Year: 1873

Bell
dncy when the times ebg with carried the State
of Tennessee Lewis Cass officer and y
To single who pay act of 1866-Th


r h @ of Fe he o Hso on Hanr1 En- WOh HfpS 5 as
@ ep w b EepIon @ ar many distinguished
elected to men as Elddge Niblack NJ Kerr
reelected Congress but made chairman of the National
Franklin Pierce after approving the compensation
the vote of the delegates from the National Democratic
Yenion for denomination as candidate for the Presidency


And after his approving the compensation bill 1866
After this review finding ta Ihe 5sgE pay feature of the different COM
sanction our great representative
and if not the sanction of the people ndor
recipients of the back have been regarded on
opinion they the second sober thought


d a the m a Onnd p0 tho 6g mad e haoWng & n1a S
participated in the punder whether voting BILL would
certainly voting for against It with
on ad an oneT f for as muo o e S Ia" were grant
Then vested with title it. the inevitable that he has
The act of drawing the peesdes implies the power of dis
to bis credit two years after the expiration Of the fiscal in which the
year 1876 lapse into the surplus
na of the and nth there remain without further and specific
members liable lapse under may doubted
any before the ezP-
remaining So that the ndner would give back to the
make other disposition of must through the
But the most with which had deal
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overmen that ought to be turned over to the of Ten
nesseeOthers that ought be the Common School Fund of
my Congressional keep by
they would that should have than any
weu ps H4 na unequal @ th ,hke from me E9fn nearly ca all n T
the Washington Monument fund So that will be that the public
m If a sh9G % give wei & back the nc class would CRY out
been led by conscience driven by shame or induced by considerations
If should propose give the endowment fund of University the


O comes IRON another quarter tha want to make it, sounding board
the oo s "h''H Is only charity IN the rnd but 'ehSeS LII
Treasury charge would have been made that
was only there whthe dishonest motive of stealing after the
IPopose give my Congressional district they
be persuaded that the receipt would be
principle reei2es S1s suy iSs sI the sE Ee @ ~ saD "


refuse to speak out am considered dumb with conscious sg
dog Tray must be beaten anyhow that held bay
To the money back would the balances
State just
quail Congressional district the other Congressional districts
receiving the bnef form of the Of their respective
But fellow not with further
fault mine and opposition involved the
By BEING its sTn b Da part OF the Increased salary to pay
TINS last remark requires explanation The larger the salary the
of the Congressional salary and the boarding and
adjournment price
exacted from the members during the session Congress- The increased
will only multiply the number and stimulate the importantly Of de-
Congress nearly every day charity
and for contributions religious educational literary and scientific
salary partly





speeches
constituents He has pay all the public documents
has respond the calls of his party for the printing and dsa
documents He expected furnish relief his
citizens his State who happen obe caught in Wash
destitute condition ne tapped
holds he is beraed niggad Of all which do complaint only
state facts Whal he expected and his duty to be example
and while he may be with his he must he


beeve that theory compensation Congress
as said by one Of the fathers Republic
middle ground where dignity blends with economy"



his 5000 and mileage stationery and free postage
$4,000 without them With either salary the general of the
bers will not more than make their ends meet


Cays experience that he could Of the Speak
ers salary which double that of other members than he did ont
his salary member on the floor
HOwevet matter of difference the have the increased
pay Perhaps duty Of members
After this explanatory depression on the supevng burdens Of the sal
ary the train of thought which commentinghat
{1 a" bp of eitb were w 0 III" I'd"
You have your quota pay beyond the power Congress





the present members only by deductn the back from their future
foregoing light conclude
that by the sanction of the Constitution of the United Sa the
of the purest days of the Republic the baePay mine


did did not as did for it. The government has
parted it, Being
1may do With please My constituents having had the
The mpeous logic of facts drives me this conclusion


Being mine had intended and privately 50 expressed inendono
proportions the counties composing the fh Congress
oual district and which district proud represen0 through their
bhad
like Judas cast it feet the fee of acery for did
did Intend offer bibe for future Prefement use
anticipated felt jealous honor
and would have coed thing which Thought
Recent however change my
made foea their impartial action and because such
been deed and rejected as the specOus Overres
demaggue Popular Jealousy aroused thatI am put 10


understand nv embarrassing posture Offer
would be made have rejected with nu do not make the
offer may be snubbed for the refusal


As their representative claim tha am entitled to the far and impartial
people. First know deliberate and then Judge