COLLECTION or THE REVENUES


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WssHfSGToN, FEB. %. i5tp.


The extrayagant and enormous expense which
attends the colrc;Iou of the revenues OF the United
States ought 10 be more ssneTaIy understood py
The country. From statement presented to the
House TO-DAY in debate, on the general aPproPrla-
ton bill /. appears there are more tnaa seventy col
lection districts. IN which the amount OF salaries
paid 10 officers exceeds the whole amount OF Gu
lies collected. by upwards Of $4,000 per annuEa
In many of these districts the Collectors receive
salaries ranging from iC90 10 >-,10O, Whist many
of the s,1horiin3trs receive from S1t0 10 Sl0n per
annun. II u also well known thai IN some OF the
districts portion the Offices ar slaecures, and
thousands are drawn from the Treasury IN coH-
pensa;ion for mere nominal services. Indeed 2
raio-itr Of The officers seem 10 consider II heiF
Chief duty to manage political affairs and SUPPORT
the oar,v IN power by the Use OF their oiilela !nfi,
ence and eInolumenis. An amendment was eiiefso
TO the Appropriation Bill by MI Hunt OF New
York reducing the salaries OF Collectors 10 sou N
districts where they collect less than S3;Wo, ana
TO 6 Osl where they collect Jess than Slu,Gu OF
duties, and also reducing the salaries OF snoefal-
mates But the amendment. so obviously !us', on
PRINCIPLES OF public virtue and economy, and ny
which the country would save mors than S7J:VVO
per annupl. was rejected BY this Loco-Foco Con
sress. Il Is pregnan. commentary upon tle
clamorous professions oi economy. IetTenchfheh'
and reform, in which the majority OF ih- House 50
os,enratlors!y indulge but which they always re-
fuse 10 practice when the pubic veal comes III con-
fct with the patronage and macn!neTy oil ~. p'4'y'
'''0' ynurs RIcHELGEU.