Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-05-17
HERALD OF THE TIMES S.

his office. This appears 10 De an es'"o"s"e"
usage Of this Administration. The case o.
the Attorney General is already ment'oned
The reports from the Departments show seve,
raj other cases, though will now only soo
that Of tie Commissioner of Indian huairs,
who was for q while acting Secretary OF
War, and during this period drew the saiaraef @
Of each Office, being at the rate of S9'Coo
year.
But, Mr.. Speaker, no man better knows al
the uses Of Office than Mr.. Kendall. ! have
read a political tract, written l tninK' ny
Dean Swift, entitled somewhat in this way
s'The convenience of a place at Court, or
sure mode Of providing garments fora whole
family" Mr.. Kendall appears to understand
the "n,odus operandi" of this matter. The
printed list Of clerks in his Department ex'
hibits his father. law and two ncphews.
with salaries of $1,000, ~ 200, and f' 400 ;
and thus we see family provision OF nearly
Il 900 q year, including his own salary
But Mr.. Kendall is not the only officer who
thus takes care Of his own household. ~
provision of this kind be evidence OF "falih, I"
Il few of them will be found "iniidels." The
/ Presidents son has an office, which ! have
already mentioned, of 81 500 a year. Inc
Il Secretary Of States son, until very lateiy'
/ held the place of District Attorney in Ala
| bama. 4 near relation by marriage OF Inc
Il Secretary of the Treasury has a comfortable
annuity of 81, 400 IN the Navy Department
another holds the appointment OF naval OH
Ger in Boston, with salary OF S3.oOO per
/ wear, besides being President Of the Lniay'
| ettc Bank of that city md third Is the
| Cashier of the Franklin Bank of that city.
which became q special pet under the pei
|Ibank system. These gentlemen would IL
make excellent ub-Treasurers
Il Mr.. BOND said when the proposition fo'
retrencbment was under consideration nero
in 1928, the friends of Mr.. Adams, by way OF
proving that he and they desired every just
economy ond reform, pointed TO his Message
recommending il. How were they answer.
ed? WHY, sir, Mr. Ingham, who soon al
|tcrwards was made Secretary OF the 'Ireasn'
ry, said it was indeed true that the Message
Il did recommend il, but he wanted to see mort
practice and less profession in this matter
There were no specified reforms found IN
the Message; he could only find there one
OF those formal recommendations, when were
as unmeaning, he said, as the words "yonr
humble servant" at the foot Of letter. MI
II Randolph, in the same debate, used TINS IAN,
guage, OH the subject Of retrenchment anu
II reform:
II rhe President did recommend them, In one oi ihos'
loNy gcnerulities with which all sermons pohtca OF
/ religious, abound which might be printed ID biahh'
like law process, and filed as occasions might require
But, sir, said he, am for looking at the pracers'
and no, ut the preceps Of the parso po'ea' W ''"'
| gions."
II Mr.. BONp said this rule of Mr.. Randolph
was perfectly just it was thus shown too'
II to be avowed by this A administration, ana ne
was willing to Judge them by their own rule.
and thought to this they ought not to object
II Hc would leave it to the Ilouse and to the
| People to say whether the "practices" OF this
H administration "liad conformed to their pre-
cep!s." ,,..,
sons inaugural address one Of those 'toi'y
generalitics" Just spoken Of, and defined by
Mr.. Randolph? The "Unit Cabinet mus'
have lost the art Of reading, otherwise "re,
form" was not quite so "legibly inscribed
as the General imagined. That patronage
H of the Federal Government which was SAID
to be brought into conflict with the freedom
II of State elections has greatly increased, and
II is still unresiyained, in the same conflict.
II The gentleman from Tennessee MIR. Bell,
has for years labored to bring this House to
the consideration Of bill to secure the iree'
dom Of elections, and thus carry into effect
II the recommendation Of General Jackson's IN
augural address. Able as that gentleman Is,
and untirng as he has been in his efforts,
the measure proposed by him has received
the frowns instead of the favor OF the Admin
is,ration. lie and the venerable Senator
II from the same State (Mr. White) were the
early and devoted friends Of General Jack
| son. and they still desire to carry into practi.
cal effect the principles which they, with
II General Jackson, profess to be governed by.
81 "a =
which threatens the country, in the increased
strength of the patronage Of office. They
see, and we all see, that the Office holders arc
''abroad in the land" For description OF
this growing phalanx and It's powerful incen-
tive to action, will draw on high authority.
A member Of the Senate, (Alr. Grundy,) a
II jealous friend of General Jackson, the evi.
4 dence Of which has been already gwen in
II his own words, held this language, when aim
H ing TO pull down the old Administration
"When see (said hey an oihce-holdcr in.
terferng in elections, it hos occurred to me
that he was thinking Of his salary, and is,
therefore, an unfit adviser OF the People"
H Mr.. Speaker, that which occurred to Mr..
II Grundy no doubt often occur ed TO you at tie
same period. The proposition is very natr-
rol one, and think that rec Ont events have
Strengthen rather than impaired its truth.
But I beg the further indulgence of tho
Il House while read what another distinguish
ed friend of General Jackson said, when de.
batting the subject Of retfenchment and re-
form on this floor. allude to Mr.. Bnchan
an, now q Senator from Pennsylvania, and
with his continued and growing devotion to
the party, what he said will certainly be con-
sidered aorthodox" ] find, by that debate,
that he said it was well known
II "That when a man Is appointed TO Office, all the
selfish passions Of his nature enlisted for the purpose
of retaining IL. The oce-holders said he) the
listed soldiers Of that Administration BY which they
stained. Their comfortable existence oten depends
upon the reelection Of their patron Nor does dssp-
poinment long ranke In the hearts Of the disappointed
Hope In still len tn them and hearing dissp ppointmcnt
ith patience they know will present claim
II Office AT future time"
Il This passage of Mr.. Duchanan's speech
proves him TO have been an observer Of fmen
and things, and familiar will, the leading
/ principles Of human action. lie dreaded the
/ consequences Of the selfish spirit Of the Office
holder, and induced the country to believe
that General Jackson and his friends would
provide n suitable restraint upon it. But
fear, sir, the People will be leh TO conclude
that this gentleman is one Of those "politicol
parsons" described BY Mr.. Randolph, whose
II "practices" do not correspond with his 'pre.
C. PTS" 1t Is certain thut, under the favoritc
II Ajmipist rntion of the gentleman aud his