Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-21

denied that the grant OF bre'et had pay
annexed to it by the law. unless where
the officer acted in separate post--and
vet what was the consequence OF even
that indulgence f-Why, the War De-
partment vss.incsssantly importv"ed by
brevet officers to place them at separate
posts-not because their services ~e'e
wanted there but that they might re-
ceive the pay annexed to that situation
To corr ct, and at one stroke cure this
grievance, was, he said, the object OF tie
motion. That it the public exlsencIes
required the services OF those officers at
separate post, they were, under The act
Of 1912, entitled to pay, he would be the
last to deny-But to their right to be
paid when they got there, solely by their
own importantly, he for one, would never
agree. 1t was a fragrant abuse, aud 1t
ought to be corrected.
Mr.. Mercer said that the remedy for
that abuse was to correct and prevent
repetition Of it, not to ab1ogate the Ia"
abused.
General Harrison said that the Officers
actually perfsIming duty as brevets,
would be thrown out along with the 9th
ers, if this motion passed and
Mr.. Ba.aUm insisted that while the
law was unrepealed, the appropriation
ought not to be withheld. 10 strike out
the section was the same as to say, that
though ,hsy had passed all act promising
to pay those officers. they would withhold
their pay from them. II any q them
were appointed to posts. the war depart
ment was responsible for the abuse. And
upon the whole it vas unworthy OF the
house, for SO small sim, to get rid Of
such solemn pledge.
AS | have already gone to the fall
length Of my customary te!her, | should
stop here, it it were not once more to en-
deavcr to do justice to my old favo lite,
Mr.. Ogle. lis sail that if the house was
positively assured of permanent peace,
ltmight be wise policy, OF certain kind,
to withhold these peoples pay flom them
because it would save SO much money,
and could do no harm BY discouragng
men from fighting iur US hereafter. Blu
as he believed that if we cid not become
mere virtuOus than We are, We should
soon have another war, he thought il
would be best TO pay these officers, by
way Of an inducement hereafter TO Otn-
ers to fight for US. Resides, (oa;d hel
will it not look like trick, to promise,
and not pay them ?-Laok at E gland
tcuntisued he)-2nd sure nc one will pre-
tend to compare England with this coun-
try-the English purchased an estate OF
eighty thousand pounds sterling year
for Lord Weilington.-There was trs-
eating for you! As to an army ct 1000
men destroying cur Liberties, he would
not believe that 100000 could do it-for
American soldiers were all virtuous citi.
zens. Not was not soldiers 1t was
ambitious citizens-sreat men--nabobs
that would do that job for US, il ever it
was to be done at all. AS to this mode
of paying brave men for fighting our
quurre!s, it was not such as he could APP
prove o." How dill YOU lose your legs,
my poor fellow ?--Where did you lose
your arms s-No matter-WE will pay
you for them-dou't be afyaid-we will
pay you-with wIsD-with BREATH with
promises but as for money-why that
is a dear article at present" Now L."
continued Mr.. Ogle, " | want them to
have little OF it 10 cash."
The following gentlemen were on Mon
dav last elected Directors OF the Bank Of
Alexandria, for the ensuing year:
William Herbert