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under the two denominations of, public works, 

 and the pay and salaries of those whom the coun- 

 try employs. In respect to the former, it is not 

 to be concealed that the crisis demands the 

 abandonment of all public works of doubtful or 

 of unimportant utility ; and the suspension, or 

 the qualified advancement, of all those of which, 

 if the completion be postponed, the safety of 

 the country will not, in the exercise of a sound 

 discretion, appear to be compromised or exposed 

 to danger. 



In respect to the latter, the pecuniary re- 

 muneration of the servants of the public ought 

 to bear relation to the means which the public 

 possess of remunerating them ; the importance 

 of the trust reposed, and the rank and station 

 which the individuals, in whom it is reposed, 

 actually hold, being candidly and liberally con- 

 sidered. In the humble and less exalted classes 

 of those who derive an income from their public 

 services, this principle is readily acknowledged, 

 and experiences no difficulty in its application. 

 In the higher walks of political life, and in the 

 offices of pure state, which Englishmen regard 

 with complacency, as the ancient legitimate 

 and proper appendages to their constitutional 

 monarchy, as the countiy has been led to anti- 

 cipate, we are about to see its application also. 



