Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-03-11
The Gen,rnI Ass.mLLu-

This body still here and here like 10 be for some ten
days fortnight longer. The 9th Of March, when they
resoired to ADJOURN has passed five days and passed we
believe, without even alusion the resolution! The
old Of the Sea did cling more pertinacousy to the
shoulders OF Snbad the Sailor, than they hang on 10 the
Treasury pap. -Four dollars day, these times Of pecu
mary collapse, Is not only living but thriving business
board in Richmond, IN excellent houses having come down
g., 81 reek This, nor all said is the true secret
Of the nsucrabc length which the sessions Of the &c
neral Assembly have OF late years and of tina, extra
ordinary sacrifice Of tme which s proceedings daily dis
play-endless haangues from men, who not fiji 10 en-
tighten constlbIe's Court-dong and undoing-marchng
and countcmnrchng-up the hill today down the hill to.
mouow-recommting rcconsidcnng-unt the very soul
Of the poor wight who doomed not only passiycy 10
witness but faithfully record, the proceedings Of men
whose ignorance only exceeded by their presumption and
imbccIy, llnts within him
Tho say OF ui this, that the Members Of
Assembly are paid too much-It is too much Of money
making buaigc-s there much temptation TO sqandcr
time money may be- made by the cxtuyaguncc Pro.
pcfty and prices have down the specie Standard
a Virginia bank note Ho,r literally represents lust
much specie. There b., in effect money among us
but specie, for the specie the vaults Of the Banks near.
Us equal Bank paper aH Therefore the present pay
of member OF Assembly compared with 1884 . 'G-is
Sl2 day or $ 1880 year. There was three times as
much none, u circulation in those years now aud con.
. s,Iuouty : now will buy as much = . then.
The pay Of members b. too much-iliy per cent too
much Th. s dcuousabo by the pIaincs deductions Of
figures and this repeat Is the long wndcd
session, these collapsed times, aud when there ~ hardly
any thing do. All that the Legislature has done might
have done and don. odysodIy and deliberately three
weeks in Than three months. Al u had 10 do or
that thcro the smallest state necessity doing might
have been done c1rncdly considerably deliberately IN
four weeks Sixty thousand dollars least ought IN this
yo1r Of poruI1 and midnight gloom, TO have been saved
the People, by their Representatives. Wa have been
uniformly opposed 90 tho md nirgardly policy Of
cutting down tho salaries Of officers But here was n case
whore something than duty do ~ where II
ras pgiHf of hgHyur Tor this Assembly itself noting
n high pay and po--oscdofan exercising the
wasting time aud prolonRng their per diem, wcrc
threatening the moment the stationary officers Of
Governments who toll ilc ycnr through for piltancc
MISUNDERSTANDING Them with reduction Of Is per cent
of or-aaucs! The State officers were in their power
So Too, their pay, % increase diminish Why
did tlcy begin the operation At home Why did they
MT reduce their cyavagant pay before they carried
their psquau,ns the salaries Of those WHO work the
I year through.
The Legislature ought to have begun with reducing its
ownp1y. 10 halfway they could have saved immensely The
Legislative charge is 8 900 day Here undo
nsby the end begin A. the honest object "econo
my reucnehmcnt and reform" Instead Of beginning there
md reducing their pay they have potncted and spun
the umc they themselves receiving 81 day per man
Until 'he Democrats party itself Is disguised,