North Carolina Newspapers

mmmmmmam 5 TIIO.Tt Vs J. LEMAlV; 1 ' . I E D ' - - ; ' 'TSBXVIS-" ' . " . j.ii..a aaamsmaiHa. t hif waiivaMftv . ; " ff7''''7XJto.miuhetwy ; .h.iMi ine Diaiv wih iis. .... .,,jr f eieeerfmg 14 Imee ttin. . . . . J .ir.l mienkm, mdollwi eeeb u0 - r UVuiin.ertM.tMT-scw-. - r? TUe .lertin of Uerks ana oo'"' i-TSrtS raTi tS"fc2i - i I n pru ri lr iwmncri j tw,' "Tjrt the KilUor poi-rld. Frt for the PeAple. UK. DJSU'jj SPEECH CONTINUED. Neil, a lo the War Department., In 1SJ3. the Secretary of War employed .'chief clerk. besides seventeen clerks Hiasalarr. andK nni i -,r - o - - r jhfir coniicnsatim amounted to 28,. C50. The business of Indian fttlairj mi then inana;ed by him aU. In isiS. the S-cretry or mat iienari meat employs nclusive ofthe Indian Mieswnger. I he joint salaries and CMIHi1" nsuiion ol U.e w.ioic amount iu 61,310. ' lit V-e hear nothing of a com uumling general' oiiice, witli it clerk and messenger. In 1838, the commanding general is allowed a clerk at I2U0. and a mes stnjjer at 8600 per yar. l.i 1S28. (he Adiutant General' of fice emM.iyed WreeclemrWKWeJoiirttj ruiii?enaiioii was S2.950. In. 1353, the Adjutant General em ploys seven clerks and a messenger, wboie joint compensation is j8,2J. In 18-23. the Paymaster General employed three clerks, whose united compensation was 83,900. , In 1833, the salary of the same nunt br ot clerk is B4.S90, beside the messenger's salary. In 188, I have b-en unable to dis cover any allowance for clerks to the tyiartennaster General, In 1838. that officer employs in the oiiice at Washington seven clerks, whose united compensation i 27.300. I 'i 18-28, the-Ordnance office em ployed three clerks, whose joint salary mi 82.9-50. In 1838, the ordnance office employs nine clerk, beside a messenger, and their aggregate compensation i $0, 225. , . In 1828, the Subsistence ; Depart-. ment employed four clerks, whose joint cimpenitattott was g2,930. r lil: 183,' thftisubsiatence TJepart ment employs four clerks, and a mes-'B-rr'whose' joiattompeuiwtioa i S5.880. In 18-28, the Sur;eon General was allowed a clerk. at gl.150.per year. '. In 1838, the Surgeon General ia al lowed a clerk it 81.2GC, and a nie engf r, at ?600 per year. 1 In 1828, the business of Indian af fair was discharged at the war depart nent, by ome one or two of the sev sleeu cierk -which 1 first mentioned. In 1858, this Indianbusiness appear t constitute a grand division. Ve mw Uacuf lite "Indinn Department," itii a cooiniiioner, whose salary 4s ?S,tHK), a cMiief clerks at 1,600, and (ttjeji cit-rks and two metisengcr. the j'ifet-compensation and-aUi-ieabviog 819,400. tn 18-28, there wasone Superintend ent of Iiidiiin affairs, who was paid TT,5U0 a. yearTweTflJ-OTe-iTidiaTrt' gente, twenty-eight sub-agent, and thirty-nine! i interpreters. la 1838. we find four superinten dents of Indian affairs, with salaries of 8U00 each per year six superintend ents of emigration, with salaries of 82.000 each per year; ten Indian a genu, with salaries of gr,500 each per Year) fourteen Indian sub agents, with wlaiits of $730 per year thiity-tliree commissioner and special agent,' who e psid from five to eixht dollars per 'ly, and rrin 1,500 to 3,1)00 per year; til teen conducting & enrolling agents, ' 3. 4, and 5 dollars per day j S con liictora of exploring partie, at 3, and 5liillirf day two valuing agents t 4 dUlars each per day jieigUt col lecting agents, at '2 dollars. 50 cent. P'' Aj eachj two issuing agents at dollar por day each one disbursing a gfiit at five dollars per day sixteen as n'stant agents at 3 and 4 dollars per; ,ljy an from 500 to 1,00 each per. J'ear; ihirty-une interprcteT at agen at Job each per year fourteen in ''pretcr fn the emigration ofjndians,' 2 50 ind 5 per Jay 'fifteen p'.iysi ciaiu, af aalarie varying from 3, 3, & c lnllar a day, to 84 dollar per month, eleven clerks folher than those the nltice at Washington) at salaries V!rJing Uxwx 3 and 5 dollars a day to 40 an.) 5Q dollars per month, and 800 M 1,000 per yeari fifty -three black 'noths. with salariei varying from -14.0 l 60.0 dollar pcf year twenty farm ers an I astistant. at 2, 3, 5 and 600 Pr7ear jghteen teachers witU ari- alarie, from 500 tb 800 pec Tear Dr mill.-. .. -.iJ-.1i. r .T cm oollarst ona tnraR af ft didlar nr h thehol concluding with ntsci-llarteoita agentat with salaries of olar aertlay and 600 per teaf. j rlut even tWlJa But alLu-Tbei com "lioner of fndian affair saya the lUt ,accurate6r complete. He leaves room ( One of hit first official lets wn the re- tft'add nr alter. Iffr IaJaaiI iA.Aj,jakamluttmKriUu-intt- rlrk'fmm ki. disntav of natronae! Ounhr we nut f I to be astonislieJ to find tht sUle of (IkiiiiTi nnalsr fjfa ail aVta a m i kins. MikAi Jfricnda profmeil to be shocked, at a pUcation ot offices, and -re-pub- ....... - isbettYift the report wf this House in g, : .uonsiuering j-ie (general tendency to multip'y offices 5t dependencies, ando increase expense .U - tb .altian.to ter. of burden which the citizen can bear, it behoove us to avail ourselves of every occasion which presents itself for taking off the sur charge.? It is appropriate too, jiow, to refer gentleiuen to the censure which that repoit cast on the Secretary of Wac in 1828, rorpayiug-753 dollars for additional clerk hire in the business of Indian affairs. We will now look to the Post Office Department. The General Post; Of fice, as it was then called, luii) the good fortune not only to escaite the censure, but (o en!5st ,he nraiseSif that fault- findinz era. I leave it for those who were familiar with the motives " and political currents' of that day, to ac count for thisi ,,TTie committee said of it Mhe efficiency of this branch of the public service is in a condition highly improved and improving." My first remark on this is, that the Post Office Department passed into the hand of General Jackson in a healthy and efficient state. A few years, un- - insolvency, me details ol its mis management have been long since Eruved. The evidence is on file ere and in the Senate, with the re ports of the several committees ap pointed to investigate its abuses. I re fer gentlemen to the file, and will not dwell on the various abuses w hich were designated and established. Their e normily, coupled with the fact of the borrowing money on public account by the Post piaster General, without law or authority, alarmed, the country. But bad a aUthis was, and used, as the pecuniary patronage had been, l confer personal benefit on favorites. until the disorder and insolvency of the Department became apparent, still I me pouucai useswiiicn nau uren maae ofthe appointing patronage were not disclosed, and now never Will be. The present Postmaster General, Amos Kendall, tells us in hi account of (lie late destruction of that department by nre. jnat. ail the books, papersjnil tea of IfiedeoartmeoC wer iVj!01 ept the files ofthe appointment office. ," f nd that these were destroyed! ?f ,tthn E'l1? ce ami in the first six years of Gen. Jack son's administration, about 1300 post masters were removed from office, and, in tnost of the cases, without the as signment of any cause.' When certain members of the committees of the Sen ate and House, appointed, in 1833-'34. to investigate the abuses of that de partment, attempted to get at the files and correspondence of this appoint ment office, with a view to ascertain and - report whether the reasons for these removals were prompted by high iod jjst public considerations, or by mere party political eipcdiency, they were deoieel the right by the head of (lie department and by the fiiends- of me auminis(raiion, woo composeu a majority on one of these committees! Vas not thi inquiry just?' I refer you, :r, to Mr. Benton' famous re poit ynrhtlt-p""ng inr office. I refer irou,' Mr. Speaker, to your own rethaik, $nd to those of your friends, in life debate on. Mr. feaun der's resolution, which 1 have already quoted. But, above all, t refer you to the remarks of the 1! urinous Alauison, anrivalled as he was iiTthe knowledge of the letter and spirit of the Constitu tion and laws, and in purity and hon esty of purpose. -As early as 1X89, in the memorable debate on the power of I the executive to remove from ofhre, he not only denied the right to exercise this power capriciously, and without assigning adequate reasons, but he thought it would be such a bojiL as sumption of law It ss power,-that he thus expressed himself: "I own iris an abuse of power which exceeds my ima gination, and ol which. 1 an Jorm bo rational.' conception.? ; But when. Nlr. Ya,n BurenamlMf. Benton ('both of whom were on the committee which reported the bill to prevent the abuse of this patronage- of appointment, came into "power, this changeit fheir tone, f not their princi ples. , Removals from" office immedi ately followed, and. the;- deny any ob ligation to assign reason! Is it noi strange, too nay, is it not mysterious, that, in the canflagralionofthe Post Office, , the only papers and-files,. de stroyed fcaould he those relating to the etercise; if not the abuse of the power of removal from luce the veryrpar per which the Postmostar General re fused to suffer the committee oi IHvea ligation lb examine 1 .' - ' ' I said lr. VanBurcn rhangedhii tone on. this subject. wilt at Once prov itii.:Tha journal of the Senate shews that e; was one oi ine sweet commit tea who renorteifthe bill atreaily refer red to. He entered Jli officeof Sec retary of State with the commence- meot of Gen, Jackson's administration: office in that den&rtment. anil tive refusal to assign any reason fur it! ?-Mnllmn mnat a mm. member of this IIouse, fMr Slade of Vermont, ; and the Voice of the people AMjaataittfAJtiaLwhoBiijherdespqi: tism of the Executive patronage sought to destroy. - . The manner in which this patronage is abused, and the readiness and al most, telegraphic dispatch with which the wires of party machinery are felt throughout and from the most distant parts of the Union, may be imagined after reading this laconic note, written by Mr. Van Buren, soon after entering on the duties of Secretary of StateA to a gentleman in Louisiana: " Ittuhinff 'n, April SO, 1899. "My dear Sir) 1 havf the lienor of c knpwledjpii(f the receipt of your letter ofthe 21st ult., nj of inforinin( yoi llmt the, re movals anil appointments yon rceoinmendej .were made on the day your letter was receiv ed. J1 With respect y or friend, &.C. "M. VAN UUUEV." " .nd.s0 far from being willing to re duce the number of Clerks, in his De partment, as the People were induced to believe would be done, Mr. Van Buren,. when called on tor that pur pose, saw the whole affair through a new medium, and replied: "My opin ion is, that there can be no reduction in the number of officers employed in the Department (of State.,) without detriment to the public interests!!" yet the Retrenchment Committee, Whew-Mr; rClay waaJjLlhat Jepa rt ment, reported "that they felt satisfied that, hail the officer at i s head concur red with them in the opinion, they might have presented a plan for not only a gradual reduction of the num ber of clerks, but for an actual increase in "the efficiency of thier labors." But other discrepancies between the profession and practice of these re formers remain to be noticed. It will be found that the report of the gentle man from New York, (Mc. Cambre IcngJ and his friends, condemned "the practice introduced by. the Secretaries of the Departments, of sending the re ports of their clerk or heads of bu reaus instead of condensing them, and making them substantially, their own Communication.'? "This practice," f bad, has never been corrected, but is daily indulged in by all the Depart ments, i.s the answers to the calls and resolutions of thi-Housi abundantly .how. But a still more remarkable fotlowKVKen theZDe- zealous reformer, he, too, wa tailed upon 40 carry out hi retrenchment . system, and reduce the number of Ida clerks, in lalfilment of the public expectation, which he and others had excited. To the surprise of all, h referred the subject to the clerk's themselves! and here, sir, is the reply: H mr Tt'prtmrnt, Jam. S7, IS30. "Stat I a tfc S by before yen ie porSt from the V. '. jree.su mmmitoi wilb ike War Ppaifs.t; Ike avi jecl of flota tion of the ftih tw. rcfineH la sue by the Com mittee OS) ItetreorltakfM. fcVwrweUully, "J. H. EATON." "Caiair A. Wicaiirra, Eq." These bureau, so far from agreeing tHart-with any of their etctitcheona. actually atk for an additional supply ! Thus ended that farce! ' Jlnothtr nrttent. lhis retrench ment report alleged that our diplomatic relations snd foreign intercourse were T u n n?crsarri f -incni re, -and recom- mended "a fixed appropriation continsrencies of each mission,- foFThe case execedintr R600. fannuallfj to cover the expenses of stationery, posf age; office, clerk : hire,, and all other contingencies whatsoever." Let us see the practice. .Andrew Stevenson, our Minister at London, is allow ed Tor these contingencies, includ ing 'presehts to the '-'menial officf r and servants of the Court, and others, Sifhlapreseptation and at Christmas," 2,098 36, in the space of about a j year! ihe likexxpenses of nearly all our other foreign missions arc in cor respondent ratio. Proftiiiofl.Z The grade. of our For eign Ministers wan " to be . reduced -in some . instances, especially , that, at Madrid, (pa Charge, with a salary of 84,500. . ' ", ' ' . . Pruice.K Minister Pleoipofentia ry has been lcept at Madrid constantly, and John II, Katon is novv fliere on a salary of 89.000, having also received his out fit of the same amount. A") luring the last session of CongTes ap attempt wa made to increase the sala ries of 'alt. our loreign 'Ministers!! Who could have anticipated-this ft'om an Administration that proclaimed on tliia 'flmir. at least one of its most poweifu! and inBde'ntialupportersrJrrce1yeil the usual, salary and outfit) the late Mr: Itaftdophyf who joined in the cry of retrenchment here proclaim ed, and what be jaid received the full approbation ef-the 'narty 'J') ? long a membaTs of Congress, sn not of this House only or chiefly, wiiy oW,snil cring, and duck, an4 fswn, aod get out of the way at a inr.hjng soter'Or lend a helpiMi' hand, at a pinching vote, sto obtain 4bes plsees, I never Svilljeeosent to enlarge, the salary attached lo them. Wrsre tolJ that they Ue al 8t Peters barf nd Loniton and that living there ii very expensive. Well. air. who-eent tl.jra there!. t Were they Impressed, sirT Were they taken by f .i..ui.ll-lL...I I I . V I pirn gang on I ower-Diii,iinoccuuuwn,n.nu cofled, chucked on board ef a lender, and told that they mut taka th pay and rations which Hwity -pie j toritowV Now 1 appeal to you Mr; Speaker. If- the moral application ' of these re marka, ha not been justly felt "in Congress, and'not in thi House only or chiefly," under the retrenchment and reform Administration? Miwuur irtct)H of the reortning re port. The committee . thought the mode of "appointing and compensating bearer of despatches, liable to rroH objftction, prone' to degenerate into a specie of favoritism little short of a convenient mode of sending favorites : n-r- . 1 x 1 abroad to travel for their tdeasure, health m instruction, out or the public conVrs. Practice The President and his t ifiinvr. lie I ii-.im.iii inn his Sml.r .fSl. lw.il. Tl ..... formers, now take a f.worite it. oi.i. n a . i ip a uic oiaie wpparunent, wmme Miary. at . inejiine was anne raie oi l. uu uoiiars.i per year, send Inm as a bearer ol de- j rc,iesiee. chairman of the Committee spatches to Mexico, and or about three u iuUlic Accounts ami Expenditures months service, pay Inm 112 88 dol- i(, w Su,e 1)f hn,.nt llft yuu lars. and suffer hwri also draw In; know j,r Speaker, was Jackson re clerk's salary for the pe, toddMnb- (i)rmv. . ikt; Ul. S,t.ct Committee, he sence! Foe this I refer you t the faefliun,j every thing wrong, and promised of Root. Greenhow. who. is H,e trans- t. correct it. The purctiaae of book. , ,,nA!HlVLf 1 at u,"Partnwn, ".".the employment of a librarianr-and the iarrrT5Tthe case being stated in. nmy otlt.r thitW, were censured the reports of the Secretary. He vioa tie r;tj,t tlt iurcnllt, rni or Cuses ihS transaction, by saying that likeness of Gen Vahington, to be sus the translations whrrh were required pended in the Department, was-oaes-i during Mr. Greenhow absence were Uw stands tho matter now? made at his espense. It might beweH AV,y ar mm uf ,nun yearly to enquire whether any tianslatiims expended for the library ofthe Slate were required during that period, and pariment. and many books purehas why also it would not have been quite eJ. whit, are c,.l)ainy uwuecssnry. as wen to -discontinue' lhT salary Besides the purchase of books, t.ei U the time, and let the Government pay odicals, and newspapersload for thi for any translations -which were need- Department by it disbursing agent at ed. But do we not here distinctly re- ,omef ,lere was expended iu Londim; alixa what .--the retrenchment report during last year, for Himilar . objects, condemned " in-these words: that an a(irj S00 dollars. A librarian is em actual incumbent is considered lohave ployed, at a salary of I.34Q dollars, such a sort of property in the office as Cqual to that paid to the Mi a. i.nof to enable him to farm out lU duties, the great public library of Congress.- and to receive a part of it revenue for doing nothing?" 'V'"'"" . i-iuu vi .,,. w XM expense or that. Department wa venicnt mode of ending. favorites a- censurable, aud ought td bo dispensed broad," sut of Die public coffers," is uj tlie officers of the Gavern found in the same list of contingent mimi .-.laid w..H il..n.ui. f expenses of foreign intercourse, f al- ique to tne case ot Mr. i naijes iiiuuie, no,wnenoy nominateu uen. jaexson lor juugesnipin rioriaua wai reject- tb.-the Senate, - After thia rejection Mr. Biddle.wa despatched by theEcunye to Central Amci4w;3tna sen ice he rendered we knpw not but i appears inat iiwn ,ni misxion an.i- Jatoe for the Department, amj hissala- te&sai terrti." rj man whd Jiad a eontroverBwVTri Mri Senator GiW In .Lirb t .. - ---- ........ ..w...v... , , . : I ' , ... ,. . , , . " V , " r "- ed ducomenla. nrrsaioneil h that fli- . i. . .1 V . : r A. t - pule, that the Senator for tte purpose of proving himelf o be what is called a "whole hog Jack.oii man. rai.1 he "bad swallowed the hotr not only whole. but wrong end foremost, ! takm? the oicue. gram r. anumr rnrisv fnio salt fian Tslr stnal'aa A ,,?! nominations, even iou may remember, that crvat fnulf wa. fmih ; " "n"": - or an ariowance fo onn i. a leasanis, wuo wa empioyeu as, oearer 01 ie- .. . - x" a . . pHtvui.Of an Rmi. but, being taken ill, was nsalrhna ami st ahv - u l.iu miAtrmtm oanuon h, tiiouii ha cau spaicuea to oe saieiy ueiivereti. in the account, winch 1 am now exaipin-, ing. we find the sum of Rl,52i 7Z, tpatd4irMivForsy4h,Uhecrelajy ufte4iifid InJila JiJmiraf;,1u"-tJLk..- in no 1 States to-EleamJSalry, acntwhh, l- rgran J and' niagnificen t scale on which t 4TunaTI)ikO tia nim aV It H'Arluiraa it'Yi : r . , . 0 - .. .... spatches for our Charge d'Affaires t Bogota, but which were never dtliyer ed. ine. sicKness.oi -oiri irieasanis.tkft.il. u hu nni;.,., l. .ii. 1 it n luiioii naiiioiiAn a n i a. srvi iriiia s itiniivu. shipment of Mr. Karlr. to pay him 3Y dollar! and 35 cent for expense, 52?, t . 11 ' -' a" . . 1 . . I 1 fc a - dollars and 37 tents- for cl'Olhing, bed- . . - g. , - . . . "r , " ...v.....w , ir,m .iiu'liaiuiuiviii iiiw mii u, Mil.lta IlillUllmsnt In nnfr ,iko . mini o( 1 e re ormcrs, ior me nayineqi maeof the imil)oHal Wasliingt.on1.ave ued to him, though he csused hi despatch. t!,e0ne of !ie Peopl2 to buy nVmU es to find amnle are text, in thtalleired -f ra. f.t.l i ..iL..tt.. ling..rnnd Uoks, lost or abandoned byopeiatiou". -and bpthm 'ib'uIt-dniliii-T him,, and 714 dollars for one hundred cvei.r nettr exnnr.s of it. art n. and nineteen days compensation, at six dollars', 4 per day'thoush his de spatches were never delivered'. ! . liiLU . .! f SJ At this aame time, -too, Mr. Kirly of 1,500 dollars a year as. Librarian- of the- House .of -UepresentaUvesrj. It, would seem thatyMrV Secretary" For syth i not a strangnfo this 'conteni ent mod&pf aendiog faoritf ssbrOsd, to travel for their; pleasure, healh.or instruction', out of the "public" coffers.' I also" find tha t ' fi, Jl 5 dollars are chargedfor contingent expenseaVof William T.fJSrrrx late' Minister to Spain. 4Jw sirit i well known that MrBirfy" never- reached Spain, but mea en ins waj luerf. - ne, oi courf, snd I am at a loss to know what eon tihgenf expenses, incurred . by him, coild justly, beharged Co the U. 8.' ' Theje appears,' also, to bave been pap to John II., Clay, In. 1836, 3,581, dollar and 41jcehts, . compensa tion for certian diplomatic services." This gentleman, at that limeheld the place of Secretary1 of .Legation at St. Petersbunr, with a jalary .ol 2.000 dol lars- year, and the payment to him of the furthetum ol 3.S8I dollars and 41- cents may be justly question J. k Gtbef itemsj iquicative of. jxtrava- gance or favoritism, majrb seen in iliTrco'nUngnTeipnse acc5'ToTK "eign; missions, , but , I ..will not stop to specify them. . : - - f : It will also be found that, in the day of (hi "searching operation" and "re- fitrm,? the atanding committees of this Ilaiua iUo- nxpeildil ore f ll s v -eral depurtments attended to- their vo cation. 11 at, very soon after General Jack .on came into power,, these com mittee became so much a matter of; mere Torin that tho chairman of one of (theln declared here, during the last ! (viafi nOaa A Itl naawna anon llanilit-ttt !it wrtu liiM wjnle to convens li com-! country at great expose and hazard, - nii,Ue. un ie app.ared, quite surpri-taml always wills delay. - , i j or at all erenrs asuuted, 4hat any inrrcn "ri,"i.i . , . , i PEECII Or ifllC, PIILSTOX, ' mniurv tva inii-lwil l. tut mull, in,' . "-'. "7 ' . - - -'fir""- - -'" i' " nients:: i in siaie ol , thmss lorm a Mrun ctrat with the report matle" . .. .... .i nirM : A,;i l. V iti,;. nr thia too, ir, under the auspicie f ntlemen who aid that thi' part of me n-biic llbrarv.tth. nnii.L Itui. m- s.k-.. .r.- i;m- -u.nMA ,.i - r . , Mr, Yan Buren ar.d Mr. Forsyth changed with them. The StaW D 'pvtmeot is now laid off into rrnd dr- yttlM,. When Mr Clay had charge 0f it the Blw Book eahibitcd a list of clerk. One of th4-etr'aatran SsDarlW.7! T r X -eceivci i.isu UiUlaia 1 i in .l,.n.... ii..... BH,I 1. Bl mis .w vi. i.fiHiMii.ii t mm ci;i,iaifiT soon is an mis simplicity lorginien: j 119 iiiae- ioolt or a r . . .... forgittten! lli Bfoe-Jloolt of last year tnviye tnj uepariiiient mio a ..Diplomatic: : Bureau," a -Consular BurcV" a Home Bureau." a "Tran. 1a,or,.. wloe aa'ary is I.76O ifidlar, a ..iKHr.; a ul.iS v ..,1 - ..i,..--1. USX. doIlar8.0ai-,Librariat,.." whose tiary U l,54adollra, "Keeper of .. 7 . . . anu - preaeryin. new-pap. ed doeument.: Thui dn by that Tln.1f.rTdm.iK. .tr i,i.ru. .r -. i 1ii voyage, fect pnc, bojy borror-at-any appear i obliged to t- ,nco of -What Uicy'ValK-artsto'craUc aused his le-:gran,ieur.'. Ittlii Tuik.' wliose let- a. a . ters are. found nSalmairundiJiodjiccn this display of "Bureaus" in thStale n-nirimnt., I. h..n u. ?he Americans" transaa their butr nes.!,J But I- have yet to add,' .that f the . . Vart liuren, for, almosf every toom in eaclof the-DepnrimenraJl ; '."; j r v -I ... - v .... . ... v partmeiifs was looked, ypuit with open censure.- 1 weir remember ; that ah itm if 16m f. tw ftiillitr.. .ftut.t a tifkiM... flir jMimV:.'ik.- .,..1. i.i,i. ;.. growing, betweeif the .bhek "of the paved walk leading the'StaC Dc pirlinent, was held up to public view as a picte ofjiristneratic ettravagincc; Nowir,Tnippose I wef-e (o cite loyrjji many aimilar'and equally 'if not ulore) objectionable charges In the present ae. count uiese Departments such as cash paid for, clearing the snow off the pavement, o that Mr Forsyth need not wet hUJVctr; -90 dollar quarter for labor, T;'54 dolbr for sundrie," "16 dollara for wprk," without stating what labor or, work It 'might, have oeen tor Killing grass, or raising; yeget- fablea for the Secretary. The term 1.1 . SM " , . a -uniine" may conceal the same things, and tho corions might inquire what usa wax made of the fire proof paiiiuur wuicn ouoiiar werepaiuey the Secretary of State. But the mo ney is welt laid out, if if will preserve the edifice! Aqd it it to be regretted that tho Secretary of the Treasury and thetPost master General had not made similar purchases in time to save their re;spective6uilding; . Penknives sod scissors, by the dozer and half doxen. are purchased for to Secretary of 0 , niiwiW . .- iy 1 S 1 I 1 lkaP?JlJali:lcrlLJo ;a-4 o collect a drafV An item Baltimore to of 100 dollar! paid by the Secretary of the Treasury for. the transportation-of money but how.much money, or from whence or-where- trim ported, wa know not. litis last charge ia'a kind of foretaste of tho-hard-iony Sub Treasury system, by which, ins tested of transmitting the fund of the Gov eminent by Mean of the. cheap, safe, anu rapm system i exchange, wnicit (prevailed before tle banks wer Ue- . bauched" by Mr. Kendall, the public ' IllAn It HAIV la lu ttr fkncnsI tk .asua. .un we Annexation of lexa, oenverM tn the fieiuis of tUe failed Suttee. AprdSV 'IS-'B. e ii .ir t State, who ine ion owing resolution, ouereu by Mr. Preston, being the order of the . dar " --v. ' ; ; Vvfiereas the just anil tme boundsrr of tint United State, umler ttie treat of Louisiana, extended on the southwest otlhe Rio Gran, etc del Nolle, wltich river continued U b the true boundary llneuiitil the territory west of the Sabine mas'1 surromM to, 8pailt by the treaty of 1819; And where aucb sur rmder of a portion ofthe territory of the U- oiieu States is of evil, precedent, and jties (ionabtc eoostitutionality ': And whereas ma ny wciKhtyeuitsideratioiiB f policy maka I evpeilrfMit to recstabliih the mid truo boundary, and to anitea lo the United States the territory occupied by the State of Texas, w itli til consent uT the "said State T " - Be it Ihtrrfur rfmlvttl. That, with' the content of ilie said Sute previously bad, ami hciirver it can be effected consistently with tire public laith mUrty stipuUtiuo ofthe I'liitril States, it is dvsirable and ex- "' pedient to rr acnes the said territory to the Liutril suits. . - . - - Mr. Preston taid: It U now juat two year ince the' memorable battle of Sain Jacinto established the inde- . pendence of Texa. Soma time pro -vious to dial , glorious consaramation -the republic bad announced to : tho world its declaration of independencf; ; and had fully organized a Government -of its own. r The straggle with tho pa r rent country was brief, but decisive and, since the 2Wt'of April, 1836. n hostile flag has fur one moment beelt oofurled in Texas. Pnftttfu4 icaco has brooded over her fertile lands aak,in5iheoi pregnantj while all th A mign influences of order and etriight -ened liberty have) been experienced a intensely as in our : own fountry. or in anjr olheiLonlih Ju9jd tJi. jfatth. Internal. InnaniUity, upremacT- oi the la w regularity and efficiency f aciioo in alt tho, iuucf ions of Gttvcrtu.. ment. have raaliued whatever was pre dieted erJiOuedjor- wialieA I hailed tlie birth of thia young republic , aim oreu iter prarqpt.jccogiiuion a ii member of the family of . nations. Whfle it unfortunately happens that Mexico continues to be agitated bjr in-1-testine commotion, and embrassed by tho mosfpresaiiiz difficulties in her ; foreign relations her lata ' dep"elidefl: cy, tl valor and wisdom of whoae- citizens nave, man tnaepcnaciu,. naa exhibited a most 1 striking , contrast. On one side bloodshed aHtTrevolutiori. v a wild aiid fluctuating state ' of poli- tics, an. everchanjriii Government,' and a continual" succession of . con flic tins; purposes, show tha nresenco.of 1 a isorgamzfng apTrlf j .while,-bnTlha r other, a growing emmerea and an x tended agriculture bespeafcjha settled, state of the public mind, reposintr un der the action of a Jul y organized and,'. esiauiisneu uoyernment, every oepari. . ment 01 uincii Is workipg with pavity and aread'tnesit-anvM iijuns g.on wttn warmth, and without iolence.- The President i inaugura'.. f ted, and Cdngres assembles, - with a litle toinmotioii as we hay, , within , ..'. s " a . a . : mes wans. Administration andr6p-; pbs-ition parlies tliBt r, debate, and" det uotinoe, with as much zeal and - as Iit- He dongrt a here while he judge as ' peacefully ritles ffs cireuii,' and. th sherijf as promptly execute his judg-' ; iitentsi and (he Codsfables staff, is aa omnipotent as jfl any bt'h r lan.l.wldcK J eposes under;nd jt blessed by. the cominon lvf . . Buch is the-. pei taclo which thi young Stat present to tbe view of gratifiedphilanthnmy,"; Thur has she fulfilled tha predictiona which 1. 1 1 . '..I. -1. . ' - j atteiuieu per oinn.f ...s. .:, .ITie proposition .which I nftr'nub- t in regard to' thi prmperou and mi selfdeneudent State would be indeeo roas and presumptonus.had pot the lead been given by .Tela Jjerself.f .' I- appear by 4h curreapdnilxacaC of thrV4 envoy eltraurdinary of, that republic . , wiui our own vovernmenrr , mat, in . question of annextioft -o certain. terms and conditions has been submit, ted" to the people ol thejrepubrie !. nI ' decided in the affirmative by ..'' WJV large "majority, whereupon and in fvna-rjk ance f instructions from hi. -Oovren., . rnenVha propoea to open a negotia--. tionfortlie accomplishment of that " ' object. -The correspondeoc haa peen Coinmunicated upon a call from the V -. House of Representatives, and. thu.;. the proposition become a, fit , suVject for the deliberations of CongrefB. ' r;' . " Nor is proposed by ,i j resolution, . Mr, Presideut.ttt do any thins , hicti " coul d be justl y con strued in to caa v svl AslTartaTs Kf A.I Ylin Tria eaomk nt (the resolution guard our relations v itS". u vujii w v . vvw sb i a ssssm . - wn rrpiioiit j nuti ine spirit in wi.tws . it U conceived Uentirelj atri toJ. kuf 4 ' s : - - v -; Mi ' . r A r r. . rv.. 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