The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-10

to repair to the of government for The purpose oil IN
curing into the working OF our whole Indian system
and to report defects and such changes as were neees
sary to remedy them This occupied period oil nearly
four months of ariuous labor the result OF which was
elaborate and able report upon Indian AFFAIRS which
embraced plan for the reorganization of the whole sys
lem and pointed out remedies for existing evils and
defects This report was, and is now, regarded as
OF great value and has been the basis OF almost
all the legislation and that have since been
adopted. in order produce efficiency and economy IN
the management of our Indian relations For this SER
vice he allowed his expenses and the rate of COM
pensation usual in such cases The whole amount al
lowed him for this second and miscellaneous class OF extra
services and for the expenses connected with them was
s2,T2 The document mo. 81 shows that large part
of this was for expenses, and which, as proved by Mr.
McCleand in his speech amounted to at least So,ii2
leaving only ,27O compensation Tor vast amount OF
aborious, difficult and dangerous service, the value OF
which, both to the government and the Indians, could
scarcely be calculated
General Cass being thus appointed required to pei
form special and extra service in way pertaining TO
his Office, and forming part OF his legitimate and legal
duties, in conformity with the custom OF the time
Document No shows that large number of officers,
both civil and military employed at various
tines and received liberal allowances for services and
expenses, besides their regular pay. General Hull Cen
era Casss predecessor Governor Clark of the Missouri
Territory Governor Duval of Florida, Governor Dodge
of Wisconsin, General Jackson, General Gaines General
Atkinson, General Macomb, General Scott, and many
others that might be cited, employed and paid
some of them receiving considerable amount, as in the
of General Scott who paid $25ls II for such
extra service and expenses at various periods
1t is thus that instead of the large amounts which
the maligners of General Cass endeavor make it APP
pear he received extra compensation, the entire
amount received. during long and aborous service
of nearly nineteen years, could not have exceeded
$l3,457 5othe whole of the remainder of the
embraced in the documents referred to being for actual
expenses and expenditures in the public service by which
he did not profit adollar; and any farminded and hon
orable man, who will take the trouble to acquain
himself with the character extent and value of these
services cannot but be satisfied that he received but
small compensation for them The isolated fact that
In the performance of the extra duties imposed upon him.
General Cass travelled upwards of $4,000 miles in open
canoes, or through UNEMPLOYED wlderness-on foot
on horseback-encounering the greatest exposure, pr
walton, and toll and frequently imminent danger-of it.
self gives indication of the value Of the services
rendered by him, and the very moderate if not entirely
inadequate reward he received for them. His life was
one of continuous toll difficulty, danger, responsibility
and sacrifice of personal comforts while that of his dis
tnguished opponent-the candidate of the wing party
was OF comparative ease, consisting. for the most
part of only the formal routine OF light military duty at
comparatively unimportant posts and stations. This is
not said in dispaagement OF General Taylor, but is
merely stated as fact He doubt fulfilled, the usu-
al manner the duties that required Of him, and their
not being of more important character not his
fault though we have never been able approve of his
ncautous advance into the murderous ambuscade of the
Oke -Chobee of his capous abandonment of the
in Florida, without bringing it to cose-this having
been accomplished in comparatively short period by
his successor in command General Worth.
Estimated according to their value and results, money
could scarcely compensate General Cass for the great
and important services rendered by him, the sacrifices he
made and the danger he encountered Their best re.
ward is an intelligent and generous appreciation of them
by his fellow citizens, and which, in November next,
they will fully show that they entertain.
! SHARK well the man there sno peccant spot,
| No public bunder, and no private blot
Bold, ardent high h,s AIMS aims; above nv PsHii
ESQ much for PART THE FIRST; much for Mr.. An
drew Stewards first speech; and the evening and the
morning were the first day" We shall take up, in due
season, the second Ose speech of the aforesaid
tor, and equally strip of its gross misrepresentation,
its bold assertions, and its false statsticsl
| We have not found convenient room for an article
which we intended TO prepare the attempt of Mr. Van
Rren friends To break the force of his casting vote on