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Revolutionary Pensions. Monday
a resolution was offered 10 Congress, (by
Mr.. Cannon, of Tennessee to instruct the
Committee on Revolutionary Pensions to
enquire into the expediency Of so amend
ing the law on the subject, as TO place SOL
diers and officers ou an equality, by allow
ing to each an equal portion oil The bounty
of Government. He admitted, that, du-
ring active service, the compensation
ought to be in some degree proportional
to rank but contended, that, where the
bounty of Government was dispensed 10
relieve the necessities Of those who had SER
we'd il. the principle Of equality should b
established, and he that served as an off
Ger and he who served as private should
be considered as having been restored, OF
quitting the public service. to the grade o.
cit izens from which they had sprung. o.
being asked, whether on the Pension scale
he would raise the soldier TO a level witt
the officer, or reduce the officer to the sol
dier's level, Mr.. C. said, he had left thai
to the judgment Of the committee. The
motion was rejected, "a to 10.


N. Y. Spectator.