The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-04-15

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,n1 in, r. ,,a con,;nne onr sess;on n Tho
''' :im Ina ,,i,hon, naming dov far the nd :
;.nou, Wc booed therefore, ,hnt the Senate
JI onr,on, q, ~, nromn,lv nnon that r,soIntion
,oudar ,n tho uonsc an cnrly div for the close
81 ,h;s Sos.ion
VI w. Id so,a;,o5 ,ho no,,;on or tho m;Iooqe oC
,L ,,,o,Lor, Of C'ona,oss boc,nss bo C,und /, in
Wv. ''o o'; ;';J W 90 ,,a honorahIo senator
Wv. -, hn hal nn, ov,,n;nod and there.
Gu, m"' a ~, ,vho,bor nnv existed under
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nv a, ,;,, =. ,o,,o, ,r III. ,,yo Uonsos oC
Nc '"".,"s ,e eh"i nr III can c,r rod,c.
,;on ,rh,.s eynonses bnye increased enormopslv
;,i; I w., ,i,,,' ,,nor, and NJ, w heI;oved tho
"'''" N,' "a' n,ro'so ,ronlI he r,unJ IA
i'o'' NV n T.; 10 c,,, ;,o,,,, hor. onrn,or,
"''o 'uN'I III Nv Ih, ,L, aro., ~, ,,o had hnen
,.,i,nJ ,,h ,ha ,rr,,;na mar and o,hcr articles
r. c,n,iL,J c,r ,he I,sks and Rams of
" y, ''"' 49,, h., n,TI ho ,oo n,In,.d IN belinvo
r,,, ,ha, no hal .opn and what he had heard.
,,,,, ,,' ,,oa, o,,;cIo or eynopse pnder This head
'', , w. ,ho r,nn;nn and CIna n,ncr used TO en-.
WV ,,n,s,a yea, ~ nrrtod matter sent
w., ,r c.,l, a. n,o,nhnrI ,brongh The mails
w. """ III; wv NV shonlJ hnyn orcnsion 10 make
r' ",'S ',,hnn hc came IN consider IN.
'u'''''' '''''',G, ~ ,ho rr,nlirg nryicpe
] nj
H. t ,u ,i ,o,n, ,yonld n,oye thai, under the
raI',i,n nn,v os,ah,ishcd in this body. upon this
I'M, ,'.h If ,s snnprAnnns nrin,inu wonld he
rD";I,J mad ro, ho had hocomr eo,irelv satisfied
,n,, .h,, M, r;,d ,ns,,;c,;nn nn,n The RIGHT ia
c',, ,,,nI HIN, III oxporso ,vi,h;u nrooer linn
Wh,, ,,o s,arn unt norm;r,ed IN send mfr
,br,rah thn mills Crcc lro'r hostage. we should
M, n7der n,in,ed nt the pubic expcnse, the five,
70, ,vantv or thirty thousnnd extra copies of pub
liz docnmcnts. Int so long ms we could thus send
,hcn the orders for the printing would be very
liielv IN he mudo.
'rhe employmen, of clerks for committees had
been CIeouen,ly carried to great excess, and was,
in bis Indictment ALWAYS an expense ola VERY qucS.
,;,nnhIe character ns IN lis urv, except for con-
mi,,ee ordered TO examine witnesses and take the
tas,imooy m wri,ino. lie had reformed a far
share Of duty upon committees since he had been
, member or the Senate, and never had an, clerk
been empoyed for committee of which he had
been member, exccpt committees of invesliga-
tinn. Indeed in the discharge of his ordinary du-
ties Ms a member orany Of the standing committees
of the Senate to which he had belonged, II clerk
could have rendered no material assistance, en-
cept to have occasionally performed ZONE little
copying, which he had always found the perna-
nent clerks in the office Of the Secretary OF the Sem
request So far as he was acquainted, the employ
mcnt Of clerks for the standing committees of this
body had usually followed the urgent solicitation
Of the clerk and his friends and the desire 10 give
employment to Il worthy individual had often been
Il strong secondary nducement to the engagement,
lie made this remark with no feeling o! dSrespect
to the committee which had given the employment,
or to the clerks who had received II, and with no
disposition to cast censure upon either lie had
experienced the difficulty OF resisting these urgent
opportunities, and he thought distinct nndersnn-
ding that the SecretAry's office should be looked
To exclusively for this service, would save both the
expense and the feeling
The employment OF messengers TO fold docu-
mcnts aud speeches i,r transmission through the
mail, was another item OF expenditure which had
grown out oflhe extensive and liberal use ct the
Irankns privilege, and could only be rctrenchcdby
lis restriction His observation had induced the be-
lief that full the one-halI Of The labor Of the mes
sengcrs in the employ Of the two Houses was en-
pended in folding these Documents and at some
sessions these public servants had been compelled
10 labor most severely to keep the folding roolus
folding would no, be called for. rs there were very
few Of them we shnuld venture to send 10 our CON
s,ilueurs subiecl to the charge for hostage.
The several aunyopria,ion BILLS would sboy the
rapid increase of The incidental EXPENSES of the in
dietary department. Mr. ". was not sufficiently
ACQUAINTED with the character of the expenditures.
or The manner Of accounting for the money by the
officers who disburse il, 10 be able to make parlic-
uIar suggestions in the matter, but the heavy A.
mount Of The expenditure, sometimes he believed
reaching nearly a half million in n year, and usu
ally from, three hundred and twenty to three hun.
,lrcd and G(ly Thousand dollars, connected with lis
rapld increase, seemed TO call Tor examination II,
least. To see if the amount may no, be diminished
consistently with the safe administration of jus-
lire.
The rule upon which he had proposed TO reduce
the e>prnses of our foreign intercourse, hy dscon-
,inuIny some diplomuIic nrpuls and reducing the
Grade Of others, was that Of a strict rccrnrociiy.
The di,conlinunnccs suggested we've ut places from
which there vas 70 diplomatic representative near
this Government Of an, grade, aud the reductions
we've TO bring our representatives, so proposed TO
he reduced. upou les in grade with he rrnrn
sen,aives from those Respective governments now
in this country. Never Ia, inc been n, alt conyer
san, wilh mi; matter, he had adopled Tins rule 10
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