The Arkansas banner., 1849-12-25
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lA. 6taaen,saia haye bees nBads by the eofrssPon- dsaa1 sS ssssrsl pefthsrn papers reeetnK seriously upan heeeTuhis ssmssFs. and eoaveyinE an tnPli- saiisn hssA sa shelr heues aud honessy From .ess staaan~ats s appears thmt tss FIrst Csmpfaiist ef tl1e TSNAaary whoeo Asty t1s so supervise and 6n- nzlig pass upen naeh secsuats of the gevefnmsut ss maY hass beea audaed by the proper sceeasslhg ecsFs has sslased e dow an item q sesas etOs esaaalnsd Co tha aeeoeat sf Asbasy Uekins, esq. Secretary sf fhs Ssasae, aud psid by that gsnte- mas eempensatan for miIeage te the aeusbers of tse S&naae m nitend1acs at tae last exts session.
 Adeciaiea of this klad. nc matter how justly 10. tsadea. is wsil calculated b impair public con6- dssee ih he Pnrity and esceslencs sf the body of is ia the very face Of the law regulating the aates and in pppositiou to Rreeeieals settlsd uPon the sstmep consideration of those whess duty ii was 10 decide ahs matter, than. say il cannot apPear oth eFwiss than extra official and to some exient dema gegp<tsh. This may appear stroug langnagc. but the Isets of the case wsfFantk. What gre they r.
 wtii 6rt rscur to the law regulating they pay and miiesge sf ssnstOrA approved January Z9. iSlS.-
 [. Bs H enaess1 bv Ete Seuats end Hanse sf Reyrs- ssnfatres efs aied States of fwsries ia lssSysss sssgmtis9, That q every session of Congress Gsd everg meiaa ef < S<asts ia fhs recess q CsagTess after the third day sf March. in the yef oae thoa sad eight undSed and seventeen, eaek Sensisr sa bs eniiilsd ta receive eght dollars fer every day he has attended. ef shall attend. the Senate and shall alse he allowed eight dollars for every twenty miles ef tsfietsd distance, by Tho most usoa Foad. from hs p.as e residence to the seat of ConEress al the cemn'eneemsn, aad cad of every such session and meeting"
 c-- sL. language of legislation be s.soarer or mase cepciasissa have ianlicizsa ttssa pasiians ef ths ask oi Iolss bearing particularly the sub lecl Let as refer to them briefly. The first In or ger she passsgs. "and every meeting of te Seuste. tn the Fecrss Of ofiCeRgress" Here the Comptroller has net sven loop upon which to hang doubt = Ihesn is nc iiisiien 10 the time when the int-F- venlng sessions shail commence, or hos long they shall contnne.
 Sneh sessions may commence, in pursuance of Executive notification, the day of the iuaugura- tea of the new President. and continue but one dsy; CT they may he called al the option of the kx- eepssss weeks or months afteFwards, and coniinue the saae lnpss of time, og al least aniil they run late se regular legislative session. In eithercuse "ssse anembsr" of ihs Senate is 10 reeeieve com. presaSon at the Fsie of eight dollars for every 70 miles of estmsied distance. by ihs most usual road frqm itis place of residence 10 the seat o Congtess, ss ts cesn'neeceaent and end of eeeyy sucA session and nsssiing Sseh is the explicit declaration of the law of lel6.
 Ths aext itaci.ed passage in that portion of the eet ef lsis," above quoted, is the words. each Senates.7
 Here ihere Is no escape for tl,e Comptroller The law does not say, each Aewly-eiecisd senator, or eaeh senator taking his Tor the first time in the body; but II declares that .'eAch senator shall be entitled e Feseise certain amounGs for pay and mileage. at "evssy meeting of the Senate ia the recess of Coagrcss." This ls clear thai .he ho funs may read. and requires further elueidation
 Ihs weFd "estnlatsa" above tallcizad, Is the last which specially claims our attention in considef.ng the legal points of the question. IL will be seen at gsance that the :. act of ISIS" does not declare that at every session of Congress and every meet log of the Senate in The of Cosgress" ;" each nAafn akamI Aa tat-kk cvsry twenty miles actually travelled from h Is place Of residence ta the seat of Congress bat each eeuator s 10 be paid at the rate aud in the epecihedin the set for tho estnated distance from his home tsthe Capitol. Why If the frsmers of ti,s " sct ef feio" had intended to pteveat at cavtipv
 H seasea to the subject the psFl q the disburs. tng snd secoun,ing officers of the gevernment for sR time to come. they could not have employed stronger language, and that they did SO intend Is evideut because the third section of the same act declares "that the said compensation which shalt be dne 10 the members of the Senate shall be certified by tlse President thereof; and the same sAaif be pessd sspabiic aeeounts and pnid out of the public tressurys The Comptroller of the Tressary de. chFes that these accounts shall not De passed aad tis sees af deance the law of Congress regulating the matter Clearly the framers of that law never tHteaded that 'each senator should journey home and back, some of them more than two thcusaad
 miles or che.:ss, that they should not be entitled e eompensation ss mileage under the law. Such, however, would be the result of the spirit displayed ey tbs Comptroller. # pessevered in and sust.iued by the different departments of the government A system of surveillance would soon prevail over the actions and movements of honorable senators repur- nsHt to their feelings gentlemen and tar more ~ 10 the spirit of nstitutons The framers of ina, sw were wise men. They had confidence in the President of the United States on whom the con. sitntcn dcveives the duty Of convoking the Senate 'iH the recess Of Congrsss." They had eoniideecs In the iaseniOns Of their own hearts, and they had equal confidence in the pu rity and up.:r.::.Ss of those who were to succeed them.
 So far ns relates to the Senate of the States lei the say that that confidence has not been misplsced Composed as Is, and has been al all times of the choice spirits of the land. he who undertakes, by aa act of official scrutiny altogether saperuous to snss od'am upon its members reflects credit upon hs administrative qualities as an officer, no, adds anything to his well earned reputation as iurist and legislator This is no party question. despite tho efforts of some of the northern press ,o make ii 90 The iasnented Samuel Sonthard President py, fem ef the Senate In isti was the first to decide the ssesasca sn manner which the subsca aueit re- "ssAsss sA9 sna'are esnsidera,isn Of many eminent ines have iaiiy approved IL was iu the person of the Hon. George Evans, distinguished whig, and above all reproach.
 Mr. Esaus was . member of the 26th coner.s. from the State of Maine. That Congress ,ermnat- - sis session al midaight the 3d Of March. ls4i %s~ VI A..p A"ssS~tnG any, AaFlnG been e}ectrd to thst position by the legislature of his Staie Mir EyAns seek his seat in the Senate of The U States He cia.aasd hs fa allowance for mileage as senator Ten the seate Of Maine. thoug he bad already re- ceised u as nieasies ei the Hee.e of Rsprassn,a. uves. asd had merely 10 cross the rotunda of the SsPssst se enter upon the sceue Of his new duties The question was daly considered by Mir. southard. snd decided h the affirmative, end Mr Eyans re- estved ths fa amosnt to which he was estitied as. der ths law. Upos the accession of Mr Dallas ,o the Ice Presidency In lst4, the subject agsia TO. eelvsd eensldeeaiioa- That distinguished man. rhass purity and legal Acaasen 10 man sare a.ee tlsn gave the ssbiect all the reflection of which hi. msssersmtnd is capable, and In a written osinyoa fally sastaiaed and carried oat the yiews of MY. c~isshard st
 Ihs views of the eminent men 10 whom have jasl sliaaed are ssstained oniy by those portOps sf ths .s~t sf leis." to which havs specially d. reeted pabie stisasioa In this commua aication but thef ass borae ost aud strengthened by its whole