Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-02

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within the omnvotous capacity o| confingencies'"
They must have been personal, such more splendid
arms. richer gorgeousness of dress, and lottier
plnmage. Although this might be very appropriate
and necessary ON mission TO .noScoo or Sc Peters
bnrgh yet could Il not have been practised in any in
tercoursc with the WiInebago warriors. Thus rea-
son tor do1bie salary, given by tho gentleman from
Pennsyivana, docs therefore not seem To exist.
Was there any implied contract Tan express one is
not aieged) to pay this gentleman double compen-
satiom What practice has been established an thus
particular! 1t is admitted by the gentleman from
ONO, Mr. Vance,) that other example has oc-
Cured In one other instance military officer was
employed Ia negotiate treaty with The Indians and
received pay both as a General and diplomatic min
lster The admission, is by the gentleman from
Tenne see, (Mr Polk,) denounced as "gratuitous;'
and he threatens, by way OF re aaton, to tell about
certain oihe iitus n9irdu0is' who, he saws,
demanded, after settlement of accounts, certain
half outfits" am perfectly indifferent, and the
mover of the amendment has told him that he
has no anxiety concerning any of his mcnac ed
disclosures. II the present chief eistrate when
III military service, did, as diplomatic minister. dc
inand, III addition TO his pay n general, salary
for negotiation tr,aty with the Creek nation who
will question his right to make that demand, or his
BELIEF that he was justly cnttcj to that comucnsa-
ton IL he received both pay and salary at Ire sae
ttme, who VIII say the Executive, which called for
the appropriation, and the Congress- which made il
did not teiicre him entitled reeeire them bou'-
The gcntleman from Tennessee need not be alarmed
No member of this House advocating this amend
TO what appears to him fearful lie disquicts
himself in VAIN The mysteries of which he seems
to have constituted himself the 'iOnti(r ei,aus
are not approached by the proianc vulgar The
mournu! Anxiety OF The gentleman would better be-
come the waxing devotee of some decGyed supcrsti-
ton. IT do not worship, WILL no, blaspheme;
though the priest might more appropriately ser We at
the ceremonial OF some Egyptian temple, than Offer
himself TO tedd the II lie is determined 10 hgr,
one. either here or into Africa
Does the gentleman believe, that no honest man
may claim, and receive money not due To hm3 Men
may mistake tile facts; they may misconstrue tho
law. Many Claims are allowed by error many are
50 rejected WIh class all such claimants tu
or, aud call them dishonest ncu' II General lack
son eXacted pay both as HsSO!Idlor, & as a General
al the time, he doubtless believed his SERVICES
entitled linn Ia it, and the Executive who allowed
hun that double CompensatiOn did, without question
IND some quality III those services which he cousil-
cred loniTdnt Tor thst payment am told by some
gentleman on my right, lnat Slr Clay is the Other
'illusirouS ndividul, who the gentleman from 1nn
ncssec m"naces To tell us claim, d and did nor m
ccive, or claimed and did receive the one half of an
Oulht Tor diplomatic services. once examined, and
now invite all men to examine. this alteration. bur
lor myself Will az thus lime 20 into no discussion of
It. donot speak to darkcn council by words with
out knowledge II Henry Clay has CHARGED false
account against his country; IT he has cqiue9 or re-
cared uneaincd compensation; then are tho homes =,
the world bIIghed The earth has received lis las,
allotment Of justice. That glorious attribute of Dci
ty has thrown down her scales and her sword and
gone back To the skies. Eaheh0od and f,,aUd shall
hencgo'th hold the high places among meu; and the
world become one vas Pcniieatary for the perne;ra
tiUn aud reward OF crimes, for the uroscrin,;, rd
punishment Of innocence.
II no instances of dOv5ie corpensa,ion ran sust;,
by course of Precedcnts, the allowance imended 10
DC corrected by this amendment BY what law brn,pI,
ID aid can II be supported Ii has not been
on any page OF The statute books and | believe. #
examined by principle, II will be left withou, suhss
teice. Tins subject received The very early a,tcr-
I finn NJ n ('NfaSft ft,st.. Il
found, that 1t resolved by that BODY on the Ia,L
OF September, 1875, that officer in tie continental
army be allowed to hold more than one commission
or To receive pay but IN capacity at the same
time Under this law, when Col John Laurcns
was, by Congress, sent very important d,plornnf
&c mission 20 France, IN 1880, bis military nav uss
siopt for nine months during the conrnuance If b;s
mission. has that law beea repealed either bv opv
enactment or by any long established course of Drgc
tice, IN contraventiun Of 1t? The same army WHICH
was raised by that Congress- does under yaroIts mod
lhcntons, Eist aud is the army of the United STATE
at htS time. The articles Of established for the
government of the continental army are with revs
Ions and improvements, present system of militia
~ laws. The present government, though with
enlarged political 20 Ses, derived from lie neorlo
did nevertheless succeed TO all the substantial oblga
tons OF the confederation. In Il great VARIETY oF
questions, on claims on lands, on military pensions.
aud on remuneration for services, we lerisatn undcr
the paramount resolutions of the continental
by what law, then, are released from the obGuiion
VI "'t IeeOIu'lOH VI tHut congress which prohibits
any OF tie army from receiving tco concentrations
at the same timer Let it be, the purpose Of This
debate, admitted that the services of General NJ
Neil we're, III negotiating the WInnebago treaty ms
distinguished, and as tcnctcni 10 the United States
as those OF Col Laurens III 1890, la negotiating wi h
the King Of Franco loan Of ten millions of francs
Tor the use OF the country at that gloomy and dscour
aging period Of the revolution II the law then
could aHOW to COL Laurens bat one compensation
how can the same law for it is not alleged that we
have any ohcr) Hoto great 10 Gen. Ml'Nell tuo7 A
single instance of departure from this law III the
course OF more than fifty years, only evnces that
rule must he we'll settled, whom but one exception to
Us uniform operation be found in our history.
That exception must have been sustained by is O15a
peculiar circumstance; and can never, by any fair
course OF reasoning be brought to overthrow the
law to which It furnishes but indigduai anemay
IL rs not contcnded that any circumstances conneC-
ted with this service Of Gen. ti'NcH, furnish any
grounds for making this case another execution and
thereby allowing to him also double compensation
Neither is The allowance Of diplomatic salary To-