The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-02-11
AMERICAN ARIsrocRAcY


II is source OF regret to eyerv honest re-
! publican, who is familiar with the history O
the early days of the free land ia which h,
lives. to see the rapid strides which we ar,
1 taking towards the establishment Of AZ
aristocracy aping the manners and customs O
| royalty, Its gewgaws and senseless titles. Sc
far as political parties are concerned, we see
| but little difference. Democrats and Wings
alike are liable to the severest censure on this
score. As proOfof what we saw, we would
cite recent case in point. Daniel Webster.
while Secretary OF State, ad dreau.d circula.
to the American diplomatic agents abroad,
in which he called for information regarding
the necessary expenses Of an American
minister al the different Courts of Europe
| The replies given usan inklng Of the ex.
| iravagance OF the various officials sent abroad
TO represent American repnbiicanism and
simplicity. En pli y ar
Mr.. Abbott Lawrence thinks $40, 600 nee.
essary for the English Legation, and s'deems
it proper to add that his own expenses have
exceeded this sam." tr
MIR. Rives writes from Paris. that the three
| items Of ''house rent, fuel and carriage hire
nearly absorb the whole pay of the minister
here--and that Sl3, 700 is the minimum for
which foreign minister can reside in Paris,
with decent regard for his POSITION"
Mr.. Neil Brown, living en- garcon at ST..
| Petersburgh, in wha: he calls ''medium
style, !" has spent $4,000 the first year. If
his family were with him, his salary would
not be sufficient, and he thinks that from a
proper regard to the usefulness and dignity
of the mission. the salary should be lncreas-
ed to $l2 100 per annum."
Mr.. Folsom reports from the Hague, tabu.
lar statement OF his expenses, item for item, {,
making a total Of $I2,479 86 cents per an
mum. Fortunately for himself, Mr.. Folsom,
like Mr.. Lawrence, can afford TO exceed his
salary.
MI. Barringer gives page of reasons why
living is so expensive at Madrid, and puts
his disbursements, not including personal ex-
penses, at $S,5l8, after an original outlay of
$l9, 1000.
MIR. McCurdy. of Vienna, bas lived in a
boardng-hous but says, nevertheless "that
appearances are even more important for the
purpose of insuring respect, and influence
here, than at London and Paris" Mr..
Schwartz. the us. Consul, estimates the
expenses Of a Charge at Vienna, at $685..
Mr.. Barnard, at Berlin. found himself on the
9th Of December, 1852, $3,50O beyond his
salary.
At Stockholm. the same discrepancy ex-
lists between the income of our minister and
those of other powers. Mr.. Schroeder has
lived up to his income wthou: being able TO
do oil he could have wished Social inter.
course, he thinks, is Of the highss. intcrna-
tional importance indispensable in fact to
reach the ear Of very high personages. Still
he. and he alone, of all the corps in Europe
or in South America, finds his salary large
enough and ''considers the recources provid.
ed for the Charged Affairs at this place to
be sufficient"
Mr.. Bayard puts his annual expenses at
ussels down at $9,G84, and fortifies his
position bv letter from comfortable bache.
lor, Max Vandenburgh, Esq, who writes
that he lives in Antwerp, and spends 10000
francs q year. .sa %.
Mr.. Haddock, at Lisbon, is another charge
who lives at boarding house, where 'sai-
ditional charges are made for extra dim ers
or entertainments, or wine, if his habits re.
quired it." .-lH
Three gentlemen whom he consulted :,
think that SO 900 would be barely sufficient
to cover the necessary cost Of diplomatic
position in Lisbon. H7
Mr.. Sch enck, a, Rio, :hinks he may save
S2, 600 year, but there is ''his little family
of children, whom he had to leave behind
him in the United States, TO be supported and
educa.ed.o
What picture this presents in comparl son
with the days when DR.. Franklin repre- sented
English and French Courts. Is there not
matter here for the sober and sc-ions rehec-
ton OF the American patrlct!-People's Paper.