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In time, however, his revenue was improved; he lived to have one of the lucrative clerkships of the Privy Council ; and Mr. Pitt at last had it in his power to make him Treasurer of Chelsea Hospital. Of his translations I have only compared the first Olympic Ode with the original, and found my expectation surpassed, both by its elegance and its exactness.
Pierce, disregarding the etiquette of the White House, used to pay social visits to the families of New Hampshire friends holding clerkships, and to have them as guests at their family dinner-table. The President's fascinating courtesy and kindness were irresistible. Roger A. Pryor first figured at Washington in the spring of 1853.
You know as well as I the prejudice among people of my rank against clerkships, and trade, and the like. As a rule the McPhersons do not work." "But I am not ashamed to work, and I am as much a McPherson as you," Bessie answered him, emboldened for once to say what she thought. "Yes," he answered, slowly, "and I am sorry for it. You told me at one time you thought of going out as governess.
He said he wouldn't fool his time away with a boy who had no taste for the business, and so informed my mother. I returned home with her, and that evening she and Mr. Keefer and myself had a long conference. We talked about the past, and my mother suggested all kinds of trades, professions and clerkships, all of which I objected to, because I would not work for some one else. Mr.
"But, if you want to render me a service, I can tell you wherein it can be done, a service that will be just as much appreciated as any you can possibly render me. When I was a member of Congress I secured the appointment of quite a number of young colored men to clerkships in the Pension Bureau of your department. I understand that all these men have excellent records.
All of these, however, require considerable leisure, and some financial investment. They are out of the reach of many of those in lower clerkships and other such employment. These men, by the thousands, work in offices which are, perhaps, not as well ventilated as they should be, under artificial light.
Complaints were constantly made that the administration neglected its friends, and gave offices to its enemies. Applications for appointments, especially for clerkships, in the departments, were continual, and were often made to Mr. Adams himself.
A member of the House of Commons, holding office, who might chance to have five clerkships to give away in a year, found himself compelled to distribute them among those who sent him to the House. In this there was nothing pleasant to the distributer of patronage. Do away with the system altogether, and he would have as much chance of support as another.
Then there are clerks that have no clerkships, and are waiting, and waiting, and waiting for a vacancy waiting patiently for a chance to help their country out and while they are waiting, they only get barely two thousand dollars a year for it. It is sad it is very, very sad.
I asked about clerkships, but a hasty glance at his book convinced him that everything had been taken up, and that I had better call to-morrow. Unwilling to lose my money without some attempt at securing a place, I called again the next day.
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