Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-06-15

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convenience of place at Court, or sure mod,
Of providing garments for whole family."-
Mr.. Kendall appears to understand the " mo
dus operandi" of this matter. The printed
list of clerks in his Department exhibits hi.
father-in-law and two nephews, with salarie,
: of 81 90 81 ,200 and 81 400; and thus we Sc,
| family provision for nearly $4,000 year
including his own salary. But Mr. Kendall !,
not the only officer who thus takes care of hi.
own household. II provision of this kind b.
evidence of" faith" few of them will be found
in6dels" The Presidents son has an of
} fee. which l have already mentioned, o.
81, 500 year The Secretary Of States
son, until very lately, held the place OF Dis
trict Attorney in Alabama. A near rela.
ton by marriage of the Secretary of the
Treasury has comfortable annuity OF l..
400 in the Navy Department; another holds
the appointment OF naval officer in Boston,
with a salary Of 5000 per year, besides be-
ing President OF the Lafayette Bank OF that
city; and third is the Cashier OF the
Franklin Bank oflhnt city, which became a
special pet under the pet bank system
These gentlemen would all make excellent
Sub-Treasurers
Mr. Bond said, when the proposition for
retrenchment was under consideration here
in 1928, the friends of Mr. Adams, by way of
proving that he and they desired every just
economy and reform, pointed to his Message
recommending il, How were they answer
cd Why, sir Mr. Inoham. who was soon
afterwards made Secretary Of the Treasury
said il was indeed true that the Message dad
recommend il, but he wanted to see more
practice and less profession in this matter
There were no specified reforms found in
the Message: he could only dthere one Of
those formal recommendations, which were
US unmeaning, he said, as the words "your
humble servant" at the foot OF letter Mr.
Randolph, in the same debate used this Ian
guage, on the subject Of retrenchment and
reform
The President did recommend them, in
one OF those lofty generalilies with which all
sermons, political or religious, abound
which might he printed in blank like law
process. and filled as occasions mig ht require
But, sir, (said he,) am for looking ct the
practices, and not n, the precepls OF the par
son, political or religious"
Mr. Bond said this rule Of Mr. Randolph
was perfectly Just 1t was thus shown, too.
TO be avowed by this Administration, and be
was willing 10 judge them by their own
rule, and thought 10 this they ought not TO
object He would leave il to the House and
TO the People TO say whether the practices"
oil this Administration had coniormed to
their precepls"
Was the recommendation in Gen. Jack.
sons inaugural address one of those lofty
generalities" just spoken OF, and denied by
Mr. Randolph ? The Unit Cabinet" must
have lost the ar; Of reading. Otherwise ere
form" was not quite so "legibly inscribed
as the Gen. imagined Tina, patronage OF
the Federal Government which was said TO
be brought into conflict with the freedom OF
State elections has greatly increased. aud is
still unrestrained, in the same conflict
The gentleman from Tennessee mir Belly
has for years abored TO bring this Houseto
the consideration OF bill TO secure the free.
dom Of elections, and thus carry into effect
the recommendation Of Gen. Jarkson's inau-
gural address, Able as that gentleman is,
and untiring as he has been in his efforts,
the measure proposed by him has received
the frowns instead OF the favor of this Admin.
istralion He and the venerable Senator
from the same State (Mr Whie) were the
early and devoted friends Of Gen Jackson.
and they still desire 10 carry into practical
effect the principles which they, with Gen
Jackson, protested to be governed by. They
feel and know The imminent danger which
threatens the country. in the increased
strength Of the patronage OF office They
see, and we all see, that ffice-holders are
abroad in the land" For description of
this growing phaanx and its powerful incen-
tive TO action, will draw on high authority
A member Of the Senate, (Mr Grundy,) a
jealous friend Of Gen Jackson the evidence
OF which has been already given in his own
words, held this language, when aiming 10
pull down the old Administration when
| see (said he) an ofiice-holder interfering in
elections, it has occurred 10 me that he was
thinking of his salary, and is, therefore, an
unfit adviser OF the People"
But beg the further indulgence of the
House while | read what another dislin-
guished friend Of Gen. Jackson said, when
debating the subjecl of retrenchment and re.
form on this floor. alude To Mr. Buchan.
an, now Senator from Pennsylvania, and, !
with his continued and growing devotion to
the party, what he said will certainly be con
sdered "oubodox" find BY that debate,
that he said il was well known i
That when man is once appointed to
office, all the selfish passions of his nature
are enlisted for the purpose of retaining it,
The office-holders (said he) are The enlisted
soldiers of that Administration by which
they are sustained. Their comfortable exis-
tence often depends upon the reelection Of
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