Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-05-14
The Congressional Compensation Bill
VI ~, More Injustice. ~.

- ~. MVi AuJuSs1VO. ts--s
NE. give, below. froml the ~s,ssEvening
Sentinel a complete explanation of the
$4,000 humbug.; For ourselves, we have
never .thorght $3, 900 too much for Com
gresham WHO does, his duty on the floor Of
the House of Representatives Our only
objection to the action Of the Black Repub-
lican Congress on this subject, was its unr
busting corruption in mailing the IAN act
backwards SO as to include that. session in
which it vaas passed, 1--WE .ea-nmend the
article Of The, Sentinel 70 the attentive pcrr4
sal of our readers, as it exonerates John
Letcher from all blame; /, ..- ~.n. ....e.~.-
+, This is the day of ella -trap b andt tie pee
pie must expect it. Among the subjects, is
the bill establishing the present rate OF, CONT
pensation to-, members, of Congress and
great efforts are made to identify the DEM
ocratic party in this State with that meas
ure.;t We will show how unjust they are.
The. bill was passed on the 18th of Au-
gust, 1856, by avery close vote. Yeas
100, Nays 99.s,rWe noticed the measure at
the time: and noticed, it in. condemnation.
August Esd, 1856, we said in conclusion
of our remarks: ,1is.,i.t. .'l.ulE ~,
Z. ''But the compensation allowed is, We
Think very yextraVagant for the services
performed. and we are glad that the Viz
ginia delegation, Meht SO decidedly against
the bill, as the following statement of their
votes will show :-,.-s..,
Aye, John S.. Millson-1. II, . ,ar
Nays Thomas S. Bocock, Johns Car
Isle, John S.iCaskie, Henry A. Edmund
son, Charles ]. Faulkner. VIM o. 'Goodes
Zedekiah Kidwell, John Letcher, T. Me-
Mullen, Paulus Powell, William Smith,
III. t:+., 49, y. e,ts.~; y; -, 80.
We have just required to the official re-
port. and find the above to be, strictly corr
rect $ Every representative from, Virginia
opposed tie bill, except Mr. Millsonl, Mr..
Garnett's district was vacant at the time by
the death Of Judge Bayly.,t. =
| But it is asked, what speeches did they
make against the bill ? J: It is sufficient to-
say that it was passed in the last hours Of
Congress- when to get the floor is almost
an impossibility. Mr.. Letcher, however,
on the motion to reconsider made an effort
to obtain second vote by yeas and nays.
with the aim of defeating tie bill, but
faifedai IT,. = ,.t-' .;."i I,ri-,'- go . . ,
Will the Opposition presses and orators
do the justice to make known the above rec
ord, when they see fit to mention the sub
| ject? 7 Messrs, Letcher; Smith, Faulkner
Powell, Edmundson, Caskie--aN, all Of
our Congressman, opposed the bill, except
Mr. Milson !z:r..,.,. i, -
We have examined the vote of the Mary
land Representatives upon this bill, and we
find that Messrs. Stewart and Bowie Dem
ocrats) voted against 1t and that Messrs.
Henry Winter Davis, J. Morrison Harris
and j. B. Ricaud, Opposition, voted for
it, and Hoffman, Opp. } absent;
We commend these facts to the people,.
and as such persistent efforts are made to
damage. the Democrats BY th;s.question, we
hope our friends will take the trouble to ex- !.
plain to the voters that the facts are in our
favor, aid against the Opposition.