The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-02-28

what Is truly called The prodieality al parsi
mony. The gentleman thinks the salaries oi
: our foreign Ministers are too low, md there
lore, TINT they must be aked ont by these al
. ewanees from the contingent lnnd-out oil
what Is called the secret service money. The
gentleman is right rs TO the existence OF such
: fund. II was appointed. aud perhaps pro.
perly.for Washington was 10 bo tie hrst who
was charged with IT. disbursement. Bat, air
our early Presidents always made II n point OF
honor 10 return this fund untouched. They
said to the nation, on trusted me with your
purse, hive had no occasion 10 use II, here
II is; count the money there Is rs much by
tale aud rs much by weight, as | received
from yon-but was IL ever drean,t that such
n fund wasever In be plA into the hands of
! the President ct The Uhiied States 10 furnish
him with the means OF rewarding bis favor
ties No, Sir II was 10 nay those whit.
ers and ohamber-mads. and evesaroprefs,
aud parasites, aud nrnders, that lie geatlo-
man told ms of on The other side oil the water
aud there il might be all very figlh and
ptopsr.--hut not here, Sir becRnSe We Halter
ourselves That the state OF morals IN The r0up-
/ Try Is such rs Ia sape ~ from any speh ne
| cessitv. M gentleman would understand
/ him rs sprnkins OF the sums which Ind been
+ placed al the disposal of different Presidents,
10 n vnst oDeunt, fer The purpose nj negotis-
! Ting with the Batbary Powers, &c, hut of
thai amount set apart, aud generally known.
as secret service money. Mr.. Jefferson used
small portion OF this fund one year, 10 pay
some expenses in relation 10 Burr's eoUspirh-
cy, which was not allowed nj the treasury.
Sir, with regard to the old billiard 'nble. which
il salh 10 have eosl some fifty dolnts, II Is
a subject should never have mentioned |
consider TINT game ns a healthy, manly, ras
] iional mode OF exercise, when the weather II
/ surh MS 10 conine ms within doors. shall
! certainly never join IN any cant or clamor
gaiest II look upon il rs suitable piece
/ OF furniture in the house of any gentleman
who can afford II, where IL IL allowed by
law as il is here aud throughout thu State of
| Mary aud should bn sorry five we're
10 proscrbe that manly aud innocent Bmuse.
men'. II have any objection TO thai item,
II is that such a pitiful article should IIaye
been bought. lwould have given him one
TIA, cost five hundred dollars, aud | would
have voted the appropriation with cheerful
ness. NV objection 10 fuch charge Is, thai
II isa shabby affair. aud looks too much like
sneaklng attempt to propitiaie. by the
eheapnesss nt the thing, popular displea.
sure. The attempt TO keep the thing ont
Of sight, only makes the maitnr sill
worse. do not charge the, gentleman from
North Carolina with my such intention, but
This seems 10 me 10 be too small matter.
would strike NJ higher game. The gentleman
from Massachusetts saws that Frnnkln receiy-
ed n higher compensation than Mr.. Adams
aud other Ministers OF these times, He did
Sir, aud whit WIS the answer which TINT
shrewd aud sensible man gave (or Poor
Richard had always M eye 10 the mnin
chance) when his accounts were sfrutInised
into, AID his receipts were doomed exorbl-
tant II was this, Sir Thou shAlt not mug
ze the OK that trendeth ont the Germ. The
very answer, Sir, that myself gave in Nor
rison's Hotel in Dullin 10 Sqtirsfn aud an
agent Fora description of ,hese varieties oil
: ,he plaques of Ireland see Miss fdgwprlh--
delightful. ingenious, charming, sensible wit
ty, inimitablr though moi unimiiateh, Miss Edg
worth When deserbing the misery olthr South
a. West of Ireland, that hid lately travelled
over, was asked, md what would You do
pray, sir, for the relicl Of Ireland wilh ~
air ihai none bn Miss Edgworth can describe
and TINT no one tint has not been ia lresne
can conceive, MYreply was, would nnmnz
PIE the OK that treadVlh oul the corn and
s had like 10 have got myself into a sad sCrap'
+. 'by II my one who has been IN ireland vii
j, readily understand. Yes Sir, was dispasei
IN give To the houseless. naked shiVeling
5 halt-starved Irish lahOrer, something like il
: fair portion Of The product Of his toll, OF TIN
+ produce oi the land on which be br.alhes, In
/. but does not live, to pUt vituals into ~ stn
i. mach, clothes mon his back, and sometime
I like a house over his head, in4iend of III
! wretched pig sly, that IS nov his only habiin
lon--sheller II IS none, and this was Just tli
, last remedy that an Irish agent or middle
man, or iylhe-proctor, or absentee woul'
S prescribe or 5ahmiI 10
But Sir, 10 return These salaries are 10
. 1 an
E There ia one tombstone of such a qnestion-il
! the ayiditY with which those situations a.
. sought--l will not say,bylme mbcrs Of his llons
1--WE arr hardly deemed OF suilirlem rank 10 II
them. Sir, so long these foreign missions AZ
: sought with avidily soiong AS members Of Cor
: eress, and not OF this House only, chiefly
j. will bow, aud cringc and duck aud f,wn, an
, get out oflhe way at pinchng vote or len
"A helping hand AT pinching vote TO obtain iIies
. places, never will consent TO enlarge the salar
! attached 10 them Small as the gentleman tell
g, MS those salaries are viii take ii On me To 81
that theYare three times ~ grratas the nett pro
5 cecds oil his estate made by auy planter on III
! Roanoke. But fhpn, we are told that they lis
] Al 81 Petersburg and Loadon aud thai Twin
+ tlferc IS very expensive. Wen, sif who zen
9 them there Who pressed them to % there
! Ncro tbrv impressed sir Were ibey taken b
! a press gang. on Iowcihill. knocked down hau
. eu6ed, chuckcd on board ola tender. and toll
! that they must take the pay and faiions wbie
: ms Majesty WAS pleased TO allow 2 No sue
= thing dr. ! viii now quit this subject, and sa,
only this that, oniiMnster. Mr.. Adams1 wa
paid for a constructive journey--tha, thlnk
Z the phrasc--whicb means neither more nor les
- than journey which was never performed,
: Here Nh Everett made gesture ofdissent.
, The gentleman shakes his head. Sir, we shnl
see more fthis hereafter, but will reason onl,
alphabetically. lfthe gentleman IL question
while be- renained Ht 81. Petersburg, c0nl,
make the journey imputed 10 him, il beats IN
famous journey from Mexico TO Iacubaya, u
far as some distance, however small, *
: ceeds no distance whatsoever. Sir, ifn gen
fiemap from Washington goes 10 Georgetown
or 10 AeSandria, yes, sr, Sor 10 BladenSbuTg.
viii acknowledge that he performs, a. least II
: some sense, SORT of journey, But not II he re
maine A this and M ypf aftfe nuf al How