Washington telegraph., 1848-11-01
Ffasl tbeNatisaa1 Luc'iga,esr.
GEN GASSs EXTRAS.
.I2IosT5Ws1 Pl. s1pf 90. ~.

lNiasfowS, Pa, sept ~, ISIS.
Geafis@ea Ny attention has lust been
ealled To Iwo hle numbers of tha uH8u
in which the eduor has devoted ten col.
umns, viii the promise of more To the
examination ot my late speech 10 relaIiau
to Gen. eass's extn pay. Thsisaeaaz
phment | hafdly expected from the editor
OF the Imaa. and am exceedingly sar
that ! hafe gwen him 30 much trouble
and maasiness.
/ haFe mol Tine Just now to read. much
less 10 eamm.al On these ten columns aI
editorial ahHsai but since Mr. EHeaIz
question The ruth OF my statements in IT,
gard to M Gass's extra pay / wilIHlef
blm 10 aa authority OF which he sHamz
TO be iguaaHl bHg viii not dare 10 con.
rosea. refer hun TO President Poll
me.sase nI The 18th oI August mzG ok
eeuliga document No. So printed siase
the adjournment. Now, | charged Cen.
Ca-s with lakine. while Governor aI
Michigan ua1 ex.udici0 Superintendent
o. lHdIan AlIaifz. sol s6j I6 extra pay
over aud ahaea the amount of his lesaI
aud iizad #alafy nl 2,u0O "a yeat Nov.
HssaH thal tins me e-aea. sent in In
hh-dsni Hulk IN Obedience 20 "a Fas5Ia.
lloa oi the liaHze, with the documents
appended. =azIHa and establish every dol.
laf aud ese5y cent / nave charged aaau=I
Ten. en- IheY do ma.t they saaR
that Cen Gaz received a- MafshaI aI
OHIO and AHHfsr TO France >26Iu= G
over aHl ahafa iha amouu,o. h. salaaaa
aud he aaIHI aud uliru, which, REGARDED
as extra. NaImaAH las extra pas saE5II
and us fe#aIafaad esm pay, toeaIhgH
s45i.23l l.. AoW, ii mB charging Cen.
Ca#s with 1adH# s#i. $50 lj is msI.y de-
uoaeadhY Alf. klaahig aud his other ven.
aI followers Is atiHHgaUoa ald s'a6d#I
q. Nj. Gazzt WiafaIlthay ay ri alf.
Polk, Wh1 maae- itmaeh wot0 than ldIs
Il bal MI =Ih#f sayo oi Gov. Marcy,
fgiany al ~. 4 Graham. Bg-is.rfaI fIIH
Treasury neIaf iimgaraul john 81 "
Gala sasaal and Third Auditor. UHs
sustain II lbaIH aIaelal signature fhaz#
statements IHHz skihigingnui laundering
Mr. Ca. md rendering bln, ID true t.
has been I'D by his ineuds) unworthy
tLe support ol any honest many These
outrageous charges bciug established
hy his own friends, what will my tiII.er-
aud slaudcrer- now say! We shall see.
The Presidents message and docu-
ments sustaining these charges are in lbc
hands oicyery member ul Conucss, whore
they may be seen, and TO facilitate ile
examination, will refer the inquirer 10
pages =, 3, 8, i6, Il. 50, l59, 100, g33,
aud 23L
IL furthermore appears by these official
documents that Gen. Cass charged and
received as Governor ui Michigan, more
than double the amount OF cAtu pay w..
ceNed 10y all the oihor Governors ol ail
ihc teuilsflc- Of iAc United Sutg- iiom
the foundation a, tAe Governments up 90
lhe year 1918 THIS remarkable Gct i.
established by these uc1ul. Can iUl- ht
rghR Can Mr Riiclip satisfy the reo-
pie Of tli- comIrythat Lewis Gas, will.
Governor OF Michigan. Wg- Justly pnI-
tcd tO duullg J- uuoA y- a'l IUa Ig-f ui
ihc Governor. of u.l the other twelve of
fifteen tcu.loap, of the United sHte-'-
And b ol-o appears ihot gum rort o.
lha extra pay allowed o. us Other gay-
omor hy Con. Cas- h.m-gIl while hrwa.
Secretary OF War aud based upyn ms
arm cyff2 aii0rgae-
These documents show -0that LOWS
Gas, received. 100 addition 10 hi- regular
salary of 1000 ycai SO 800 year iaf
fuel, oiic1 rent &cs el,5OU % year llr
services beyond lha territorial me. ol
Michigan and ai-1, a' Me sane nUa s-
peg day and forty cents per mlo Dor raL
ug treaties with ihe Indians amounting
alone, iorpart ri tha t.mr, to 3OUuayeat
aui making. wIrh bis c-u.as a.asg aaa
extra allowances 5000 yral instead
u, s.? 00N--nura than S2U dIy, Whgn
the law gave Aim less than -6 But mol
satisfied wlthull tI.-, sY,ar- thut Gen.
'i'H NNAi'. ISL TO t'tA'A ANN''IhNN I". HNh 'lNA
years. while Governor of Michigan, ihr
pay ard emu.umeuls oi "a captain and
quurlrnna-lerinthcraruluruHuymuouu
ug To upward OF $500 prry.arIHofc, aud
chargcdunarreeiycdat 0Rc t,@cs6,flO ior
mlion-, ps well a- several ihon.and dollar.
for settling his accounts aud assisting ta
form an Indian code, while I'm One roreipt
olall his salaries. regular aHd cura. above
mentioned. And, what is worse than alI
this in July le33, year after General
Gass was appointed Secretary OF War
he produced an account arain-. the Gov.
crnment, amounting 10 sj3l9- 9j, ior
ailedgod ovefplymruts running back rn
or Twelve years; Sj.3l7 - m le2D for
IHiiaH muuii.s, SlUls3 GLmmdruu.
ite charge "lor Indian Department prior
TO le2g,' which, il right. Nc c1lld have
attained in anyoihi~ quarterly settlements
made during these ten or Twelve years
UrOduciup "a balance i'm his inyOr of S9l.