The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1859-03-23

tElli.u NNp AMERICAN CNUrNUr-.-rho
I thiindclpha Pr.zis giving asuric- of I'm
I urr--iou- of Washington from the SOW
I euth number OF which we extract some
remarks contrasting or comparing. the
I British and American systems Of Excc1I-
I tive arrangement.
The British Cabinet occupies an anoma-
\ lous position. so record b. kept of lis
I resolutions or meetings. nor has any act of
/ Parliament ever recognized it, existence
/ The names of the uuhlcm,u and gentle
/ men composing it are never officially an
\ uDuuced to the public The law of En-
\ gland hes mo- knowledge of the Cabipet =
/ ct what power il Isl COMPARED with
Y thn cabinet. the Crown itself seems uuim-
/ port1nt. Indeed while 10 lasts. the CaLi-
/ next exercises the royal authority. Vic
toria, as Queen, has very little power
/ scarcely amy but that OF veto upon net. of
/ Parliament, which has not boon exercised
Tor over one hundred and fifty years.
The numberOf persons who are removed
/ from Office Ly change of Ministry Is four
| times more than the numbered those who
/ form the cabinet. There are seldom more
| Than fifteen on less than ten Cabinet Min
isters. Lord liverpool's Cabinet consisted
/ of teu frcIs. Rus-olIs. ABERDEEN and
falmertou's altcruatcd between fourteen
and fifteen. The present Derby Disraeli
| cabinet numbers thirteen. Custom ha.
/ ordained that cnch Cabinet shall include
the First Lori 81 thc Treasury. four Sccrc-
| taries Of state, Lord Chancellor. Lord
/ President of the Council Chancellor of
! the ENchogucr, First Lord of the Admit
rally and Lord Privy Seal. In the pres
cut Cabinet there are also the Indian Sc
\ Cretary, the President Of the Board of
/ Trade and the First Commissioner Of the
/ Public Works. There also are other HIGH
/ oihcDs, the occupants of which sometime
/ 20 in the' abinct, via; Chancellor of the
/ lWtchy OF Lancaster. Secretary at War.
/ la}ma.ter''cucral ol the Forces. Master
/ of the Mint. Postmastcr-tieneral. Master
General 81 the Ordinance, Irish Secretary.
/ and the Chief Justice of the Ducepss
/ Bench has been Cabinet Mmistyr
Against sjG.wO paid away in annual sal
orlrs tn the Cabinet of the United State,
/ we have Co place ~2s1 sou per annum r,
| ggiygi hy the member. OF the present De r.
/ by Ministry Brsidc- this. the Prir,s
Minister, First Lord Of the Admiralty.
/ Chancellor OF the Exchcqucr. and one ar
two other Ministers. have official rcsideu.
eos, though they rarely occupy them
I Moreover, tho Lord Chancellor. whose al.
AIRY b SiuOuu year. receive. n life non
sion of So 900 on leaving ofice-an eauiy.
aleut for having abandoned q lucrative
| profession to accept the ChancoIlor4bipo ON
The uncertain tenure of the political A.
tendency of his party: for a., rule !. inn.
| pcrativc .u Great Britain that ho who -.
once aet as judge shall never 90 I,,,L h.
/ the htr, shall never descend "a. IL. /. com.
.iderud, 10 plead where he once, ' .or.. tbe
ormiuo and the coli
/ large ls are the salaries of q, ,.l,.b OH
gitl', The money consideration 4. ~, COR,
~ thing thought Of iu conn ,.,.t.',,, ,,itb
/ PlA,,r' Tho vast minority ol ,s,.,ra,ts ~
u't9.,t 'iico boz England are, ,,,..,, Ia -,
.. ,h Tho present ugrbv Nfiri.try
| 11 l 'algr mon not larrf .Iy y,,..Itt,,. r.
"f' Israeli, Walpol" ,n,I ,,.,i ia. !.
~. , anu The poorest nr tI,,.,. H.. :,
| Wtst ,-'t''l q year privpte - - y
and above h- official 1cr ny. ~ ~
winch pays her pl1ccnot, =, -, l''''
| not neglect them whpt, s.,t.,,t ~ ~. u''
/ appropriated large sum A. h., ~, ~, y,
/ paid away among retired Min. - 'si
e certain duration in office. an tt,.,, 49, ~.
/ application that their pecuninry eir,,,,,,
/ stances require such assistance ~ -.
ample. whenever D'lsraeli has served t,y,
/ years as Cabinet Minister (which term n,
will have completed in few monthsl he
can claim $1,000 q year for life. a. pcn.
sion. Literally. he has scarcely am income
ct his own, his wife being the owner OF
large property Should heagain be- placed
in Office, the pension would drop while
thus employed and paid and be- resumed
on ns return TO the position Of a private