The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-20
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER go, Is4s.

Andrew stewart the modern muneh~usen, once more.
This outrageous sophist and wholesale sanderer, 1--WE
are compelled to stronger language than desire
il is case not TO be treated with water) in letter
published in the National ntellgencer few days since,
has made third effort 10 impose upon the people
speeding the allow made TO General Cass while in
the public service He makes attempt TO meet the
articles we published short time since in 10 his
two shameless speeches upon this subject; of them
so shameless indeed that he has dared, far
we have been able 10 ascertain, TO have it boldly pub
shed and openly circulated, other honorable men,
beers of Congress do but has left il TO be printed and
crey circulated by the wing operators IN this city, among
the unsuspecting people throughout the country in order
the more securely work out his foul purpose of impo
ston and SANDER He has nothing say respecting the
exposition we made of the allowances received by Gen
Taylor, over and above his 'pay proper" amounting
to s74 s64 Oh nothing about his holding firmly to
his commission in the army his sword and his s69l 80
per month"; being $s,295 90 per annum; and all this
whilst candidate for the highest Office in the gift of the
American people. He says nothing about Gen. Taylor's
THIRTY RATIoNs DAY, amounting alone to six dol
lars, though he has made great noise about General
Casss twelve raons, nothing about his allowances for
his four dark" servants, his horses, &C. &c.
he plays Orator Mum. In his estimation. allowances to
General Taylor and above his ''pay proper'-his
regular monthly pay suchare all proper; but in Gen.
Casss case, allowances to less amount in the aggregate
very improper, veryshockng; and in order to make
them appear to the dear people," he has made it
labor of love TO insert the most papabe msrepresenta
tions of which he now bears, and ever will bear, the
Oge brand which put upon him, deep and indeli-
Bile, in article in answer to his second speech.
Let any impartial mind review that article and that
speech in connexion, and carefully examine the docu
mens referred in both, and conviction of the fact will
be as deeply set therein the brand of gross sophism
and Misrepresentation is fixed upon him.
He now attempts new issue by referring to new
document transmitted to Congress at the close of the last
session. after his second speech deivered-and print
ed or at least issued since our answer that speech
published-and which in answer to a resolution
of the House of Representatives calling for the amounts
paid to Gems Cass and Taylor respectively He has the
hardhood to attempt to make appear that this docu
men fully susains his former unounded statements and
Misrepresentation and therefore that, instead of firing
batteries at him, should turn them against the
counting officers and secretaries of departments, from
whose Offices the contents of the document emanated and
upon the President, who sent it to Congress For
who has been convicted he has, of altering the items of
other documents of publishing causing to be published
in his speech tao and half pages of document, the
holeof document consisting of sixteen pages; of nclu
ding the twice in order to enlarge his aggrega
and of making statements for which the documents he
used not only furnished data but they, well as the
official records, prove to be false and unfounded-for
who, it has been shown beyond the question OF a
doubt has been guilty of all ths-and wilfully so- is
easy, by missatement and unfair quotation to make any
document tell any story he chooses. We will show that
he has used this document in as base manner and
for base purpose, he has been convicted of using
others.
Mr. Stewart has the hardihood to state that this docu
ment fully sustans his charge that General Cass Took
"whe governor OF Michigan, and ex-ofco supernend-
of Indian affairs, s65 46 extra pay and above
the amount of his legal salary of $4,000 year" Now
have shown that to make up this amount Mr. Stew
art included and the twice. The new
document shows the same thing. We further demon
srated that of the amount charged have been received
by Gen. Cass extra pay" compensation, switch
into his private pocket" only about l7,o35 90
of that character, and that the whole of the remainder
was for actual expenses and expenditures public
count incident to- and actually incurred in the perform
documents. to which referred and which quoted
Now this new document shows, this point only what
those documents showed-neither nor less
Mr. Stewart further states that this document ''does
more !" that it "shows that Gen. Cass received
shall of Ohio, and minister to France, s26,7Os 65 over
and above the amount Of his salaries and his outfit and
return, which, regarded extra, will make his extra
pay SOL STA H." Now the above is composed Of
separate items which stand in the document refer
red to as follows:
1st GAS marshal of the district of Ohio from 1907 to
1sl3 2o524 49, Mr. Casss accounts for these advances
have all been settled by expenses of and of the
third census, and by his compensation marshal and
his commission his expenditures DOC SO, page O.
Thus, except the small amount for his salary, and his
commission his expenditures which the law al
lowed the whole Of this amount was paid out for tex
penses of courts and for the expense attending the
taking Of the third census, shown by accounts and
vouchers settled and on file.
I'd. "On account of contingent expenses of mission
abroad, per account settled at the treasury $5,9s4 52"-
Doc SO, pages Thus the whole of this amount was
for expenditures, public account, of contingent
character, actually incurred, and accounted for by
counts and vouchers settled and file in the Treasury
Department. which expenditures only such as have
to be, and are, incurred by all ministers abroad Thus
seen, that of this $26,7os 65, all OF which he would
have regarded "extra pay" cent was of that
character; and this, too, is shown by the very items