The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-08-24

Efurinr lhs EElFa eFssica. 1El lhUt ] ~
IA n ashiagioa befors Sc rioss u II.
Excessive Ssssion q Ne Senate n ia
Spung af lell. asi did siiend : court
nninrally Supposed his shssnee was N
zshisri q r1fesrnne- J snswered lhs
charge supposed % have besn made. hy
stating thal war Prssest a The close q
he extra Session. and though ! lefl he
Sensse While IN ExfeuliVs Session ID
he Sprins. vel nv pay s,oPred with ny
departure. This me General considers
bui a small anair. and saPPoses ! might
have loss a days pay. u he had hem
~ careful 10 asceriz;a and 10 rercl.rci
facts. As he seems 10 hare beea intent
On making charges. he might hare learn
ed fhaI lie Executive Session referred
20 continued from the 5lh 70 Tie l5dl
Of March. and lhal Iltfs Washington :
fal week before iis termination.
The charge. nnw Learn i. that ] We
absent on some ether oerasinn, sd 9Th
oul drliaesior az pay. was s5seht cnce
during The extra Session. esine home
On al oerasion Of indisposiIion IN my "a
miiy of the deepest inietesl 70 me as a
father AMI husband. Finding, On reach
ing hone. Tia, BE- crisis was over, | took
the verY nest Stage on my return 70
/. Washns~ssn. Ms absence lasted six
days. 81 which period four days and
niahts wcre spent on the road. lconsnl-
srA with friend as TO the proprieiy OF
dedaeiing pay Cor these DAYS OF fatigue.
expense and anxiety, but was told that
under llse circumstances. ms absence was
not voluntary, bul compelled by ncces-
sity which ri under The equity of that
provision Of law which allows pay TO an
absent member detained BY sickness
This view struck me as correct. and act
cd accordingly. and I very much doubt
whether either ios the absence or the NV,
any honorable man in The United States
viii deem IN excuse required.
As Gen. Saunders seems 10 have made
IN investigation somewhat particular in
IN ms absence from Congress. il j. not
nnchariiahle 10 suppose that when he al
luded to nv hurried journey home, he
was informed OF the necessity which
caused il Why did he withhold tia, I'M
formation from those 10 whom he made
The charge Of absenrel Why, but be-
cause I've knew that TO have communica
ted THAI info nation, would have been to
fasien attention npon the difference he.
tween a short absence, under The inln-
ence Of considerations having the force OF
physical coercion. and long and valun-
tary absence in the prosecution ola mcra-
tive profession, and would thus have
made his charge agains. me recoil upon
himself.
As TO Mr. Arnnld's Bill. which the
General seems great admirer and adgo-
cate. aud which he has drawn rather an
necessarily. as appears 20 me, into this
have but few words 10 say
! was opposed 10 that Bill as whole.
because il proposed very large deduc- |
ton from the paw OF all Officers, Civil
and Military, which is within the control
Of Congress. and because il proposed no
reduction ofihe pay Of the Congress who
were to pass il, bit large reduction of
the pay &c their successors. The first
would have been cruel injury to alarge
class OF meriiorious public servants. and the I
second provision made us TO be generous
to the country moi at our own expense. but
at the expense Of those who should come
alter US. | thought besides, thai the com
pensaiion Of members was moi excessive
and ought not TO be reduced. but was We
~ decidedly in favor Of fixing common
criterion BY which TO determine mileage
Whether my views were correct or not,
they were certainly adopted without the
bias ofinterest, for it was then ascerlained
that | was not 10 be member Of the ensu-
ing Congress, anil The passage ofihe Bill
wnuld nothave affected ms own interests
a penny.
Bat surely the self compSacency Of
Gen. Saunders in the support he gave to
this Bill res 5 on slender foundation; (ur
If the present rate &c cnmpensa ion
be not excessive. why should il be redu-
ced at all! And il il be, why should not
The reduction be applied to those who
judged il excessive.
One other remark. Sir. and will en-
croach NJ farther on yonr columns. |
When Gen Saunders in his Raleigh
Speech. At which | was present. produced
the Post Oiiire iahle-announcad il to be
The rui. By which mileage shonli be es-
timated--accnspd several members of
Congress by name who were absent, with
oveFchargine. and referred Iii. auditory 10
The book AL accounts Cor proof--;he in
ference was inevitable, ilia! he had been
engaged in the lanlfa5lc basi css Of max
ing the examination, to whic1 he inYi cd
others. When afterwards in another Ad-
dress. al which | was not present. he all
dad nv name to those which he had be
lore singled out for accusa ion. it was cer-
iainly not al overs rained inference, that
was III the first instance omitted because
was present, and in the second named
,ecanse ] was absent. That such con-