New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-06
Foreign MI.sIon- and HIsh Salaries.

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The Tribune innsies that he Hon CSC. P. Marsh MIN
lister to Tutey ough, to he punished for advOca lag hgh
salaries &c by not increasing The pay OF ue mission rs
fills This 10 smp absurd The Interests OF the colory
hich 10 there abd prOec, are tbs tefes!s
v hich suffer from Inadequate salary; and Is some
Whist novel 10 inhict injury on tbs country Ia order 10 ie
an Individual
~ We never intimated any such thing, and do
not oppose increasing the salary paid our Repre-
sentative in Turk to spite any body having other
and less accidental reasons for such opposition. As
for the interests Of the country suffering "fon an
inadequate salary" that is all matter of course.
1t is an old song, on which all the changes have
been rung and rung Jain. II a Republican Minis
ter Of the United states of America does not make
quite so grand show 90 the representative OF all
the Russiss, if he does not keep many horses
carriages and liveried servants, give extravagant
dinners as often and with as much luxurious dis
pav why forsooth il is the interests Of the country
which suffer We recollect once hearing re-
spectacle advocate of high salaries seriously argue
that the dignity of the nation was damaged, be-
cause Mr.. Cass, then ambassador at Paris bad not
salary enough to afford box at the opera, like the
representatives Of other powers! We are utterly
opposed to all such nonsense whether at p sris or
Constsntinople, and will venture a small wager
thst bad old Ben Franklin been sont 10 tina Grand
Turk he would have sustained the interests Of the
country quite eminently on $4,000 and no fuss made
Nor have we ever heard but whatthe American
people were quite enough respected in Prussia
when Henry Wheaton was there, and yet he gave
no feeds. hourished with no liveres wss we'll
known for bis own solid character and abilities bat
not at all for parade and glitter Of ostentatious
display in sire cts or drawing rooms. Moreovet we
must say that there exists already, among ourpub.
lie men, quite enough of ambition 10 save the coun.
try abroad without adding any new inducements in
the shape of fatter salaries. There is notin Eu-
rope, or elsewhere, Capital so dull, or Provin-
cisl Court 40 stupid that fifty American Bepubli-
cans will not move heaven and earth conIending
for the glory Of shining there, in due brliancy of
gold lace and small sword, in the capactyof EN-
basssdor The thing is bad enough as it is; don't
make it worse.
AS for Mr. Marsh, we beg to observe thatw
are not opposed to giving him $4,000, $4,000 or
1000 year to punish or spite him, though we
cant help thinking he would have done better for
himself and his country had he staid at home and
served out bis term in Congress. The fact that he
is in favor Of high salaries s, let it be understood
not thing to be punished, but excellent reason
for distustng the yustness Of bis application for an
increase. His idea Of what is necessary for the in
terest Of the country is doubt stimulated by his
notion that every body who draws from the public
crib should draw by wholesale; ours certainly is
by the conviction that rigid my in the pay of
public officers is the only rule ofcommon justice and
of common sense.