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Speech on the Post Office Department retrenchment and patronage
In a parliamentary speech, the speaker critiques the Jackson era Post Office reforms, denouncing patronage abuses, removals without cause, and the destruction of appointment files. He contrasts earlier retrenchment bids with later inflated diplomatic and clerical costs, highlighting Kendall and Forsyth era excesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
General Post Office
Jackson
Senate
Amos Kendall
House
Benton
Speaker
Saunders
Madison
van Buren
the Senate
Slade
Vermont
Ater
Robert Greenhow
Charles Biddle
Florida
Senator Grundy
Charles Bicdle
Clay
War Department
J. H. Eaton
Cnaruss A. Wickiiire
Andrew Stevenson
London
Madrid
John H. Eaton
Congress
Mr. Randolph
St. Petersburgh
Mr. Speaker
John H. Pleasants
Forsyth
Eleazer
Bogota
Mr. Pleasants
Early
House of
William T. Barry
Spain
United States
John R. Clay
Blair
Tennessee
State Department
Select Committee
Washington
Great Public Library of Congress
Capitol
Blue Book
Salmagundi
Gen. Jackson
Martin van Buren
Secretary of the Treasury
Baltimore
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Kendall
William Wirt
Benjamin F. Butler
Butler
Caleb Quorem
Baltimore Railroad
Treasury
Barry
Amos
Globe
Francis P. Blair
Frankfort
Kentucky
Frank