Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-03

law, and are put down in the blue
Book, from three to eight thousand
) Idollars per annum each, according
ito grade. There are many ways
of hoodwinking the dear people. /
suppose it is innocently thought
that this per annum,' is all that, in
these fast days such patriots can
'legitimatsly' claim. Egregious
folly! Take q moderate example
land 1 select the case of the most
honest and honorable of all the re-
cent prominent appointees-that of
Commissioner Delano, of the Inter-
nal Revenue Bureau. This gentle-
man has been much con the wing
He has, since his brief term, tray
eled much, and consequently
knows something l don't know
how many miles he has made-he
does. But / do not know that the
government allows twenty cents a
mile, and that there is not a rail.
road in the country that charges a
known prominent federal officer
dino for journey, if it should ex-
tend from Dan to Bersheba. But
let all that pass, and let US attempt
to get at something like practical
view of the inner life of our ex-
penditures, by descending to small
matters. The salary of the Presi-
dent, as prescribed by law, is $685.
900 per annum. His 'perquisites,
beyond a mansion, furniture, a most
spacious garden, and pasture enough
for all the cattle Of the Duke Of
Devonshire, and all for the fine
horses of the Duke of Newcastle
cheeseman's ad Hbitum, clerks and
employees TO the extent of de-
pletiOn Of the army-and presents
of all kinds from his follow. citi- |
zens' at home and abroad. Two |
orders of his, since he has been rus
ticating at Long Branch, tell sig
nificant story. That to the Score
tary of the Interior is laconic. 1t
is simply to see that his two favorS
lite nags are properly 'shod and
sent on. Upon inquiry | find that
the mere 'shoeing' Of couple of
horses should not cost more than a
ten dollar greenback but the word
'shOd, like LittletOn's etc. in
CJke's Commentaries, is made to
mean by the sycophantic Secretary,
a great deal In short, this busis
ness of 'shoeing' and sending on
these animals will cost the United
States moro than three thousand
dollars, as per calculation at the
Department of the Interior, al
though Secretary Cox certities that
he carried them with his own
hand"
Now, here is a picture ofthe manner
in which the Radicals are conduct
Ing the government, which should
be studied by those who pay the
taxes. From General Grant to the
meanest "shyster" who hangs upon
the departments, the principle is
get all out of the Treasury that is
possible. Economy is forgotten
word in the transaC ton of public
business. Not content with raising
their salaries 10 five thousand dol
lars per year, the members Of Con-
gross spend the whole summer in
ourneying from one part Of the
continent to another with their
and leaving the bills to be
paid out Of the contingent fund.
These bills are not small ones. They
all the delicacies of the
season, to which are added
gloves for receptions and
presents for the ladies' In
his manner the expenses of Cons
yress are kept up TO a ruinOus
height, while these of the depart
nents are pitched in the same key.
Money is needed and must he had
% meet such unprecedented OUT
avs. That money must come from
he labor of the country. For ev-
cry visit Schenck or some other
other Radical leader makes to the
West or South, the poor men of the
nation must work the harder and
their families miss a few more OF
the necessaries of life. Are they
content TO thus toll for their Radi-
cal masters? If not, they must
defeat the Radicals at the polls,
turn out the thieves and plunderers
at Washington, put honest men in
their places, and thus prepare for
a reduction of taxes by reducing