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

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lniys FrQnirs@ sosns n1tiRs Eom ne.
Ia ne Sprseh C ~ erndem,a a
kzsixA. he ss'rued .. he llhle a Pcs
0sEes Sszlanees.s d. h lhs rule ~ whiri
DE milsszs &c nemhes of cosgfes,
<hsuh Be ossim.ard. AMI having rsndaes,
sal dasunxni. be DECLARED that Me@n
Rhymes. Sl.Ely. and gIanr olher nemher.
efCe.,>rrss bal receisriexcessige allow
snors fof miicsse. sad hat any on
wnuid discotar lhis wha shoah oomp.r.
ne tabis az distances with ne accounts
flhese members.
That lhs Post 0fiice Txble farnishe.
10 rule.on me sahject 81 the mileage O
members. D sid N my leiirr 10 saa: and
ne correctness Of nv position will be up,
parens from several considerations. First,
koa the lansnage of ne Act ofcoaeress
giEing lhe milsases kprngidrs that each
Senator ard'Represenia Sc shall receive
eight dollars or eFery twenty miIes o!
estimated dis ace by the nlOa Usrol
rSai,- &c. Mast usual Cir What Tor
sanspofiing DE usaiis-ssfely nct-bas
nost nsuzl OF travelling BY the publircan-
seyanee~- This j. evident from snlSSe
gienf pr0tisian 10 The sans laa. ia these
worh -andeach meusberoftheS ensieshall
sreufiiled % The same. &c allowance
fSr. a.. travelling TO and from any mces-
ng Of The Senate" &r. Il is al allow-
snce forfEareYing. 10 be coppased. not
sy The distance aefadi,y lravsistg. but BY
shs usually travelled ~ 10 Public con-
xeyances.
Sscohdly-ffom fhe Retrenehmeni
Bill. of Mr.. Amold. Tor supporting which
Gen. Sanders seems To think himselfen
6llef 10 speciai eommendaion; for one
Of the amsadmems proposed By ih-t Bill
MAS "a make the Post OH e estimate. the
rulofbr computing mileage in future "a
pt6yision useless. and indeed absurd, ir
i had been the rule already.
Thir5ly-from The uniform actiun OF
ne members and officers Of the two
Houses for moro than twenty years. by
sone Of whom texcepi General Sannslers)
> il believed that the Post Office Table |
was deemed 10 furnish the rule: but on
ne contrary, BY all ef them the usual
roaie Of travel was considered the only I
proper guide. But VIC now learn from
Gen. Saunders. that the table, per se, j.
Hos the rule, bur the table corrected nv
ascertaing the true distance Of travel. The
General il seems wrote 10 The Postmas-
Ter General and learned iaai In his own
ease. the table and the fart did not agree,
and he, in consequence oflhis information.
charged not according to the table. bu,
according 70 the supposed fact Now
whfn the General wrote tD the Post Mas
ser AZ 10 bis own case. did he consult him
- 10 the proper distance Of Messrs. Ray
arr Sianly. and the other members re-
erred tos II so. why did he not give
me result Of those inquiriesi II. as sup
Ynse he did not do this, then in the ONLY
ease m which he consulted the Post
paster General, he found that the table
vss erroneous, and he himself disregard
cd a. Why, then. did he propose fkai
as thr rule fnr hers, by which ne had
sot governed himself-and why dnlf he
assume he estimates of a ;able 10 be right
- against others. which BIZ the only in |
stance N which their correctness had
been tested be himself had found TO be |
erroneous This was bringing forward
evidence To accuse. Others, which he
knew was not worthy of trust; il was
requiring them 10 submit to a rule bv
which he was not willing 70 govern him
seH--aRdit was more Than this. As Gen.
>. affirmed the Post Office table to be the |
txne rule Of calculation, and condemned
eihers Cor exceeding lis estimate, while
Pc gave IA in;im ,tion that he had reiec-
ed q IN his own case. was ii not the natural
inference Of all tina, heard him. that his
arm account had been settled by tha rule
which he had just declared 10 he the true /
one. Whether Gen. =. designed 10 proJ
ace ihis inference. which he knew was
eonirary to The truth. he only can deter
qaine. This much. however, is certain
---he alleged he rule. condemned Others
sor moi alllefng 10 il, and was at he
same time perfectly silent as 10 the f4ci
that he had ,.isrega-ded it
The table OF Post OiIice distances BE-
sig lsns SET aside a. governing rnle. in
W calcoiaiionof mileage. bath b theeon-
s.ssion and practice OF Gen. SauBIer SHIN
sell. il j. difienil lounaersia, ID why aeon-
mit;ee. consisting DC The General ami the
Posmnsier.shonld be marc appropriate
nrrdiamof adjusting the mileage. han was
furnished by the consultation Of the Sc
errtary of the Senate and myself. The
Postmaster was not an 0ifieer Of Con-
g1ess--neithr The law nor the p.actice nf
asat body gaze him any power Of inter-
Ersnce; he had nothing to do wih il; and
aIe General inighs just as well have called
v his assistance any Clers in lie Gene.
pal Post Office, as the head Of that D.
Pa-nnent' The difference then between
tiie General and myself is mereiy this-
! resWtesf 10 the sssld and proper n1te
sf estimating the distance. and he TO one
wllicii. though not imprnpcr. MAS ee-iaia-
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