Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-10

months home lately, leaving very important
position and vitlrsrawing from the care Of the
men placed under his command. conscientious
which -houid have the highest influence ~ith
taishsul aud conscientious officer. His pay per
mouth is at least s32s 50. nearly as much lor
one months services as al Mr.. CoxDUIrr
received as = delegate 10 the Constitutional Cos-
vestion. While General Duxoxr was at
home he vas attending 20 his private business
he was seen almost daily upon the streets riding
with his engges." and during bis absence from
his Official duties be had the health, the strength
and the disposition to visit various portions Of
this Congressional District to make political
speeches. and se. the triggers for his nomination
a. a candidate for Congress. We inquire Of the
Journal whether General DUNoSr deducted a
dollar from his pay ron. while thas neglecting
important public duiiesf why dId he draw full
paw" The voters OF the Sixth District will
not consent TO taxation without representation
Let them look sell. then, to their candidates.. and
select man who would seorn 70 dras pay for
services never rendered" There il an old adage
which reads: People that live in glass houses
should not throw stones"
wsaotice Mr. Secretary SSsrH. Avery ardent
Republican, upon the streets Of our city He re-
ceives a salary Of s. 0.IO ayear. Does any public
duty call him hereY II on private business he
should "scorn to draw pay for services never rem
dered . NJ. sxra draws from the public treas
Dry fcsnfy tro doiIsrs every day for attending TO
public duties The hard working laboring man
only earns il twenty-five days what Mr.. SMITH
gets each day. Mr.. SMITH takes play spell or
comes out TO Indiana 10 tell the laboring men
how they must vote. His pay. f,centy t'ro dollars
day, goes on all the while. but if the laboring
man loses an hour for a little recreation, he is
locked that much from his dollar day. "The
voters of the 9th District will not consent to tax
alton without representation"
The very honorable ALBERT GALLsTIS PoRrER
leaves his seat in Congress and comes home to
see his family That is all right, but he draws
pay for services not rendered. and this the jour
nal saws no honorable man should do. The Re
publican organ says with a great deal of virtuou:
indignation "the voters of the 9th Congressiona
District will not consent to taxation without rep
resentaton'"
Brgadier General or Major General CAssIU:
NJ CLAY receives pay nj the rate Of four or FIVE oi
six thousand dollars year and is lOafng around
the country. He has no command. never rem
dered any service and probably never will. But
he is member of the Republican p'rty. In thi:
case will the voters Of the 9th Congressional
District consent to "taxation without representa-
tionf"
SCHUYLER CoLFAx. Republican member Of
Congress, and a candidate for re election. leave:
his seat for weeks 10 visit his district and attend
to bis personal affairs. drawing all the time full
pay public servant, but he does no" to
draw pay for services never rendered" He
pockets it all, and would more too il he could gel
it, but the Journal has no rebuke for this Repub
lican pet
Major General JOIN CHARLES Fremont, a rep
resentative OF the radical Republicans, and
therefore We must accept to be very good
man, a very pure man, in fact a very excellent
man, pockets some $500 month or $4,000 a
year and does nothing. The Journal says
an honorable man, a good man, should
"scorn to draw pay for services not rendered
Is john CHARLES n good man? We ask the
Journal to respond to this inquiry.
And so we could enumerate thousands upon
thousands of very patriotic Republicans who are
drawing pay for services never rendered. But We
notice that not one of them "scoru" to
put the money in his pocket They take
il all, and like OLIVER TWIST, ask foI
more. They like il The Journal has made
the issue Will the of the Sixth District
consent to "taxation without representItionY
Let them look we'll to the men who are candi
dates-to the men who seek to control the des
TIMES of the country aud select "only those who
would scorn to draw pay for services never rem
dered." If this should be the standard of judg-
ment il will be difficult TO find Republican who
would be qualified to fill any public position.