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Gazette Of The United States
New York, New York County, New York
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An Old Freeman defends the agreeable reception of Connecticut representatives upon their return, attributes their salaries to the Assembly under the old Constitution, criticizes high judicial salaries in other regions, recounts historical complaints about wages during opposition to Britain, and argues that Congress assuming state debts benefits all states, particularly Connecticut.
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Messrs. Printers,
I observe a correspondent of yours who appears in the Connecticut Courant of March 22, that seems to be a well meaning man, and judges pretty well so far as he is well informed; but I think he is ill-informed, or at least uninformed, as to the reception our Representatives met with when they last returned. I thought it was very agreeable; perhaps it might be otherwise in his circle where they were uninformed. I think I had it from good authority that our Assembly gave our Representatives under the old Constitution the same which they now have, and if it is too much, charge the blame where it is due. I believe it would be a new thing under the sun, at least in this State, for the public servants to give themselves less than the Assembly gave them. As to the salaries bestowed on the Judges, I believe the people in New-England in general think them too high. He should observe that the Western and Southern people are not so near upon a level as we are in New-England, and thence ariseth those high appointments. He should recollect if he ever knew it, that when we first began to oppose the Britons by arms, the Western and Southern people complained of the wages of our rank and file, and said rather than comply, they would fight it out without us; but when they considered that our young men of family were much superior to their grogsters, who would be likely to desert when the grog failed, and which really happened, they contented themselves with raising the officers wages.
As to his regretting that Congress should assume the state debts, I think he is as ill-informed about that matter as any other. I shall not set him right by public information. Let him enquire, and he will find that it is best for all the states, and this in particular, that Congress should assume all the state debts, without he is one of them that would have the state cheat their creditors, and drive them to complain to Congress, which they certainly will do if the state goes on as they have done, about which I shall forbear to mention particulars at the present.
AN OLD FREEMAN.
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An Old Freeman
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Messrs. Printers
Main Argument
the correspondent is misinformed about the reception of representatives and salaries set by the assembly; high judicial salaries stem from regional differences; congress assuming state debts is beneficial to prevent cheating creditors and ensure stability for all states, especially connecticut.
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