Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-09-15
LincoIn's Office Holders against Nc
CIeIlan.

LinceIn's Office Holders against Nc
CIeIIan.
Since Liucoln's advent to Office, the pa
tronage of the Federal government has
swollen to an almost incalculable extent
Some Of the increase has been made neces
Sary by the real exigences of the country,
but vast portion of it, instead oil being re-
CURED by any.legitimate wants of the ma
ton, is curse to the people and an outrage
upon their rights and liberties. Tie swarm
of spies and informers, known as secret
police detectives, who infest every nook and
corner of the land, are an intolerable
nuisance, and are as much out of place In
free republican government, as thieves and
pickpockets would be in the paradise of
God. Yet, as part of the machinery by
which Mr.. Lincoln hopes "to conquer
peace" he has introduced into his service,
end keeps In the pay of the governm ent, an
army of mercenaries, whose duty it is to
mouse around among the people, watch
their words and lightest actions, and make
report OF whatever may in the judgment Of
these low flung scoundrels, seem like dis
loyalty, that the offending party may be
sent to prison or exiled from his country
The world over, m en- who act in such a
capacity are justly held in utter contempt
and detestation. How many such men Lin
coin has in his employment we have no
means of knowing, and we doubt very much
whether any officer of the government is
we'll enough informed to make an estimate
of the number.
There are in the loyal States, one hundred
and seventy eight Congressional Districts,
and in each one of these the revenue laws
require a collector and an assessor. This
alone makes three hundred and fifty six
But in each district there is probably an
average of ten Counties and in each county
there are deputy collector and a deputy
assessor, making the aggregate of officers re-
quired by the revenue laws, and engaged in
assessing and collecting the enormous taxes
which now Cypress and burden the people,
thirty-eight hundred and fifty. In each dis
trict there is also a Provost Marshal and
board of enrolment, and in each county
Deputy Provost MarshaIs and two enrolling
officers, making in this branch of the service.
an aggregate equally as large. When we
add to these the number of Clerks and other
small fry, necessary to the business of COL
lectiug the taxes, and enforcing the draft.
the number will be increased to very re-
spectacle sized army. But these are the
officers employed only in two branches of
the public service. They are new class of
employees unknown to the public services,
until Mr.. Lincoln became President, and
perh apps do not constitute more tn an half the
nun Der who have been added to the service
during the present administration. If a full
list of all new offices created by this ad-
ministration, could be exhibited to the pub
lie, it would produce a startling effect. We
refer to this matter, that the pa trIotic peo-
pie who are determined upon a change Of
rulers. may have some idea of the formid-
able and well organized phalanx of office
holders, BY whom they will be opposed and
who are dependant for their future bread
lpon the success of Mr.. Lincoln.
At Malvern Hill and Antietam Little
Mac scattered far more formidable foes
In November he will lie equally trium plant
over the army of office -holders.