, 1869-09-03

bat not comparable to what is OBJ
served 10 the Executive. Heads oI
Departments and heads Of Bureaus
are entitled 10 receive, BY Law, and
SO are put down in the "Blue Book, "
from 5000 to 5000 per innum
each, according to grade. There are
many wsfs ofhOOdEinSius tho dear
people. ! suppose it is inocently
thought that this per annum, IS all
that, in these fast days." such pa,
triots csn 'legitimately' claim. Eyre.
gious folly! Take a moderate exam
ple-and l select the ease Of the most
honest aud honorable of all the re-
cent prominent appOintees-that of
Commissioner Delano, Of The Internal
Revenue Bureau. This gentleman
has been much ION the wing" He
has, since his brief term, travelled
much" and consequently "kuows
something" 1 don't know how many
miles he has made-he dos. But /
do know that the Government allows
twenty cents a mile, and that there
is not a railroad 10 the country that
charges a known prominent officer q
dime for a journey, il it should ex
tend from Dan to Bersheba. But
let all that pass, aud let us attempt
to get at something like a 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 s25, 900
per annum. His perquisites," be
yond a mansion, furniture, a most
spacious garden, and pasture enough
for all the cattle of the Duke Of
Newcastle, are-setvants id Iibitum,
clerks and employees to the extent Of
a depletion of the army-and pres
ents of all kinds from his fellow
citizens at home and abroad. Two
orders of his, since he has been russ
ticating at Long Branch, tell a sig
ni6cant story. That to the Secretary
of the Interior is laconic. 1t is sim
ply to see that his two favorite nags
are properly "shod " aud sent on.
Upon inquiry l 6ud that the mere
shoeing" of a couple of horses
should not cost more than a ten dol
lar greerback but the word shod,
like Littleton's &c., in COke's Com
mentaries, is made to mean BY the
sycophantic Secretary, a great deal.
In short, this business of shoeing
and sending on these animals will
cost tho United Statss moro than
three thousand dollars, as per calcu
lation at the Department of the In
terror, although Secretary Cox certi-
fes that he carried them with his
own hand
Now, here is a picture of the man
net in which the radicals are con-
ducting the Government, which
should be studied by those who pay
the taxes. From General Grant to
the meanest 'shyster' who hangs up
on the departments, the principle is,
get all out Of the Treasury that is
possible. Economy is a forgotten
word in the transaction Of public
business. Not content with rising
their salaries to FIVE thousand dollars
per year, the members Of Congress
spend the whole summer in journey
ing from one part of the continent to
another with their families, and
leaving the bills to be paid out Of the
contingent fund. These bills are
not small ones. They embrace all
the delicacies of the season, to which
are added gloves for receptions and
presents for the ladies. In this man.
ner the expenses of COngreSS are kept
up to ruinous height, while those
OF the departments are pitched in the
same key. Money is needed and
must be had to meet such unpre>
cedented Outlays. The mOney must
come from the labor of the country.
For every visit Schenck or some Oth>
er radical makes to the West OF
Sonth the noor man of khh nation
must work the harder and their fami-
lies miss few more Of the neces
saries of life. Are they content to
thus toll for their radical masters
If not, they must defeat the radicals
at the polls, turn ont the thieves and
Plunderers at Washington, put hon.
est men in their places, aud thus pre-
pare for a reduction of taxes. by re,
dtcing expenditures,
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