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i In his speech in the n .so Of Repre-
sentatiyes on Monday wed Mr.. SteEar
Iof Pa, charged Mr. Cass VI 8 introducin,
and passing, during The pft Sent session,
bill to take from the VOLUNTEERS. after the,
had gone to Mexico, more Dian one-thir.
Of the amount allowed then for clothing
Here is the Act, word for v6fl as report
ed and passed -
A Bill to provide clothing for roitnteers 10 ID,
service oflhe United Sia.eS
Be i eaaeird bg ne Sena,s arl sf,nssef Repre-
ssaiaftres e hs gsiis& S.ai1s n i.sriea IL caa
under existing laws, Is alIonez % e
a communication for clothing he President be, ana
be is hereby authorised to cause the volunteer
to be furnished with clothing in kind, the sam.
rates, according TO grades, as Is provided for tn
| troops Of the regular army.
! Can anything be palmer than this D.
The President is authorized. and directed
TO cause the volunteers to be supplied with
the same clothing as regulars, III lea o.
the amount Of money previously allowed
them, viz 80, so per month. Now the
average value Of the clothing Of regulars
was but 81, 35 per month, as stated BY the
Adjutant General, and for infantry but
Sl,9 But it is now pretended that the
bill gives the volunteers the option to take
the money or CLOTHING Can any thing
be moro absurd If this was intended
by Gen Cass, why did he not say so in
his bill Why not say that the volun-
teers might draw their clothing from the
public stores, at the same price as the re.
gulars, and then that it should be deducted
from the $3.50 per month, and not as the
bill says, IN lieu Of the So, lin money e.
This would have been honest and fair
But, no they we're bound to take the
clothing in lieu of the pay But to say
that after the indignant volunteers had
hung and burnt General Cass in efigy, the
construction of the law was altered, wont
do. 1t only shows that Gen. Cass's law
was so bad, so unjust, that they dare not
execute it,-that being in palpable viola
tion of an executed contract, it was uncon.
Estitutional and Void, aud could not, dare
not, be enforced. If Gen. Cass could take
part, he could take the whole, the prin-
ciple was precisely the same
OIh. Sdoo Oah Vial SC dHUIGCGINC WHliC
living at Detroit, in luxury and ease, $50
per day of the peoples money, and vest it
in public lands, in that town and its yicin-
ity, Notwithstanding princely fortune,
but does not hesitate to take from the
brave, poor Volunteers, part of their pit
lance of $3.50 per month for clothing
not so much as would pay for hat or a
pair of boots
What will the volunteers, what will the
friends of the volunteers, the honest and
patriotic people, say to this2 Wewill see
in November next Could Old Zach have
acted us ? No, never He would rather
give the volunteer his own hat and shoes,
than take cent from him. Here is the
law,---it speaks for ITSELF is too plain
for any ingenuity to explain it away. To
say it was not enforced, only makes the
matter worse. 1t admits its injustice and
unconstitutionality.
Mr.. Stewart deserves well Of his coun-
try, for having thus exposedtbis barefaced
and scandalous attempt to rob the yolun-
teers, and their families of tie pittance al
lowed for the perils, dangers and sacrif.
ces they encountered for their country, in
foreign and inhospitable cline.
Washington Car. Baltimore Patriot