Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-08-20
MISCELLANEOUS,
ENGLISH SALARIES

ENGLISH SAL .ARlFS
Amo'ion WIS made in the House nf Commons Is,
mouth, 10 tcinea the salures ct all pob,, officers ,
per CENT IL WAS dchatedh, the LEADING mon and Gn,ll,
Teleete by ,oie OF liq 10 lno-a nm, ti,y of 4
hee are IN England five heads of revenue in the col
''en OF winch salaries paid In the Custnm there
ale 'or salaries aud wages Il 0i2 Ell Excise c1s al
STAMPS and laws, f}1S 25 Post Office c552 nsl; and
me Wards aud Forests. Il Onl amounting altn,atber
10 as the sum pad Gr salaries aud wares In
,ne NafnS Offices ct these departments OF course the
lfhseh system does not enter nln this cncJlalipn -
W he the salaries am,unt tho ahaye named sum The
expenditures in the wear ending January 5h ISIS wrrc
t,s@"ouoo, and the expenses of collection all told about
fl,00OOOO
We observe in the debate uron this subject ,hete were
several nngs nj the u. ). lot the low salaries paid here
hey can be padnned however, for In their exispn.
We owe much o the purity and simplicity of our in THU
lions
Mr.. Drnmmond in his speech said
lie well remembered WHEN Lord Sdmou,h was Scrrr-
iary for The Home Department, reading in the Edinburgh
Review comparison between The salaries pad 10 the
ministers of This country and of America greatly pancy
hsng the system Of the Americans. who. il was said.
gatlhe Smoulhs for .co0 year and their Craers by
The gross tr nothing. Laughter He Mr. Dunn
mond wished 10 see the Chancellor Of the eNrheauer
buddy arappllng with this question and proposing mca.
sue which would reduce every income from ihe very
highest down 10 the lowest and from which ho would
net exclude the income Of any rich man in this country
whether he held public office or not. \ laugh
We do not think Mr.. Dnmmond would like In have
the principle of reduction applied 10 himself, ii rich
man. But circumstances alter cases.
The Chancellor of the ENchcquer. against The prop
oslton. said there had been great reductions in time
The salary of the First Lord Of the Treasury was not
rednced but the salaries the Chancellor of he ENchc-
qner and the Lords Of the Treasury were The salaries
OF tile Secretary Of the Treasury and tho Secretaries OF
slae were reduced c 0a year each; the salaries Of
ni Stain ,,,t IA,
year. The salary Of The lofd President reduced more
than t3Oo wear; that u The Pesidont of the u ar OF
Control t 800 year; and that Of tho First Lord of the
Admiralty tooO year. With respect 10 all the other
appointments nj first rate importance the salaries
generally fixed al 5000 year The salary Of The
faynser 81 The Forces had been fixed nj e., 400. The
committee OF 1881 proceeded on examination carried
on IN detail into all the public ooes comparing the sal
aries with those Of 1850; and the result was no had
suited, considerable reduction.
The honorable gentleman had said TIM, the pressure
OF taxation such that the people Longer able
10 pay the present high salaries But tho honorable gen
ileman forgot that large amount Of taxation had been
taken OIL principally upon articles of general consumption
No less than between Ct OOO0OO and fS OOO.nuO had
been taken off in that way within the last five yeas.
he pressure OF taxation upon the great body Of the
people ha, thus been greatly relieved. Hear. hear -
And how had The revenue been maintained. Why, by
tie imposition ri direct lax income. which TAX had ,
OF course been applied 10 persons holding official sltua
lions as well others. aud including all who had sal
aries al and sbove CT 80 n year. clear. hcat)
MI Golden. ought 10 have been expected, went IN
Tor the Reform and also said something OF interest rs 10
salaries in the llnled States which quote:
salary Of c 900 year for occupying the Treasury
bench was much than need he paid t. any man.-
lie would 20 further than reduction OF 10 per cent on
SUCH sahres Why. considering The general range Of
profits and prices should pay pnbc officers more
than double the salaries paid To the public officers OF any
other cogntry7 Take the United States (lear. hcar)
was great empte second only 10 ourselves maritime
Importance. VEIL the four principal Necrctarcsoi Stale
IA the United States receive only CT go year each.
Now those men correspond IN dignity and importance
with the Secretaries OF tins aud other countries and
IN all respects quite as distinguished they were II
was impossible that any individual the Treasury
bench could conceive thai he Mr. Cob Gch) IN any
derneted from their importance or Their merits by com
pairing them with those Take. next. the diplomat
Ic officers. Our ambassador at Paris had Glo0OO
year; ambassador To Austria Lad t. 900 year. aud
our Minister 10 Spain had $500 year; while the
United States did not ply 10 their highest dlumailc
tuncllunary than t2 900 year. Now. he put it
10 the hou.e.-haj they one Ambassador minister
abroad who would consider dctocatory his dignity to
be compared with Mr.. Bancrol llhd they superior
man 10 Mr.. Bancrol GIlear)
Who amongst them all stands higher in his profession
or a NAV? Why, then. shoald pay El0 600 a
year ambassador at Parie, hen The Americans pay
only .c} OO0 10 their ambassador Parlsf Bulu was
his proposition that The salaries paid in this country
should be reduced To the same cure that Of The United
States Let II be said he was for bringing down
heir establishment to those ola rpnb,ic. II the house
would reduce III IN 20 per cent thai would satisfy him,
and they would sill be well paid. But what he wished
the public lnnctionaes ri his country t. exhibit
prominently sense OF royalty and appreciation
Of The honor which attached holding of Office and not
exclusive desire of being paid for carrying the pub
lie establishments Of the country. Were such feeling
displayed by public men, il would greatly enhance the
dignity of their position and heghten the estimation in
which they would be held by the community
lie had thus then. Indicated what the class Of Of
frcrs The .duc ion of whose sallesh he wished eff
fccied. There in his opinion MT only many thai
might be reduced but many public servants whose servi
ces might be dispensed with altogether. The Hon.
gentleman had lost sight Of the great numbero supemu
merarics thai we adj and who not required. The
noble lord al the head Of the Government had stated that
Prime Ministers formerly had snecufe Offices which they
could give To their sons. Now. it did not seem him
that Ministers of the present day lost sigh; Of their
laons altogether. ('lear aud laughier) great part
Of the patronage at the disposal Of our Ministers ought to
be considered compensation for the abors Of their
Offices Besides. there refining pensions in this
for civil services.-.N. Erpress.
Cn'aIian Hldcpcadence.-The Montreal TIerald,a pa
per which h been devoted to the English parry in Can
ada, uutil the dissatisfaction in hong article in
reply 10 series of Arguments put forth by the Aem York
o of the union with the British crown an in
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