Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-03-22
The Current Operations Of the Treasury
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The Pay Of the Government Clerks.

MEssRs. EDIToRs: Permit me, through your
widely circulated Star, that radient little orb.
| 10 shed a. few rays upon some Of the plans
which, to the egotisticsl themselves, may be
fnily enlightened by the bOider rays Of other
and greater planets. propose to say word
to express what l conceive to be true and
what know will meet your approbation ard
receive the sanction Of all to whom it may
;oine am "a clerk, and temporary, hope
| = resident Of tbis Metropolis, retaining all the
privileges of the immunitics Of the ci izen of
the State from which | come. As such, then,
shall write, and unrescrycdly, yet candidIy
express myself. When, gentlemen, l hope
FULLY said was only temporarily here, did
not mean that this city was in sc unpleasant
or undesirable; far otherwise, for there is much
20 attract, much to admire, and many asset
ations descending to us from those who lived
anu ruled when the nation was yet Young and
degeneracy had not usurped the sovereignty of
virtue and true greatness. That may not be
misunderstood, must say that have no allu-
sion to those in Executive power now, because
have always been, am now, and ever hope to
be ono OF those who regard Democracy or Re-
publicanism most consistent with man high
est nature, and most congenial to his greatest
good, Nor yet do / mean the Senate as a
bOdy-venerable and consistent, just in its con-
ceptiOas for the III 'st part, and prompt in the
execution Of what colDes legitimately within
he sphere of IS control. But, sirs, do mean
that body that is yugarly, but improperly
sailed the peoples' Representatives. If evef
here was MISSIONER It's surely one to desig-
late that unwielly, inconsistent, uncertaia,
md l migh say u. jIst body-the pe0piey' rem
resentatfUss They are their own Representa-.
ives, for yentnr 10 say if the good people
Gould only see ana know how they are repre-
'ented, they would repudiate ami denounce
The representation nay, they would, like
'romweli dismiss fha IF A
1elfshness controls the action Of the members
Of the body: every man is for that, that nearly
" remotely touches his own interest, and OBJ
posed TO that, however laudable, that preju-
Ices his prospects in any way, hence the dis
:ordance, hence the log rolling, hence the
=, hold my zen, hence the consumption of
ime in worthless cabal. hence q session till
october s frost, and yet the public business no.
half done, for December opens the ball again.
and hence millions Il the peoples money is
spent, sguaRdered; and yet the dear people,
oh, how they love the lear people! Members
Of Congress that are !. Aest and conscientious,
and who would dispatch the public business,
Gan do nothing, and say it is impossible to do
any thing, for who would carry it must be him
yet of needful and urgent necessity, are I'M
attended to, and perhaps forgotten. In the
early part of the session of Congress, upon the
unanimous and urgent recommendation Of the
Executive Government, the Senate passed
bill, nmanimousty, for the employees of the
Government, the faitAfal and efficient ser
wants, indirectly, of the people, who, with
fidelity, honesty and certainty, AMI without
evasion, discharge all the duties that devolve
upon them. 1t was urged by the honorable
Senator from Mississippi, Mr.. Adams, who de-
serves the thanks of US all aud who receives
them, God bless him. as Of ..immediate relief
1t went to the House, where it has lain for
weeks, almost months, and no action has yet
been taken upon it; tits true, the Committee
of Ways and Means referred it to committee
of three-Stephens of Ca, Robbins of Pa, and
Phelps of Mo-, for prompt and judicious action
upon it. and strange to say, these men, so far
as am advised, have never taken any cogni-
lance Of the case. Now, Messrs. Editors, we
clerks have great cause to complain we are
here all the time, n1th no ertras, and by law
ut off from all and every other resource, de-
pending sols'y upon our salaries for the sup
port Of our families, and exposed t, all the
ductuasions of rent and msrket, and these
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