The country is in the position of a commercial undertaking, which is obliged to sustain an expensive competition, notwithstanding its tastes for economy.] [Footnote h: The State of Ohio, which contains a million of inhabitants, gives its Governor a salary of only $1,200 a year.] This is very clearly seen in the United States, where the salaries seem to decrease as the authority of those who receive them augments *i [Footnote i: To render this assertion perfectly evident, it will suffice to examine the scale of salaries of the agents of the Federal Government.

I have added the salaries attached to the corresponding officers in France under the constitutional monarchy to complete the comparison.
United States Treasury Department Messenger ............................

$700 Clerk with lowest salary .............

1,000 Clerk with highest salary ............

1,600 Chief Clerk ..........................