Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-02-29

/ ia :. he bram from lis own eye before
| { attempted "a Take ouI iAe moIcir0m
rs brothers eye ~ Rad he,-u his .niS
'nriuOr, MI. X. SAID, especially aimee The
agitation Ui this Missouri question. moi
:" hr able 10 sleep 0'uigbis, aud he con.
srqueui'y often rose before day break
/ These early ris!n.s had been the means
OF putting him on The scrul--he was no.
sue, of The true .aUc-bui oi something
! ike peculaiInn, ~ abuses, III very small
wiv-iD the coming, mt expenses Of this
| House. IL believes us, SAID Mr.. X. as
The guardians OF his lmpprium in impcrio.
II We are arraignei IA, HE public ba -
much more II We arraigu olhers-thai
! we appear uih clean ham,.s--ihai lhe,e
be no bio, cr stain upon IN IA. H. the
coarse Of NV lncubra,ions, nave sume~
times started a question which, although
! we may approximate 20 the truth, S as
| impossible Ia % a>certainrd as The uuaU-
nature oi the cuc!e: and will no doubt
! be dlScOve ed With the solution OF that
OPP r"briumo geOmcirS,.wi The philo-
sopber'> stone, HE perpetual motion, or
the grand arcduwm-Iie Eirir Vit1 IL
s"ii-"hen men shall quaH Immortality
anu JoN--or rather mi cry for dealh,
sir, with all his ierrors, is our best
freud, If we krou bow Il use lite. and
I
and strife of this irumprry rlL.....
av contpu d Mr. Il. en- ,-avoured TO
ascertain the pay of member of Cou-
gre~s bat, with all the means | have
used, u has eiui'd my search, AMI will
continue so 10 do, have 20 drub., 10
lie nd. Those Who write circular lei
t"rS, aud keep up avUlu.Uinous CORES
pondrucc, and those Who receive more
letters than Others, receive, tirouge the
privilege of ranking aud stationary, Il
greater compensation ihau Others. H.,
would mcntIOn one fact 10 show hov II
Is the nature Of abuse 10 grow on what n
Tee $ on-and II may be oniinuus, IT may
cut lONc'-Itiey hal made HIM, Tor the
hrsl TIME III % years, present al this
session, OF Il knife an, he briit we'd he
should carry II hone as "a Spoiia opilna.
and band y down az d trophy ri lis pub
lic service OF some twenty years arly
inur,rtn OF whrh-jnsi double The Time,
Nj. Il SAID, thai Jacob had served Tor
Ka''e Iva hren spent IN opposition IL
"hai i allied Cove m,ui--f lie com
ne"ceL political apprenticeship in
ne raj ks q oppusiil"1 and, gould hr
add fourteen more "a them, he suppD sed
som poh,icai Labau would doublr his
scr liudc, and condemn him 10 loi!
~ u barr, Ii field o! opposition Tor be
drSpalrrd al seeing any man rircted Pre-
>IdrGi whose conduct he should entirely
approNr-he should never he in favor al
court, as he had, somehow, az great an
aiorrlty al getting into u minority as
h"ursi ia, Il FalslaH hah at sticking. IN
was perhaps tie place he was l., ST fiiie:
fot, Nr Il. said, a. he had not strength
to encounter the details aud drutlyery of
huSiurss-'lahii had rendered il familiar
10 hiiu and, after all, il WAS moi without
rs sweets a. we'll a. IT, Buffers, since II
involved the gluiaus privilege of finding
fauiI-one very dear 10 he deprav d
condition of poor human nature.
bun 81 relation 10 The cen ing Mt fund
oi This House. said MIR. r. when he hat
he honor OF belonging To the committee
OF Ways abd Means, they wire 30 IN
c'Ssah''y pes'tred with accounts tor
candles, and wood, and mnlasses aud
water, aud what moi, thai al last, al his
suggestion, Committee Was raised ey-
preSsly 10 audii aud SETTLE The accounts
81 ihr contingent expenses 81 tins House.
ieopir were constantly coming TO thai
Committee and complaining that they
could not gel paid, although The clerk
showed Their receipts IN iul. They were
asked how VAS this? AMI were ans - er-
ed by these men, that they we're Obliged
10 give receipts M imll 10 The CT. rb, be-
lore they could gel Their conlra,ts, and
ihen he would not pay them, II being
pe'sonal engagement of his own. They
were told bl Ike commit Ge that II VAS an
affair between themselves aud HE Click
that they had bought the contracts b,
letting the Clerk have The use OF their
money, aud that IL iacIr = eel turned orl
a sour, they Dusi make the best Of bar
gam rchiia"i' to nciiDerpariS, and made
al our as well as their expense. Whether
o. not they ever got paid, MIR. r. old nol
know. lie Knew Thar liIal Clerk was
public dciau!ter, aud he vas BOi SURE the
balance du, Joy hin had been paid. Mr..
II. cast no ImpUlaliom on The present
Cle'k. The abuse 10 which he referred,
VAS moi under his control. Mr.. Il. then
read the resolution. as ipiiows:
Orderei, That the Clerk do prepare and Law
before ms House. d statement OF the annual
amount II tne contingent exppnces thereof
iToh tie CONNIE cement of The present 90
Netnhrnt TO the 3Oti, OF November last dis
'in- nisiinS the expense OF Stationary, Print
~ ineI lights, furniture. attendants aud
thtn assistants; vita statement of the
amount 5nd Dature OF the perquisites of each.
Mr Il. wished The account. oi The pre-
s'm' session KEEP separate, Tor they would.
he thought, constitute n curiosity, v0-
iu'n" III themselves. This, ii would be
obs rvrd, Was not d joint resolution. He
lee med too re'ercuily OF tie honor Uf The
oih'r bOdl, and knew TOO we'll what
"a> du ~ Comfy and courtesy bet ~ cen
ihr iwo Houses, 10 mpddlp With ih.iy
dH,I-s. 1t thea, managr their affair, ~
ihr1F O"n way, said Mr.. r. ills a maxim
vcfE dear To me on oihej. subjects, tn. an
ing ilir Missouri Question, IL was ungCr.
Sinod,) a. well as this.
lac resolution was agreed TO.
| FRIDAY, FEB %.