The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-03
THE COMPENSATION BILL.


well adapted 10 his c,.e no IN ,hn, ~ ,Ll
gentleman In who.a n;.,.;,,
,,;,h a.. "PPe"'eu
Wv" ''e e"cepuon OF nm inconsiderable diff
'er'nee IN the item of mileage. We are no
surprised at Col. Smith voting far m,
COMPENSATION R;,I h,, a., No., ..,.,, a.,
h. sho,ld h.,r ~. -" '"p'''e" '""
s"o"'u oo"st OF h-of having voted him
'e" twenty or thirty dollars n day, Will,
his candidate for Governor il going abou, III,
country complaining TIM, tho naorI. -
ia deaib IN s,,.., r. w '"N''
rr '"' government
lOH '"e sparta TimesI
pYVhIH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
:" neP"o,'c me more free the people are
Wv NV n'e eAhc' should be their observance al
~. PwG,p'rs OF the constitution and the
, I"s y, us Government; and the more power
s",e w, 'he enactment OF laws, the
nme earnest ana urgent they should be ,u
f'o W '"e'r representatives strict OBJ
And II ,x, ' ,,,a,,,, ""u t'""ony'
| h""' " we would avoid the corruption and
ss, ~ o", Pon''en'' loerll's ana c'vll inter.
no.,n.;,u W. Wv Nv en"ose, 'hat we ana our
n,,,;., p''s ""upr 'ne yoke oi drs-
,;i'I we n'uSt wa'ch WIN vigilance our po.
c,siou nnv dev;n,;oa ~. "au .eu"he WIN uf-
. , ahy aev,a',on lhpy may make from long
lion nf oor "" SATISFACTORY 9s"grs' IN Viola
SCIENCE. ''''''' "'u 'o'''"'oh con-
''"W.e,
H., wv" M occasion 10 exercise this
10y ",." W GUNS IN, heH's'atlve misconduct in
;n 10y WY with our power ny withhold
Tho lo., co,
,b., nar 81 I ;,a P"sseo law increasing
,,',d' ~ a'e" w., ana chan"lng the
ran';,;nf n ;'", "'i congress, instead ct
n ,node or n",a ""'."'s per Gay ana mileage
nnfnr,unot. ond on;,Li, eh'H.'"g' WIN one
Cnr 81 naa., s s qicsiy rfonRed exception
,ovar, .nan,t .,' ~, w" "rS"h'hh',"h OF our
,L,',,aa,I 4 II II ~" ,"'tNeNes saihry OF s'x
s,;,,,,I.,.l $500 ","' "',""ge' exceeding the
~. r..a so - ~ Wv tune OF lhelr election.
,,, n av,,,,a,: 's'"'u ""''"rs' nus
ohn. ~ H., ,., u "J"S''ee' was an
,La, Co., W.. "na' ,"u r'"'i',ehce eohhd'd u"
,,a,,,a M, =, Wv INSTITUTION ana the
In, - ' ~ ''e"'"'''gah'' Il comparison
T,L;,,a a., =,
Cornr..ss ,ho Do. ',u'e " 'he session OF
r-oni,.'.ss;,','"i N, it'."'"'Ne from me 'onrth
law, ,,''', i,.'''u.' 'ee'veo nv the new
w" ."Pe"'"''o"' 'or whlch ne voted, n
''' VII. w $4,000 90
"I'r"sr' 'e'Aoh'ns oy the Post
'",e 'e,","S' Sl.S15 20
n,n''''',nI III Ut. 10 $3.50 20
we Wv '"" VI improvisation
~. '"'''' representative w""iu
nave rece '.' '"r ''e same time S2.92o 90
f'"u ''''e"se Us "oo'c si'o13 10
,,..u --
Increase OF pay by new law, S3,usO 90
BY the per diem, or old law,
he would have received, per
month, S36s. 80
BY the new law he received, S6o5,7S
Increase of his pay by his olon
rOte, per month, S237a6
Tie new law of compensation is uniu.,.
because it give the salary of six thousand
dollars and mileage 10 those ,rho rated far IL
not only additional pay for ihpir services 10 be
rendered, but such us they had rendered. be-
fore the passage Of the law 1T was uniu,,,
because those who voted for, and were brne-
| fitted BY il, were elected under the old law
when was part of their contract with their
constituents, that rs, when elected they
agreed, by excepting the office, to take for
their compensation, what the then existing
law authorized To be paid to them. eigh, dol
lars per dav and mileage. lhsinju-ticr would
not have been charged To the M MIXERS o. the
last Congress, if they hid voted for an in
crease Of pay to take effect from and after
their term expired.
he fact is, their cupidity overcame their
| patriotism, and dsreg riding the confidence
of their constituents, they voted the public
money into their own pockets, over and above
| the commentator thpv wnra in nnn,non 80.