Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-01-10

pensaiion, except as 10 one mcmbeI
! (,rom Connecticni) who had expressed
his views respecting il by Il vote whicll
he gave al HE last session, &c. Regard
| my The subject Ell tins bill, Mir. &. said
he trusted he Should no, be found 10 oc-
cupN Il single n,oment at it!e time Of the
| House in discussing il. Every member
| had certainty by HAS lime made up his
/ mind on Tins subject, aud he did not sap
| pose tina, amy argument herecouid HAY c
any effect On his decision. Al the same
| niae, he said, lie should BIZ sorry 10 ste
his worthy colleague, or any other mcn-
| Der, restrained in the slightest degree
| from the exercise ot the indubiiab!c night
! he possesses, 10 offer his sentiments TO
| the House.
Mir Hoinics, Of Mass. said the gentle
| man ough, not 10 attribute blame 10 .i,u,
| II any there WAS, for urging The consider
alton OF this bill. It was not taken np
to-day on the suggestion of his oMn mad,
bur al the instance of other gentlemen.
| -Noihn9, AR. II. said, could induce
him to enter into tie debate on this
| subject, which he knew would be 10 no
| purpose.
Mir. Osie, OF Penn. replied to part of
! Mr. Desha's remaslls. lie tho repre-
scented farmers, bat not men who wished
| persons 10 labor for them at certain
loss. Would any respectable farmer,
himself, Mr.. O. asked, agree To leave his
| farm 10 manage Itself, when he knew t.Iat,
! il lie did, lie a.Id iiSiunily wenid become
| bcggars. Certainly lie vcuhs not; he
| PAYS hose who work iol him, aud would
expect To be paid limseli FOR his saerifi-
ces and labor In lie Discharge ot public
| duties and il WAS correct principle, he
1 4 Ri
| for their services. In regard TO the sort
oftalent necessary for Congress, MIR. ..
| suggested thai Il Gradual scale Of com
| pensation might be made, II, ny Irepan-
/ ming, the braius ci all the men bcrs could
| be taken ont, and their actual value as
cer,ained by weIght-in which case he
did not know bat he NIGH, himself come
IN for small pay. But nine dollars d day,
he humbiy thought, WAS compensation
small enough iOr Just secompense tor
| attendance here and, though he repre-
seniCd farmers, he had never heard il sug-
! geSicd that that was TOO much. On
! this subject, Mr.. @. said, Lc had no in
] Stfuctions from his constituents {: he
/ should vote, therefore, uot!Or popularity,
! bat for what lie conscieuilousiy believed
was Just. He most sincerely believed, he
repeated, that men who served tile public
Ough 10 be paid; and did not consider
/ i, reasonable expectation that men were
! 10 devote their lives TO tins object purely
from patriotism. tie hoped, he said,
that majority Of this committee would
oil This occasion give correct votes--not
with "a view TO reelection, but to JUS
| tice.
The question was then taken on strlk-
ing out nine and inserting sir, as The daily
compensation, and negatNed.
MIR. Linn, OF New Jersey, then moved
TO strike ont nine, and insert eight which
motion was negatived by small majo-
rity.
Mr. BasSett, of Virginia, moved to strike
ont nine, and insert nothing; which would
leave the bill open for any sum; which
motion was negatlved.
! Mr.. Somhard, of New Jersey, then
moved 10 reduce The allowance for fra
yelling expenses, from nine 10 Sir dollars
for each twenty miles; which motion WAS
also negatived.
Some merely verbal amendments were
made to the bill, and the committee rose
and reported the bill.
The bill being immediately taken up
Mr.. Paris, of Mass moved to strike
ont the word mAe, as applying both TO
compensation and TO mileage, and 10 IN
| Sert sir lieu thereof.
Mr.. Harrison, of Ohio, IN explaining
what would otherwise appear an 3COn-
sistemcy in the vote lie WIS aboutto give,
said, that lie was aware iAat, III order TO
| preserve in Congress talents of proper
| grade, and 10 enable men of moderate
| property 10 come to Cougsess without
! loss, higher compensation was rbccs
! sarv tliais had heretofore been allowed TO
! members of Congress. But, said he,
| holding, as we ITO, the key of the troasu-
| nv, we ought not 10 do ourselves even
justice before we do il TO others, whose
! claims are stronger q OF longer standing.
| Whencvcr justice was done 10 the suffer
| eys in the war Of the revolution, and not
till then, Ina should be prepared 10 do JUS
! tlce TO ourselves.
| Mr. Ross required the yeas and nays
OH the question now pending.
| On suggestion of Mr.. Cotston of Va
the question was so divided, as TO take il
separately on the compensation and on
the mileage.
MIR. Ogie said, he should still vote as
| he bad done in committee, not allowing
! TO the suggestion of the gentleman from
Ohio the weight he attached to if. Eve
| ry man Showed his patriotism AND gene
rosiy by personal acts; aud, TO accom-
! pish the object that gentleman had spo-
| ken Of said Mr. D. | would distribute a.
| nIong these sufferers cue half of my paw
AN Whist have loaf remaining, 10
| poor distressed soldier shall want Ore half
! of it. But Mr.. O. said, he well knew
government was able 10 pay all last
claimants and he would not for his part,
deny Justice to one, because llic country
HAD hitherto neglected 10 60 justice :" o.