The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-02-26
THE BUREAUS. &sc.-SEQUEL TO
TUESDAYS ARTICLE.


in seeming opposition 10 class of men who tave
done so much for the honor and glury of their
country as have the officers of the Navy, and
nothing but a stern sense of Justice, to other
classes, and the fixed belief that we are, in fact,
doing the officers themselves an essential ARID per e..
manent service, by bringing them back. nd
deavoring 10 keep them in, the legitimate line of
their duty, would provoke us to take the stand
we have, where we lay ourselves liable TO the
dispeasure of those whose good opinion we would
rather court, and 10 whose welfare and pro speriiy,
we have given repeated evidences, are at
tached. We honor them in their proper stations,
but when they trench upon others rights and du-
ties, II Is our province To check them In their
croachments. The Army and the Macy both are
looked upon as great evil, unneces,sar y in Go
yernment like ours, and in every part of the
try the Sc Peace Party" have powerful and sin
cere writers constantly engaged In bringing it in
TO dsrepute; and these are aid ed by corps of
Swiss, who, always seeking for power and profit.
and always without principles, would pull down
the colossal pillars which sustain the fabric of
our greatness, reckless Of the ruin they bring up
on others, while they are berlefited by pecuniary
gain and promotion; and it is, therefore, the de-
sire Of those who the real friends of these
two branches of Natiol's defence. that its of
fcers should be a" sans peur, sans reproche,"
governed only by spirit of patriotism, that all
love and respect.
In the articles which we have heretofore pub.
lished on these Bureaus, we have shown that the
law creating them was directly violated in the
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incapacitaled by habit, age and education for the
duties they had assumed, and in our last article,
we showed the &" SPIRIT which stimulated
them to pursue the course they have adopted -
Believing it is their duty 10 TAKE CARE OF
THEMSELVES" they are governed by degra-
ding spirit OF pecunary gain, fearful of trusting
the country to do them justice, and to make place
for the enormous number of subordinate officers,
enormous compared with the vessels of war
in our Navy0 they are providing themselves
with civiL stations, and 10 do it, they argue that
it is a saving TO the Government to employ them
in preference to Civilians. And already we find
Lieuenants and Midshipmen appointed 10 the
stations Of Navy Agents, Naval Store Keepers,
Inspectors of beef, pork and bread, slop clothing,
Sc, Of which they know nothing, and can know
nolhing-and we may expect 10 see them in
every clerkshp and place in the country, and
soon the people will find themselves under that
most fearful Of all governments, a Military DeS-
pOtiSm Fellow-citizens are you ready for this?
If you are not, then let yonr voices be raised at
once against the fearful encToachment of this arm
of the Service-like fire, they good ser
wants, but bad masters"
Besides, should this ing be permitted, you
have no control over the officers whom you EN-.
ploy and pay to do your service, each one has a
life appointment, which age, each year, increases
in expense of supporting, and as they are with
drawn from the active service of the Sea, their
places must be filed by others. and those others
will, of course, be from the ia miles of the very
men who have been for ever fattening on your
bounty; so that instead of the ir employment in
the civil Bureaus being saving, it is found to en-
tail perpetual and heavy drain upon the Treasu-
ny Of the country. No, they hav no business in
office on land at all, and there is no one, wing
or democrat, who has paid the least attention 10
this subject, but what is satisfied tiat the whole
administrative duties of the Burea US should be
performed by civilians and such is the decision of
me country.
If saving is to be made to the cou ntry, let all
the Ineffective. useless men, who ha We not, and
cannot be compelled to serve their count try in their
legitimate capacity be dismissed-let all those
who by reason Of age, wounds, and long service,
cannot 90 to sea again, be honorably ftlroughed
and pensioned by the Government-let no more
appointments be made to the Navy until the NUM-
Der is reduced TO the wants of the service, TO be
governed by the number of vessels afloat. IF, as
we see it asserted by members of Congress, We
want more vessels, we certainly do mot wan.
one half The officers there is on the Navy List.
whose annual pay and subsistence now amounts
to double what is expended for Increase and Re
pairs of the Navy, and to more than the W hole
pay and subsistence of all the seamen empIoyed
in the public service. II is a shame that the
country should be thus humbugged-and it is
most astonishing to us that the people and their
Representatives do not correct the evils which
Cypress them. The subject is now before Corr
gress, and we urge orr fellow citizens who have
the "Reminiscences in hand to have them filed
up and sent 10 Washington, Immediately lire