The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-16

honorabe-and proper the pat Mr. Calhoun. His
sons are assigned the aooonnt and fully vndcas The
proPrey OF the allowance" M 1cCsamis speerh, pog
In reference to both the preceding items Mr. Calhoun
in report TO Congress February 9h 1872 after stating
the circumstances which of themselves rendered The al
lowances proper and the fact that allow of 81 500
had been made Governor Clark for his expenses as
superintendent of Indian afars, says Under these cir
cum stances was thought just extend the decision
which had been made in the of Governor Clark TO
Governor Cas- TO which added allowance sup
posed be equal the expense attending the intercourse
with the Indians at a point which there is great
resort OF indians as Detroit and where from the neigh
borhood of the adjoining province OF Canada it
say to extend them greater beraity and attention
than any other place" To this the Second Auditor Of
the Treasury, in his report in relation these allow
ances, added the following remarks:
"Governor Clark allowed by law a salary, super
ntendent, of 81 500 per annum Aud, reference 70 his
accounts, appears that the paid him. his
expenses for office rent clerk hire. fuel stationery &C.
was about 81 900 per annnm which greatly exceeds the
allowance General Cas- for those objects. excepting
for the first eight years of his observation-disclosures"
Doc ll2, pages2 and g.
Thus il is shown, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that
these allowances for expenses actually incurred
and therefore emolument whatever; they were
nothing IN Governor Casss private pocket But, accord
ing TO the justice and fairness and the code OF ethics of
Mr. Stewart, they all clear gain. Without the ex-
plantations we have made, and the proofs have ad-
duced the high moral integrity and unbemished purity of
Mr. Calhouns character under and pursuant to whose
decisions these allowances received, are sufficient
of themselves satisfy any honest and fair minded per
son that they correct and just Mr.. Stewart, il ap
pears however, of those be thus convinced
~ 49, A. n ~
Mr. Calhouns Just decisions making these allowances
had represented the hardship of his to the War De-
parmen and that the subject had been submitted to the
President, Mr. Madison, on which occasion the Secre-
tary of War informed him that the President was fully
aware of the additional expense to which he must
sary be subjected, and that he of opinion that he
should be remunerated for them but that there
difficulty the mode OF doing it.-Doc H. page g.
3D. Services experimenting Indian agencies Of
Piqua, in Ohio; Fort Wayne. in Indiana; and Chicago, in
Illinois, at 81 500 per annum, for the years 1922 1929 1924
1925 1926 1927 and 1928, allowed in 1923 decision OF
the Attorney Genef raj as TO its legality, Sl0,5OO.
Smilar services, agencies for 1929 $780, and the
frs, months of 1881 500 per annu as allowed
for previous years, IS, s75-Doc, No g. House Of Reps
Sd session 9Th Congress.
In our previous article we gave full and truthful ex-
PLANTATION of the circumstances under which these extra
and onerous duties, which the law did not require of
require him TO perform them and as, had he not, at the
solicitation of the department agreed to assume Them
another person would have had be appointed for the
purpose with salary equal greater than the
allowed TO him he entitled, upon every principle Of
fairness and justice TO fair compensation for the labor
trouble, and expense to which they subjected him He
presented claim accordingly, which the Secretary OF
War Gen Peter B. Porter Ia good whig referred TO the
Attorney General for his legal opinion who made the de-
csion quoted in preceding article, and which now
repeat:
81 understand the facts stated Governor Casss letter
of the 18th November to be admitted and if so, per-
ceive no ground on which his claim can properly be
sisted His salary governor is compensation for COVER
nor; but the services for which he claims do belong
his duty governor of the Michigan Territory and having
been employed by government perform services
mas fair claim for them the principles of gu1nun
nernf The facts conceded, his right is undeniable
l document ll2, pages.
The Secretary of War accordingly made the allowance
stated
The Attorney General the upright and distin-
guished William Writ and in his pure character and thai
OF General Porter who made the allowance there ought
to be ample guarantee that General Cass legally and
Justly entitled TO the amount he received one half of
which, at least, for expenses; for the proper per-
Torrance OF these extra duties required long and danger
GUS journeys, attended not only with expense but fire.
quently with great exposure, danger and prvaton,
previously stated.
4th This class of allowances was for services and ex-
penses at various periods between 1914 and 1922 as
stated in the preceding article The items are set forth
at length in document No pages and 49, and amount
to Sl2,72 of which Sc 442 at least for expenses
proved in Mr. McClellands speech leaving SO 27O Gas
compensation for amount of laborious difficult and
dangerous servce-he value of which, both to the gov
eminent and to the Indians could scarcely be calculated
Having given the amount, there necessity for quo
ting the long list of these items The document itself
specifies the different that for expenses In
evidence OF which, will copy one of the items with
out making any choice simply taking the first il
stands in the document. 1t is follows
"For per diem of IS for IS days as com
missioner the treaties of Grernvile in 1874 and ST. Ma
ys in ISIS, and concluding arrangements with the Wyan
dots in 1917 and 1915 (SiO y travelling expenses incident
to same business (S250 attendance and travelling allow
ince Fort Meigs in 1917 (S2Og travelling other
penses incident the treaty of St. Mays September
and October lSlS S600 travelling and other in
ciden, to the treaty OF Saginaw, in 1919 (S2fo avenr
and other expenses incident the treaty OF Sauit de ST
Marie, in 1920 1885 and for fifty days services
previous and subsequent to the aforesaid treaties in pre-
pairing for and carrying into effect the
thereof $500 )"-S2,476.
Thus out of an item of that amount, nearly two-thirds