Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-01-20

= ght to Instruct that house and such
I,lractises, il submitted to, would D.
Is.roy Legislation. Tie said that tn
whole doctrine OF instructions origi-
Imated in the feudal system, and wa.
unknown to the ancient pure repuo-
ilics and he affirmed that il any one
lof the gentlemen there present WHIT
talked Of repeating their own delise-
lrate act, merely because their consti-
ituents instructed them to do it. were
ltola that 4ristides and Phocion re-
,lceived and were governed by instruc-
,ltions, that gentleman would set them
down az cheats and imposters. He
then adverted to the merits of the
lease and demonstrated the good poll
Icy Of giving To the members of that
house a diSEifed standing, by using
TALL possible means to attract talents.
,character and activity from all quar-
tiers. and to throw open the doors To
i genius aud virtue Repulsing them
10y .penury, he said, would be dcstruc-
i tive economy. Talents were, in TINS
country. property, and in order to
draw them from pirate to Legislative
pursuits, they must be rewarded. Ii
i "a seat In thar hsIse was inferior l..
many Df the Offices of the house. VIVA,
!. bccafae Of the theory OF the constitu-
1 tian I? The possessor in order u
lresch the height proportional to liz.
.lp,wtr,,sions. would let himself b,
\ taken 81 tie Executive hand, am
j becoming a fayori;a, Where would be
! M last The accountability Of the exc
lIc,tivc. That i'atins power, he
said, ought to be destroyed, and a
), barrier to be iuserposcd between thu
two branches, The independence ol
i the members OF that hcuse was the ON
ily barrier, and therefore he still
thought as he did tic last session.
. that 800 ddiaSs year was too little,
and that $500 wou!c Fat the house
, Where it ought 70 be.
Mr.. Wheaton made vcrY shrcwdi
INFECTIOUS. and bumo.rous succcIl-,
t have rarely heard hnmour more grave
or irony more sarcastic. Abiding
to Mr.. Randolph 5 lioIosiliCu 10 re-
fund the excess 81 compensation re
: cciscd over Rad above the os;i sin dol
lars Il day, ac sain tnat ii the house
/ had with polluted hamds taken the
1 property Of the peWlc, they ought
e not only To refund the excess, but as
: ny taking it they must have poliutcd
{ the rest. tlcy ought te refund thu
; WE;s, aud ser5e MT the year by way
OF ...gaEce, isr nothing aus as hc
. " ~ 70; ransgtols tina. ~ hal done
arg wrong as he wssenns need that
the house mad right IL liz tic COM
neESatiGR, and as ne beloved i.s ser
i'SiCcs 10 be worth the money, ai.'
himself lawfully entitled TO j.. he fclt
J, no remorSe oi conscience Wa tcyel
for having taken ii, and did rot in-
, tend to refund cent. The i,sisia-
tuge ct Massachusetts he said had
! written TO hin tn vote for raperi Of
l Tie law. lie had a great icsprct for
that iegislature--but il they had {.
I right to consider him wrong in voting
for the law. he hau IA right in ret IN,
to consider them wrong in censdr.ng
the law {; tao more particularly as
they well knew that since the tine
when Congress Ext the compensa ion
at six dollars day, the sa'ari : Of
their CHIEF and associate judges ':ad
5scn raised in the proportion Of taire
10 one, and that ut that time. hpr-
scs keep for "a i.aurs Was cn'y II
MS, and an excellent dinner in Il
tdy crn only seventeen also. and Must
therefore be III their COnScicnces con-
inred that il six dollars a day was
mot too much at that time, 1900 dol
: ,afs year could not DC too much
iGow.
! Many oth"rs spoke. and a; a late
hour the question was taken by the
iAYES Il NOES, on the six dollars
anu negatihed by a majority Of ten.
Ayes, sl-Noes 81.
From the Boston Evening Intel.igsncer,
J Ian IL