[433] Annals, 14th Cong. 1st Sess. 194, 231-33.
A bill was reported March 22, 1816, increasing the salaries of all government officials. The report of the committee is valuable as showing the increased cost of living. (Ib.)
[434] Nearly three years after the decision of Martin vs. Hunter's Lessee, Story writes that the Justices of the Supreme Court are "starving in splendid poverty." (Story to Wheaton, Dec. 9, 1818, Story, i, 313.)
[435] Story to White, Feb. 26, 1816, Story, i, 278; and see Story to Williams, May 22, 1816, ib. 279.
[436] Ambler: Sectionalism in Virginia, 103.
CHAPTER IV
FINANCIAL AND MORAL CHAOS
Like a dropsical man calling out for water, water, our deluded citizens are calling for more banks. (Jefferson.)