The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-08-25

pensions, are in fact the same, though dif-
ferent in names; nay, thevery worst Of the whole
appears to me to be a non resident GOVERNOR
The very word implies the necessity Of doing
something, in fact he does nothing; he therefore
is, paid for what he does not though il is his
duty to do it. In short he is paid for a neglect
of duty; but because our language has not an
nexed the word pension to such neglect, it
does not CRATE upon his ears. And, after all,
what was sir Jeffrey Amherst but a pensiOner
on the colony Of Virginia? He did nothing for
it, andwas paid"
But the phrases ~sinecure and pension are
quite too feeble to express the truth in this
case. part Of what Mr.. Cass received was
pension, part was ainecure, but part was pecu-
%lation. He had no right to one dollar Of COM
pensation' as governor or superintendent dur
ing those 2O8 days-nO right to one dollar. But
to receive three sail aries when he did not earn
one, and to charge the public with expense Of
the very services for which he was drawing
three salaries, we do suppose to be altogether
the most impudent thing on record. lfimPu-
dence were courage, we should believe that
General Cass is the hero and .ire-eater that his
friends represent We challenge frien ds and
enemies to produce from republican annals a
parallel to this shocking PeculatiOn. True
it is that English annals present similar instan-
ces Of corruption, but they are instances in
which corruption has disgraced and ruined
the men who have been guilty OF it. We defy
the friends Of Mr.. Cass to produce a sin
gle instance in the history Of any free people
in which a public man has been able to hold
up his head after the conviction of the gross
offence which we have proved upon Lewis
Cass in this and previous numbers Of this
journal. In previous numbers we have
shown, from official documents that he received
fifteen thousand dollars in 1928, for seven
years services which had already been paid for
from year to year, in pursuance Of settle
ment which he had made in 1921 with Mr.
Calhoun. We now show that he subsequently
received pay and raticns for 2O8 Gays resi-
dence in Washington, in the settle
l mSAb VI Ao uOOOubho9 0HO ~" -
J the same time three Salaries for the nomina
performance Of his duties in Michigan fol
I the real performance Of which he afterwards
when Secretary Of War, allowed William
Woodbri dge fifteen hundred dollars a year.
These things are apparent on the face o
r the documents which we published in ou
: third number. What says Mr.. McClelland
of Michigan, to this statement? Will he IN
!. dertake to cuttle-fsh it? We will give hin
: lust as many columns to answer it in as h'
may desire. If he can explain it away, W.
give free access to all the space we can com
mand, leaving room for suitable commentary
Mr.. McClelland may bring Mr.. Burt to hi
aid, and Mr.. Calhoun. and we will publish
, every word that any one of these gentlemen
. may write in denial, excavation, OF p~alliatioI
A of our charges. We allege in plain Language
: that in the receipt Of two salaries of $3.50
q wear, for the same duties, Lewis Cass was guilt
ty of peculation. We say, that in receiving
n three salaries for 908 days, for discharging du'
! ties which he did not, and could not, perform
. and in taxing the Treasury with the pay Of
substitute for the Performance Of the same du
n ties, Lewis Cass was guilty Of peculation.
We say further, that no man can with trutt
n deny what we ullege, and that no man car
with decency undertake to palliate il. W
If moreover, add, that if airy respectable maj
will furnish us with a defence Of Lewis Gas
L. Jony;pO or avtenuatinO Their
e we will with the greatest pleasure, open gu
n columns to him. We do offer our columns t
the Democratic Congressional Committee 70
this purpose. If you car, defend Lewis Gas
from our charges, bring along your defence
and we will publish il. Here is a chance TO
Mr.. McCIelland, and il he can bring Mr.. Cal
IL houn to his aid il will be all the better for hi
n We will:publish any thing eithe OF them ma
furnish on the subject Of the 2O8 days OF M
is Cass, or on his fifteen thousand dOllOl
70 twice paid.
o We believe that the American people will nev
Al or give their SURFACES TO q man convicted Q
= peculation and plumber Of their Treasury :
/, Coarse and dishonest men may understands
the importance of these charges, and the e
feet they are calculated to produce upon I'll
country. Conviction, under such charges,
If death to anypulic man. Lewis Cass IS cor
victed by the very speeches of his frlends-b
"a the silence of the witnesses who may be Gale
ID to deny our statements, if any denial Of Their
,e can be sustained.