Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-02-08

mestics !; tor taxes and oaler continoe,,,
for occasional charities, and the epe 9rs'sI
nent of good works. Iwould make =.
4Iowance fora horse or two, ina civ bln,
destitute Of lamps and pavements. to na'
( the officer from his dwelling in sncbil
spare settlement, q l.aile or two, to his NJ,
| ofbusiness. To render him more cap p'l'
of performing his serious functions 'It
mind will require seasonable amusem..
and recreation. He must also provide e.
tie wants and education Of his children VI
And after all these disbursements, he onal'
to be able, with prudence and ecopon S"'
to lay Up a little sarplassge for fun,
use.
If these several articles are charged :,
the existing rate, they VIII pretty nea,is
balance the sums with which it is prom.
ed TO pay the officers named in the BILL.
1t may pogsiblybe found by a very nics
scrutiny, that they are one or two dol,,.
higher, or two or three hundred doln,
lower than the exact state of the times ;.
quire. This lam NOT disposed TO inves6
gate with fractional minuteness. Thesa.
laries have been proved by scvera Years
experience to suit their purposes tolerablv
well. H2E here is no reed whatever to rais.
them and / think there would be an i'm.
propriety in lowering them at this tine.
Before he resumetkhis scar, Mr. Mn,
chell said he would offer few further Oh.
servations OH salaries. Inhee, and esDe.
cially in republican governments, there
might be danger ofreducing them too low
AS republican he would concisely adyen
to Incorporation ofOery99rD salaries upon
the country at large. By such resula.
ton, which might be mistakenly termed
by some an economical one, all persons
notpossessing large hereditary, or acquired
estates, would be excluded from Office
There would thereby BE created monsd
aristocracy of the most odious and alarm.
ing kind. Ithad beenlong remarked, that
the most stern integrity, and the most use.
full talents, emerged from The middle, or
humber walks of.society. lie wishedtha
compensatons might be such as to. promote
the evolution Of genius and virtue, and
bring them from their modest or ssequcs
tered abodes into action. Ard in thisway,
well directed talents, would continue to
rule this land of freedom, as they always
had done, and Of right ought to do. lie
thought there was Faedium between too
much and too little, which it was desira
bic to lit. This was to allow manly merit
tocome forth, though not attended with
the Recommendations ofwealth. T!siswas
to apportion salaries to services, in the
way the bill proposed, neither with prola.
sion on the one part, nor parsimony on the
other
Mr.. Bedinger said his only objection
was to that part of the Dill which prevented
ian enquiry into the just apportionmentef
the several salaries allowed. He was ia
favour Of the general principle Of the Bill,
though from the circumstance he had stat.
ed he should be obliged to vote against
it.
The question was then taken on recon.
m;.ting the bill, and lost-Ayes 10.
Mr.. Goddard. l cannot content n set
with Silent vote on the passage Of tbs
bill. Although I am sensible that some q
its provisions are proper, there are special
circumstances unconnected with the gene
raj principle, that viii justify me in voting
against ii, however | maybe in fayoFoi
that general principle. allude to the g
mendment introduced on the motion OF the
gentleman from Massachusetts, CDR. Ep
stis.( That gentleman says, the amend
ment is not Introduced to reprobate tbs
measures of the past administration, but %
record a fact. What fact I'hat the actQI
1899 provided salaries and limited rhemjlo
two years, and no longer For such are
the words Of that law. No; but genera
.ly thar it established these salaries, implying
chat they were permanently established
A gentleman from Massachusetts, { h'
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