The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-06


 yet the nice distinction of law got the better of private evidence. He is now gone, after having, in his latter years, acted a good part"
 Note in the above the careful pune tuation and the strict use of the comma.
 Tn foreign letter the costly apparel of the consul Boneparte is compared with the almost mean outfit of Robes pierre
 When that extraordinary man (Robespierre) set out from Arras to take his seate in the states general of France, his stock of clothes, including the dress he had on, consisted of worsted stockings, black coat half one ditto, same material, pretty good -one pair of black velvet brooches, nearly new-one pair of ditto, almost worn out-one pair of new shoes-one pair a good deal worn-five cotton shirts, pretty good-eleven neckcloths two nightcaps of worsted.
 "When this same man became mas ter of France, the furniture of his room Gin a joiner's house) consisted of only two broken chairs ! and wretched bed without curtains. His bodyguard consisted of the joiner, his son, wife, and daughter. The span gles of an embroidered boot, or on the turban of a Mamelul1e, exceeded in value, the whole of the clothes and furniture of the quondam master of France
 Here is a portion of letter de- scribing the luxury in which the con- sul lived:
 ''So splendid are the Consular apart ments in the Tuilleries at Paris, says a London paper, that in the bedroom of Bonaparte an Englishman observed hp a r. ance rather mean, was the bed-carpet, which was of crimson velvet edged with a deep fringe of gold. The wash-hand basin and every utensil for personal use was forr ed in the Grecian taste and was of solid gold.
 ''In the petits apartments of Mad anne Bonaparte is a bathing vessel of silver, the pipes which conduct the water are of the same precious metal, and the cocks of solid gold. If the Consul initiates Alexander in his bat ties, he does not fail to emulate Solo, mon in his palaces.
 ''The bed-chalnber of Madame Re- camier, we are told is fitted up in style of luxury and splendour far sur passing anything of the kind in Eur ope; the bed-posts are of gold; the bed-curtains of gold muslin; and the testar one entire looking-glass. The rest of the furniture is in the same style of magnificence-and who was MT. Recamier? An humble hatmaker in better tfmes."
 Tn the editorial column occurs this dignified and straightforward criticism of the attempts made by the Federal party in Congress to provide the re- tired Judges with a suitable salary, after the office of Judge had been abolished The clear and forcible dic- ton strikes the mind with startling directness. We are impressed with the fact that former statesmen were not as incorruptfble as we have been taught to believe, and small spirit of greed might have pervaded the souls of American politicians of that distant day.
 ''Sinecue Judges, have been made by the Federal party in Congress, and in our State Legislature. during their present sessions, to make pecuntary provision for the support of class of men with the title of Judges, who are to hold no offices, and to have no duties to perform. Tn the one case the courts have been abolished and the Judges are of course without employment in this capacity.-Still it has been said, they are entitled to their salaries. In the other, it has been proposed, with equal reason and justice, that a man having once ac- cepted the office of Judge, and hav- ing discharged the duties as long as he was capable, should be allowed to retire on an honorable pension, when ever the infirmities, of his body, or the imbecility of his mind should ren- der it necessary. Both the propositions forcibly exhibit the views of the party by whom they have been made. Pen sions and Sinecure places are a part of the machinery of monarchs They are closely allied to standing army, an inextinguishable debt, and a sys- tenn of oppressive taxation.
 Republican principles will suffer no man to feed upon the public bounty without an equivalent service to the public. If soldier has endangered his life, and has been. disabled in de- fence of his Country, he has a claim upon his Country for Substinence. Ii a Judge accepts of an honorable of- flee, which endangers neither life nor his limbs, with an honorable and equivalent salary during his continu- ance in office. he has no claim upon his Country because he may chance to grow old, and become incapable of earning his compensation. He knows the tenure by which he ought to hold his office; that he shall be able to perform it's duties and render to the public a service equivalent to his sal ary No man ever accepted the ap-
 
 ed the honor and emoluments of the office taken together as a full satis- faction for the private business he might surrender, and the labor and fatigue of his official duty. He re- ceives then, his quid pro quo, while he is capable of rendering the services of a Judge. When he is no longer earning his salary, it is his duty to resign. If he does not choose to resign, but to continue as a dead weight in the seat of Justice, 1t is the duty of the government to remove him, by the constitutional provision of an address of the two houses. But where Is his claim to support after his usefulness as a Judge is at an end? He would have grown old and might have become infirm in any other situation He would not perhaps, with the same labor have acquired more money or fame in any private occupa- tion Or if he might have done this it can only be said that has made a bad bargain, and has not made the most of his talents The Public have certainly nothing to do with that"
 Such opinions convince the reader that the editor of The National Aegis had clearheaded ideas regarding the subject of pensions, and one would not doubt that his criticisms upon any of the affairs of the government of his country would be equally honest and fearless.
 Aagin, in reviewing the speech of MT. Senator Ross regarding the sit uation at New Orleans, and the inn minence of a war with Spain, (re-