The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-03-15

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head of the department any information or documents
the se. sdd ID. paeps. 1aslu yo % @
clsms Of cirzsns Of tho United States upon gox~r
nvoIsd No claim onsh ever 70 bs prsssn,sd % for
sign government Ia the of ths nation, until 1t shah
shall have presents al least clear yr,a
iasx case q jpscs Thi. is due aiiks 20 our asrond
adequate orcs 10 make such sons Il has
oen .be practice 70 transmit these private claims
legations abroad, without due consideration, be there
advocated and urged. The tendency Of pfaccs has
been TO perplex and embanass our diplomatic agents.
Involve them IN useless and irritating controversies with
those 70 whom they accredited prejudice and
scer OF country air dealing with ,hs nations Of tie
lsss salary than $4,000 Individuals of such character
they may be engaged Tor a smaller com peasa,ion. - /
II these three additiona clerks provided. heS the
six clerks. independently the two copying clerks aud
with the services Of Of these the department mgag
In the consular branch. additional clerks, at least,
are % The one a. salary Of " ooo and he other
lar clerks four The duties of the FIRST clerk would require
% % s obsI % 10 l ~Gaa % ss u
and preparng for The use OF Congress and hs psope
all the information procured from consns affecting
great commecia agricultura and manufacturing iner
ests .H#H +. E.E#. .nrI +Ei n
Should Congress deem proper add these five clerks
10 the force Of the department and the chief clerk
into an assistant sesIelary The increased expenditure
deducted the salary Of OF the clerks a. $500
which would reduce the TO $500. Il might be sil
passports. which prepared and delivered withou,
any charge But after making these deductions. the a
per annam IL will be tor the wisdom OF the commirtee
@ adon a on
opinion the Secretary s very clear; end this s that any
pomac or the consular branch should stop short OF the
additions here recommendsd. 2. 4l .
shoa,a t oonEtsss a % Dc satisfied o. he necessity oi
that the office of cnie clerk may be changed
relieve Secretary from mass of business in DETAIL
much OF having no relation 10 our foreign affairs and
him 70 devote the time thus saved 10 the important
Although !, is no, proposed TO institute detailed
department Of other governments in regard TO the duties
discharged by them and the force assigned 10 them.
miuee to besow glance upon the lists of officers
Poyed in the Foreign Office Of Great Britain and in this
department. They will be found in the paper marked
In another (marked D) is exhibited the present force
deemed necessary employ wenyeixht ago
That, think, will be found 10 be answer to the
suggestion of the senator from Tennessee that there
need of an Assistant Secretary OF State
| MIR. CLEMENS. Will the senator allow me to ask
him how much of the business of the Secretary of State
has been transferred the Department of the Interior
since that report made
i Mr. FOOTE. Very little, indeed. But have author
y for saying that the business OF that Office in many i'm
portant respects s twenty years behndhand and there
Mr. Eachanan's opinion that these changes neces
sary, and therefore there is nothing arsocratc nothing
whgish about it, the senator from Tennessee may
have supposed.
Appended 10 this report several documents TO which
Mr. Buchanan refers. The first which will read con-
ans the number OF clerks employed in the Department! of
/ State, and their duties:
Nxrber Of erks employed the Department Of STATE and
Il their duties
i ]. NUMBER oLERKs r ..@
The whole number of ole rks mpoyed in the department
is fourteen.
| DUTIES
i 1. The Chtet Clerk
the assistant of the Secretary in regard to tho business Of
meetings, orengaged in conferences the department
receive. the ma open. and psp.es dsps,ehe
and other they in and refers them
10 tho appropriate clerks revises dfanRhts oil
pared by iheu, and all papers prepared Tor the Seceiar
,s".or. d.asa s,s m ., give: - dooon, n In regard ard
course Of business of the department. aud all
o h don. ~sa ssas ps @
before the Secretary whose consideration every
being the only per.oa authorized upon any subject
detemins upon any calling for
i 2, Diplomatic bra~eh.
4 Number of clerks mployed, five
Thi. branch has charge of correspondence between
agents United States abroad and those Of foreign
powers accredned TO this government
In all diplomatic instructions from the department.
and municatons to commissioners under treaties OF
s are and
content. being first entered In analytic table index
Letters OF cedence full and special powers comm unica
and States oil congratuation,
doence Of treaties for exchange and for publ
cation certificates of the exchsngc OF ratification ports
in answer ssiona calls or respondence &c
synopses, general and particular made
recorded and answers are prepared 10 IN
ques and other applications from commjuees, members
Conrress and private individuals, regarding claims
com plants, and all nauers of diplomatic character
i 8. Corsniar bra~eh.
n Number Of clerks employed. two.
This branch has charge of tho correspondence &C. be-
tween the department and the consuls aud commercial
agents of the Unied Statcs In II instructions TO those
other pc for consular agency, relating to
snar affairs and recorded registers are kept
In which the substance OF all COMMUNICATIONS TO the de-
relating this branch OF the business IL entered,
with OF the disposition made OF them an index
kept for each In which the purport oil every
relating 20 It, written received, is en-
red register Is kept OF the consular fees, and the
depachs OF the consus and commercial agents are filed
and preserved
II T. MiscsHaueous.
i Number OF clerks employed, six,
l. The disbuyirg agerf-He has charge Of all cores
other connected with cunts
atng any fund with the disbursement OF which the de-
is charged purchases all articles required Tor
he Of the Department. and prepares the contracts
r including those or the printing
and OF the laws, and OF other publications In
this duty Is assigned 10 the department
those the OF its officers for the contingent
expenses Of missions abroad and oil oeign ntercouei
for expenses of consulaes in the Turkish dominions
aud records ali acquisitions OF the department on
io the decision OF The
Secretary OF Sate abstracts OF accounts Tor diplomatic con