The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-11-02
GENERAL CASS' EXTRA PAY.

GENTLEMEN My attention has just
been called 10 two late numbers of tho
..Union," in which the editor has devoted
ten columns, with the promise Of more, 10
the examinlion OF my late speech in relation
To Gen. Cass' extra pay. This is com
piment hn rdly expected from the editor
Of the Union, and am exceedingly sorry
tina, have given him SO much trouble aud
Ineasness.
have not time just now TO read, much
less To common, ON these ten columns Of
editorial abuse; but, since MIR. Richie
questions the truth Of my statements IN re-
gard to Mr.. Cass' extra pay, will refer
him to an authority, Of which he seems to
he ignorant. but dare not con,rovert. re-
Ter him to President Pn'k's messnge Of
the lih of Angus, last, Executive docu-
ment No. 49, printed since .he ADJOURN
meni. Now, charged Gen. Csss with
taking. while Governor OF Michigan and
cx-oslicio Superintendent oi Indian Affairs
SOL ,S65, 46 extra pay. over and above The
amonn, Of his legal and fixed salary OF 81
600 year. Now, assert that this mes
saro sen, in BY President Polk in obedience
10 resolution Of the House, with the doc
umcnts appended, sustain and establish ev-
ery doinr and every cent have charged
against Gen. Cass. They do more; they
show that Gen Cass received as Marshal
Of Ohio and Minister To France, SIT, 7OS,-
10, over and above the amount Of his snla-
rics aud his outfit aud return, which, regar-
dcd "a c.rira will make his extra pay, $751;
GIL. ]. and his regular aud extra pay, to-
gethcr, S.3i, ..3l AZ. Now. it nv charg-
ing Gen. Cnss with taking S6i ,S65 ,46 ex-
ira pav is justly denounced by Mr.. Ritch-
lie and his other venal followers rs "vil'ifi-
cation aud Islander" Of Mr.. Cass, whit
will they now say Of Mr.. Polk, who makes
i, much worse than did? VIVA; will they
say Of Gov. Marcy, Secretary Of War. ID.
Grnham. Register of the Treasury, p. flag
ner, aud John McCalla, Second and Third
Auditors. who susia ia by their official sig
natures these statements thus ''villifying
and sande.ing" MIR. Cass, and rendering
him, il true, tas has been said by his
friends ''unworihv the support Of honest
established BY his omn friends what will my
vil'iicrs aud s!ander.rs now say? We
shall SIC.
The Presidents messages and documents
sustaining these charges. are 10 the hands
Of every member of Congress, where they
NAV be seen; aud TO facilitate the exsmin-
a,ion, viii refer inqnirers 10 pages 2, 3, 5,
Al. AZ, 30, 10, 100. 233, and 23f.
Il furthermore appears by these officiaf
documents that Gen. Cass charged md re-
ceived rs Governor Of Michigan more than
doallc the ainoini nt cSirn paw received
hv al The other Governors Of Gliihc Terri
| tories oi the United States, from the found
alian vi The Government. mp 10 the year,
1913. This rrmarkahe fact is Established
Il, these records Can this DO righl?-
Can Mr.. R:ichic saiisi, the people Of this
country that Lewis Cass, while Governor
Of Michigan, wns justly entitled to double
ms much as all the rest otihe Governors Of
all the o,her Twelve or fifteen territories Of
the United States? And il also appears
that great part Of the extra pay allowed
TO the other Governors. was allowed by
Gen. Cass himself. while he was Secretary
at War, aud based upon his o,cn c.rfrG al
torrance.
Those documents show also that Lewis
Cass received. IN addition 10 his regular.
salary Of So 900 n year. 81 800 year Tor
services beyond the territorial lines of
Michigan, and also, at the same time,
s. day and 40 cents per mile for
max ing treaties with the Indians. smo,,nt-
ing alone, for part of the time, $4,000 .
year, aud making, with his regular salary
and extra allowances, $1,000 wear, in
| stead Of S,21,00O-more than $40 day,
when The law gave him less than Sc. But
no, satisfied with all this. il appears that
Gen. Cass charged and received tor sever.
al years, while Governor Of Michigan, the
pay and cmolumcnis Of Captain and
Quartermasier in the regular army, amount-
ing To upwards Of 5000 per year more,
and charged and received at ono time &c..
Clio for rations, a. well us several thousand
dollars Tor settling his accounts and assist
ing to form an Indian code, while in the re-
ceipt Of all his snlaries. regular 0Rd ertra
sbuvc mentioned. And, what is worse than
MI this, in july, 1892, year after Gen.
Cnss was appointed Secretary Of War, he
produced IN account against the Govern
ment, amounting to Sj3. LIS, 81, for alleged
overpay menis, running back ten or twelve
years; S5.3l7.l5 in ls2O for Indian an
nuiics; Sl0.lS3.6l. mud indefinite charge
'.lor Indian Department prior To 1922"
which. il right, he could have retained in
any Of his quarterly settlements made du-
ring these ten or twelve, vears, producing
balance in his favor Of S35,075. For
this alleged balance reqnisition was
drawn mo. 2.aO6) by John Robb, acting