Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-10-31
From The Biitim0re An ricdn.
AND PRACTICE.

he elevation into power Of the party supporting
hin were declared to be necessary in order to the
publication Of the Government. In the Senate of
he United States the following resolution was
adopted -
RESOLVED, "That the committee to whom have
,een referred the several resolutions to amend the
Constitution cf the United States be instructed to
inquire into the expediency Of diminishing or reg
Mating the patronage of the Executive of the Uni
led States. and that the committee have leave to
report by bill o T otherwise"
Me- BENTON was chairman of the committee o D.
pointed under the resolution, and Mr. VAN buren,
was member of it, it included also seven other
the committee declared
"That they have reviewed, as carefully as time
and other engagements would permit them TO do,
the degree and amount of patronage now exer-
csed by the President. and have arrived at the con-
cusion that the same may, and ought to, be dlmin-
ished by law"
I'm coming to the conclusion (says the Report
further) that Executive patronage ought to be d.
minished and regulated. on the plan proposed, by
six several bills reported by the committee. but
never passed upon, the committee rest their opin-
ion the ground that the exercise Of great patron
age in the hands Of one man has constant tendency
The liberties Of our country"
Tn order to give an idea of the greatness of this
power of patronage, the Committee refer to sim
gle cty--New York, and go into an enumeration
of the various officers appointed in that city by the
President, with the amount of salary allowed to
each. We invite attention TO the contrast which
follows. This one specimen will afford good
idea Of the sincerity Of those professions which
were so loudly trumpeted forth by the leaders of
the pary-professions of economy, of patriotic
dread of Executive encroachment, and of unbound
ed love for the people. We quote from the Ma
tional Intelligencer Of Thursday, which contains
The list of officers and salaries in the city of New
York for 1899:
In Mr.. ADAMS time, the whole number of Off
GERS employed in the collection of the customs Tex
GLIDING the officers of the revenue cutters and the
lighthouse keepers, not included in the late emu!
meration) was one hundred and sirty-sir, and the
aggregate amount of their compensations about
one hundred and tpenty thousand dollars: on the
Both of September last, the number of officers en-
ployed in The same duty was, as the reader will
discover by counting them, FOUR HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY EIGHT, and the amount of their salaries
lin round numbers) about FIVE HUNDRED AND
FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. Here we have an
demonstration of the true difference
of value between profession and practice-between
the drtstocracy and ertrardgaRce Of the Admins
traion of Mr.. J. Q. ADAMS, and the DEMOCRACY
and SEVERE ECONOMY of that of Mr.. VAN buren,.
It is to be borne in mind that these four hundred
and lightweight officers are employed in the va
rious branches Of Custom house business, and that
The revenue and of course the amount of labour
in the collection of it, have fallen off since 1926
when one hundred end sixty-six officers only were
employed. Mr.. VAN buren, requires in New York
about three times as many officers as Mr. ADAMS,
happened that the number of office holders was
increased in this manner without any increase of
business TO demand it, but on the contrary with
decrease of business which should have lessen
ing of the number Was Congress imposed upon
and made to believe that such an increase was ne
cessary! Now let the people understand that
Congress had nothing to do with the matter.-The
number of these officers of the customs is optional
with the President; there is no law specifying
how many shall be appointed. The President may
create as many as lie please, and their salaries are
Paid out Of the rerenue before ii reaches the TREASURY
Thus Congress has no occasion TO pass appropria-
tons or to know anything of the matter unless
special inquiry should be instituted The lntelli-
gencer says:
"The compensations Of Inspectors, Weighers,
&c is indeed fixed by law, but the number is de-
pendent on the unrestraned will and pleasure of
the EXecutive no account is rendered to Congress
whether, after being appointed and salared they
really do daily duty in their places, or spend their
time in electoneering to maintain their EMPLOYERS
in power. Some Of them, it is notorious, perform
little more official duty than the signing receipts
for their salaries, their more important duties be-
ing those of taking care of the interests of "the
party" at home and abroad, the city of New York
being too narrow field for their useful labors."
Was it with a prophetic glimpse looking for
ward some thirteen years or more, that the Com.
mittee with Mr.. BENTON at its head and Mr.. VAN
buren, at its side, spoke of the great increase Of
Executive patronage which was to be ap3rehended
in the government--wh its power would be all
pervading, or, in the words of the Report
"When its influence over individuals will be
multiplied to an indefinite extent, phen the nOmila-
tioH by The President can carry ANY MAN through
the Senate. and his recommendation can carrv ANY
MEASURE through the two Houses Of Congress;
when the principle Of public action will be open
and avowed, the President rants MY pote and /
"aht ms patronage, D'H VOTE as ne UiSheS and he
,oM gire me the office irish for. What will this
be but the Government of one man /! and rUaat is
the Government Of ONE man but A MONARCHY?
NAMES ARE NOTHING. The nature of a thing is
in its substance and the name soon accommodates
itself to the substance"
"rhose who make the President must support
him. Their political fate becomes Identified, and
they must stand or fall together.-Right or wrong,
they must support him and II he is made CON
IN tl,a will nf tho Dann1a ba h.
ported not only by votes and speeches, but by
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