The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-08-05

racy of the sketches, we forced to the conclu-
sion that, in other instances, he has not departed
from the truth. He says:
"The great railway to Moscow is in charge of Ameri
cans; the Emperor has much confidence in them it's
pleasant to know that some of them credtablehe
diplomats rarely So except to England and France
=, Charge to Sweden defrauded the government and
left without paving his private debts At this court
behaved rudey to the court that his recall or absence
was requested - our late minister mere, nau tnree
too drunk to keep them; ana when ne ala get
them made long harangue to the Emperor. He
constantly engaged in low debauchery that, Pm told,
letter written to Gen. Taylor requesting his recall
that otherwise the Emperor would be compelled to give
him his passport. One ofhe Secretaries who left
Charge went armed to the ball given the marriage of
the Crown Prince and getting drunk he'd shoot
any one who attempted to remove him. - in Prussia,
drunk most of the time-eft in debt to every
and murdered his brothern-law when he gothome for
greater ecla The who sent with the rati-
caon Of the Oregon Treaty stopped at Liverpool for
spree Our Minister after hearing of his arrival waited
three days and then sent to Liverpool he there found
his pocket In Italy President IS brother disgraced
the country and himself if possible The man sent
there, besides lots Of others could mention
There are chiefly two causes, and one of them
easily remediable why, in our country, when
office-holders are appointed, either at home or
abroad, the mostincompetent men are so frequently
selected. The compensation is seldom sufficient
to tempt man of sense and business habits to
leave the walks of private life, where he may find
occupations more pleasant and employments far
more profitable than the Government can offer
him. In addition to this, the faithful incumbent,
instead of looking forward, as in all other coun-
tries, to gradual and sure promotion, expects to
be turned mercilessly adrift at the end of a few
years, at the farthest, to make way for some one
who has earned place by his activity at a Presi-
Dental Convention or election.
It is not only difficult, then, to induce the best
men to accept positions of which the remuneration
is so insignificant and the tenure so insecure, but
it is hard to make the offices themselves respected
when those who fill them make the most o.
their allotted time, because they feel no response
bity where Administrations continually change
and the humblest subordinates must share theil
fate.
To the legislation which has made such Mig
gardly provision of salaries, must we, therefore,
cribe portion of the blame for having brought
about state things which bids fair, as it pro-
gresses to deprive the country, in the future, Of
the services of those who best and most faithfully
can serve it; but with the politicians does the
gravest portion of the responsibility rest 1t is not
TO be wondered at that power should seek to sus,
tain itsefby gathering around it active and inhu-
entail supporters and to have made provision fol
such with decency and moderation, and with due
regard to the public interests would have afford
ed no matter for invdious comment. But the in
discriminate removals from Office and the yet moro
indiscrminate character of the appointments by The
Administrations of the last twenty years, have
produced the lamentable results of which some arr
described in the extract we have quoted.