The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-06-23
From tke Cineinnati Atlas.

From the CiReiaSGti AtlGs.
Popularity OF the LO-
cOGOcO Candidate .--GeneraI Cass
Burnt la enigy by the PcnnsyIVa-
mia Volunteers.
We have, at last, practical manifesto.
tion OF the much vaunted love which Gen
Cass bears 10 the brave volunteers who have
gone 10 Mexico; an authentic manner in
which they acknowledge his kindness; and
a foreshadowing of the return they will
make for it, when they go TO the ballot box
IN November.
The General has been, during the whole
war, exceedingly urgent 10 send troops to
Mexico, and 10 prosecute our conquests
even to the subjugaton of the whole coun-
try. In his comfortable and saie position
at Washington, with many leagues of land
and water between him and the lancey, he
waxcd daily more valorous and billicose
and the fer, eness of his warike words to.
wards Mexico was only equalled by the
warmth If The love and admiration which he
expressed for our citizens who had gone 10
fight our battles there.
For this Gen. Cass himself ceived eight
dollars day. while those he so much loved
were receiving some dollars per month
He had besides, doubtless, many friends
and favorites, who, by aid of fat army con
tracts, were growing rapidly rich by the
war, as he himself had done by administer
ing our Indian Affairs in the Northwest.
This was all very comfortable, and he could
not think of permitting vulgar notions of
economy 10 interfere with it,. Neverthe.
less he thought economy was very good
thing in its way. and fits way could be kept
from crossing the track of himself for favor
ties, he would be willing iopractice almost
any amount oft. Besides as the expenses
of The war were enormous at best, and as
the people would probably be looking into
them in the course of the summer, he tho't
that any lessening of them would relieve
him Of so much dead weight in the Presi.
Dental race which he expected to run.
Considerations like these, we presume,
put it into the Generals head 10 practice =
little economy at the expense Of the volun
teers--hIs beloved eight.dollars- pc I. month
friends. He accordingly brought IN bill
containing provision, Expressed in terms
SO general that it might easily pnss, without
scrutiny, as a mere matter of form which
ded,icied one doitar per mouth from ihe pay
of every votlnieer! He succeeded, we be
lteve, in getting the bill passed without hav.
ing any particular attention drawn to this
clause; but when the volunteers in Mexico
learned the fact. they undersioo at once
its effect; and the Pennsylvania boys,
at least, acknowledged the intention OF it
by hanging an efgy Of Gen. Ca" in The
public road, aud qtlerwGrds burning il al The
make!
These facts are in letter from Sergeant
, William Graef, 1r ofthe corps of Arller-
lists of the Pennsylvania Volunteers. The
letter is dated "San Angels, Mexico, Apri
3 26, l646," and is published in the Reading
r Pal Journal. We extract all that relate
' to this subject, as follows.
I Nov let me tell you how Senator Cas-
9 was treated by the volunteers. You vii
A recoliect that we, Tor the volunteerS) were
y mustered under the acts Of May, '46 BY
+ which we we're allowed $3.50 er mont
for clothing, and in u circular dated Au
G gust 7th, AT, we were again assured of re
. ceiving the same. But it seems that Mr.
Cass, with good economical heart, offer
@ ed bin to cause the volunteers to be iur
I nished with clothing in kind, at the sam
' rates according to grades, as is provided 70
b the troops Of the regular army Thus 20
J. see he has reduced our pay for clothing from
D $3.50 to $3.50. This, suppose is the com
n pensation get for fighting our way to tn
e Capital. As soon as the lst PennsyIva
/. mans received news that this .Eimous bill
J. had passeG-they extended rope across III
!. main road leading 10 The city of yuerico, an
8 HUNG IN EFFlGY POOR LEWl'
d CASS Some of The officers touched b
= their politics, ordered it to be cut down
n but the boys had hun in right position agai
: soon after, where he hung till evening, ,ohe
he Das iaken dowa and doOmed 10 The. flames.
= vS The Journal in publishing the lette
IS says
/, "Sergeant Graeff is citizen of Reading
/. well known to every man in this commun
!, ty, who was among the first to volunteer {,
Ie the war, and has done good service eve
lr since. IL any one doubts that the leltt
,e is genuine he can see the original by Callin
10 at this office"
|. Our readers may not all know that Rea,
!. ing is The principal town in Berks county
i the great Gibralter of Pennsylvania "Dt
!. mocracy." Tho Journal is an old, we'll el
G tubished paper Of most respectable charat
I ter