The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-09-10

propflety or the justice Of The President Of
the United States 10 sadding the Public
with all the little disbursements Of his house.
hold. He receives an annual salary 81
TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ~ GOLD
AND SILVER, which gives mm s6S 30 per
day, or 81 q for each and ererg hour that
passes during the four years Of his preslden
ttal term. If he enjoys himself FIVE honrs
al state dinner, lie rises from his feast Slf
% richer than when lie sat down. II he
sleep eight hours, he ia sure to get up from
his state bed So Is better of than before
be closed his eyes. Neither does the
amount Of hls income depeud upon COED
crops, good seasons, good farming, or good
prices Gu the contrary, whilst II IS not
diminished by any or al Of these cIrcum,
stances, which so vitality affect the income Of
the farmer, the Presidents salary Is IN fact
aigays enhanced 10 value, in proportion Us
the farmer, and the mechanic, aud tue poor
aborer suffer. ask YOU, therefore, vheih
er II IS just and equal for The President 10
charge the farmer, the meChaulc, pGd the
poor laborer With the cost Of making bis
sheets, pillow cases, and servants aprons
slth The pitlluI price paid for uEMMINc, YES,
nEMMING his kitchen rubberS, or DISH
cLorHs-Siraining cloths, or sTRAINER
RAGS The poor farmer has not only to
purchase chura, milk strdiner and skim
mer for his own family, but be Is also taxed
to pay for a chura, galk atrdiaeg and SKIM
mer for the President of the United States,
aud for HEMMING HIS sTRAI.ER RAGS into
the bargain, The poor laborer with his
fifty cents day, has uoi only to provide his
own coffee pot and pewter spoons, BIZ. be Is
compelled TO purchase j coffee pot ioF tie
President, aud pay for the Spoons used by the
Presidents servants. Az, sir, be his taxed
.os the cos, Of grinding The katue8 winch tho
servants in the Presidents kitchen use ia
eating their victuaIs. The President Of the
United States, 10 my opinion, should base
had more pride Of character than to charge
the People with the price Of bis plate rar.
merS, his coasters. his market BASKETS his
tart pans. and lurdiag Hce,33gs to SUD hts
buildings add sd1cisgons, Martin Van Bu.
ren must suppose, forsooth That tho iaf.
mers, mechanics, and aborors Of the uItei
States are so very stupid, or 50 very good.
oatured that they Will without a murmur
consent to be taxed vl,h the pr,ce Of his
/ LIQUOR STAND, aud for SILVER and
GOLD CHAINS to hang labels around the
necks Of g foreign barrel shape flae ocean
tcrs, ruth cone shoppers" to apprize hts
"a l1uf "a EnG Mt IN
duced to the palace cellars Ndrcobra
aer Hook i" Batailly Clayct" " Towers
Port" " Romance Burgundy" " Rariat's
! Pale cold Sherry" and Red Seal, old,
bottled Z. l. Rdderja" ! had thought
that it was bad enough for the farmers, ne
chanes, and labosers Of the country to pro.
vide hay and pasturags for Mr.. Van Buren's
race and carriage horses; 10 pay fer the
manure on his potato, celery, ca1ilower
and asparagus beds to pay the hire Of s
British gardener to topdress his strawberry
vines, cultivate his vegetables, and construct
bouqets for his palace saloons; but, sir, to
HEN his DISH RAGS, paw for his HARDING
NErDLRs and L1QUoR STANDS Is sttll worse.
Av, sir, worse, If possible, than Lihng the
apaftments IN the House Of the American
People with royal and imperial A,ltons,
foreign cut zine coolers, Preach beds'eads,
and Que hundred dollar artificial flowers
Ii is worse, sir, because there Is a degree
Of Ishleness IN the thing which demonstrates
as clearly as # 1t we're written 10 characters
Of living light, that the soul of Martin Van
Buren, is so very, very, very dlmluutive,
that it might find abundant space within
the barrel Of a miners thmble TO perform
all the evoutions of the whlrllng Pjrouette
avec chasee a sulyant, according to the lIb'
eral gestcuIatlons pgactIsed by the most
celebrated duESeHrS.
Ifthere was the least necessity iorlaZlng
the People in the manner nave meHtioned,
[ know well they you'd bear the burden
without grumbIing but, sir, there IS no IN
teligent man residing at the seat OF GoV'
ernment who IS no, satisfied that MIR. Van
Buren, lays up annually from fifteen TO
twenty thousand dollars. Can you inform
me, sir, what grea; expenses encounter his
purse, which any other respectable gentle
man VINO occupies SpdCiouS u'"H7'N'' ''
this city has not to meet! All the ndlvla
uals n. the head of the various Departments
of the Government have to htre houses,
stables, paslurage, gardens, and gardeners
they have to purchase household furniture,
raise their own vegetables, and bo, hay Tor
their cattle and yet they manage not only
to ge, along comfortably but to hold brilliant
sources, and make quite display IN car
riages and equipage, on $4,000 per onnum,
There are but two items in the expenditures
ofthe President which can exceed N amount
the disbursements Tor similar objects incur
red by other respectable householders IN
Washington. refer TO his state dinners
and palace servants. 10 regard to the Tor.
mer, pretty fair estimate can soon be made'
lie probably gives % state dinners during
/ the long sessions of Congress, and 10 at the
shor, sessions-belng an average OF ~ dIn,
ners annually, with 40 guests for each II
we allow So 10 each guest, the actual COST
of a state dlnner will be $50. 20 state din,
ners would therefore require $1,000. The
100, - ~ o. zach uupSf IL n very liberal