Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-10-25

unns, .ith the promise Of more 10 tho ex-
animation Of my late speech in relation
to Gen. Cas- extra pay. THIS is a COM
pimen, | hardly expected from tho editor
Of the Union, and am exceedingly sorry
that have given him % much trouble
ard uneasiness.
have not time now to read, much leas
to comment on these ten columns of edi-
torial abuse; but since Mr. Richie ques-
tons the truth Of my statements in regard
to Mr.. Cass' extra pay, ! will refer him to
an AUTHORITY OF which he seems to be ig
norant bot will not dare to con,rovert. !
refer him To President Folks message of
the llth Of Angus, last Executive docu-
ment No. S6.) printed since the adjourn
mcni. Now, | cha rgcd General Cass with
taking. while Governor Of Michigan and
ex -officio Superintendent Of Indian AT.
fairs. 1865, &c extra pay over aud
above the amount Of his legal and fixed
salary Of $4,000 a year. Now. | assert
that this message, sent in by President
Polk in ote!ience to resolution Of the
House, with the documents appended, sus-
tain AMI establish every dollar and every
cent have cha rsed against Gen. Cass.-
I lac up uloTo, Abo ouo" >sCus O"SS
received MS Marshal Of Ohio and Minister
TO France S26. 7OS.65 over and above the
amour, Of his salaries aud his outfit and
return. which. regarded rs extra, will
mako his ezra pay S9l .574,li, and his
regular and extra pay. together. Ssh
23l 40. Now, if my charging Gen. Cnss
with taking Si4 1851 6 extra pay is j is:ly
denounced BY Mr.. Richie and his other
venai followers rs Qualification and SLAM
Ter" Of Mr.. Coss, what will they now say
# Mr.. P.dk. who makes il much worse
than did? What will they say Of Gov
Nnrcy. Secretary of War, ID. Graham.
Register Of the Treasury, Peter Hagner
a nd John NJ. McCnlla. Second and Third
AUDITORS. who sus,nin by their official sig
natures. these statements. thus "vilifying
and s'andering" Mr.. Cass. and rendering
him. ii true. (as has been said by his
friends.) ''unworthv tho support Of any
honest mani" These Outrageous cha rges
being s,nbIished by his own friends. " ha,
will my viifyers and sianderers now say
w shall see.
The Presidents message and documents
sustaining thcso charges nro in the hands
Of every member Of Congress, here they
may be seen, aud, to facilitate the cxnmi-
nation. will refer tho inquirer 20 pages,
,, 3, ), 46, Al, so, l59. 49, 233, and 234.
1t Furthermore appears by these official
documents, that Gen. Casa charged and
received rs Governor Of Michigan, moro
than double tho amount of extra pay re-
ccivcd by all the other Governors Of all
the territories Of tho United States. from
tho found ton Of tho Government up to
tho year 1913. This remark k BILE fact is
esta blshed by these reco!ds. Can this be-
right! Can Mr.. Rtchia satisfy the peo-
pie Of this country that Lewis Cnss. while
Governor Of Michigan, was justly emit.
tied to double rs much as all tho rest Of
the Governors Of all the twelve or fifteen
territories of the United States! And il
also appears that n great part of the cxtra
pay allowed to the other Governors was
allowed by Gen. Cass himself. while he
was Secretary Of War. and based upon
his o,cn EXTRA alloscance.
These documents show also that Lewis
Cass received, in addition to his regular
salary Of $4,000 year, 81 500 a year
for fuel, tffice rent, &C.; 1900 a year
for services beyond :he territorial lines Of
Michigan, and also at the same time, So
per day and forty cents per mile tor ma
king treaties with the Indians. amounting
alone, for part Of the time, to 5000 a
year. and making, with his regular salary
and extra allowances, $4,000 year, in
stead Of 2,OOO-more than $50 n day,
when the law gave him less than So
But, not satisfied with all this, it nppea rs
that Gen. Cass charged and received for
several years, while Governor IF Michi-
gan, the pay and emoiuments Of cap
tain and qnartermasier in the regular ar
my, amounting 10 upwards of $500 per
year more, and charged and received at
one time $3.50 for rations, as we'll as
several thousand dollars for settling his
accounts and assisting to form an Indian
code, while in the receipt Of all his sala'
rios, regular and extra, above mentioned.
And. what is worse than all this, in July,
1882, a wear after Gen. Cass was appoin-
ted Secretary of War. he produced an ac-
count against the Government, amounting
to S53, SO for alleged overpay mcn,,
running back ten or twelve years; S5,377,-
Is in 1920 for Indian annui.ies; SlO,-
1851, an indefinite charge "for Indian
Department prior to 1922" which, if
right, he could have retained in any of his
quarterly settlements made during these
ten or twelve years, producing balance
in his favor Of S3o,O.5. For this allcg-
ed b,'ance requisition was drawn. No.
1905 by John Rob5. acsng Secretary Of
War. IN favor Of Lewis Cass. then himself
Secretary Of War. on the Treasury, and
the money being paid tho settlement stood
suspended till 1887, when i, was closed
by VIM. b. Lewis. (Sec pages 232 and
1881 Worse still; an Allowance appears
to have been made, while Gov. Cass was
Secretary Of War to VIM. Woodbridge.
Secretary Of the Territory. acting as Gov
ernor of Michigan. Of $500 year for
three vears and twenty-five days. the time
Governor Cass was employed in nego,in-
ting treaties, amounting TO Si,6U2.14, for
fuel, office rent. &C., between the years
1915 and 1927. So that the Governmen,
was thus made to pay $1,000 a year extra
o<S A-. fne tho To rift q