Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-03-09

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eee. This would bDa radical reform: one
shs.i wpan exert tise sacsi yi,nt effect on
Tie iegisiasiOn nf Gong one that wonld
aad ceaiiens ahc constitutional in
depend dsnge 81 ltai House. and restore il
Il, skc slasi0i it Snre had heid in the re-
s,,cSs ind Tessnre ic % iha station it once
slsss held IL the rsspec, and regard Of the
lse0rie. EeI gentlemen feel themselves
ee---i@t riicsn scfsl themselves raised to
;ngoBl sIeyatiOa, above The influence of
Executive patronage und Executive cen
s,,rs Or resentment; le. them feel that they
sgera. Sbalthe Constitution intended they
should be. the upright. fearless. indepen.
dent Guardians of the Constitution, aud
The checks, not the dependents Of the Chief
aiagistra,e. This would be areiorm CON
genial " ;,h The true fundamental princi-
ples of Republican Government,
Let The pay be such as would enable
thai class ofiute!igeni aud respectable men
who had large families TO mo'nla'n, and
whose situation 10 life was such as lo rem
der them unable TO sustain the loss ana
expense iuseparable from seat n Con
gress, 10 come up aud take their places by
the side of The richest und the pfoudcsi
man i'm the laud. La thai Class ot cilIZcEs
were lv be found maRy oi 1he m"st IA
leu,ed and the most influential men ia
the community. La forming line Con-
stisu,iun u member rom South Caro-
lima had proposeu that The mcmucrs oil tile
Senate should serve wilhou, coinpensti.
ton. Suppose such an arrangement had
been established, where would have been
the Senate at this day! MOT over ball
dozep ruombers would have been 40 CIR
cumslances TO come uplo the seat oi Gov
eynmenr as representatives oil lhe Stale
s,vcre;,o,ies. aleu could not afford 10 do
il. This illustrated The Whole whoi. irin-
chile cf representative Government. II
was intended that the People should have
their lust weight ia the Gnyerrment .hio
their representatives; bu, that this miSh DC
the case in fact. the compensation oi the
service ought TO be such ms would enable d
rnan 10 accep, Of the Peoples appointment
without the ruin Of his private aud person
able interests. This would keep the Lc-
eisla.ive independent of hs Executive De-
par,meui. Miserable contemplate bats
Of petty oiiines would not then nc held up
before the imagination of men to corrup'
their public virtue, as had, III many ins'an-
ces 10 which he need not advert, actually
happened.
Introduce reforms like rhcse, and eeu.
;lemen should have his cordial, his mos,
jealous support. He held il TO be among
the meanesi and the bascsi or employ
meats TO play tho demacogae, and cour,
popular favor by propositions 10 reduce the
nav Of members: could such miserable Of
forts succeed. 'he only effect would he 70
strife vital blow ut the independence Of
the Legislature; aud would defeat Thar fun.
damen,ul principle of free Government
which required ihat the Peoples Repre-.
sen,atives should placed at leas, upon
n footing with the menials, the hirelin.. of
the Executive.
Again: instead Of eleciin. Speaker Of
The House who was under the domination
OF party control, let thestlouse elect man
cmincn, alike for talents and vir,re-a man
who should possess a standing that would
enable him TO administer the high duties
of his place withou, heing' obliged 10
resort 10 the dictariou of any man or SET
of men out Of that House: a mau
who would have The firmness 10 io his slu-
~ 10 inc cnun,ry. lie, the House reform
in this respecr, and Nr. P's life for il. in
three weeks il would recover i's moral con-
troll over The public mind, aud lis hold in
the confidence of the People. The moral
tone of the body would be reformed, aud
It's iudcpendece re established.
There was one more reformation Mr. p.
desired to see; and that was the abolition
of all standing an Of the House.
The appointment of such committees was
itself an innovation. Instead of referring
every thing TO these committees, let mem
bers introduce their own hills on leave, aud
if the subject was Of speciui importance,
ic, q select committee be raised to take
charge oft As things stool, the chair
meu OF standing committees exerted, from
their situation, an Influence over the House
which they wau,ed capacity TO rctaiu. and
thus every thing was thrown into confusion.
Let The Legislature be influenced by those
only who had capacity which entitled aud
enabled them to influence il.
Then let them proceed and abolish the
the contemplate system Of rules which
professed TO l.c rules of order. but which
he would defy "a Philadelphia lawyer 'o
comprehend, explain. or reconcile with
erch o,hcr-rules which themselves rro-
duced halt the disorder of the House. und
ihe discussion Of which consumed more
lime ihan any thing else-rules which
chopped up The week and chopped up ee:h
day, uniil no mortal man could tell what
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