Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-03-05
CONSTRUCTIVE MIIF,cr

CONSTRUCTIVE MILEAGE
, " ''ue's may remember that day or ,vo an
YIN Induction into office accnrdino IN ,,.
o''' ne convened the Senare in Execn,ive 81.
F. Fl''e VI ac'ih9 upon such Nominations M ,n;L
" ''u 10 II "l the cabinet and other officers ,.a.
" n''P III motion The machinery of Gove,nm.,,
"'''' '"e new Adminls,ration-ahd thar. with g..
"o"'''ole exceptions, nearly every one of the Sen,,,
'''"""Sn 'hey were Then in Washington city cL.,a.,
Tue government, in addition 10 their per diem eom,.ns
',o'' ""eoge 10 and from their respective hume, al,
''es 'ad IN ruth been summoned llence to the so.
s''e,"'nefh. his cain was allowed by the Cls,t -,
'oe oena'f, 1t Is SAID, under CONSTRUCTION If ,ha
''''s 10 me mileage o members given by Wee posi
'1''''s-a CONSTRUCTION o which it may for ami,
We ""o"' De susceptible IN the hands Of an nu.n,o.
f'S'' "ioie sp'irliols h sanction an abuse than Il,
S'o " i'2uase It's just Interpretation: but " bic ,b
'''' " 'ee o' lie country insiIGc!lvely condemns =,
u al a''he win reason and Justice. The law intends
u "l'! members ior the distance actually travelled
''' "9t 10 aut"fize them, when they mint he re as
O'ea ny NE Executive The very day after The ex,i
'o' u guar SESSION, aud while they are sill -
NE scat Il" government, Ia assume that they had Thor,
'oe ha''hed iroih lhtif respective residences sono -,
"eth oil coGTSe some thousands of miles distant and
c"ase accordingly IS for ever, 20 miles Of said s,n
Amounting IN some cases, 10 several thousand di,,
l ne exposhfe oil Ibis abuse we are Glad 10 observe L
attracted The attention 81 the llouse Of Repfesen,s
-ahd hlli Las already ass,d Hal bed, by tearlv
uhahlhous vote. ifhddng Tie allun ancfs of clam. G.
mileage IN all similar casts that may h, reaiI,r ocu,
w g have an lndlslncl recollection thai amonu H.. n
Jeelh'ns urged 10 John q. Adams, hen that q,
twenty years ago, Was candidate for the presd4nv
was an allegation hat he had claimed and received NJ,
ment from the government Tor "A ''curslrucliye tr,, y
IRON 81. Petersburg Ia Paris, we believe (nevor -
ofmrd, oI COURSE bat "hic he some how or oiler hl
mn 10 assume that he had encountered ne,b.,a
meshefl'aliy) rreiiy nue, in the same vav No IN
a2lHe. HAT Honorable Seuaors Who WEIR in u.L,
Ion, "hen re-congcntd in March, 1874. assumed ,b,
Wey had consrnciively uavelIed 10 that civ tron ,bs
respective residences We were not. thereG,te ve,,
mnrh snrpfzed lo see his name aponu the ie,, i,.,h
oilhe House OF Representatives, voting AGAINST In. nos,
sage "i The law designed guard against The rere,,,;
"i tiIs n'oaS'rous abuse We were hor a tle ash psh
TO- However Ia see ltsdrg Iocof CO m,nbr IN Tia
course u lie debate, rFfr aching The MAYER of HE ma,
oS"oh WIN dehdgp9uflSn thereby indilrclly apptoy
n3 VI an a'i, which, haugh ii has The hnh sancri,n of
ice president Dallass name fau fed by Tie aeoui..,
c'"ce IN lis construction of The law Of lbe any lp..
u"uS Senators, who prfied by his decision in our ~
Plhoh amounted In nol'g less han direcl piind,r If
Tue treasury u some fifty thousand dulIars H. which
'hty were u" mofe ehllrd llan weir any Other r,,I
zen. Thai member was Mr.. Pe,,ir ol Indiana.
Ills ndneei appiop1latlop u "a large sum OF money
10 HE individual bthouiu Senator's. By sl.anpl,, re
version ol law" contrasts mis s'uk'aaly with rrr min.
nous delay cqpivaen 10 denial Of justice. in anrnts
Die instances, IN passing upon the calns pyale lnd
'ldnals upon the government which, when they ar>e.
are scfutinzd with excessive vigilance b, IN, :, u,ic
fa guardians of tie public purse aud il do,Lt ,,,.,
as to Their validity in most instances pr,uu,l, ~
jeced In tins way they acquire win ,l.if con,,ru,
ehs an eqn'vocaI claim The speculation of rconDuif
claim indeed, than eqnlvoca in the face al
this oose and nnjasd ,be Interpretation OF law Which
Is condemned 10th by common sense aud the main ,rls
OF jnallce-ve had almost SAID, Of honesty