Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-08-19

Paprtss.-'i'hs Louisville Journal has b5onoht
Gen. CasS TO tie form, aud taken 'ii'n through
the poiilcal rareehiSu. Hrfe ale ne qn-"-
mons end here The Ieplir>. II must b. admit
,,d that The tesnli makes Gen. CasS> Pfi'ici'
ulas s.as clear as mud ~nist II leaves M
doubt that he is IN favor OF ali things ant
against sil ib!ngs--" Ill ihine> to al men
{. Are you il favor Of protection, Genr'di
If Won are northern man. Tt'er you 10
the Indiana Convention 10 lsi3 hul. II y"n
are Southern man. You Will hnd my oPin-
inns embodied IN NY recent voles ard speech.
IS in the Senate"
Are ven for or against the W'mol Pro
Vic. General I"
:. IF YOU are Northern man. refer yon 10
the edition Of NY lie just Published IN HE
Globe ohire for tie North. but If W" are
Sonthern man, you will ind some very good
,eains in the edition of ny life Published IN
iAe same flee for The South
do you approve or dsapprove the annex
a,on Of Texas, Generally
"lf you are an ami ANNEXATION man. refer
you to The Detroit Advertiser tor proof mat
opposed HE pfojpc, most warmly; bui. II you
are an annexation inan. yon Will had my views
veIy satisfactorily sci forth in NV votes and
speeches in favor Of the ,neasGre.'
x Are YOU for or 40 anst The Gyuasty OF Louis.
Philippe, General =
elf you are Louis Philippe man. you will
he so good as 10 read my book on The French
King and Court, bot. ii you are an an'' Louis
Philippe man. will srnd you a package OF
INV lala speeches 10 favor OF the French revo-
luiion.'
g. Are yon for or against the Improvement OF
rivers and lake harhotS. General g.
..rhe noise aud confusion wonlI prevent
nov answer from being heard, It ! were 10 tell
yon.'
II" 4 Locofoco Yong Mems mass cor
ventlon had been called to meet al Dayton on
The 2ilh Of August; bet The leaders ui the par
" have taken u Inio their heads 10 pos ne
The meeting Until The 81. day Of Sep'einber
The reason given for the selection OF the id'-
ter day il its peculiar appropriateness as the
anniversary Of the battle OF Monterey butler
and Weller having been both upon o' ~ ar that
field OF combat.
The Cleaveiand Herald says:
And where was Gen. Cass Shal! he
not be honored on ,he anniversary Of Mon'er.
ey. Certainly, all honor 10 Lewis Cas- on
that day. He was not. to be- sure. g upon the
field Of Monterey" bur he was in the Senate,
we remember and voled, like good 'orofoco.
10 cenSure Gen. Taylor the hero Of Monterey,
for accepting The "apilnalon his hard fight
Ing had ex'orted !ron the Mexirans. ~
For our own par, we have suspicion, tia,
when The anniversary of he battle u Mon'rr
ey arrives the people will he far more likely
Ia hurrah for Old Zark, the real hero Of Mons
ierey, than for any Of The imitation champions
who are endeacOEiHn 10 get mp disturbance
By s!eal;1g his thunder Ohio Slale jour.
tIFN CAss-pumlc PLuSpgR w" iraos
Ger In columns to-day the better oi s. hide.
pendent" TO the North American, which ~
hiblis. from the public records, the enormous
sums Of money received by Gen. CaSs from
HE people. daring a period vi i"e"'y.n"e
years.
Not content with his liberal salary, not sat
listed with douhIe-pa this sefvan, Of The
dear people this i.ocooro Presidential
candidate. 'rump> mp extra rharge>-p!rads
for exta aiiowanc year diter year. aud tnal-
~ during the reign OF tavorleisIn, at-qna'nla.
,lon and de!alcalon under jackson aud Van
Buren,, Gen. CasS obtalns the allowance OF
his extra bill which previous Administration
had refused.
During this period Of twpn,vnlne years. he
drew from the Public Treasury TWO hnudred
and lweuiy-nne thousand six hundred and
.ix,v-,wo dollars, beng nearly EIGHT Thousand
dollars per year. and over twenty dollars per
day, Sunday "no, excepted" And about
seventy>fve thousand dollars Of this is extra
allowances of extra charges, made by his po-
lltcal associates years after the pretended ser
far "a hiph ha
was demanded.
The records also show that Gen. Taylor,
during forty years Of hard, per'lou,, and
slant services, has never received one cent
extra, nor is there one cent extra charged III
the accounts Of Zachary Tag lor
No honest man can hesitate 6 " hich Of The
Two 10 CHOOSE" Read The letter. and allow
yoar neighbor to read ii also.-Ohio State
Journal.
Gen Semple has been running his 6 Prairie
Car" for several days past very successfully:
and will run it Tomorrow. and Monday and
Tue sday OF mex, week-on which DAYS he will
be grathed 10 have large number of our Gil
!zens witness the operation. There among
us many who regard the success Of Gen Sens
= pies undertaking as highly importan,.-San-
canon Jour.
Pine E.slssaher