Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-05-18

inr most honorably with Mt least one jndi
vidn0l who has since held his "tli2e they
lid not suffer even Mr.. WRIT to escape
without inpulation and censurc. In one
or two instances, be had rendered some
professional service in which the United
States were Interested, but which did not
come within the duties Of his Office, and
offered legitimate subject Of al extra
charge. For this he claimed n moderate
fee, tho acceptance of which shocklngy
scandalizel the purifiers and roformcrs OF
the day. They were disposed to rcrench
the expenses of the Attorney General,
which then amounted to 81 900 for the
Office, and 5000 for cctkshlp. In 1888 l.,
Me- Attorney General BurLER rccciv Tor
compensation 1000, with al extra OF $3.50
81 500 for clerk and messenger, and $500
for the very convenient item of contingent
expenses" The same was the expenditure
Of I835-but ia 1885 the sum Of s ,l07
was appropriated to the clerk anl mcsscn-
rcr, and his whole compensation was 81
332. Bat during par, of tho period IN
which he was receiving the cno'umcnls Of
this office --''con'nrcnt expenses" and all
he Discharged The dnIics Of Secretary Of
War, aud pockelcd for the interval Of
course, The additional salary Of the add.
tonal Office. Tho Government hns i'm
proved rfon the story Of the "iwo single
gentlemen rolled into one"--and managed
to roll ono single gentlemen into couple
Of responsible and lucrative Offices as often
os it was found desirable to stimulate par.
tzln effort, or 10 pampc, i0voric az the
expense Of the people.
The immaculate Mr.. Kcndl'l figures on
this list to some extent. While he was
first occupied with tho reform of our
Banking institutions, and he introduction
Of the Beiter Currency, he was employed
on the contract making mission TO the
Depositc banks. which was to give us
more "uniiorm and sound" circulation, and
to "rognln,c exchanges" at such insjgnifi-
cau'y moderate charges. Daring this
mission, liz addition to the salary of his
Office, be received SO day, for service
which has brought more distress upon the
conn'ry than could be cxpia'od by the
devotion Of a thousand years to the pa'ri
otto service Of the StOtc-if Mr.. Kendall
should reach 10 that palriatchd' longevity
--for we arc assured by the Democratic
Review, that all Mr.. KENDAlL's ancestors
have bcCn very "long-I,vcd We VIII
uIlude to but one more instance, which l.
mentioned in the speech of Mr. BOND Of
Ohio, to which We have been indebted for
the statistics of our present article, and the
re, production OF The facts to the attention
of the public. This is That o! the Commits.
soncr Of Indian Affairs, who was for q
while acinG Secretary Of War and during
this period drew the salaries O; each oilica.
OF the rate Of $4,000 per annum.
A kindred abuse with tho abuses above
de'n led is hat of family provisions. or Tie
practise Of quarloring relatives md depcn
dents on the public Treasury and providing
for unc)e3 aud ncphews and brothers in Ia "
out OF the public purse. On this subject
we annex paragraph from the SPEECH OF
Mr DoND, which is already sufficiently
condensed to require no further abridgc,
mont
iIul. Mr.. Speaker, no man better knows all the
uses of office than Mr.. Kendall. have rear! POI
Iiiicn tract, written think, by Dean Swift, enIi.
tied somewhat in This way-'' The convenience OF
aplarc at Court, or sure mode Of providing gar
mcnrs for a whole flmy." Mr.. Kendall appears
TO understand The "Elo9us operandi' Of this mat.
ter. The printed lis, Of clerks in his Dcparlmtn,
eXh,bi,s biz iAher.in law and two ncphcws, with
salaries Of 81 coo, s; 200 AMI 81 400 and thus
we sec a family provision oil nearly $40 600 year,
including his own salary. But Mr.. Kendall is moi
the only officer who thus takes care Of his own
a'C' ~ e. " 'o IL ' h ;"", ;oGo
m. prc'ilrn,,s SON hns m Office. Which have al
ready men toned, Of 81 200 year. The Secrera
ry or5'a,e's son, un'il very lately, held the place
OF District Attorney IN Alabama, a nc" relation
uy ma't@Ee o. me Het.F'n'y o % ",a ,fasury mas
an, ooIrcr ns ,c ,n,;,'msn, Of noy o6i
ccr in fos,on, viii salary Of So 600 per year. be
SIDES being President of the Lafayette Bank Of lha
city, AMI third is the Cashier of the r'"k il
Bank OF mat ety. Nhc" became SPECIAL pet IN
Ger r a, rn sn "pre sV"'''" "0"'
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