The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-05-16

most because il Is the moving power OF human &C
ton the Pos Office is the handmade Of the Press
the Armed Force lis executor and the Appointing
Power the directssss Of the whole"
II, in 1926, the authorities have quoted were
well founded in their reasoning, and just in their
apprehensions, how much greater cause is there
now for alarm, when the patronage of the exc
cutive has become three-fold more formidable
and the party enjoying il have learnt by long ex-
perience to be skilful and unscrupulous in its
use.
have been at considerable pains to present
TO the country an idea Of the height and proper
tons Of this Executive monster which has in
sensibly grown up in our midst. have abridged
the Blue Book, and made such additions from
other official documents as convenience has per-
United. The Blue Book presents but the sha-
dow Of the great shade which is covering the
land. II gives only those officers and their sa-
laries that are permanently established by iar.
II furnishes statistics sufficiently startling; yet
the longest coils and the deepest stings of the
serpent are concealed in the grass Conceal
ment is one Of the arts of the party in power
and the Blue Book is a monument Of the sue
cess with which it is practised
II tells us nothing Of the Florida war--nor OF
the immense business of the Quarter Masters
Department Of the swarm of "Dis-
bursting Agents" not long since deluging the
west--nothing of the " Choctaw schooP-no-
thing Of the Chickasaw Agents paid out Of the
Chickasaw trust fund-nothing Of Messrs. AL
bert Gallup and r. H. Gillett, rejected members
of Congress, and others, receiving % day and
travelling expenses as Indian Agents Of some
sort--nothing of the agents for the civilization
and school funds-nothing Of the agents for the
supply and ditribution of Indian ''goods"-no-
thing Of banks and financial agents In fact,
the Blue Book presents only faint outlines of
the great Colossus that bestrides the country.
| subjoin some statistics arranged under the
heads of the several Departments in which they
exist
STATE DEPARTMENT
Secretary and 81 clerks and agents At Wash
ington, aggregate salary, $9s, 500
Printing executed for the State Department
varies from 81, 500 to Sc, Don per annum.
1t also employs in the States Of the Union up
wards $50 newspapers, which are selected
for their partizan attachment to the admins
tration, and which paid sums annually,
varying from 80 to $50 dollars,
The appointments abroad are Ministers
Plenpctentiary with salaries of $1,000
each, besides the out fit of the same amount
each, and each Secretary with salary Of
$4,000,
One Minister Resident at Constantinople
with salary of $4,000, and Dragoman
with salary Of $4,000,
$50 to 200 Consuls and Commercial Agents,
some ofthem with salaries Of 80 900 a year,
and others with :" fees" varying in amount, some Of
which, however, known TO be enormous The
consulate at Liverpool was supposed to exceed in
cnoumcnt the Presidency Of the u. S. Bearers of
Dispatches" though of frequent occurrence, do not
appear in the Blue Book, nor the Of many
who travel extensively Diplomatic Agents Many
Of the emolumcnts and probabilities of this Depart
ment of the Others cannot be discovered except by
special calls from Congress- change Of admnistra
ton
PATENT OFrIcE
Commissioner and l6 clefks and assistants at
Washington, aggregate salary $2l, $50
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
At Washington, Secretary and 81 clerks,
w. WSiuuiS tuisc ANuNy NOhihhbSiohcIo
and Navy Agent, Constructor and Store
keeper, &c. at aggregate salary Of about $4,000
thousand two dollars, annually distributed among
printers and newspaper publishers throughout the
Union besides contractors constructors, and agents.
and hundreds Of hands employed at the Navy Yards
There are also brought under the influence of the
Department "a Captains, with salaries of 1000 to
500 dollars; 50 Commanders with salaries of 90 500
2S6 Lieutenants with salaries Of 1900 to ], 800
50 Surgeons I" 1000 to 100
46 Assistant Surgeons, /" $50 to 200
40 Pursers, salary 48O-2 ratons day.
and other opportunities for making
money.
Is Chapains, salary 1900
206 Passed Midshipmcn $50
232 Midshipmen 300 to 400
2S Masters 1000 10 / 100
$50 Professors, Teachers Boatswains Gunners, Car
penters, Saimakers with salaries from 800 to 400
There is also the Marine Corps with its GO officers,
and have omitted to notice the numerous seamen,
aborcrs and others connected with the Naval service
THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
The Blue Book gives indefinite idea Of the cx-
tent of the patronage ofths Department Emolumcnts
and extras kept out of view by giving table Of the
lawful pay of each rank and grade, not Of the allow
which received by regulations, constructions
and many diversified ways
There arc at Washington, however, the Secretary,
and upwards 100 clerks and assistants, with salaries
amounting in the aggregate to $lls,7 TO
Without particularly advcrting to the standing
my of about $4,000 men, or to the Military Academy
at West Point il will be sufficient TO look into
Of the bureaus included under the head Of the War
Department.