Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-01-02

eraI--but Tor a collectors or coustahle's
place, there are always some hundreds oi
candidates. Ills precisely rs if YOU want
cd man seven Rect high, for any service.
ion would find very few offering ,.,;n-
selves 10 Your rct,cc But ii YOU would
he con'rn' 10 have one at six, or under,
lecaidiiatrs would be sut,ic.eniis nn-
iGCrous.
do nn' recolcc, 10 haze heard more
: con'empiibie sOp!lism thar ti,e one have
jest - i'oscd, and 10 tell Tie truth, ine,er
Heard u iton any one, whose opinions
deserved evru ii,,s considerations.
principles lieii have endcavored
To establish, seem 10 have been entirely
diSrsgarded for some lime past, in Vr-
giDia. SORT OF underlined antpathy 10
sinccures-a we'd grounded objection 10
sNfravagant enoltiments, and an errous-
Gus estimate of republican simplicity
have induced us TO pare down the com
pensa'isn OF our pubic servants to the
| least possible sum for which we could in
general obtain even decent qualifications,
unaccompaniCdh by some degree OF wealth.
| II has b zen our reproacli, that we have
permitted individuals to impair their pri-
| vaie fortunes, m our service, and TO grow
superan"uated upon slender piitancc,
| barely sufficient 10 keep them from starry
ing. After having served their country
long aud ms,iully, in stations from which
they could no, y, ell retire, have known
| hoary-hvaded incumbenis of office 20 de
send inio the grave, with the bitter re-
Election OF leaving families Through no
Fault Of iheirs,) totally destitute: faluilias
wh'r'l living they were too poor to cdn-
cate, and dead, they were unable to pr
vide for. In The mean time, they had
Il .,.t l. a
their country towards greatness and
iceath. They had seen that I" fiuctua,ion
Ia The state of society" and IN the value
of money, which equally operated tn sink
tiem IN The scale, while il elevated less
useful and deserving men. But they had
seen il without complaining. II they fel,
the neglect and ingratiiude Of their conn
try, they suffered in silence. Perhaps
they trusted 10 iiai redeeming spirit, and
vita! energy OF rcpubiicaiiism - hich mig If
come indeed too late for them, but arons
Ell To a sense OF justice, would gid the
latter days of patriots IN their situation.
As the public attention has bren lately
called 10 tbs subject, both i'm congress
and the state legislature, propose in
another SUmber 10 examine the compen-
saiion, which IN this state is allowed TO our
legislative, executive and Judiciary Off
GERS, and 10 enquire whether in fixing the
salaries al each, we have not carried cur
parsimonious notions too far, and in or
anxiety 10 economize, lost sight boil, al
Justice and policy. FRANKLIN.
To- No remarks OF our own can add force 10
the lucid and elegant Essay OF Franklin Mosi
OF the State Officers receive in our Judgment
inadequate compensation for their services
The wages of the members OF the Legislature
| ought 10 be raised 10 tour or FIVE dollars: 10
take effect with the successors to the present
iDcumbents.-South Carolina has but few
days past, augmented the daily wages of her
members TO jire dOiiars.-Anoticr sister state
has just exhibited another example, worthy of
the imitation of Virginia North Carolina
whose Judiciary system confessediy very
imperfect, has organized "A Supreme Court.
consisting OF three members; instead OF having
the court of dernicr resort composed, as il re,
Gently was, of the Judges OF Circuit courts, &c.
These circuit Judges recently received 1000
for riding their circuits; and $500 for a reud
ing the superior court. We are told that the
Legislature, not content with the beneficial
Innovation of organizing superior court in.
depemdeut!y OF the circuit court Judges has also
done justice To these circuit court indges IN
raising their annual salary to S250O. South
and North Carolina can do Justice to t;;b!ic
othcers, Virginia surely eau. pnblic agent
ought moi TO receive too much nor ought he
to receive too Mtie.-rhere is a happy medium,
between starving talents out of Office and nj
making sthces the object of all inordinaie c,,.
pidity.-N e must also remember the dang,
which the States iucHr OF having their bes:
talents drawn OH by the offices of the United
States.