Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-06-27

from the Bank of the United States.
10 effect this, he carried on a system
of billing and cooling" with the State
banks, and, in the language Of Ger.
tain Senator, (Mr. Benton "debau-
ched them" Yes, sir, debauch is
the word" apply /, to the Govern.
ment and banks, though the Senator
thought the People had been debauch-
ed, and applied il to them For this
work OF " debauch," which proved so
serious curse to the country, this
agent was employed thir,y.two days,
and was paid for this service the sum
OF S3l6 IL, being about ten dollars a
day for a job which has occasioned
much of the embarrassment under
which the country now labors. He
| got ten dollars day for doing this in
Jury to the Public--a hard working la
borer finds it difficult to get his dollar
a day. But still, Mr.. Kendall belongs
to the " democratic party and whilst
he received his ten dollars day for
that work, he also received the regu-
lar salary of his Office. This appears
to be an established usage of this Adj
mnlstration. The case Of the Atsor-
ney General is already mentioned -
The reports from the Departments
show several other cases, though |
will now only add that of the Commits
sioner Of Indian Affairs, who was for
while acting Secretary of War, and
during this period drew the salaries of
each office, being at the rate OF 1900
year.
But Mr.. Speaker, no man better
knows all the uses Of office than Mr..
Kendall. have read political tract,
written, | think, by Dean Swift, enli-
tied somewhat in this way "The
convenience of place at Court, or
sure mode of providing garments FOR
whole family" Mr.. Kendall appears
to understand the "modus operand"
of this matter. The printed list Of
clerks in this Department exhibits his
father-in-law, and two nephews, with
salaries of 81, 900, ST., 200, and ST.
400 and thus we see family provi.
sion for nearly $40, 900 year, inclu-
ding his own salary. But Mr.. Ken
dali is not the only officer who thus
takes care of his own household. If
provision Of this kind be evidence Of
faith" few of them will be found
"infidels." The Presidents son has
an office, which | have already men,
toned, of s 800 year. The Secre-
tary of States son, until very lately,
held the place of District Attorney in
Alabama. A near relation by marri-
age of the Secretary Of the Treasury
has comfortable annuity Of ST 400
in the Navy Department another
holds the appointment Of naval officer
in Boston, with a salary Of $4,000 per
year, besides being President of the
Lafayette Bank of that city; and u
third is the Cashier Of the Franklin
Bank Of that city, which became
special pet under the pet bank system.
These gentlemen would all make ex-
cellent Sub Treasures
Mr.. Bond said, when the proposition
for retrenchment was under considera-
ton here in 1928, the friends Of Mr..
Adams, by way ofproving that he and
they desired every just economy and
reform, pointed to his Message recon-
mending it. How were they answer
ed? Why, sir, MIR. lngham, who was
soon afterwards made Secretary oft
Treasury, said it was indeed true that
the Message did recommend it, but he
| wanted to see more practice and less
profession in this matter. There were
no specified reforms found in the Mes
sage; he could only find there one of
those formal recommendations, which
were as unmeaning, he said, as the
words "your humble servant" at the
foot of a letter. Mr.. Randolph, in the
same debate, used this language, on
the subject Of retrenchment and re-
form:
"The President did recommend
them, in one of those lofty generalities
with which all sermons, political or
religious, abound which might be
| printed IN blank, like law process, and
filled as occasions might require. But,
sir, (said he am for looking at the
practices, and not at the precepts of
the parson, political or religious"
Mr.. Bond said this rule of Mr.. Ran
dolph was perfectly just it was thus
shown, too, TO be avowed by this Ad-
ministration, and he was willing to
Judge them by their own rule, and
thought to this they ought not to OBJ
ject. He would leave it to the House
and TO the People to say whether the
practices" of this Administration
chad conformcd to their precepts."
Was the Recommendation in Gen.
Jackson's inaugural address one OF
those "lofty generalities' just spoken