Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-02-03


and his friends, when they were in Do,.
| in the year 1899; and that the honor.s
gentleman may take it home and shew f
constituents, by an undisputed declara.;o
on the face of it, that this is the same -,
with that passed in 1899, and that il to.'
appear that we have done neither more y.
less than continue, without augmenss.;on
diminution, the salaries as essabisAej6,
!. theac OF 1899.
Mr. ]. Clay. Do MT intend to .rcul,. =.
house With any further obs. rys,ions on liz c,o.
raj merits OF ~ bj!i. Ihe gcnrtm.n {,
Massachusetts is the OILY eae, Who ~ my cp,;.
n.un has addncsd any Arguments wby tae;c
, la.irs shnua~Da rai.-1. Under the IDEA ;a, :,
answer is required, Insended to give Shin.
vote against the bill. wis by my vote, 10 .,
pose il in all its stages 70 the Lass. l will m,
therefore by vnting tor the present motion wish
a view 10 render it less cxcepuoaablc, become ,c
cessary to dry anoep9mcrts wbca may iodu,.
Others Ultimately ro.vote for it. My collrasu.
mr.. Smilic) has observed that thong my CA,
siauents N ght BE- hostile 10 this oil, vet I'm
his are mo-. | Congratulate him on the co, 6!ea.
bis constituents have ~ hin,, a conf .erce which
/ induced them inel7e9 20 agree with him IN vet.
irg against an increase Of these salaries, nd
which the lssr year made them concur IN voting
| for an increase.
M,. Smile explained. He had not, he ad
the honor Of seat IL thar iusr IN The ycat 80
when the salaries we're raised. he had ro,has
to do ~w,;f b. business.
M. Clay, beg my Colleagues pardon. !
was msiaktn, But there asc strdng rca,onsu
shtw that he salaries aie too high. Il an
not mistaken gentleman, who nov holds a.
bouoIabe situation il the government did inthe
year 1899 vote agairsr tie augmentation of these
salaries. know, lkewise, the place whereI
live, the }ecpie are extremely oPposcG to this
measure. The honorable gentleman from Mas.
sachusetts ID. Eusls) has stated reasons for an
increase Of salaries, whi.h ! trust VIII have ne
weight with this bous-. He states that in ether
countaes public men are rewarded with
peersge aad pension; ard that this is tie
eheae ST government on ea ii. As long ago rs
the year 74owe were told that tie uapplnss
OF monarchy could furnish oul many common
wealth. presume however, he gentleman did
is proper FIR public servants 70 batten on III:
spells Of the people. IL these are the sentiments
of the gentleman and ere correct, these salaries
it raised five times as high as they now are, viii
be ififniteiy too lew.
Dr.. Eustis. tits due to myself and TO
the House to do away he imputaticn ofthe
gentleman last speaking. never SAID glat
these salaries were incompetent because
they were not accompanied with a peer&gs'
or pension, Ut Ipredicated thor :ncom-
potency on the fact that they were barely
adequate to defray the necessary cxpeDces
of living. said, secondly, that the co.n.
.pensations were barely such as enabled tn:
Executive to obtain men OF talents, and
said further that they were lower rhan those
granted by any other government on earth;
because other governments mao other means
OF remunerating their officers than this CO.
vernment possesses. This is a fact known
to the honorable gentleman and 10 every
man in the nation. 1t is known that under
,monarchles there is first splendid eg.a-
blishment provided for the officers while in
PIdCC, dIlu dltCiWdIuS ulllGr TeNuDSIdlIOA
Mo- do not desire in this country to
see elthermonarchy, peerage, orePensions;
and without pretending to any particular
knowledge OF the sentiments oil the gentle
mans Constituents, may say that min0
are as averse as his can be 20 any thing that
wears the appearance of monarchy, and as
unwilling to give away ashiIing ofthe pub
lie treasure unnecessarily. But lido know
at the same time, that shey fell pride in
paying tor public services. They know
from fatal experience, from having paid
their own officers too low, the necessity OF
an adequate compensation. In my part OF
the union there exists the same jealousy O.
Yer the public expenditure; it is saiutary,
and rejoice to see it. But Ike, the IL