The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-03-21


ner in which | disposed of my dwell
ing in this city, should otherwise
have had no place of residence. 1t is
true that | take upon myself the new
responsibilities with considerable re-
luctance, not more, | am assured, than
they felt in bestOwing them upon me.
/ This mutuality of feeling is to me a
/ source of the liveliest satisfaction and
Is one OF the most violent assurances
/ OF our future mutual good understand
/ ing. Had the other individual who
! failed, IN consequence of the alarming
| increase in the number of my friends
/ III Pennsylvania, been elected, large
! body OF persons who are now gaining
| their honest bread by the sweat Of
/ OF their VirtuOus brOwS would have
/ been deprived of the means Of srbsis-
! tcncc, the progress of administrative
! reform and competitive examination
would have been thrust back for at
least fOur-titths Of a century 1t is
proper on this occasion that | should
allude to the successor which the con-
StItuuOn has appointed in case of nv
removal by natural causes before the
/ expiration Of my official term. With
my last Vice, Mr. ColfaX, | part with
feelings of the profoundest variety
My relations with him, as with my
other Vices, have been cordial Few
men have been endowed 10y Providence
with larger allowance Of vital picty
or 10y nature with a shorter memory,
the first Of which is a preservative Of
his religious character and the last of
his moral integrity; and, while he re-
tires to the cniOyments of private use
fulness, from which it is not probable
he will again emerge, it affords me
great pleasure to reflect that my in
coming Vice will not fall particle be-
hind him in either of these endOwm1ntS.
| have feelings of great respect for
MIR. Wilson, especially on account of
his poverty as he was q poor shoe
maker and poor Senator. There is
every reason to believe that he will
be apoor Vice PreslGent-in fact, that
he will be model of destitJltion i'll
all the departments OF social and official
life
1t is proper that on this occasion !
should indicate, so far as is consistent
with my private interests, the individ-
uals Of whom nv civil staff will be
composed during my coming term OF
Office. | am informed by the Secre-
tary Of the Navy that not less than
four more wears will be required to
meet, in q way that is satisfactory to
them, the calls of several parties upon
the Treasury, on account of his De
partment. ANY officer less interested
in the subject might he inclined to re-
gard the different claims-fO instance
of SecOr u Company and AmCs x
. COmpany-as only various WAYS of
stating the same demand, and be likely
therefore to infer that they had been
paid several times over already, an in
ference under which it is obvious their
! losses would be very considerable 1t
! is, | may he allowed to remark, to be
regretted that it has never been delin-
| itely settled how many times the same
account against the government may
be lcgitimately liquidated, in consc-
! quence Of which there has been no lit
/ tie diversity III the practice Of the Navy
/ Department.
| 1t seems imperative under the cir
cumstanccs that | should retain the
! services Of Mr.. Robeson, and | shall
| do it the more willingly from my con
] ,:~@;--, - -l.is fitness for the place he
! occupies 1t has been urged against
/ him that he has no knowledge of naval
affairs do not, Judging from my own
experience consider this an objection
1t is decided that Mr. Boutwell, will
leave the position he now holds in my
official family, III case he Is elected tC
the Senate from GrOton the place he
formerly represented. In case some
body else should be elected he will, ii
obedience to the Constitution, not take
his seat In respect to the person who
may be required to fill the place of Mir
Boutwell,, | confess that | have not
been without my feeling Of perpleXity
The splendid portrait Of Hon. William
A Richardson, engraved on steel by ;
first-rate artist III the Treasury Depart
ment at the public expense and widely
distributed, has inspired all behoIder'
: with esteem for his integrity as well as
for his physiognomy This tribute by
an eminent official parsonage to his
virtues is touching in the extreme. l.
appeals to all the nObler sentiments o
our nature, and is honorable alike t'
his head and his heart. This engraV
inc in steel, which the Attorney Gen
eral, who is a lawyer, informs me bear
but faint resemblance to the stealing
of engravings, has Of late been carried
to high state of preservation in th
] Treasury Department. was IN taVo
, of Mr.. Boutwell, before his retiremen
, providing himself with a similar test
menial OF personal regard and admira
ton. l am compelled, however, to sa..
that he has hitherto conscientious
confined his acquisitions upon the art
istic resources of his department to til
, provision of visiting cards for himsel
4 and pretty extensive tamlly-a fac
= which proves that even when bent upo