New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-04
PAYING DOUBLE.

Of hostility to the National Administration or any de-
sire that It's course should be other than wise, firm and
successful Honest differences OF opinion exist IS such
differences always did aud always will exist, with regard
20 the proper course be taken with regard TO this or
that subject of National concern; butA very general de-
sire is evnced TO bete rather than agsrayate these
differences, and TO postpone the remoest possible
day the future collisions in which they may involve
People
such 'eras Of good feeling are ever desirable. They
soften prcudces sOohe rrtatons and afford sPportu-'
mites for the review and reysal of opinions bindy
Cherished through years of contention and fierce tur
neil They also afford opportunities for considering
and maturing those great Moral and Social Reforms
which in times of intense Political agitation and strug
Gle are too apt to be elbOEed out Of sight postponed
20 more auspiciOus season.
Yet these eras have their dangers alsO-rea, formi
dabe dangers When the vigilance of Opposition is
relaxed corruption and abuse apt 10 steal into the
details Of Administration and silently cOrrode the less
EXPOSED machinery Of Government. Precedens are
unwariy established through inatentiOn or ignorance
which are afterward the of Unreasonable evil
Seeds are careessy whence poisonous plants and
Upas trees are evolved which years of exertion hardly
suffice to eradicate.
III We are correctly nliOIHtu, q decision mas Detu
made under the new rule at Washington which will
deplete the Treasury Of millions of unearned money if
not promptly oyerrued We alude 10 the new con-
sructon which is said have been adopted and acted
on at the Treasury under the sanction of the Attorney
General, whereby officers will at the time be
entitled to pay fulfilling the functions of Governor Of
Oregon Utah New.Mexico, &c.-the actual incumbent,
who is dschargng the duties of the station and his
cessor duly commissioned to superscde him, but who
has lot yet reached the Territory he is TO gOyernnay
who may be waiting orders at Washington and not
on his way to the region where his official functions are
to be performed.
Just consider moment The laws contemplate the
payment of stipulated salary to Governor and
Secretary of each Territory Indian Agent for each
tribe one Surveyor General for California and Oregon,
&c, &c. The Appropriation bills provide for the pay
ment Of salary annually in each There is
officer actually discharging the duties Of each station
under valid appointment, and his right to payment is
unquefonable But there is another at Washington or
on his way thence the Territory in question who also
holds a commission, which authorizes him to assume the
post and supersede the acting funconary upon his ar
rival at the place where the duties are TO be performed
This has been appointed 1--WE speak generally not
because the place needed man, but because the man
needed place, He is Of those who must be quar-
tered the Treasury, and his importantly is successful
Why should this be paid for services which another
is performing and he is not
We are not opposed to Rotation in Office On the
contrary We rather like it, We have not desired to stay
the uplhed axe of the chief headsman at Washington
On the contrary hope it will continue to fall until
there no more work for to do We ask the Country
to admire and remember the alacriy whereWith almost
every Wing incumbent has barred his neck to the execu
toner how squarey he has laid on the block and hoE
politely he has bowed to the executoner as he walked
away smiling with his head under his arm We will not
doubt that those who have yet 10 submit the Oper-
alton will manifest equal philosophy and good breeding
(The hafdozen who sent their wives and babies 10 err
in the Secretaries rooms at Washington we're not We
feel 4noraly certain apPointets of Harrison or Tay
ar bur Of that chameleon breed which has been Wing
and Loco by turns the scale inclined this way or that
for the last twenty or thirty years. And as to the
PeOrle being excited outraged or horror struck al
st seeing this brigade of ofcehOlder turned out and
that other turned in ii is she sheerest nonsense Nine
tenihs of them
Whether Mo..up licE Ban, o. Bar ses Mosap,
They have principles and convictions with regard 70
the proper conduct Of public Affairs they very eener-
ally regret that the practice of turning ou. petty post
masters walters &e. on sheer party grounds has
been established for they in ii fearful incentive 10
chicaney and corruption in Presidential contests and
gigantic stride toward the Capitalization of power and
its concentration in the hands of one man but for the
ofceholders as Naturalization this tribe or that
they have no serious concern and would just as soon
see them changed by thousands as by hundreds
But We are beneeiortA TO pay double salaries to
aIge class Of Office holders for three TO nine months
after each change Of dynasty why then the case is
bravely altered, and the people ell object TO system
attic remoyals-deoidtdly. Nay they oEgk TO do So.
Whether Jones or Simpson shall cheat the KickapoOs
in eaeOs and Goldfish under cover of his authority as
Indian Agent, FL his pockets by wnkng a. the lie
gal Introduction Of freWaer into their TERRITORY is not
question to break hearts but if appointing Jones 70
supersede Simpson involves the necessity of paying
both OF them for services thar only one renders they
may very well protest against the change Nay; il
viii come 10 be fair and forcble objection to change
Of dynasty at Washington thar il involves the e1pend-
ture OF some hundreds OF thousands Of dollars in paying
these double salaries
We know how some viii take advantage of the fact
that Gov. Stevens Of the new Territory Of Washington
engaged and vii spend the summer in surveying
the Northern route for Railroad 10 Orezoa and !