Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-10-18
Remarks of Mr.. Bull, of Hancock,

In the House of Representatives, Thurs
day, Oct. Z on the resolution of Mr. Skif,
OF Monkton, providing for an adjourn
ment until Monday morning next.
Mr.. Speaker Il take exceptions
to the resolution. 1t ought to read,
all voting in favor of its adoption
shall ask and receive no pay for lost
time. | am aware it is a time-honor-
ed custom for legislative bodies to
adjourn over after few days labor
in order to recruit their wasted ener-
gies. But bad customs like bad fash
ions, should be discarded.
We are here by the authority of the
people. We are here as representa-
tives Of the people, and are supposed
to be here to legislate for their best
interests and according to the theory
Of the tax payers, a trihe less RED
TAPE and a little more hard work
would be acceptable. Suppose you
adopt this resolution and 90 home
and find your interests going to de-
struction, your hired man slowed
away in some snug corner playing
dominoe8 and drinking whisky, and
you demonstrate. Well, he says,
have passed a resolution to adjourn
over; having considered the matter
carefully, candidly and seriously, l
have fully concluded that a hired man
on the farm is equally entitled to an
adjournment with hired man in the
Legislature. Now, YOU are here, and
| am here; but never mind, we will
both go back to our duties next week
and it will be 0. X. You are right
and am right, and the only difference
there is between US is, the State pays
you and does not pay me.
Look at the history Of nations
whose rulers have disregarded the
rights Of the people. Look at the
men high in authority and power,hay-
ing held the highest offices in the gift
Of the people, who have abused their
trust aud di5regarded the rights and
wishes Of the people. Where are
they now? They have Swung round
the circle" for a brief space Of time
and are now left alone in their glory,
with few so poor as to DO them hon.
! age, with plenty Of leisure and oppor-
/ tunity 10 look back uDOn their past
follies with regret. The best and
wisest thing they can DO, under the
circumstances, is to take up lodgings
with Robinson Cyusoe. There they
are monarch of all they survey, with
no one to dispute their authority or
their title of nobility.
And now, sirs, as a contrast, permit
me briefly to allude to our gallant of.
ficers and the brave soldiers who fol-
lowed them through the dark and
bloody days Of the late rebellion
They did not meet of Friday after
noon and pass a resolution to adjourn
over; but they did hold a council and
passed a resolution and proclaimed it
to the world, in thunder tones, not to
be mistaken or forgotten, that they
would not adjourn until the Stars and
Stripes should wave Ger the land of
the bOndman, the down trodden slave.
No sirs; their resolution was Right
about, face, March, Double quick !!
/ ' ermOuters ahead forward and on
ward and upward to victory; and
when they had accomplished their
mission and right triumphed over
treason, they adjourned. Some Of
them returned, many minus q leg or
an arm, others in feeble health and
ruined constitutions, and are to-day
struggling and toiIiug to meet the de-
mands of tax gatherer. Is it right.
is it just, is it reasonable or houora-
Die, to ask them-to ask the people
to pay US for services not rendered
or labor not performed?
Then let US not prove recreaut to
our trust, but true to our title as rep
resentatives Of the people; do equal
justice to all men yes, and to all
women, also. And in conclusion. |
would say, if the party now in power
expect or desire to retain that power,
see to it that YOU deal Justly by the
people. And | will add. for the inlor-
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