Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-03-06
Adjutant Generals once,

s'sofs1aly oi tile Gdveriiur, eli 0gici0 Al.
jutntt General.
! This Office il tigw distinc, o,,e y
which il attached sto very confortatls
| salary Of two tlinti.,itd de.lars. Tie
Senate some time since redteed it,lowilto
one thoilsnnd-ntd iln' present prdpostio,,
will reduce Il Eve bundled niore--latid W.
| fiofs II viii l.e adopted
A gfeat rei5fuI t.n IT l,riirtissd. viii,
Ileliefit to the Siair,in iniii.ioit<ly fdciig
The salaries df IL aaiatr- t'i,uili VIC ura
Iidt ut all Iii faver III sali reductions being
ltiaJe as will preosiile lie possibility Of
tile States securing Lie services Of pro- 4
per persons TO take charge Of its interests.
II Is d false doctrine tliat because persons
uaii be found who teould discharge tue I
duties uf certaili offices FER lees than the
salaries which tho present ilicumbents are
drawing, sllat therefore the SALARY is too
large. Thls y a mlse economy, which is
worse even than extfuvagance. And we
thks the salaries or Judges Dis an instance.
They now fetulve fin The country two
thousand five hundred dollars. This is
not tcu mhcli@4on tile Contrary, we donbt
whether any pefson III 10 liold the Office.
would take il icf Iess--and We think 10
wo.,ld he nidst i1listise to reduce them. If
lt4is dones tile only consequences will be
that proper rufsois will not nccepttle
cfite, ahd tile rights Of the people WILDE
sul,jeet to Tile eonntils Of fools, and their
liberties at the mercy Of bud men. Than
this, q riiore petty wiss and pound foolish
policy could not i,B stumbled upon. se
| 8" Live, aid let live Ia b good princlples
| The State canlio. expect men TO work
for nothing. The people cannot expect
men TO devote the great portion of their
time to the protection Of their interests,
without receiving an adequate compensa.
ton fjr tlelf services. Al living salary
should be attached to every Office; but it
should stop there Those who do great
deal slIotild III sufficiently paid But very
certainiy those who 10 nothing should res
ceive nothing. And llle Adiuiant General
is precisely one Of tliose who has rions
strons little to DO. We believe this to be
the fact ut all evrhts we are certain that
he does nothing. Tls law, It ls true, re-
quires him to visit encli parrish once d
year tas 1t does The Superintendent Of
Public EducatloiI, but this Is never pre-
tended to be done. lie can draw Ills sal.
1 ary without il, and this Is aIl that Is
necessary for iiim to do. lie draws his
salary and letnnlus at home.
! We are eredib1y informed that HE pre-.
sent private secretary Of the Governor has
4 discharged tile duties Of the Adjutant Gem
eral for Tie greater part Of the last two
years. II such le tlie fact, why not let
Ihfl continue 10 discltarge tliomg Why
not give linn the Office | lie probably
has not received the liaIf Of five hundred
dollars. We are willing to admi: that
they are worth five hundred dollars But
liz so, give them 10 the man who earns
Them.
Il What are the duties Of an Adjafant
Generhi, compared with those Of a Pri-
vate Secretary ofths Governor Nothing
at oil. And yet the Secretary gets now
only six hundred dollars a.year, while the
other is drawing two thousand. Where
! is the justice of this! 2s'
There is another good and strong rea4
soii why these Offices should be coDsoli-
dated. The salary Of the Secretary is now
very small; 80 small indeed, that it is a
very difficult matter 10 get d proper person
10 accept il. No man should be placed
lin suclI confidential relaiions with tie
! Governor Of the State, who is not a
person Of capacity nnd experience. Who
/ with these qualifications Will write from
one years end TO another for fifty dollars
i a month"; Give him the additional fiva
tlI,nndred, and the office will be worth
i somsl,ing, and will be sought after by re-
ri liable meni This can be done By making
j him Adjuiant General. Why not do it !!
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! 1sIioarH's rArsriss Or GEN. TAyLoR -
| Amongst the attractions at lhe new Cap-.
Z itoI at rhton Rouge the nsoss striking IA
! The painting Of Gen Taylor BY Thomas
B. Thorpe Esq, .he gifted Louisiana arr
tist. Tho portrait II considered the best
lone which Iias yet been made Of Taylor
J and IS you saze ,apon Il lie old General
i. seems embodied beftsre yaa. The scenery
il of Tie picture is admiralty CHOSEN. Tie
II General stahds beside biz ssn1, wiii5'a
j, wsarlt, through. lie lifted cattains You seq
Z I'LL AIMS snd Held ,rapI iiigs.
4 Directly behind him HI tile Ioregrouiisi
I. i aa aloe, 4 III emblem of biz rugged aud
sd determined con iafcy. III the Distances
q sl.c tents Of tlle soldiers glitter in tho
7 sanIial.t-'rhe picture d. whole fornis
one df lie rnoss vivid "reminiscences Of