Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-09-16
POLITICAL.
From The Baltimore Chronicle.

il free A tnns
powerful engine both lor good aud for evil An I'M
bought press is the rnest sentinel nnon III, wn,ch
tower OF liberty but u yenaI, purchased press |,
hbeity's most dangerous, because il is a ,rai,or,us
enemy II cries ais well" while the rights nj
tho people are invaded. and becomes The nanl., n,
power instead Of being the uncompro m,sinv expose,
| of corruption. 'f
~ "oo'd seem that I" tho powers that be" of this
county wen understand the Importance Of securing
the influence of a portion of the press and of &C.
eo""'o"a'hng MS Argus eyes with those GOLDEN
spec,hc'es which have the happy effect of making
all things appear s,anr thai are done by those in
power ana oil causing OF the people TO an.
pear To be n FRIEND.
These golden speetacics" however, seem to have
o'ep somewhat expensive to the people, ~ appears
rom lnphc documents, in examining which the fol
lowing plain facts" appear
IN 1867 and 1888, the public printing Of the Go
vernment amounted 10 S2e6. 800 80. OF this sum
aiew iasorile Administration Edito,s shared pretty
largely, for instance:
rnncsP blair, Editor ofthc Globe s5i31i 90
True " Green Editors OF the Boston Statesman 10 .lo m
i,lll barton Editors of the NJ II. Patria $40 ~
Shadra.k Penn Editor of the Louisville Advertiser, o IA
ne'er Hay Co.. Editors of the American Sentinel sae 10
nfNon Leggell, Editors of the N. Y. l.. Post 65a n
ine whole number OF Printers employed and n.
'no"e VINO" the above snm OF $3.50, 500 was DIS
uibuted by the Government WAS about th,eo hnn
dred.
have not been able TO ascert ain tho amount mid
by Government for public printing IN 1884 and %
oul IN 1896 and ~ tho amount was S35l 1854 90
ao8 OF ihls' the amount paid by the Post Ohrc De.
paf'ment appears from the Blue Book To be Ss3-
too " In 1889 and '33 the amount re,N,riea by
the Post Once Department was less than the n
mount actually Paid by upwards oil hirty thousand
aoudrS, which was ascertained by the Committee of
me senate appointed 10 invesiigaeh affairs of the
ost ounce, aud which discovered those famous
o'"hHs ma iw'no' leaks IN tho Public Treasury
Surprising the amount repoyfed to be less ,b,, ia.
amount pad IN 1856 and 81 IN the same ratio as il
was IN 1872 and '33, the actual amount paid by ,he
ios' Once TO Printers, would be over Sl50. 600 -
po' @-o1oo II is by no means rifle To distribute
among Printers for i" Blanks and Irvine" and adj
vertsing ! Will, until another lnve,ipn,np cam
m''ee discovers the contrary, suppose that this is the
whole amount paid.
OF the 1901, 954 53 paid by Government, in 1896
anu 81 10 pfialeis, the following received hc sums
sci 10 their names, To W.T.:
Blair and Kves, Editors Of the Globe, S132lgs ~
Miiilln iauy, Editors Of the Pennsyl.
van'an 37l2 Sc
S. Medmy q Co, Editors =. Ohio. 3772 90
Cyrus Baton, Editor Of the N. H. Pa
mot, 3,lo2 co
Peter Hay 81 Co, Editors OF the Scn,,-
mel Ph,l'delph" 1879 ~
S. IL }. n. Harkei, Editors OF the Bali
more Republican, 1851 50
S. Penn, it,, Editor oflhe Louisville Ad-
sen'ser'. 5,ol2 %
Languee O'SulI,van, publishers ofthe
democratic Review 1885 DO
Ben's * Green Ed o's =, Boston 1s,4s7 81
Croswell " CO., Editors Of the Albany
Argus, ,53o 90
VIM c, Bryant & Co., Editors N. Y.
Eve. Post. 1922 %
Paine x Clarke, 7,272 10
Calvin Gum, Editor. Missouri, s4s so
The amount paid by Government to Printers. as
near as ! can ascertain, is, on an average, about
$3.50 900 or = lGo,0O0a year! THIS distributed n
mong some Two ~ ilIree hundred Edilsfs, Is an
weakness OF poor human nature can we wonder that
so many Editors IN The United States should sup
port an Administration IN all IFS measures. right
wrong. that thus opens to them the flood gates of pa
troDagel 1t Is iot The people, however, to Judge
what degree OF influence who arc thus paid for
their support. by the administration, are eulrlod TO-
The facts above stated are worthy tue serious con
siderallon of the American people.
No. 4.
RIA RENCnMENT--li cannot have been forgotten
by the American people TINT during Mr.. Adams's
Administration, great cutlery was raised by those
who wished TO get the government in their own
hands against The extravaganza OF the ndniDistra-
ton. The people were told and made TO believe that
the various departments Washington and the Gus
tom Houses in New y ork. Philadelphia aud other
cities, filed with mere droncs who did nothing
bnt live upon Their substance. A committee on
" Reirenchment and Reform" was raised in the
House OF Representatives, and one also III the Sen
ate, for the purpose OF examining the various Ex-
ecutive Offices at Washington and reporting what
clerks mi gh be dispensed with, aud what expenses
might be curlaled. The Committee Of the House
made their report 10 May 1928 aud stated that ''by
jndcious system OF '.elorm ~ least " ONE
THIRD OF THE CLERKS IN THE DE
PARTMENrS MIGHT BE REDUCED WITH
SAFETY TO THE PUBLIC INTERESTS"
nd on the 9Th day OF February, 1929, only four
days previous to the inaugural speech OF Gen Jack
sou, IN which he declared that " the recent demon
slration Of public sentiment had inscribed the
list Of Executive duties 10 characters egible to
be overlooked, the task of REFORM" the same
miuee, by their chairman, Gen' Hamilton of South
Carolina, reported TO the House the following reso
lulion "RcSoired, That This House has right TO
expect that the Executive will submit 10 Congress,
AT its next session, comPrchcnHrc scheme ~ RE
! TRENonMENT, which shall extend TO The topping III
all The useless Offices, aud OF securing cDectire
accountability IN those which retained"
Did the Executive, at the next session, or erer
| thereafter, submit 10 Congress " a comprehensive
scheme ofrcircnchmcnt" Were any of those offices
which the committee pronounced " useless" ever
Topped of p Were the clerks IN the Departments
ever reduced me Mird,' as the committee inform
ed the country could be done with safety to the
public Interests 2" These questions will be best an
swered by the following.
STAT f. NJ f Mt,
Showing the number and compensation Of tn,
Clerks, &c. in The Custom Houses in New Yori
and Philadelphia, and IN the various department
at Washington, in SEQ aud also IN 1897 lrom
public documents.
Number and Number and
compensation compensation
in 1928 in 1887.
Custom House, ~ Y