, 1858-05-07

Woras 10 make him honest. I do not be
lisrs II the principle, and ! hold n 40 oG-
Ger is honest, be win discharge hls duty as
faithfully and honestly on a small salary as
be viii on a large one, and i be is dishon-
est, a large salary will not reform him.
Our ablest officers in Ohio have been
those who received the lowest compensa-
TONS II an officer receives high salary,
Il Is claimed he should be generous and
entertain literally. His family become
extfaFagaut, and to meet all his expenses,
he naonlatos and steals. All the. defdlea-
tons Of officers, (unless in cases Of illegal
payment By certain discussing oficers)
cashiers 81 banks clerks III stores, aud
Others holding money IN trust have followed
sxtravsgance o. expenditures, or gambling
Mr.. MattisOn, Of New York, (you probably
knoB, with several other members of Con
gress), was charged at the last session Will
corruption, and rather than TO be tried, b,
modsstly resigned. After his election, il
was reported he said he had spent $25, 900
apd intended to make money over and
above refnnding that amount. @
One reason as assigned for increasing
the pay Of members Of Congress was, thai
member could not have his family al
Washington and live like gentleman. II
bic family remained at home, and be had
proper affection for them, he would be
anxious TO dispatch the public business,
and return, The extraEaganee Of mem
bsrs Of Congress, and Of the higher officers
Of the government increases rents, and the
prices Of marketing al Washington, which,
with the desire to ape high life, creates dis
content among the clerks and bureau ofii-
csrs. The salary Of lst Comptroller was
established. ] think, atleast half a century
ago,,gat $500. The heads of depart
msnts bad $4,000 at that time, and later.
ally $1,000 The heads Of other bureau;
received $1,000. When / was at Wash
ington, . petition was handed to mo "a
sign, praying Congress for an increase oI
compensation declined at 6rst to sign
il ; but il being said it was not just in re-
gard 10 my fellow officers, did sign it
Being requested 70 sec members Of Con
grezs, and 10 urge their favorable action,
refused 10 do t. Ny rule was when il
eaice, TO be under no obligation to any
man. a.Ii asf
As to the slave question, do not sym.
pathizs with the abolitionists 10 the slight.
est degree. bnt Il had been n membeToi
your cOnventiont to form q constitution for
Oregon, l would not have voted 10 submit
The question Of slavery to the people any
sooner than / would have given similar
vote II q member Of a convention TO form q
constitution for Vermont or New Hamp-
shire Itieannot exist In Oregon, and
would not have held out any such delusive
idea. The question Of slavery is unneccssa-
rily agifatsd in fhe north and In the south,
IN the east and in The west. As an origi-
nal question, / do not believe that one in a
thousand q the south would vote TO estab-
lish slavery in the United States, aud If the
question had been submitted thirty years
ago, do not believe that one Ia million
would have voted to establish IL. II the
free States had Withheld all action upon
The subject my belief is that Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Ken
lucky, Tennessee and Missouri would, be-
fore this time, have taken the incipient
measures to abolish slavery. The exist
enes Of the Institution was regretted at
the south generally, before the free States
interiefed. Mr.. Calhoun was the FIRST
man, believe, who spoke in its favor after
the abolition petitions were presented to
Congress to abolish slavery in tho District
Of Columbia. Before the war of the Rev
olation, the colonies OF Virginia, South
Carolina, Georgia and Jamaica humbly
peiitloned the Crown to arrest the slave
trade The government refused and as
signed as one reason that it was profitable
to the mother country.
dissent from the course pursued by
the agitating politicians Ia the free and in
the slArs States They are comparatively
afmtll proportion Of the people I; but their
zeal and mad course have alienated the
good feelings that once eexisted, aud brought
this happy country, otherwise, into collision
b arraying the free and slaye States
against each other. % l4 n lls
II hope the Lord will preserve US from
the dangers that threaten the destruction
Of the. best system Of government in the
world. 9aian a elf oI
sid inD .gQsa Most sincerely
lGigau97 sal EusHA WHrrLEsEY.