Washington telegraph., 1848-10-04


pay d1nng The whole time be vas Gov
crHor oi Indiana and the Northwestern
territory, and for all the treaties he ne
gotlnted--tas numerous and important
perhaps, as thusn of Governor Cass) was
3,2al dollars, instead OF 6i,se5 dollars.
the amount received by this great and
cttyaorlinnry hero, Governor Cuss, No,
Harrison was an honest mpn--and ike
an honest man he neither charged nor
received one cent for rations, oficerent,
clerk-hire, or iuolsor for extra territorial
services, for which Governor Cass char.
ged and received 3,T31 dollars per aunum
crfra Here Is the diilt.enee between
Harrison and eass-pny moro questions!
II not, ! will proceed to another point
VOUCHERS
Nh MeLane. Does the gentleman
mean 10 say that he Obtained those pay.
ments without vouchers!
Mr. Stewart say thai Cen Ca=s's
letters, which are published with li.esn
reports, do not assert that he ever em-
ployed a clerk or rented an Office OF any
kind But, 10 specify something TO sus.
tam the charge, this wgs adopted rs the
most convenient aud plausible pteicXt to
gel the money, But tho gentleman rom
Maryland asked II General Cas- obtained
these payments without vouchers! !
answer, I believe he did, but to asceftam
the fact with certainty | went yesterday,
first 10 the Third AnditoF's Office OF the
Treasury department, AMI there was
told thai the vouchers We're tiled in the
office Of the Second Auditor ltheu pro.
ceadcd 10 the oiIice oi the Second Auditor
Mf Mctalla, and told him thai | wished
10 sec the vouchers oil General Cuss ior
the payments that had been made TO HIM.
aud what was the answer | received
The Auditor told me he could not attend
10 il. Sir, said, can YOU give me
tie assistance OF clerk NO. was
the answer, my clerks are all busy
eoinc some other lime sand should
moi consume much time but l was thus
dem any means and all assistance to
examine whether there were vouchers or
not 10y the Second Auditor Of the Treasury.
GEN fAYIoRs ENTRAs-EoNE.
The gentleman nom Michigan, howey.
er, has shown that he eonld get all the
documents thai he wanted. lie has aot
an account OF all General Taylor's fegu.
lar pay. and doubtless he has soggh. ior
General Iaylof's extra nayr bar he has
not been able TO 6ul any. becanse as ap.
pears by the records. he has never reeeiy.
Cd dollar nevertheless. the gentleman
from Mirhigan has nc hesiiaisd 10 iiRiR.
nate, aud TO send 1t to the country, that
General Taylor has received moro extra
pay than Gen Cas-. ia the face OF these
documents. winch show eanelusiscly that
heneyef me.dn Gem ofeAfm pay dainga a
service Of forty y,nfs IN thecourse OF which
he was doubtless often entitled to 1t, as il
appears nearly all other officers Of .he ar
ny have been. Yet the gentleman nom
Michigan insinuatss Tint Gcnernl Taylor
received extra pay. Tor wlat he eails.
the formal routine Of light military duty
NJ comparatively mimporiant posts, -
sn. Geneml Taylor has spent much OF
his ime IN the service on the western
luutieG but is the irontirr service "light
mililaydu,y" We're tloru no hard hips
aud pnvations to endure ihcrc' let the
Western members OF ,his HOUSE answer
! undertake to assert that the lfonlier ser.
vice IL the most dscomioHabie. the most
undesirable thutan ollicur, whopcicrrd
pcrsonal ense to the hard duties OF The
camp, could be subjected to.
GEN. TAYLoRS EXTRA
SERVICES