Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-04-09

tho North ana East " Oetubeuy, P"'t W
VIII ich is composed Of territories formerly be-
lon ging TO Gernisny. Its government Is an
abs oirte monarchy. Il contains lO5,170 square
mil CO and I2 ,552,27S inhabltan's.-Bcrlln -
the Capital, and contained IN 1907, l13'l2ol
inha bitants. Mr.. Wheaton. United States
Min lister IL his Pri,ssian Majesty, after sta
ting the diffsrent kinds Of funds received ~
pay ment of government dues, informs Mr.
Woodbury. that AT the same time, instead
Of paying in specie, It was permitted To pay
the public contributions in the paper money
of the Government" This paper money the
writer presumes TO be the Prussan treasury
notes, before alluded to, and which were SAID
TO be at oil times above par, and answer very
much in description to what will probably be
the currency produced by the Sub Treasury.
a bill for which is now before Congress.-li
is said that the present " absolute Monarch !"
Of Prussia, is of q benevolent and kind dis
position, and that he does every thing in his
power, for the good Of his subjects. who al
though enslaved and very poor, are better
provided for in regard to public Schools than
any people on earth. While Mr.. Van Buren,
is paitsrning after the :" foreign gorsrnment ="
of this f" Absolute Monarch" in respect to his
Sub Treasury it would perhaps be as well
that he should likewise pattern after him IN
some other respects, and in his next annual
message recommend some plan Of general
education to be supported oy the sales o' the
National domain. should there be any balance
l.fi after the Western States have received o
sufIicien, quantity Of the lands to pay them
for their aid in the two next Presidential
elections.
9Th. AUSTRIA, is an extensive empire
Ii al. th.Ar RI a
Europe, and consisting of several ancient
Kingdoms, dutches and republcs-and con.
tains 100000 square miles, and 2S OOO,COO
inhabitants.-Vicnns, situated on the Danube
river, is its Capital, and contains 29O, Coo IN
babitants. In answer to Mr. Woodbury's
"slriag of questions" Mr.. J. Randolph Clay.
Secretary of Legation at Vienna, has IN iml-
tation OF Consul Trst made himself decl-
ded pariizan, and has occupied ten pages 10
proving the gres; advantages OF the system
pursued by Austria in the management of its
internal affairs, and in the collection and dis
bursement of It's revenues. His remarks the
writer would suppose, must be particularly
grateful to Mr.. Woodbury. and his master.-
On the very first page, Mr.. J. Randolph Clay
says" The collection Of the indirect taxes
is entrusted to a distinct class of officers
have not been able to ascertain the exact
amount derived from This branch of the reve
nue., but the want Of such information, is oi
lille consequence, as | am told the treasury
is not benefited by them, as their collectlon
owing to the GREAT NUMBER OF OFF
GERS employed, costs MORE than the in.
direct taxes produce, and it is tven asserted
that the government would gain by abolish
ing them. IL it be asked why they are con.
tinued, the answer is. that acting uron tn"
principle that a GREAT NUMBER OF
OFFICERS employed in the service adds
strength to the STATE Buonaparte said
he was The state MIR. Benton calls Buo-
nnpartc "gr.ai man an"-Quere, did Mr.. Ben
ton ever dream Of becoming the STATE y,
the government retains thereby class o
FAITHFUL ADIIERENTS, who would be
thrown out of employment, and left UNPRO
VlDED Tor, by the abolition Ct the indtrec
tares."
Well done Mr.. J. Randolph Clay-yor
have owned the truth by proxy for Mr.. Var
Buren,. Grrat number Of officers, strengthen
The state" )niihfid adherents unprocided jor!'
well done again Mr.. J. Randolph C!ay.--Hov
wonderfully pleased our American farmers
will be 10 pay their taxes for the sole pUrpos
Of providing for Mr. Van Buren's or MIR. Ben
toms "Jaiihfm ADHERENTs." Austria is
PATTERN worth Initiating, she doe
nothing by halves. 1t seems that even al
American by breathing the atmosphere o
ssrls and slaves, for a short time, forgets th'
sentiments Of freemen, and really thinks it I
very cornmendabe policy to appoint publi'
officers for the express purpose OF maxim:
faithful adhcrents" Of government. ]
must hnve been in imitation of this "Patttrn,
that thc revenue officers at New York So be
fore stated have been appointed. Mr..
Randolph Clay farther says, "the revenue i
collected at Vienna and throughout the EN-
pirc in silver, or in notes Of the bank Of Aus
aria, which are iedeemable in specie at an,
time at the Bank Of Vienna, or its branches
and The whole financial opeI atoms of tn
empire are under the direction of the minlste
of finance"
Alter long description Of the Bank o
Austria and other remarks on the mode o
Keeping and dlsbursing the public money b,
the foreign gorernment" Of Austria, Mr.. J
Randolph Clay SAYS The foregoing re-
marks will show, that the Austrians have, IL
fact, "SUB TREASURY system, undc
the control of the Minister af Finance, an'
that the public funds are collected, sbursed
md expended without the aid Of Natlona
bank"
So it seems according to Mr.. J. Randolph
Clay's statement, that Austria is enjoying al
the benefits Of "a Sub Treasury system "
although as he describes it, the Austrian
Sub-Trcasury is not enc half us bad as is th
Sub-Treasury system" "about being adopte'
in..he U. States. Austria is divided into j.
provinces. In writing of Hungary, one o
them, Mr.. Randolph Clay says" Th'
population is divided into five classes, viz
CLERGY, HIGH MOBILES, PETTY MOBILES
inhabitants Of towns and peasants. Among
the great privileges enjoyed by the mobiles
and clergy is that from exemption from al
taxes. The peasants on the contrary are no
only deprived Of all civil rights, but besde
the oncrois services they are obliged to ren
der TO their lords, such az to labor l0l out o
365 days, aud 10 pay to the lord the 9th par
Of the whole produce Of the land they pa
the tytbes to the clergy, and bear to9cthe
with The inhabitants Of towns mot noble) al
the expenses Of the state. The situation o
the Hungarian peasant is, therefore, misera
bs in the extreme; he tastes the very es
ssnce Of oppression-,he support ofa govern
ment, in which he has no voice. The Aus
tran government is not chargeable with thl
state of things, al it existed before fluDgar
Wa annexed 10 the Empire, and the Cons,i
tuition of the province, precludes any inter
vcntion at tho General Government IN behal
al The pcasantry without the consent of tn
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