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

hertson. lou. EuggleS, Savage, Schuyler. Slo-
cumb, Alex. smy,h, speed. Spencer, stcirs,
| Sucne. Sucther, iailinadsc, Terrell. Terry,
| Ioeipkips, Tucker, Va. uphdm, Wallace,
WemdoVer, Whitman, Williams, n. Y. Wukin
| -ial.
so the motion was resa.ned.
The question was thee; taken or sirik-
ing out niae and Inserting si.e dollars as
the allowance for every 20 miles travel
10 and from Congress; which noiion
Mas decided by Meas and Nays, as tol-
lows:
For The amendment S3
Against II as
SO tbs amendment MAS carried.
Mr.. Latte, OF Mar, land, then moved to
strike out maze and insert in lieu thereof
etgdt dollars as the daily pay.
AIR. BasSett sad that ne had voted "a
gainst eight dollars IN the committee OF
the Whole, because he preferred sir. He
should now vote for cig,&t, because he
could not succeed IN obtaining Sir
Mr.. PoinGerieI, OF Mississippi, said,
thai, us lie travelling allowance had been
reduced Ia six, ilie pay ought To be re-
duccd 10 The same rate /: for that certain
~ the travelling was The most laborioHs
part ut the duty la perform for those who
lived AZ amy distance from the seat osgov-
cfnmeni.
Dir. .ichnson, of Kentucky, concurred
entirely III the opinion, that the travel
ling was the hardest part OF the Repre-
seniaiives duty, IN apecuulary view, and
for which memhcrs had not heretofore
been sufficiently paid. I'hrrewere occa-
SONS on which we were under an obliga-
ton 10 perform graiuilous services Tor
our country but surely this was not one
ell them. He too, he said, should vote
for The reduction of the pay, because he
hoped the mileage and the pay, whatever
they were fixed al should be at the same
raie.
The question OF reducing the daily pay
from nine 20 eight dollars, was then de-
cidct as fuliows
YEAS-Messrs. Allen, VI. Anderson. Pa
Ans;in, Baldwin, Bd.l, Barbour, Va. Bassctt,
Ba,eman, Baylcy, Beiiiucer, Bennett, Bloom
field, biount, boden. Boss, BurweIl. Camp
bell Claiborne, Comstock, CooS, Crafts, Cru
ger, Desila, Drake, Earle, Edv ards Ellicott,
Erving, ). G. Floyd, Gage, Garnrtt, Hale
Harrison, Hendricks, Herbert, Herkimer,
Herrck, Hester, Hitchcock, Holmes, Mass.
huntingdon, johnson, Zen. Lewis, Linn, Lit
tie, Livernore, M'Lane, W. Macay, w. p.
Maclay, Mari, Merrill, Moore. Morton, II.
Nelson, L. NJ. Nelson, New, Paris, Peter
PieaSants, PcindeXter, Porter, Guarlcs. Reed,
Hhea, Rich, Richards, Robertson, Lon. Ross,
sampson, Savage, Scudder, Settle, Seybert
shaw, sherwood, $. Smith, Bal Smith, j. S.
Smith, Southland, Spaugler, Speed, Tarr, lay
Tor, Tompkius, Townsend, I'rimble, Tucker.
Va, Tucker, 5. c. Tyler, Upham, Walker, n.
Z. Walker, Ken. Wallace, Westero, White
side, Williams, Con. Williams, G. Wilkin,
Wilson, Penn.-99.
kANS-Messrs Abbot, Adams, Allen. Mas.
Anderson, Ken. Barber, Ohio. Beecher, Bry-
AN, Butler, Claggett, Cobb, Colsten, Crawford,
CuShman, Darlington. FOlger, Forney, For
syth, Fuller, Hall, Del. Hall, n. &. Hasbrouck,
HOgg, Holmes, Con. Hopkinson, Hubbard,
Il l. it'll. Il
Lawyer, Lowndes, MCoy, Marchand, Mason,
Mass. Mercer, Middleton, Miller, NIoseIy,
Mumford; Murray, Neshitt, Ogle, Orr, Owen,
Palmer, PARROT, Patterson. Pawng, Pndall,
Pitkin, Ringgold, Robertson, Ken. Ruggles,
Sawyer, Schuyler, Silsbee, Siocomb, Alex.
Smyth, Spencer, Stous, Strong, Strether,
Stuart, TallnIadge, Terrell, Terry, Wendoyer,
whitman, Williams, n. Y.-iO.
SO the daily pay was fixed at eight dol
lars.
Mr.. Little then moved to reconsider the
vote by which The travelling expencGs had
been reduced 10 six dollars, with aview to
Tx II al eight which would makei it stand
on the some footing as heretofore, but at
a little higher rate.
MIR. St,other, of Virginia, intimaled, for
The information of the House, that he
meant, when he had an opportunity, TO
move 10 strike out eigM and insert Sir dol
lars for tie daily pay, and for reasons he
assigned. His wish had been, he said,
that ample compensation should be given
for services rendered; that in discharging
tlGeir important duty, the members ofthis
body should beab!c TO support themselves
independently. Finding, however, that
his views could not be accomplished, he
would bend 10 what the House had been
assured vas public opinion; he would sa-
critice the conviction of his mind 10 The
momentary feeling of the country. 1t
had been said, by gentleman from Ken
lucky, tMr. Johnson,) whose remarks
would always have weight with him, that
the duty OF travelling WAS the most labo-
rious a Representative had TO perform.
That gentleman, said Mr. s. has had a
wide experience; with industry unceas-
ing, and honesty unsupported, he has
been for many years attending the duties
OF bis station here-and his opinion is en-
titled 10 weight. 1t therefore six dollars
was considered by The House as sufficient
allowance for mileage, twas al.-sutiicient
as recompense TO The members when
stationary here. Being about to take ID
course, which, connected with his former
votes, would, without explanation, assume
the appearance of discrepancy-an idea
lie abhorred as an Individual or ass MEM
Der, he had thought ii his duty to make
these remarks. They we're drawn from
him by the necessity which every man in
public life is under, to keep far from him
the suspicion OF a want OF hrmness, or of
vaccillatDg policy.
mr. Lille Thought it necessary, after
what the gentleman bad said to slew
that such conduct as he had referred 10
was certainly not imputable to him, (Mr.
ID I did indeed, said lie, vote 10 strike
oui nine and insert sir, MOI that thai SUN