New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-27
rrrarng commission. Give me liberty. or give me

DEGRADING commission Give me liberty, OF give me
GcrtA!"
from that hour was no longer connected with the
Government Snubbcd BY the department., shnDpSu
l, t. Cabinet suullCd at last by the chairman OF
comul,icc / was endeavOIlug 10 adoin. }lyiuVu 10
% r0ui0n cast far from the perllS anu seductlo'h
of my great Office and forsoOk my bleeding country
I#,t had done the State some service. and sent
in uy bill:
The United States Of America in account with the Hon
Cl,rk Of fEe senate Committee on COnchOlogy, Dr;
To Coz suutiou with Secretary OF Wdr.-..--..--.- 20
M consultation with Secretary ~ Navy........-..-.. 90
10 consultation with Secretary Of the Treasury ,,rso
Tontt ,a I6 from crasaicn. via Egypt Al
r,rs Gibraltar. and CaGz. 1900 miles, at 2Oc' ON
III .i,iy os ClrrI; of senate Committee Couch
ology xix days. at So per ay......-'-.'....'' %
r.,,, ................. .s2.9SC
Norm, item If this bill has been paid. except that
trIfr of s:G for cership salary. The secretary OF
The Treasury pursuing 10 the last, drew ms pen
through an the other items, and simply marked in
fh- margin Not allowed" So, the dread aterna,
tive j. embraced at last Republication mas pCEih!
The nation is lost TINE, the President Promised mat
hr would mention my claim IN his Aiessaee' ana Ie-
commend that il be paid ont of tue hst moneys re-
ccivrd on account Of the Alabama Claims; out VIII
be- rccoilrct to do IL Aud may not / be iorgot!eh
when the Alabama claims are pmd lo4nsvr' C anu
ants than am may be forgotten When the Alabama
claims are paid
am done with official life for the present Let
those clerks who are willing to be imposed on re-
main know numbers OF them in the Departments.
who are never informed when there is 10 be cabinet
meeting whose advice is never asked about war; or
htaicc or commerce, 10y the heads OF the nation
nuv more than If they were not connected WITH the
Government. and who actually stay m leli oibces
day after day and work! They know their import
nuce to the nation and they unCOnsclOusy show IT IN
their bearing. aud tue way they order Their susie
nance al the restauraut-hut they work. ! know
one who has 10 paste all sorts of little scraps nom
the newspapers into a scrap-bOoR sometimes MS
MANY rs eight ten scraps day. lie dotsn 40 ~
we'll Int he does il us well as he II is very IA
tilniug It is exhausting 10 the intellect. Yet he
only gets 81 500 year With brain like his, that
yotlg man could amass thousands and thousands di
dollars in some other pursuit II lac chose Ia don But
uu-hiS heart is with his country, and hc VIII serve
her ~ long as she has got sCrap-bank lett. ANA
know clerks that don't know how 90 Wlttc very wen,
bur such knowledge - they possess they nohly ay
al the feet of their country, and tOi Ou ami Suer Tor
over again 10y other clerks, sometimes; but when
man las done Ills best for his country, should hlS
country complaint Then there are clerks mat nave
40 rlrTkShps aud are waiting, ana waiting ana
waiting for n vacHucy- waiting patiently Tor n
chance to help their country Out-and While
$40 year for IL. 10 ia Sad-it Is very.
very sad. When a member OF Congress has q
friend vino is gifted, but has 40 employment wherein
bis great powers may be brought 10 b,aI he conicIS
HIM ur0n lis country, and gives him clcrkship IN
department. Aud there that man has 10 slave hlS
he out fighting documents Tor The bcucii 81 nation
that never thinks of him. never symp9ihIHs with
have completed my list ot AL the clerks in the sew
rIal departments. with my statement If what they
have To do aud what they get for n, Nou VIII see
that there are not half enough clerks, aud that what
Marx TWAIN.