New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-02-08
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Mileage of the ncnsb,r. of Cea.r,,,

Franklin has well remarked that eolIee,;., !
wise men is often the creates, tcot in the xo,a,
Had he said that such a collection is often i.
greatest kqare in the world, he would proh,s,
have been nearer the truth, Ii may web /.
deemed matter of astonishmen, that Congress !.
pear to be incapable Of perceiving their own i.
ring errors, or of correcting their own asr...
Fer series of years their attention la. ~.
called-and this, too, times without nunber-.,,
the abominable charges allowed for usysEps ;,
penses; and Notwithstanding it carries on il, ,,.
the evidences of agraat iniquity, they vii! nes..
Weld TO the admonitions of their constituent, =.
listen 10 the dictates of justice. | am free n >,
press nv conviction that there cannot be found 4,
record in the history Of any nation, an INSTANCE II
80 fsgrant an outrage as that which form, !.
prominent a feature in the character OF the Ansv.
can Congress.
7, is well known to those who are familiar win
the early history of our Government, thai al Il,
time it wen, into operation, the public hishss.
were in a wretched condition, and ,hs mean, !,
intercourse between the States in high dss,,,
difficult, expensive and dangerous. I, was 40 Us.
common thing, in many parts, for travellers il
carriages to be unable to advance mere lhss
eighteen or tweaty miles in day; and oftes wen
The roads so bad that numerous accideats cs.
cured whilst almost all the great rivers wen
passed in row.boats. scows, or unsafe sail.bos
attended with many delays and much risk Heae
Il. 1lo,.~ - - i
for every twenty miles (sha' being the per deG
compensation at that tirne) was noae too mutl,
especially when they took into consideration The
numerous impedimsnts incident to long journey,
and at an inclement season.
Here let me ask-What is the present csadisos
of things in these respects In almos, eyersd d.
rection throughout the Union the country peae.
srated with canals railroads, steamboats, andtur.
pixies, and the ordinary roads every where greaiy
improved. The facilities of intercourse are moi
merely extraordinary--the are wonderful and i,
is within the knowledge of every person, beth
Young and old, that travellers are constantly Coz.
viewed at the rate of two hundred miles ia day
often, indeed, more than that; aad with degree
Of comfort, safety and economy that in former dap
would have been thought too extrayagant !ebh.
dulged in the widest visions of fancy. AadA
all this is witnessed daily, nay hourly, in ersV
part of our Country.
Now let US bring this matter fairly before d.
minds eve, in order that We may correctly con-
prehend its bearing and tendency assume IS,
poslulate that Members of Congress trayeltosat
from the seat Of Government at the rate Of erI
one hundred miles in twenty-four hours; and ma
king general average Of the distance OF all h |
Members, il canno, be less, | should think, than
FIVE hundred miles. The present compensate
for mere services while at the seat OF Governnel
cannot be deemed unreasonable. Bat The subject
presents itself in very different aspect *hea The
travelling part of the matter is examined A alsS
Der travels one thousand miles in ten days, gos
and returning. for which he receives the tr.Tis
sum Of four hundred dollars. His expenses IS
,imating them at eight dollars day, aliSen /
allowance J would amour, TO eighty dollars; Rar {
ing clear gain of three hundred and sSeny dat I
lars! Quite snug item, verify.
RI then we estimate the whole number Ct mea /
bers, without including the annual visitors 10 Wen
Point. and many others who are employed bye
Government on the like cheap coadinons) at ihrN I
hundred, we shall find the goodly item Of one saa
dred and twenty thousand dollars for trayelirga (
penses Will any man have the ehrontsry toal
that such system can be sustained on The prjrt
pies of honor and propriety Will any ration.
man pretend that it ought not to be reddsedpaf
half? Can the whole world furnish sinilafis /
stance of shameful Encouragement and estort't
would fain hope that the independent pte''h
every part of the Republic will take up this W.
jec, and push it heme with patriotic energyisai
should it fail to produce a salataty reiormal1a
they ought not to suffer the matter To sleep ufn
they have ~
Lashed sseA patriot, naked round the world
20 German named Freyshute, in the euip!q
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