Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-01-27

In dignity u the governor, and should ht
n most intelligent and capable gentIeman
The auditor Of public accounts was III,
most laborIous officer in the government
The present incumbent babored night an,
day IN his office, and vet it was propose,
T. reduce his pay to 81 800 per acnum
He added some further remarks expires
sive Of his views. The question helm!
taken on Mr.. Guion's amendment, tn,
same was adopted.
Speieht moved to make the chancellor
salary The same as that Of the circui
Judges. He said the estimate made o
services rendered by judicial officers il
proportion to The physical labor perform
cd, would make the chancellor's labor
much less than that of the circuit Judges
ie believed, moreover, that those Judges
required as much or more legal knowledge
tor the performance of these duties, as the
chancellor, and that the bill would be
nore just and equal with the amend.
rnCnt.
Brscoe Of Claiborne, rose TO ask if
Speight's amendment carried, if that gen.
I!eman would vote for the bil2
Speight said he could makc no such
pledge in advance. The whole bill must
Z revised in order 10 make it accepta-
bic. lie again referred to the offices Of
auditor, treasurer and secretary of state.
ie asked how it was expected, after a
/ borious and expensive canvass, which
eregretted that public opinion made ne
"essary, that these gentlemen should
4ove down their families and furniture at
Il further expense, and receive only ST..
90 or S 200 Tor their services, in war
ants at their presen: deprecated value?
B,iscoe asked if they could moi move up
! well as pomn2 He believed tn It gen,
fiemen competent for the duties could be
md, who would move up, if such could
. yt be found who wouli move dorm for
, compensation proposed.
Spcight said he would accept the a.
t.endmenf, and say up or down. He ad
ii +, that these officers were selected in
or'h Carolina by the legislature, and re-
tiyed much higher salaries than those
opposed by the bill, without mourning the
penses of a canvass here deemed neces-
- nv.
B:iscoe sad that it was prejudice gen
.naIly entertained by gentlemen coming
..ere from other states, that the slhate they
Jme from had the best officers and la US
al any other. lie had been 50 long in
Mississippi, that he had no such pgeju.
tices.
SpeIght said he too was Mississippian.
ie would, as long as life lasted, support
her honor and her dignity. lie had mere
y instanced the course Of North Carroll
IA. as light which might guide us in le-
gislaton. THIS state was but young, and
It became US to look at the lights of expe-
ience which other and older states and
governments afforded us.
Knox OF Washington, s i'd he had had the
nonor--he Nigh say the disgrare-to be
| member ofthe convention which framed
he present constitution. He then thought
hat The elective system Of choosing ju ges
would answer good end. In this he
was misled by the opinions of Mr.. Jetier
son, who, although perhaps the foremost
If great statesmen, sometimes, and in this
instant, he thought, erred. lie had found,
BY experience, that the plan would not
10. The only way, he thought, to show
that the course would not do, was to dis
gust even the demagogue-was TO put the
salaries for judges so low, that even the
,,,n,,Il c,aly nA.roc
Matthews of MARSHALL, after some re-
marks in support Of the till, said, that he
was never unwilling to submit these things
to the good sense of The people. He be-
lieved that they had already exercised
this with benefit to themselves, and would
still do it.
Knox said he had not intended any re
flctlon against the present lncumben's.
The custom being taken, Spe gifts "a
mendment was lost.
Adams OF Jasper, moved TO r. duce the
salary of the superintendent OF the Peni-
Tertiary to $1,000; lost.
Horne OF Clarke, thought the times
were so different from those under which
the present salaries were established,
that the pay would be even greater than it
was befor.
Ives of Yalobusha, made some peril
nent remarks in support of the bill.
Lumpkin Of Ponola, said that although
he he came here pledged in favor OF re-
trenchment, he must vote against thus bill.
1t was true, the means of living required
less money than in times past, but he
thought that business was now revivlng,
and that before long the prices Of produce
would be enhanced and more would be re-
quired to support man than now. He
thought we should have an eye TO the fu-
ture DIS we'll as the present. While he fla
vored retrenchmeni, he could not do so to
the detriment of the public service,