New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-02
Hon. George p. Mnrsh-saisrics, DC.

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| permi, me as friend OF Hon George p. Marsh
our Minister at Constantinople to occupy small
sp.ce in your paper. with remark or two CON
corning the paragraph contained in The Tribune
of this morning, in which you express yourself
somewhat freely in relation to that gentleman.
Your correspondent having stated the substance
ofa communication from Mr.. Marsh, on the subject
Of the nadequacy Of the salary Of his office TO en-
able him TO take the position at the Court Of the
Sultan which with reference to proper usefulness
he ought to take, you subjoin the following re
marks
awe ere utterly opposed to adding dollar TO Mr.
Mshs 50 600 year lie sought the Turkish "a sson Sna
glad 10 get it-s man OF fortune, an mvocaie OF
Hteh Salaries generally and deadly foe Retrenchmsnt
TIE post he holds has been oeteny III "a oy ucu
men as Com Poner snd DsSnsy C1. ~ b 5p1n
of end good will be found TO take ~, p.acs
for the S. GOO His resigning II will not throw psGs
d hap 'n' "'n0 a. H' '9''E"Df lilo '''' IL N'
To use partially your own language, contained
in another article of your paper of this morning.
"No man has any right TO mix into dis
cusson such as this, without taking pains to a'cer
tain" the facts correctly, which think you nave
not done in this
l. Mr.. Marsh, as very well know, did not seek
the Turkish Mission. His wishes were in another
direction; bat, being unsuccessful In 'hat' nc &c
cepted the appointment that was rendered to him.
hoto gH0d ne WAS ~ get it am not informed,
though must be allowed 70 say that think my
means Conformation on that point perhaps quite as
good as yours. =,
Mr. Marsh is very far from being "a man OF
fortune" In times past he was In somewhat anu
ent circumstances but be embarked bis means m
a manufacturing establishment In Vermont, auh,
A. M,
lost nearly, if not quite, all OF his estate TINS,
however is 10 argument in favor OF an increase OF
his salary any more than his being a man OF Tor
tone" would be an argument againstit The Coy
eminent has no right TO call upon its citizens nod
ing Office under IT, TO exc out respectable support
On the contrary, every officer, especially those IN
| Diplomatic service, should have an ample support
from the public Treasury. You know. as well as
any one that in almost every case our Representa-
tives at European Courts are poorly paid 81,
3. Without denying that the post MT MARSH
! holds "bas been competently filed by such men as
Com. Porter and Dabney s. Carr must be per
mitted TO say that there is a diferepce-a wide
ope-between filing such post compaently and
| filing it emineEtly. Many man could DO the
former but few the latter. All who know Mr.
Marsh know that he is capable OF filling his post
emineptly The very fact stated by your CORE
spopdept. that Mr.. Marsh has succeeded 10 pre-
valing On the Turkish Government to send Com.
| missioner 10 the nited States for the purpose OF
examining our institutions and becoming better &C
quainted with the commercial Importance oil our
country" is proof that his influence has been a.
| ready exerted ia q way calculated 10 do much
! good and never before attempted by former Minis
ters or if attempted, unsuccessully. II to enable
our Representative at the Turkish Court to exert
| all the salutary influence he should exert and 70
entitle him to the consideration due to the Minister
of the United States an increase OF his compensa-
ton is desirable it ought n be given without rel
] 10 pbath arf no npn
is" man of fortune an advocate OF high salaries
generally and deadly foe 10 retrenchment,' or
whe Their he resigned seat in Congress to accept
the place. D.
June %, 1850.
Remarks
Our readers will judge whether d. has
proved the ignorance with which he charges
us on any material point. We knOw Mr..
! Marsh to be an advocate generally of what
we consider high salaries and an opposer of
National Retrenchment We knoO that he
made a speech to a portion of his constitu-
ents about the time of his resignation last
Fall, wherein he insisted that Members Of
Congress ought to be far better paid, so as
to be able to stay at Washington all the
year round, keep house there, &c. We k''op
that this sort of talk was not relished by the
bulk Of his constituents any more than by
US. We kn0U that he was early candidate
for a Mission from Gen. Taylor; our readers
will Judge whether d. makes anything by
asserting that he didn't want this particular
Mission but better one. All that we
didn't know, according to d. seems to be
that he has recently lost a good part Of his
property by the depression of Manufactures,
and that (he admits) is not material
Other men, it seems, have filed the Turk
ish Mission competently, but Mr.. M. fills it
eminent{y. Very possibly. And yet we
think that real eminence in such a post
would not need larger salary to enable it
to yindicate ITSELF But we do not expect to
impress our view of the matter on Mr.. Marsh
nor his friend. We should have said moth
ing about it but for the use made of our col
umns to commend their view Of the matter.
That constrained us to express ours. Ed.
Railroad Jubilee and Masonic Celebration. |
Correspondence Of The Tribune.
BURLINGTON, W. June 20 1880.
Monday evening the people from all quarters be-
gan to pour into this village in great numbers in
anticipation Of the great Railroad Jubilee to come
of the next day. Soon all the space in the public
houses was occupied and hundreds qusrtered them
selves on the kind hospitality Of the citizens of
Burlington. 1t is said the Editor of the Ner York
Kaiok1bocker was in a sad fix, not having where
to repose hs weary limbs. He applied to one Of |
the landlords who told him his house was running |
over, and that he could not possibly accommodate