Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-30

might come into the Union as slave State, un-
der that Constitution, with a population not
then exceeding $4,000, but if they dared to re-
ieci this proposition Of lands and moRey, IL was
TO be held that THEY DID NOT DESIRE
ADMISSION INTO THE UNION, and they
have no power to elect delegates to Consiitu-
ticnal Convention till it is ascertained by cen
sus, DULY and LEGALLY taken, that the popu-
lation EQUALS or EXCEEDS the Congressional
ratio.
The ratio of representation is now 90, ,420 and
Kansas must have that population before she can
be admitted into the Union as Free State.
am informed that Gen, Burns ls making
pledges that he WILL VOTE FOR the admission OF
Kansas as a Free State. He is pledged, by the
sion 10 Kansas as Free State. Democratic
candidates for Congress pledge themselves TO
vote for the Admission of Kansas whenever she
presents Constitution LEGALLY formed
This is but another fraud. BY the express pro-
visions of the English bill, Kansas cannot LEGAL
LY form Constitution until she has a population
of 93.420. Fellow-citizens. think you they will
| break the provisions of the law they have made
for themselves? Besides, they are bound by the
Democratic State Platform, to oppose the ad-
mission of Kansas till she has that population.
How then can Gen. Burns face his constituents
with this promise on his lips and lie in his
heart? -s. -.-..
Here then We have the end of General Burns
record oR the Kansas question. And what
reeord Starting off with supporting the undis-
guised tyranny ofthe Senate Bill and culmina-
ting in the eqal tyrany and added meanness Of
the English Bill.
| very man should be found constantly voting
| with the South and for the South?
Is il not passing strange that popular SOY
| ereignty" man should be found voting to de-
prive the people Of the Territories Of their
| rights?
| Is ii not TO be wondered at that man who
was pledged TO carry out the views of his Con-
| stituents should vote steadily and designedly
| against their well known wishes3
| Having found from the indisputabje Record
that Gen. Burns has persistentv broken every
| pledge made TO the people in relation TO Kansas
and the Territories, let us turn our attention to
other pledges.
He complained bitterly that the republicans
| had not passed homestead law. What has
| Gen. Burns and the democratic party done to-
wards it? Nothing;
He promised to '.vote 10 re-instate the pay of
members TO the old standaId,"- he done il?
Search the Congressional Globe thro g
from beginning to end, and you will find
that we never introduced single bill, never
| offered single vote tending in the slight
est degree,to reduce the pay of members
of Congress but the contrary! For below
is a resolution,passsd by this democratic
Congress & approved by a democratic Pres
ident, which gives to every member of
Congress. on the very first day of the first
session of every congress, nine months full
pay, at TWO HUNDRED d FIFTY
DOLLARS A MONTH, or two thousand
two hundred and fifty dollars and mileage
at the rate of eight dollars for every TWEEN
| ty miles travelled. Under this resolution
a member of congress might, as soon as he
had answered to ais hame on the very first
day, 90 to the Sergeant at Arms, draw from
twenty five hundred to three thousand dol
las, and come home without eren having
served single hour! Is not this reii-sta-
ting the pay of members to the old stand
with vengeance? In order to establish
this fact quote the resolution in full as it
will be found in the Appendix to the Con-
gressional Globe, page $50,
5- PUBLIC RESOLUTIONS.
No. Joint Resolution to amend the
Act entitled ,"An Act to regulate the
Compensation of Members of Congsess,"
approved August sixteenth, eighteen
hundred and fifty six.
Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the U. S. Of America
an Congress assembled, That the compen-
sation allowed to members of Congress by
an act entitled sAn act TO regulate the
compensation of members of Congress"
approved August sixteenth, eighteen hun
dred and fifty-six, be paid in the following
manner, TO wit: on the first day of the first
session of each Congress, or as soon there
after as he may be in attendance and apply,
each Senator, Representative, and delegate
shall receive his mileage, as now provided
by law, and all his compensation from the
beginning of his term, to be computed at
the rate of two hundred and fifty dollars per
month, and during the session compensa-
ting at the same rate. And on the first
day of the second or ary subsequent ses-
sion, he shall receive his mileage rs now al
lowed by law, and all compensation which
has accrued during the adjournment, at the
rate aforesaid, and during said session COM
pensation at the same rate.
Sec. 2. And be it further resclyed,
That so much Of said act, approved August
sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six.
as conflicts with this joint resolution, and
postpones the payment of said compensa-
ton until the close of each session, be, and
the same is hereby repealed.
APPROVED, December 22d, 1857.
The law, as it stood before the passage
of this resolution, withheld the nine months
pay till the close of the session in order to
COMPEL the attendance of members during
Congress; but this democratic body, of
which Gen. Burns is member, has not
only indirectly INCREASED THE COM
PENSATION by paping it six months
sooner, but provides for PAYING MEM
BERS IN ADVANCE; so that they may
get their money and never serve at all.
Now l cannot see why General Burns
should not have carried out his pledge
In may opinion the pay of members is too
high for the time Of actual service. The
compensation, mileage and perquisites of
members amount in two years, oman aver
age, to at least $500. Mr.. Burns has
served about 100 days, and the next ses-
sion, of three months, will be 80 days more;
in all about 2sO days of actual service, foi
$500; or about TWENTY SIX DOL
LARS A DAY! .--..-
This, my fellow citizens, is entirely too
much TO pay for the kind of service render
ed, too much pay for votes given in oppo-
cifion fc, tho ,,r;Sl,ac &C thaN.oe.Ia e. |