American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-11-14

articles m the Baltimore Patriot, in relation t.
,he Increase of rNpcnsrs at the Baltimore Gas
tom House, by the appointment oil additional
,osooc,ors. watchmen, Sc, and the Collector
has been severely censwod for this proceeding
We presume that what has been done by hlm
has received the approval Of the Secretary Of
she Treasury; but if it be wrong IN itself, this
sanction cannot alter the case. We are the
advocates Of rigid economy in national and
state affairs, and CcnsIre deviation from 1t
equally in either; but we would not do injus-
t,co 10 public officers. In the communication
Of YO. PopuH, in Wednesdays Patriot. The IN
creased expense at the Custom House is set
down u. twenty thousand dollars. The writer,
wo have good authority for saying, is inaccu~
rate 10 ms figures. The precise amount of
tho additional expense is stated to us to be SIS,
603.TJ We arc informed, that under the late
Collector, there were II inspectors and A.
walcbmen-undcr the present Collector there
are % inspectors and % watchmcn. The IN
crease IN the former is said to be occasioned by
.hC clerks in the Custom House having been
transformed into inspectors, and paid as such
by government, whereas in their former capa-
city they were Il charge upon the per centago
allowed the office. Now If the public service
requires that there shall be 70 inspectors, it
matters little TO the government or TO the peo-
pie whether they be transformed CLERKS or orr
ginal appointmcnts-p provided they cost the
same in either case We have not the inEor-
nation necessary 10 enable Us TO decide whc
thor o! not the number of inspectors and of
waschmon is at present too large. We hope
that tbs condition of oul commerce Will iusti-
ly tho increase-if not, the appointments
should not have been madc for not single
useless officer should be tolerated under either
tho national or state governments. We
know that much dissatisfaction with tho Col
lectoY exists because of the course which he
has pursued in regard to appointmonts-tecl-
ing, therefore, may in some cases lave blinded
Judgment, and produced misappfcheusion and
iasslGte.Gcnt. With this feeling We have moth
nc 10 DO, and have therefore given the facts as
thgy lave been communicated to us--and we
leave tho decision upon them to The proper au-
tho,i:y
Dcqoo,. Tho d,,-o,.o in IN, prioss or
tock is, wc believe, Justly attributed to tie
bnlE,ars,. ,rp,. o.sr,,,cl h, Tho official orr,c
30 regard to The dispute between this county
and Great Britain about The Oregon territory
and o. f.-.- and ,-y.,i do..-.ci.,;,,, ,,.,I l..
TIM ,r,,,;.,f.I. cor.,,,,,.co Of tho pro.id.,,...
,5on,;,,. .I,. scr,,,,cr,. ri t,c !,n;,-, T., i,..
go,thc,r,i,., .ros,aro s,lo,If o,r ,roco,r,,,,,t
de,o,,,.,o THAT 700 will ,,yo tho ,.,.I,oro r.,
C,rco,c .,,, =, ,.o s,,,Il I,y. "a r;.,h, FIR :,
for Grc,, Eritaip is not q oo,ycr winch can h..
driven f,a,a ,ts nurro-a Inv ea,p,,, tbrc,,s.
With .he ayov,al bv the organ. Of the orinciple
thai W. mus, have ..thc whole Of Or,ron ar
nono,n ,crardless Of consequences, the editor
oF,b,, name, has had the Cllv to aodoovor 70
c;vco nsr,i,,n ch,r,a,,, to th. ,,,r ,b,cb
rou., orsuc nv onncol;ng o,o tho democratic
pa,tv ortbc union,, to s1stoin him .sWc o..
noo;,u,, .ll.o,, o,.so,,os ha,.o,,o, - ,L;,I
,;o J, t.,,..b o ..,o ,I,, doo,aor,,;, ,,,r,, h.,
.a,sr oF .Lo MACMILLAN circumstances biob b,,o
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orC..,.,,, 81 r. ,,,,r L, tIo ro.,It orc,il,,;o,,
h;s oa'ioo ,,o nrosnno that tbo von. roh,o od;.
80 ,bo IT,;nn aud thoso v,ho o,ovolo mar
m;n ~, ,oor, alamo 70 tho doo,ocro,;c ro,tv 70
n.oaoo,,o :, ,,i,h rinar /, s,oh m oron, ,ho
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n,r,ios-yiu h, o,,o,loa ,o hy the nrh,;c an
VIZ ~ "Pf, ''NN w " '"" pU0''o "'
'hor'hes 10 sustain the country "hy' then'
should any particular party be exclusively adj
dressod at this time upon so momentous : h.
;aa.9 rho o,,,,,1 : ;n,,;aions os tho ,,,ot,,-i
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