Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-03-25

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highest compensation known to our ser
vice; ye, this $4,000 mission may
double t:.at amount, ano still the minis
ter be only called an agent, for the pur
pose of cheating the SENATE ou' Of It's con
troll over the appointment. The bill is
fraudulent in relation TO the compensa
ton to be given to this ambassadoria
agent No SUM is fixed, but he is TO tnke
VIVA, he plcases Tor himself and his suite
He and they are to help themselves libe
rally. In oil other cases. salaries and
compensa,;ons are fixed by law, and gra
dua,ed by time; here, there is no Iimi
either OF money or time. This EMISSION
goes by the job-for.y thousand dollar;
Tor the job-without regard 10 time or cost
Ia summers work, or years work, !,
is all tho same thing-it il q job, and is
evidently intended to enable gentleman
who loves 10 travel in Europe and Asia
to extend his ,raves,o the Celestial En-.
pire at the expense oi the United States
and 10 write book. The settlement OF
the account is fraud upon the treasury
In all cases OF foreign missions, exccp,
where secret services are TO be perform.
ed, and spies and intormers to be deal,
with, the accounts are settled ut the
Treasury Department, by the proper &C
counting officers; when secret services
are TO be covered, the fund out Of which
they are paid is then called the contingent
foreign intercourse fund; and are settled
at the State Department, upon simple
certificate that the money has been APP
piled according to its intention. It was
] III ..his way that the notorious John lien-
ry obtained his $4,000 during the late
war; AM. tina, yssious other sums have
beer paid out 10 sccrc: agents at different
times. To this dom. object. Every
Government, in its foreign intercourse,
must have recourse 10 some agents, n,.d
have the benefit oil some services, which
would be defeated if made public; and
which must, theretore. bc yelled in sec
recy, and paid for privately. This must
hap ell in al Governments; but not 50 IN
this case Of the Chinese mission. Here,
secrecy is intended Tor what our own
minister, his secretary, and his whole
suite. are to receive. Not only what they
may give in brides to Chinese, but wnat
they take in pay TO themselves, is to be a
secret. All is secret ana spons,ble!-
Aud it will not do 10 asslmilate lhls mis-
sion to the oldest Government; in the
world, to the anomalous and anony .nous
missions TO revolutionary countries Such
an analogy has been attempted in defence
of this mission, and South American
examples cited; but tie cases are no..
analogous. Informal agencies, with Sec
ret Objects. are proper 10 revolutionary
obecis; but there is TO be u public mission,
AND an imposing one-thc grandcst ever
sent cut IRON the United S utes land the
London mission vacated, ia order 10 sup
ply tue man that is to fiji il. To at:einp,
to assinllate sach u mission 10 & John
Henry case, or TO u South American agen
cy, IS absurd and ilnrndent; and is fraud
upon the system OF accountability to
which all our missions are subjected.
The expense Of the mission is great
and unparalleled. tits double the expense
o, Il mission 10 the first courts OF Europe;
and, besides that, involves the expense of
Il new munster 10 England. Tue Chinese
munster and suite are to have $4,000;
the gentleman who goes to London in
place Of Mr.. Everett will have near
100000. That gentleman is 10 be the
Secretary o.! State: and thus 100000 ale
to be paid to get bun 10 london! To &c, u
gentleman 10 London, whose name can
not be Submitted Ii the Seti,.s Ter that
appointment. | repeat II: this Whole
conception Of Chinese mission, now
brought forward Tor the frs. time in the
history oil our country, is a coil.rivance
to vaca,e the London mission. in the re-
cess OF the Senate, in order to Gil i, with
Il gentleman who might not be able to
pass the Senate. This is the Object! and
100000 Tor such oh object, when the
treasuryis bankruptcies attempted
reirenchment is proclaimed--an when
iea per centum is proposed TO De taken
from the salaries OF al! officers, civil
naval. and military!
repea, il: this mission is not created
for tho country, but nycn,cd for man
aud he IS now waiting TO take it, and to
go and bump his head nineteen times
u gainst the ground, in order to purchase
the privilege Of standing up before his
Celestial Majesty.
huu lulS 10 ouV WORK III lNe last uiSut I
Of this Congress. Ii is now midnight:
and, like the midnigh, which preceded
the departure OF the elder Adams from
the Government, the whole time IS spent
in making and filling Offices Provid-
ing for iavorites. and feeding out Of the
public crib, is the only work Of those
whose briet reign is drawing TO close,
and who have been already compe led BY
public sentiment 10 undo part Of their
work. The bankrupt act is repealed by
the Congress that made it; the distrlbu
ton act has shared the same fate; aud, If
they had another session to sit. the man
damus act against the States, the habeas
corpus agains, the States, this Chinese
and oil the other acts. would be-
undone. Il would ~ the true realization
Of The story Of the queen who unravelled
At night the web that shc wove during |
the day. As il il, enough has been doues
and undone to characterize TIL. Cc..mrSs,,s,sll
Ito eniite~ it to ths name ortIlysses,
wile-nol because tljkc,s.ne yir,nous, I
alope) i resisted ssdnclion but heeause,
like her, ita .wn hands unrsyellsl isl
own work - - : "a
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