The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-07-21
Corre,perdeaee ofAe NorN Aneriean.
WAsnlSvToN, June 25. 1s4s.

WttulD us git, anu MS Chains 10 pOpuldI
favor are based upon his public services.
The archives Of the government should
furnish the evidence TO justify these as
plrations and not the representations Of
his political friends. propose 10 exam
inc some of the pretensions Of General
Cass by this standard. Fortunately the
official record exists and from it | shall
draw such testimony as will establish
my case and show to the nation of what
Stuff this thing called "Democracy"
would make President in this euligh-
tened day.
Gen. Cass may be said to be peculiar
ly the child Of Executive patronage.
For thirty odd years he mas been sturdy I
office. e.hOIder-One who has grown gray
in the service and fat upon the spois.
The government has fed him and for an 7
ordinary life time, and besides confer
ring honors, il has heaPed tor'nne upon
his back, through the extraordinary al
lowances ofits officials and partizans. In
all this long period, he received but one
mark of confidence at the hands Of the
people, aRdthat was his election TO the
Legislature Of Ohio, as a Federalist in
1906. His career has been that of
courtier abroad and time server a, home.
Under all the changes Of parties lie has
adhered to pO,cer aud never been known
to be guilty of the mistake, of being
caught in a minority. The lust of Office
removed every obstacle Of principle aud
made him equally plant the admins
tration for the time, whether It's policy
coincided with his convictions or not.
His ambition seems to have been to get
place and to kecpn. Few succeed bet
ter and fewer still have held Offices 50
long and been rewarded so well.
If to have held lucrative stations under
The Government for more than thirty
years-if to have grown a millionaire at
the public expense-if 10 have made
court to royalty al road, and to have i'm
ported its invidious distinctions at home,
constitute claims for the Presidency, Gen.
Cass is eminently entitled to the station.
He has all these qualifications, aud others
equally meriiorious.
Statements have recently appeared in
some of the public prints, showing the
enormous sums allowed Gen. Cass, under
the head Of "ertra" pay during the pc
Rod when he was receiving large salaries
for discharging the rery duties upon
which these claims were professedIy
E founded. All the statements that have
fallen under my eye are imperfect, and
have taken the pains to analyze the pub
lie documents, with view of presenting
. something like fair synopsis, in rounc
numbers, of the profits oftbis most fortu
/ nate Office holder. shall prove at the
proper time, that in repeated instances
he has received pay and allowance fn
the same scrrice three times orer. to
the present, only propose to submit
general outline.
Salary rs Governor OF Michigan, l2
years at 5000. SJ6;uUO U
Salary as Superintendent OF Indian
|, Affairs for the same time, allowed
s by War Department, but not tau-
m tnorized by law, at SljOO.--.-. T5OO
s63 500 {
d. This shows him to have been i'll receipt
e, $4,000 for eighteen years. Now let us examine Il
'extras. and see how much more he was allOwt
during this period of service.
In the House Document, No. liz,
25th Congress, Sd session, at page
J. 9, we fnd all allowance Of Si0,-
Il 500 in full satisfaction of the
services and commissions on dis-
e 6nrsemenis, &e........... $lO,5OO,t
N In House Document No. pa. 2jtll
Congress Sd session. at page .,
le we find, under the indefinite head
IN of allowances made 10 Governors
D. and Secretaries. 10 cover cxpeB-
! ses for experimenting of Indian
u Affairs. Cfor which General Cass
us was receiving $500 year not
e. for personal serUice, but 10 meet
IN these alleged expenses) s).......- $500
1t remarkable that this single allowance reac
10 es within fraction the aggregate amount allow
TO 10 the Governors and Secretaries OF all tile 9th
H. territories including $l0,0 900 for Michigan, vile
ar Gen. Cass was employed.
. In the House Document No. 6, 9th
d Congress. Sd session. at pages
e. II. Il, and Is, we find, under
I'd the caption of Services for which
III the extra allowances was claim
ed" embraced in twelve items,
o. such as SO per diem as "Commls-
ne siuner," 40 cents mile for trav-
as elling expenses C) services at
Washington aud the like. 2I'OS'
Vo Aggregate of pay and extras IN 10 ,o,uo
eH years. ------'----- Slof,f'-
'c- At this rate, his income averaged net
p ly seoen thousand fce hundred dollars
H. year, or over twenty dollars day tor
ra years, Sundays Included. What consl
Grafton the country ever received Tor u
immense investment, has yet to be d
covered. But this is not all. Alters
10 wing through the whole administration
I'D Mr.. Adams. as Governor OF Mlchigi
ms and according to his O,o~ professions .
~ writings being recognized as one of
ne active supporters, he found it prohta
he to turn Locofoco, and in 1881 was
Ac' pointed Secretary of War. This Oft
he held until 1886, say 5 years, at SCI
ng per annum, $50, 900
Dry In 1886 he was appointed Minister
his to France, which post he held TIL
or September, 1912. say six years. at
Ia $4,000 year, $4,000 Tor outfit and
quarters salary iuft, o''-'o
ios ooSs u"I t,om I8sI to 1S42. -. $9525O
And salaries aud ''extras' 'or pre-