Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-01-13

Its impossible therefore, to state sum which
small IN one case be entirely adequate and reason.
able, anf yet when applied to a second case may
not be found totally different. Perhaps as a mat
Ter OF comparison 1t would not be IMPROPER for
mt TO say that, beng UNIV iihng when | came to
the Senate OF the United States to separate my
self from IN, family, brought them to Washing
ton, and that here live much as live In nv home
In Delaware; perhaps more expensveIy, but GER
laiuy less comfortably; and yet The pay that would
be ample tor single man has been insufficient
Tor my necessary expenses, surrounded as | am
with ihh responsibilities OF thc education aad
IN tnteulnce oi u large and growing family
Til re q say, and without compl8i II That the
pay htt III gnt be ample Tor my neignb II would
be hsnlii ZEN Tor me; SO that much more OF my
pryllo IN juey has been pal 10 support Inc IN th IL
city Than ever have taken from the Treasury of
The Uuitcd States.
refer TO this fact with hesitation aud only as
matter OF Illustration. 1t Is always optional for
n-, il cannot in justice 10 myself remain here
liv.Ds on such a scale rs l consider right aud
proper, 10 resign my place and 60 home. This
isa pnvllese always open to me. IL is one that |
may take advantage ol when | see tit, and until
do SO l make no complaint whatever that my
compen saton has not been larger than it has been
All tnat would ask Is that II be equal to that of
those around me
But, Mr. President, have not proposed to E a
sum. found one ascertained by law when / came
here. knew what 1t was before | came. never
peIsCuilly desired ana never enould have moved
TO increase 1t. shall not move to decrease it.,
and shall not pei nit, If my vote can prevent H.
the salary and emoluments OF any other Senator
| to be decreased from what they were when be and
| | entered the public service. II there be an ad-
| vantage from mileage, which does not iaure to my
personal benefit, propose that the recipients
shall retain it.
But, sir, the country is poor; the country is in
great pccunary Distress il has heavy debt under
which its interests and its people ara staggering;
| Its burdens are, in my opinion, very lily aud un
| fairly adjusted. Our people in every section are
| the victims Of an lily .contrived aud dangerous
system of finance, which has made panics inevit-
able, and by placing the entire banking system
under the control Of the central government, ex.
cludes the possibility of remedies which intelli-
gent local seifgovernment might, and in nv be-
lief would, suggest. To attempt relief il pres.
ent duty, and steps should at once be taken to do
what can be done TO mitigate this wide spread DIS
tress. The first is a rigid economy in Govern.
ment expenditures so far as is consistent with
public interest. There is a just and righteous
popular demand on this sub ject that should be
| respected, and l PROPOSE 30 far my votes here
can TO respond to it, Let, then, economy begin
heie let us replace the scale of our compensation
TO the point where 1t stood on the morning Of the
ID OF March, 1873. | simply desire to repeal the
salary act OF March 3, 1873. from this dale. This
l shall vote for.