Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-10-21
WHOLESALE FALsEHooD.

we received lately, by mail, from friend IN the
country, copy of pamphlet issued from this
city by the "Jackson Democratic Association
Comminee," thousands Of which, under the frank
of certain members of Congress, have been scat
tered broadcast over the land 1t would be a
Herculean task to undertake relutation of all
the misrepresentation which are contained in
the sixteen pages of this electioneering produc-
tion, but there is one, the first and most pro-
minent Of them, Of SO unblushing character, and
SO directly in the teeth of recently-published Of
ficial testimony, that we feel bound by truth and
justice TO nail il at once to the counter as Of the
mint. On the first page Of this pamphlet we find
the following assertion:
"Oficn records prove that Gen. TAYLOR has received
from the public Treasury, extra of his regular pay, the
enormous Of seventyour thousand eight hundred and
sixy-ou dollars and this not for extra Services but while
performing his regular duties in the line of his profession
What is the precise amount of money which Gen.
TAYLOR has received for his forty years hard
vice we do not pretend to state, because we have
not the Treasury accounts before us. But the as
serton that ne has received this large sum over and
above his proper pay is designed to convey the
idea land herein is its fasehood) that he has recev-
ed it illegally, grauitously, and over and above the
lawful allowances of his commission. Do they
mean 10 say that Gen. TAYLOR has received one
cent more either in pay or allowances, (for quar-
tiers, forage, or subsistence, than Gen. BUTLER re-
ceived while he was in service? They dare not
say this Gen. TAYLOR has never received one
/ Jallar rof s,,f.n Ill al,
cocters of this nsidous libel know that he has not
yet they would impose upon the ignorant and Gre
dulous the belief that Gen. TAYLoR-whose Cato
like honesty was never tainted by the breath Of
calumny before The People made him their candi-
date for the Presidency-has, in the shape of er-
tres, fraudulenlly and illegally received this sum
from the Treasury.
This miserable pamphlet was probably issued
from the Onion press. If so, We hope that tit was
without the knowledge of the Editor of that Jour
ma, or that it was issued before the appearance of
Adiutant General JoNEs's letter TO the Hon. REvER-
Dy JOHNSON OH the subject of Gen. TAYLoR's pay
and emouments
And now, to put the seal of falsehood upon this
anfully-contrived calumny, we republish the cor
respondence between Mr.. JOHNSON and the Adiutant
General; and we call upon the Official Edtor-if
he has spark of that gratitude left which he la
Wished on Gen. Taylor, when the old hero achiev-
ec the victories which, and only which, redeemed
the Administration from ruin and execration-to
place these letters in his own journal, and make one
sacrifice to truth and fair dealing:
Mr.. johnson to .4djutant General Jones.
BALrlMoRL, SEPTEMBER 80, Is4s
MY DEAR GENERAL An article in the Union, a few days
since, relating the pay and emouments received by Major
General TAYLOR, although hope not intended capable
Of he construction that he has received than the laws Of
the United States auh1ze and that he has received it in the
nature of exta allowance. Although there may be instances
in which such allowances may be perfectly proper,
satisfied be, without actual knowledge, that General
TArLoR has applied for received them And as
you may be easily possessed of the information
csssry pat the matter ond doubt, you will obge by
saying
FIsf- from the commencement Of his military service
the present me General TAYLOR applied for or
ceved in the form Of pay, emouments otherwise,
dollar more than the laws IN terms allowed; and
Second!y-Whcther his pay and emoumens during the
period he has been Major General have een the
those received by General jackson whilst he held the
post in the army of the United States.
have hesitation in making these inquiries OF you, be-
know that yourse-a soldier whom the country
indebied-wll rejoice do justice to brother officer who
has greatly elevated the military fame Of the United States,
and whose only offence, in certain quarters to be found in
the fact bis counymen have brought his before the
public in evidence Of their confidence in his integrity for the
highest official honors within their gift.
Yours truly, REVERDY JOHNSON.
Adjuant General JoSrs, Washington