The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-08

SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8, Is4s.
arhs Extra-Pay Question"


under the above head, charges with an attempt to
mislead the public mind respecting the allowances re-
ceved by General Taylor over and above his regular
pay, and with "wanonly slandering brave old sodier
and honest man" This charge is no less grave than
unfair and untrue
We stated, and proved from official documents, that
to the 3oh of June last, General Taylor had received
in the shape of allowances "emouments," OF various
kinds, over and above his pay officer of the army.
the sum OF $77,s2 o2-just sl3,s2l Sc more than had
been received by General Cass, whether as COM
pensaton Or expenses and above his pay or
salary, in the several positions held by him in the
public service. We gave the various items OF which
this amount consisted carefully made up from the very
ofcia evidence" referred to by the Patriot as having
been furnished Congress the late session Does the
Patriot deny that General Taylor received the allow
ances enumerated by us' Does the correspondence be-
tween the Hon Reverdy Johnson and that worthy
and estimabe officer, the Adjuant General of the army
appended to the Patriots article, show that he did not
Not at all Mr. Johnson inquired whether the allow
ances enumerated by one dollar more than the
law in terms allowed !" and he doubt greatly dis
appointed in the answer, for the Adutant General could
not s,aethe fact being otherwise as is shown by his
reply. Will the Patriot undertake TO deny that General
Taylor is in the receipt OF these allowances, In
cludng besides raons for four servants allowance
in money, amounting dollars per day for ratons
for himself aione2 Such denial only be made by dis
creditng his accounts, recepted by himself, Tor
these allowances We did not say that General Taylor
received the allowances Illegally, that he was
not entitled TO them; though we have our own opinion
upon that point On the contrary we stated that we simply
gave the facts, and had such rbad and may add
dishonorabe remarks and representations TO make re-
specting them have been eratcd and reiterated in
every shape and FORM except that of truth by wing ora
tors and presses from end of the country to the other
respecting the allowances made to General Cass during
the long period Of his arduous and important service
The wings have got themselves into the difficulty about
these allowances by their unfair and dishonest
course, and this difficulty they too late is Sc
rous one; evident from their writing under the
truth and their futile effort to break its force.
The Adiuant General states that the allowances to
General TAYLOR were received under claw and regula
tons of the War Department" We did not say that
they were received otherwise though with due Difference
to the general statement of the Adjuant General, we
have no doubt that we could show that OF them
were made by special decisions AS before remarked
only stated the fact that they received which was
sufficient for u.s. and we think will be for the country
But which of these allowances received pur
suant express and specific provision Of lav, fring
the amount and specifying the circumstances under Which
they should be paid, and what by mere Executive regu-
ations and what are such regulations but acts of dis
creonary authority Exercised officers in their
administrative capacity? Let the Patriot give
to these queries, and we will then whether it
responds with our information The simple truth OF the
that ha all Gen TavlOr made
by the exercise of discretionary authority vested in the
President or Secretary of War by law, whatever may
have been the form in which this done. And the
allowances to Gen. Cass made by similar authority
or else President Madison who sanctioned part of them
the Hon. John c. Calhoun and Peter B. Porter Secreta
ries of war, and the Hon. William Writ, the Attorney
General were guilty of direct and papabe violations OF
law as were Secretaries Armstrong, Crawford Barbour
and Others who made similar allowances in other
Are the wing " bloodhounds" prepared to make this
charge? They dare not, except by mean implication.
But to another point in this fair and ingenious article
of the Patriot 1t is stated that the charges made
and circulated respecting General Cass having received
large amounts of extra pay, and that no answer was
attempted TO be given by the advocates OF his election to
the presdency that 'the fact that no explanation was
attempted was therefore taken confession that
COuu De MADE. we COulu udFc uCCu PclsuouSu
that the Patriot would deliberately put forth such state
men as this in the very face of truth. Soon after the
Baltimore Convention, fully exploded one OF the vile
fabrcaons which had been put aoat upon this subject
1t was next brought forth at length in the first speech of
the Hon. Andrew Oge Stuart, which, few DAYS
afterwards, (and we call the particular attention OF the
Patriot to the fact it to be afflicted with short
memory,) was conclusively answered and rumphantly
refued by the Hon. Mr.. McCleland of Michigan, whose
speech published at length in our paper This ST.
fenced the ISLANDERS for time, except here and there
and sneakng insinuation unworthy OF notice by
respectable journal. In the time, however, Mr..
Stewart not idle He was busy in gabling documents,
reaTangng and changing the phraseoogy OF items, and
otherwise exercising his remarkable powers of inven-
ton to be ready, at period OF the session when
he knew would be next TO impossible to obtain the
floor to answer him. and ,chen Mr. McCleiland ab-
sent from the House Of Representatives, to deliver him
self of ga new edition with additions" of his gross
statements and misrepresentation His vigilance secured
him the desired opportunity; and as he had no doubt
calculated, the floor could not be obtained to reply
10 him This speech, which even 'out-I Ieroded Her
od" and outraged the outrage OF the first, was not,
like the first speech, published in the lnelligeMer;
but was secretly printed, and widely circulated, and
| it was with difficulty that obtained copy of
| it, AS soon thereafter the documents could be