Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-02-09
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WASHINGTON. D. c., Jan. 3Oth, 1871.
ED. REPUBLICAN Sir: Yoars of
the 9th .sinst is at hand, and now !
propose to make you discount your
own issue, that is, will quote from
your private letter which reads as
follows.
deacon N. A. Gray, My Dear
Sir.-It is 50 long since have heard
from you that ! am induced to write
you I was in hopes I should re-
csive syour occasional shots at some
body for the REPUBLICAN, but since
you fred at "Zeb Vance" / have not
received a word from you. Know
ing your ability with the gen, should
most amazingly like to have such
communications as your time might
admit of. Why don't you
write I"
Now, sir, at this very hour my
family at home are at work on load
Of work which / could not finish on
Saturday night without encroaching
upon the sssaered hours" Mr. Da-
Wis, my first assistant, often after un-
broken labor through the entire day,
goes home loaded with bundles of
work under his arms and looking
like Highlander with bagpipes un-
der his arms, and has now a pile on
hand awaiting the leisure of"Harry,"
his son, who has given us many a
days work in our office. Stailey
makes about as laughable figure
with his little legs and large load
after the days hours are over as red
ant hauling an egg twice its size, and
I seldom call at his house that /
don't find his sympathetic wife delv-
ing at sCharley's" unfinished papers
Mrs. Staily alone has done more
work gratuitously for Us than the
Hon. Senators Trumbull or Robert
son will credit any clerk with doing.
Van Week, another of my men,
stands steadily at his work all day,
lues home his load for evenings.
"a Chapin, another man of my force,
cannot carry his work home, and
however early in the morning l may
bolt into the rooms, I always fud
him doubling in to his work. Miller
too carries work home for MARY"
TO help him up, and so on.
Il Now sir, without reference to the
few ideas alone, beg to refer you to
Hon. Senator Trumbull and Hon.
Senator Robertson for a reason why
We clerks cannot indulge occasion
ally in, speaking our sentiments
through the papers to our friends at
home. refer you to those Honor
ables who say clerks have nothing to
do but read newspapers and squan-
der immense salaries. To those pru-
dent patrons of ours who desire to
pass a law TO compel fifty cent
monthly contribution for sinking
fund to sink us under when we die.
To those high in Office and drawing
$4,000 year for half years work.
who moved heaven aud earth to Sc
cure our help to get them the places
they now hold, and when once in,
move that it be made '.penal OF
fence to reciprocate the favor, in
any way show that such service is re-
mem bcred even.
~ Everything goes by rage. and call
the rage" now is to abuse half paid
clerks.
'Phere are useless vagabond drunk
en- clerks, no doubt, and it is right
and proper to strike at them, but let
the blow be at the vagabond indiyid
uals and not at all indiscriminately
AS well might we when i'll luck brings
US into the atmosphere which ever
surrounds Senator Salisbury, cry out
1.-THE Senate is drunk" There are
idle clerks, but they are not around
me, or within my vision. Rigid econ
omy and Implying retrenchment is
the ruling passion with Postmaster
General Creswell. With all the in
crease of business in tue postal ser
vice of the United States, which is
% per cent within five years, yet Mir.
Creswell has reduced my force 25 per
cent from what it was under John
sons administration and l am but a
specimen / believe throughout his
| department. But sir, l am going to
make ''Bee'' and gain time to in-
,dulge in noting down my views to
papers.
/ Like Mazeppa. I'll come again.
/ N A. G.