debate. used
This language. on the subject Of re,reneh-
/ menl and reform:
! "The President did recommend them
: in one of those lofty generalities with
which all sermons, political or religious,
abound; which nigh. he printed in blank.
! like law process. AMI tiled as occasions
might require. But. sir. lsaid he | am
for lonking at the practices, and not at
! the prrcrp,s Of the parson. political or re-
liginus."
/ NJ. Bond sail this rule Of Mr.. Ran.
dolph was perfectly just; it was thus
shown, ton, 10 be avowed by this Admin.
is'ratinn, and he was willing TO Judge
them BY their own rule, and thought Ia
this they ough, ~, To object. lie would
leave il To The House and 10 the People
To say whether the practices" Of this
Administration had cOnlOrmed 10 their
preccpIs."
/ Was the recommendation in General
! JackSon's inaugural address one Of those
&" lofty generali,ies" just spoken Of.
aud defined BY Mr.. Randolph! The
d" Unit Cabinet" must have lost the ar,
Of reading, otherwise "reInrm" was not
quite so "legibly inscribed" as the &C.
neral imagined. That patronage Of the
| Federal Government which was said to be
! brought into conflict with the freedom OF
state elections has greatly increased. and
! is still unres;rained in the same conflict.
/ The gentleman from Tennessee (Mr.
Belly has far years labored TO bring This
House To the consideration Of bill to
secure the freedom of elections, and thus
carry into eilec, the recommendation OF
General Jackson's inaugural address. A..
BILE as that gentleman is, and unliring as
he has been in his efforts, the measure
proposed by him has received the (rnwns
instead ul the favor Of tn Adminisu alton.
lie and the venerable Senator from the
same stale mir. Whit we're the early
anil devoted friends OF liencral Jackson,
and they still desire 10 carry into pracli-
cal effect the principles which they, with
/ GeHcral jackson. profess 10 be governed
+ BY. They feel aud know The imminent
/ danger which threatens the coualry, in
the Increased strength of the patronage
of office. They see, AMI we al! see, that
the office holders are abroad in the
land" For a description Of this grow
inc phalaax and its powerful incentive To
action, | will draw On high authority.
A member of the Senate Mr.. Grundy.) a
jealous friend Of General Jackson, the
evidence of which has been already given
in his own words, held this language,
! when aiming to pull dawn the old Adj
minislra,iou: "When | sec said he) an
office holder interfering in elections, ii has
occurred TO the that he was thinking oil