Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-09-10
RETURN OF MIR. NeI,Sr

REiGRN OF MIR vel.ANF
NJ VI Lane VAS passenger IN board ~.
which arrived On Thursday las. lie wilI.v.,''
cel.e the curlill w,lc,lme 10 ahcl his b,h '''e
er and enlnen, services abroad, during the ree.,
81 rrnineny ente him. lis return afford, ,,1
striking illustration of The j. lrio,s efIecr. If
cradle aud nsgatIIy policy Of the G...ron.,,
keeping the salaries Of our ffeign ministers -
that men, Who ought In fiji ih.m can.n, IN. -,
To retain them except Tor Short peri. ds The
Mr. Mrl.ane wa, less than that of many of ,l. '"
IN The Brush Foreign Oice aud no, one ,h,,d
allowed t" The Brush minister in this c,un,,, m
need not tell our readers that the rxpens. .f W.
l"ndon Is greater than In any other city in III. WI,
Nh Mrlane has been absent lille more than
Nv le and Of hi, nn'ii', aud ntnrn alIpuanc. T.. @
PossIby have saved himself ltom hss which b.. Ny
not nave done, had his RESIDENCE been pfolrac.,
must be apparent 10 every one. that nlinisl.t,.
y o' o'fol'eS'ta his country must increase in mr.,
ZION IN The length If his residence alr,aJ-il.,,,r
Mere originally hiri Tor the Posr Diplomacy IL,
ing and the most gifted will find himself lmpoyr.h,
hl'le iriining aud experience II la, b, en III. c,.
with Us. 10 recall OH representatives from abr sd =,
TINE 'hfy mad asef'd The language. aud h4p,n -
hno" something III the people, oi the country Il, ~
lhry "trr srhi. In very many al late year,
country would have suffered M detrimtnt had thu nom
nd "i recall been anticipated -were II not Thai ,h.
crss''r was. IN all probability, le likely Il, ia
" I" his government as HE man who MAS ,sop.,l
Bal IN The case nj a man like Ne Mel AN. vi
the lalrnts aud qualities which fl him ia, en5n..,
f"n">N i" his country al The court Of thai n,t,
which we have more 5bu,iness rel,ll,ns III, III
World besdrS-we have seen that miserable ,s.a
piiance allowed hm a, a salary. and un, ,bi.h
could not all rh 10 1--we afoid there vel i, n, .c,
n ihls en'lng. In the shape Of outfit salary and 49,
Nj Mci.ane receives. ior the yeGr he ha, been ah,l
hb VI so 800. lie was thus enabled Ia stay , j.,
year, perhaps, Without embarrassing himself Hid h.
re'na ned longer he would have bad n,ihnr bn, h.,
VI a'''oo ~ I'VE nP"h-ohe hal III which would M,
pay he i"ui OF such house as an American A pb...
dor AT the court Of ST. James should ly, in D.u,
g"gnes vii tain about Republican simplicity which :.
all very well IN lis pace-but at European court.
an American Minister isIes 10 br useful " respected
10 occupy us 'eg''lnhe position and exercise his I.l'
hae hilhencr as The representative of great nation
MS dra>s, eqnlpage and sly lie o living must not be such
as 10 provoke invIdhn' comparison and cpn.mptnon,
remark We have had Ambassadors ahpsJ, Of ,nodrtai
a'rn' hut "tiat9e private fortune, who. by their sy. ID,
vlhg, have made an Impression aud exercised an n.
tnce, which men of the first ability have failed 10 de-
Wit" were co nrelled /, live upon then salary
The compensation 10 Foreign Ministers was 6xJ
III HE infancy n' our Recommendation were par
and laden with debt, and when dollar would com.
nand more than two wonld now. The salary Wa
then perhaps large enough. II was absurd however
10 aIo the same 10 every mission, the prns- o y-
n9 IN Mldnd, perhaps being alb bird that OF Inv
'g IN London. Every admits the prepns ruus in
adequacy oi The compensation al The present tlmc-and
YET no President ventures 10 recommend its ncrrasp
and no member of Congress nigh his own per d. m
has been increased thlry three aud a bird per cent
dares 10 introduce a bill tor such pnrmsp We have
not mich hope of ever seeing il cauird-but We should
hal, As measure OF Justice and txpe1rncy, Bill dou-
bling The present S1latles-ur rather. sould like
see the compensation graduated Ia the porrancp sd
sNpens'yrnts Of The locality of the mission We sh,nl
not wish an Increase U The annnnt III cuff but ihluk
lha the Ministers al London, Paris and perhaps ST. Pc
'ersburg. should receive at least 500 900 per annun
As Is, the Baltimore and Onlo Raj Road Cnmp,-
ny las oulbd The Government. Ia justice his family
he not being man of fortune, MIR. McI.anr rannut
all I'd To remain public service and returns 10 that o
corporation when has a better appreciation than the
Government II talents like his or al least know how to
pay more literally Tor ih.lr use.