The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-05-06
For The Shirt Of he Ire.



Quilted which, though small is very important, 10
wit that the Newspapers tahep by B.oWa, wnS
chagel 10, aai phil for 6y The Siaie, and Is
reported that his PeW rent aud iOle at The B, Mye
WIS paid in the same way. ard in relation To these
last items, | would respectfully enquire Of Mr.
Brown whether the report is correct 1t is 80 stated
by some of his Wing friends, which, to he sure, is
not, olways The hest authority, the question is
therefore propounded Direct, to Mr. Brown, and II
direct answer is expected, yea or may.
Having discovered and exposed some of The leaks
by means of wh"h the l'rraSur, has been drained
for several years past 1t may he expected that Il
remedy would be proposed It is indeed highly I'LL
por'anl 10 tn" tax payers ofNt. that some change
should be effected, otherwise their taxes must be
doubled, or the State Sa,ldlad wuh II debt for all
time, the interest only Of which will soon be equal
To the whole amount Of The State Tax.
tn order In arrest in soue measure the progress
of this evil, it is proposed the following oli;es be
abolished, and salaries reduced, to wit; let the Of
flee of Superintendent Of the State Prison be aho
eclors such an office is entirely useless, aud The
state is saved the sum of $3.50. Aud since the
Treasurer is directed To collect and depoSc the
school funI in the State Treasury there can he no
| longer any use inI II commissioner Of the school
fund this office should be abolished and save s 100,
The salaries of the Judges or,he Supreme Counts,
should be reduced, To ut least s ,2G0 each this
wosd save The state SS75...p anrum and liule
the salaries would be AS barge as that Of Of the U.
), District Judge, aud nearly twice rs large rs any
other State oliccr, these three items alone would
amount to i ,625 The salary Of The Secretary of
the Senate should be- reduced $75, that of the
Clerk Of The House SIS, that of the Secretary 10
the Governor, 80, the assistant Secrelnr. of the
Senate $50 as>is,An; clerk of til House $50, en-.
Guessing csr, $50 the Reporter of the Supreme
Court !; 100, and 1T the auditor Of accounts 70
These, together with the above amount, would
make reduction olrSp'nSes Of S2,i25 per AN.
nun To this add the expenses Of Newspaper au',
Siuiio,arp furnished The menbrrs, whirha a low
estimate amounts 10 $500, and we have S2,62j
pc, amman saved 10 the Treasury, which is now
expended, merely IN pamper the purses of paIla,n
office seekers, aud sralih the vanity of " hi du.
dies for it viii be recoecled thar most If not all
of tn, salaries ahnve enumerated hive within the
last few wears hepn very much increased, aud
some of them created entirely, by The present ruI
ng party in the State.
rnre euN' n, ,,,l re,'nn why the assistant
Secretary Of the Senate, the assistant and engros.-
ing Clerks of the House should re, rne more pa,
than members Of the legislature ~ THEN dule,
close with the session, Aud while the Reporter
Of The decisions Of The ruprc ne Court is not re-
qui,rd by the law to attend the sings oflhc Cou'i
but merely 10 prepare for the Press the deriSiuns
Of he court which are to he furnished him hy the
Judges, his present salary of$ $50, ioselhrr with
the profits of The work, Is e>t,aNagnul, On page
Of The laws Of the last srsSinn it viii hr seen that
the publisher IF the Reports was allowed S05t ;Go'
ports. This vol. contains 1873 pages, aud the Re-
porter is required by law to furnish that number To
The State at cost, here then he gels pay Gon The
State for setting the t pes for The Whole edition, 50
that the expenses of what are done hcyond The
number furnished the State, is simpl, the cost Of
the paper, press work aud binding, yet, probably
~ great number are sold to individuals at 81,
per copy. profit ofat least 100 per cent allowing
The Reporter to reap hut half of this poGi, and
il makes his salary in whole equal 10 or hundred
dollars per nnnunl, besides the ordinary income Of
his profession Do the farmers who pay the taxes
get their money ms easy as this
In addition 10 the reduction Of salaries the sew
ara! state attorneys and county clerks, should be
required 10 render their accounts, and pay over all
monies in their hands seuiannualy, and we shall
hlyea sinking fund Of 6 ar thousand dollars per |
nnnnm. But 50 long as il ia the policy Of the
Wing leaders IN increase -nrrs, aud multiply of |
frrrs, We can expect no such economy Gom them,
the reform whirh they would bring Us, IL one from
ron potency, to BANKRuPTcY. 'hry have no
cafe for the peop'e. say" 10 90. their money and
their ,o,es VI hat has been the course Of the " big
party in the State, and general, in the Union It
has been to prom ole speculation and create national
and state debts, us If they could not exist hut upon
the oppression Of The aholer. The larger states
have G'l, the force Of tins policy aud ihro"n of the
yoke CONNECTICUT has fol owed the example and, he
farmers Of Vermont have now an excellent oppor
luu, for reflection. AGRiCOLA.
For the Spirit ofthe Age.