The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-01-12
Diplomatic Salaries.

moving oCCh PAopooCHb q JCai vi . " oSos
to raise the salaries Of Foreign Ministers
from the United States, Mr. WEBSTER adj
dressed circulars to vArfols diplomatic rep
resentatives abroad, inquifng the cost of liv-
ing. The replies of the Ministers, recently
published. testify thatthey cannot live upon
their salaries that every article of food and
apparel is very dear; indeed, that it is i'm
possible for them to MAINTAIN a reciprocal
social intercourse with the members Of the
government to which they are sent.
Mr.. ABBOTT LAwREgcE, thinks $4,000
ne cessary for the English Legation, and
"deems it proper to add that his own ex-
penses have exceeded this sum-" Mr.. R1vEs
writes from Paris, that the items cf house
rent, fnel and carriage hiie, nearly absorb
the whole pay ofthe minister here, and that
$13, 700 is the minimum for which a foreign
minister can reside in Paris, with a "decent
regard for his position"
Mr.. NEIL BRowN, living en- gareon at St.
Petersburg, in what he calls a medium
style" has spent 6 200 dollars 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 in
creased to $4,000 dollars per annum."
Mr.. FoLsoM, reports from the Hague a
tabular statement of his expenses. item for
item, making a total of IL, 479, SO dollars per
annum. Fortunately fol himself, Mr.. Folsom
like Mr.. Lawrance can afford to exceed his
salary, having a private income of $4,000
dollars a year. Mr.. Barringer, gives a
page of reasons why living is 50 expensive
at Madrid, and puts his disbursements, not
including personal expenses, at 8,518 dol.
after an original outlay Of $4,000.
Mr.. MoCURDY, of Vienna, has lived in a
boarding house! but says, nevertheless,
"that appearances are evenmore important
for the purposes of insuring respect and in
fuence here than at London and Paris"
Mr.. SCHWARTZ, the United States Consul,
estimates the necessary expenses of a charge
at Vienna. at 1868 dollars. Mr.. BANARD,
at Berlin, found himself on the 9th of De-
cember, 1859, $500 dollars beyond his sal
arv.
At Stockholm, the same discrepancy ex.
lists between the income of our ministers and
those of other powers. MFR. SCHROEDER, has
lived up to his income without being able to
do all that he could have wished. Socia
intercourse, he thinks, il Of the highest in,
ternational importance, indispensable in fac
to reach the ear Of very high ~personages.-
Still he, and he alone, of all the corps il
Europe or in South Ameoica, finds his sal
airy large enough, and considers the re
sources provided for the charged affairs a
this place to be sufficient"
Mr.. BAYARD, puts his annual expense
at Brussels down at 1884 dollars, and for
titles his position by a letter from a comforta
: BILE bachelor, MAX ~VANDENBuRG, ESQ. VIII
r writes that he lives in Antewerp. and spend
10000 francs a year. Mr.. HADpocK, Z
Lisbon, is another charge who lives at
boarding house, where additional charge
are made for extra dinners or entertainment
or wine, if his habits require it," Thes
: gentleman whom he consulted thinks thi
: 1000 dollars would be barely sufficient
r cover the necessary cost of diplomatic pos
> ton in Lisbon.
Mr.. ScHENcK, at Rio, thinks he may say
n 1000 dollars a year, but there is 'his lit
: family of children whom be had to leaN
b behind him in the United States, to be 81
! ported and educated"
And SO on through them all. Every Oh
sings the same song, a song which we ha'
. not inappropriately termed the Beggar's q
n era. Every one tells the same story. q sha
by genteel story it is too. They are Sc
abroad, with rank and title, by a great n
h ton to represent ii, they find mse!ve
h officially, in the first society Of Europe, wi
n incomes inadequate to the life they THU
b themselves Obliged TO lead, and ~everywhe
meet men bearing the same titles as then
selves whose governments, as q gener
Of rule, allow them three times rs much mon'
as they themselves receive. ~ Gevsla
Plaindeaiey.
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