Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-12-19
New York. Tremain had spoken YES.
tetday OF demagogueism; he (Ste-
phens) maintained that there oould be

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never had been a statesman who was
not demagogue. The word orici-
nally meant ga leader of tho people. !"
Pericles was a demagogue. There
we're two kinds Of demagosues-the
sham and the genuine. The genuine
demagogue was the man who led the
people, who guided the people; the
sham demagogue pandered to tho
errors and prejudices of the people.
The real statesman was the pnysieian
! of humanity the sham demagoaue
simply courted favors III order to get
Office and the spoils of Office. He con-
sidered Lord Chatham as the true,
the genuine demagogue, and related
an anecdote to the effect that when
Chatham was proposing to the English
Cabinet new measure Of taxation.
including tho taxing of windows. be
missed one member OF the Cabinet
and asked for him by name. The an
swer was that lit made no difference
whether that member was present or
not, because he was fool" "Ihat
Is the very reason" said Chatham.
THAT / want him here, because the
way he thinks about this thing is the
way that the majority Of the people OF
England may think about It, and I
want to know the sentiments of the
public. BE wanted to know it, not
| to pander to it, but that he might go
before the people and raise them to
sentiment of the necessity and pro.
priety of the measure"
Recurring TO the consideration Of
the increased salary bill, Mr.. Stephens
SAID that he was very glad to say that
that was measure for which u sither
political party was responsible. His
| opinion was that the Democracy, in
the proportion of its votes III Congress,
| was quite as responsible as the Re-
publican party: The gentleman from
! New York, Tremain, had admitted
yesterday that under the Constitution
! every Congress had the right to fix its
own compensation. It had done SO
| from the beginning of the Govern
ment. II had frequently increased
| that compensation, and the increase
| was always and necessarily retroactive,
! Worthy men had done this in the last
| century and III the early part of the
present century tho brightest orna-
ments in American history had sub.
iected themselves to be denounced as
salary grabbers ard thieves. The first
| great thing to be learned in this life,
that which had been taught in the
! schools of ancient Greece, was to dis
| criminate between that which the mul-
! tltude thought was right p nd that which
was right i'll itself. If there was any
thing wrong, anything immoral, any
| thing dishonest, anything which would
reflect disgrace on mans memory for
taking that legal appropriation hc
wanted to know where it was. If it
! was wrong for members to take what
| the law allowed, where were men to
i find rule of right and wrong. His
remarks, ,on this subject, did not apply
| to himself, but he was citizen of the
/ country and he felt deep interest ia
| the character and dignity Of Congress.
! He claimed that when Congress passed
the retroactive law of last session it
had constitutional right to do 60.
He was not saying whether It was ex-
pedient or not, but no blush should
rest Oh the cheek of any man, whether
he voted for the bill or not, who tx ok
the money. Ii he had been here he
should have taken il whether lie vot ed
for it or not, and should have felt Il at
he was as justly entitled to it as he
was to receive q dollar day. It was
constitutional law, constitusionally
passed, and those who wNe entitled
to pay under 1t were as much entitled
to the whole of it as they were to any
dime under it. II any thought it was
too much and returned it, he (Ste-
ven would not cast slur upon him
for doing SO. He had now discussed
the moral view of the question, and he
would now proceed to discuss it in its
! olitical aspect. He was not going to
place "a value on his OWN services as
representative, but il he were to state
what he thought the services of a rep
resentative ought to be worth he would
go far above any law that has ever
been passed.
a representative Of tho people ought
to be a man Of that mental cailbre that
informatiCn, that education, that viz
tue, that tru6tworthiness and all those
qualities which command the highest
remuneration; llo had given it ns his
opinion, in tho last speech he made in
the House fourteen years ago, that if
the salaries Of mc mbers Of Congress
were so, 600, Of Senators Si5, 900, of
the Chief Justices Of the Supreme
Court $50, 600, OF the Associate Judges
So, 600 and of the President 800, 900,
it wonid be better for the country a:
large; he held the sano opinion still;
be certainly should rot vote for the
bill reported by the coranaittee, but he
believed that the most IN Dwise acti l.
Of the last Congress WAS the abolition.
of the franking privilege.
At the next executive session Of the
! Senate. tho Committee On Judiciary
will make q favor able report on tho
nomination Of Geo. q. Williams, to be
Chief Jusfice.
! It appears from tho report OF tho
Southern Claims Com mission that the
gross amount Of claims filed IS SCO,-
900, 900 and the aggregate amount
| passed on go, 900, 900, there remain
: ing 1000 claims amounting to S50,-
| 900. 900 to be adiudicated Tho
! amount claimed III the whole number
OF cases now reported js S4,7lS, s31.
! ard the amonnt allowed y. the settle
ment Of the J,693 OF the approved,
| claius is S;646,365, su average allow
nEce Of $500 TO each claimant.
! The Indications orc that tho House
| Of Reprcscntati..S viii pass 4 bili
! fixing tho salary OF tie members OF
, Congress about @6, 600 year, with the
| allowance Of actual travelling expenses.
+ Alfred /. 4. Torbcrt was confirmed
! to-day as Consul-Geg.@rai at Paris.
/ Representatives ftuEa the Missis-
! sirpi Valley are making arrangements
/ to secure favorable legislation on the
transportation question as affecting
that section.
! SEsArE.-The vote Ior President
pro tsnl stood as follows: Carpenter.
! 81; Thurman, 16; blank. ,.
! Senator Gordon, of Georgia, intro
! duced bill TO repeal the section OF
The h;!l of March 3rd. 1873, forbiddinS
th3 free transmission # periodicals,
magazines and newspapers through,
The United States mails and restoring
that privilege. Referred to the Com
n1ittee on Post Offices and Post Rosds.
The Committee on Transportation
10 tie Seaboard have authority to hold
session during recess when they
please, With power to send for per-
sons and papers.
A bill removing the political disa-
bilitiss of Tnos. S. Bocock, of Vir-
ginia; Jro. Fl. Reagan, Of Texas, and
! others, was passed.
iNofa-This ia not tina general AM