Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-03-12
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RICHhiOND ENQUIRER.
FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH ia. is";
CLERKsHlpS, TAXATION, &c.


we ,sk the attention of iberal-mlnd'u n'e - ' ~
y, - I'm So c,und below II could hardly DO expected
,h,, JaseDt and his brethren" atier Inc Wen coaeS'
ic !, the late election would prefer TO appoint p''''
SECRETARY from the Wing ranks, although unael ou"a'y
circumstances such thing might occur In 1891 De"o
cratic Governor appointed Wing Secretary Oh me eo
,nonweah and that gentleman with his assistants We De-
eve accidentally all Whgs has been hoaored with the ap
n;ntmen, 10 the present time From 1884 1t has been an
np.,lv conferred by the Legislature This gentleman mas
been the officer to the Gsvernortor some
wears At present the salaries OF himself ana Cie'As
amount to s3l00 being less than those in the AUDITORS ~
Auditors Ireasurers Registers departments. all OF
which are supplied with good clerks But the Governor "
none The expense OF the Council (now aoohsneu'l was
ior the Clerk commencing in 1881 or 1857 win sooo '
since increased to- $1,000 the Doorkceper s'oo ana inc
Councillors each O0O making $3.50, besides incidental
CONTINGENCIES We regret the losses which the Council
ors their Clerk and Doorkeepe have sustained oy ABOLISH
ing their Offices bat Just demands Of The people required
this reformation in the government not because inc CeS
happened 10 be Whig the othe:s Democrats The ap
pendsge to the Executive cumbrous and calculated Of
Ten TO reard rather She despatch OF business
Here them saving tho State after allowing an
ample salary private Secretary
The necessity and propsy of such an ofhcer under me
new Constitution will hardly be doubted by any citizens
other than the Editors Of the "Whg" But does not the
Governor receive 81 700 year than any former Gov
ernor Of the State and might he not afford out OF that
abundant salary, pay some lad OF 10 to perform those
clerical dulles which he canno; perform himself ihls Is
truly rlch and the Wing Secretary Of tho Commonwealth
and late clerk of tho Council ough, grant the Edtos
medal out of the abundant of their compensation
over would have employed lads of Is to perform those
clerical duties required of Them for this money saving dis
covery and the former ought 10 dismiss all his well
trained clerks resign his Office and let the Legislature put
the Executive archives into the hands OF their pages or
other boys of l by of nonysaDing This cun all be
done by computation" and by certain instinct, familiar
the Editors.
The Governor elected by the people, and the Wing can
dida,e for that Office stumped Of the Staehc
Democratic candidate considerable portion. This
expected by the Convention who made the Constitution
and people who adopted it, and they have fixed the salary
with reference to It.
The Office of Governor and that Of Secretary Of the Com
monweal,h alike made constitutional They have their
duties defined great extent; and the Constitution makes
TO provision for any clerk the Governor assistant
the ecetary the latter has clcrks and the Cover
nor according Wing authority is 10 be allowed any
All the business of the Department musthrst 20 through
hands of the Governor and hsn be recorded and the pa
pers filed with the Secretary the business requires
Rotary and clerks, after the Governors action upon it,
common would cay that might De well employed
before.
We insert the article from the "whg future reference
and that tho Democrats OF the State understand the
spirit by which the editors of the leading Wing journal
actuated towards virgnias excellent Chief Magistrate
he first chosen by the popular voice. and as as
ever filled tho chair of State The privacy Of lis
pondence and that of his family, alluded in
unbecomng the leader of respectable pary and the popo
son give him clerk is stigmszed determination
to suck the last drop OF BLOOD These fair specimens
of Wing justice and Wing iberaity towards necessary
sures when carried out by Democratic
Mopp OrpIcEa-1be ENQUIRER OF Yesterday dovOtea 4
column TO the importance Of creating the Office of Private
Secretary to the Governor begins with &c, and though
adduces no precedent OF such Officer concludes that
there is great necessity for his present
Exceency from cnying the papers that to his de-
partmen In his hacrown and coat pockets while attend
ing 10 the visits Of his friends having them spread the
tables and chairs subject to be piled in confusion
n, every call announced by the bell the door, One would
infer from this account that Joseph is not very nehod!ca
10 the arrangement Of his papers, The Enquirer In view
the deplorable fix OF his Exceency exclt' almost WIN
patho. "a Governor left without clerk TO protect his
private correspondence that Of his family Joseph looks
like harmless individual; and at all likely To be in
dence But even ii engaged, villa, is his pvas
correspondence that of his family" to the Stacoi Virgil
MIA Does he receive S700 year than for
Governor OF the State and might he not afford out of
that abundant salary some lad OF IS TO perform those
clerical duties, which he cannot perform himsef2
But of all times this is the least opportune for creating
new offices and sadding additional burdens the people,
bill pending in this Democratic Legislature for
sending the into the kitchens and bedrooms OF
all the good people of this State VIII the Democracy be
with nothing less than the last cent that can DC
and his brethren determined suck the last drop Of blood?
But thousand fifteen hundred dollars for clerk
protect the Governors private correspondence that OF
his family very ANAL matter for the great State OF fr
GINA! True but when people taxed as heavily as they
bear every addition however sa tends 10 crush them
the earth. is the last gain uf sand that breaks Tho
cames back And moreover this is not an isolated
We have heard Of another salary being Increased, by the
nero ipse dirt of the late Govcruo-uner ru.her peculiar
circumstances; and If the people and press remain silent
the process of augmentation and creation Of salaries will ad
I.nnkn n
for the preservation of his vouminous and truthful
aner viii ns n e "nun
his papers and record his witty sayings Among the scrip
tua brethren DO not rccoect that any OF them was
specially comnemosted for his wit but this is the forte,
which he pdes himself of the modern legal Patriarch
Some have thought that was the fear OF this Damascus
blade which he wcds with the dcxteriy of Saadn, that
forced the Democracy TO take him up On al! the South
side from little above Manchester the meadows Of Dan,
would bring yourself into disrepute all region you
could not eitecuay achieve object than by
tioning the bancy This grave and venerable gcnemans
Attic corrusca.ons People do not appreciate in the be-
snnngjts thing BIZ got used to- like the London cells
by skinning fret stranger would be inclined say
the man was simpleton But turn IT, ponder and
sift tit will be found perfect the famous emana,ion
from the brain Of Jupiter.
urge tho appointment OF Secretary this wit than
take of Josephs hat pockets of hs old coat
ey enss tS You wnas he Of having witty AG,
this useless waste of precious Democratic e"cs Future
ages will regret The omission with far justice than the
dpores the lost books OF Lvy end tie speeches oil
Bolingbroke!
If wo are to bc crushed to the Garth with new Offices and
Increased taxes give something show for H. Joseph
should lose his hat his famous coat-thoso
losses that may repaired. But what compensate the
present the future for the loss of the Vice Governors IT,
mnous discourses Truth, and the temptations of the
devil or the radiant scin,aons that fall unbiddcu from
the Attorneys lips touched with sacred fire by the Attic
rnuse2
t.shoud virgnia oppressed by Democratic and debt,
be unable make present provision for the preservation OF
these her most precious jewels We in our imperfect way In
tend supply such deficiencies we may be able by touch
ing now and then upon tho lives Of these remarkable men,
"joseph and his brethren" historical Characters
They have been selected by the Democracy of the State ms
the worthy within limits for its hghes, honors
They are held up e1empas the rising generation The
young OF the Commonwealth substance told: "lf
you would reach the pinnacle Of glory emulate the wisdom
of Johnson the veraeity OF Leaks the consistency the dis
nteestedness and tho wit Of Bocock" Some papcr there
FORE should be forever sounding the gocs these brgh,
particular into the OF the aspiring youth the
Commonwealth that they be constantly stimulated TO s,ruc
gle up the rugged Famcs proud temple In III.
absence OF official and SHARED attaches will cndcayor to
discharge that function.