The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-27
General C.s.'s aud Gen. T.yies's eItr. allowances.
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General C.s.is aud Gen. T.yisr's extra allowances
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The whole amount OF the allowances made TO Genera
Cass while in the public service. over and above his
regular pay which the wings with all their remarkable
facility at figures, make out, is $4,000 40, unless
they resort to the mode OF computation, discovered
BY Mr. Andrew Ogle Stewart, of the House OF Repre-
,entatves, of adding together the same sums twice
OF the above amount have clearly shown, in the
articles upon the subject published in the Union Of the
10th and 10th instant that $40 1854 so was Tor actual ex
penses and expenditures incurred by General Cas- the
performance of the duties imposed upon him, and BY
which he was not therefore benefited one cent thus
eaying only sl7035 90 extra compensation for large
amount of extra services of the most important character
extending through nearly nineteen years, and the value
of which, both to the government and the Indians in his
charge, could scarcely be computed.
In our paper of the 10th showed that. according 10
reports of the proper accounting officers laid before the
House of Representatives at the last session. but which
Gen Tayors friends, the wings, would not suffer to be
published that officer had received up to the LIST January
last the very moderate sum of at least s7is64 O4. The
items and amounts of each composing that sum, we
stated in DETAIL except that for quarters and fuel the
amount to several thousand dollars We have
since obtained list OF General Taylors present allow
ances and their per month, according to his last
accounts which append for the information and
sfaction OF the wings who have been so much troubled
about the extra allowances to Gen. Cass;
Pau and allowances of Gen. Taylor per month.
Paw $500 90
Allowance for quarters, rooms, at so 100 60
Allowance for fuel S cords OF wood Tor self,
and of cord for four servants, at IS per
Allowance for subsistence for self, 30 RArIoNs
PER DAY, at 30 cents per ration $50 90
Allowance for four servants ratons per day,
at 20 cents 300
Allowance for clothing for same, at 81 so each 10 90
Allowance pay for same, at IS each 80 20
Allowance for forage for horses, at So each SO 90
Making 69l 80
being sepsn thousand three hundred and ninet five DOL
lars and nnetysr cents per annum, which this military
candidate for the presidency the receipt Of and
appears be determined to hold to, unless the good
people can be gulled the availabi lily principle wing
party hope. into electing him to that high Office.
The democratic candidate. on being nominated rein.
pushed everything, and placed himself in the hands OF
the people, but nothing short of the $4,000 per annum
President, being secured to the wing candidate, will
induce him give up his cherished pay and allowances
by any OF the high cabinet officers of the government
and for which, opne, he has for time past been
rendering little other service than writing political letters
each of which, in some way, contradlcts or is ncons
emf with predecessor. Whether if elected the pes
dency he would be willing to dispense with his uniform
sword, and the inhexibe military habit OF command
mains to be tested His four "dark servants-"Chares"
"Tom," "Wilam," and "James,"-as they described
and named in his account, he would probably prefer to
leave behind in Louisiana lest of the Van Buren,
abotonsts might be disposed to fraternize with them,
and to afford them opportunity of making journey
still farther north The giving up of the horses
would appear be rather hard is to be
expected that such ample of ocomoon at the ex
pense of the government could be readily and eheeruy
renquished But the losing of the thirty ratons day
would be serious business the depletion would be
greater than any with ordinary constitution could
bear There would be one consolation, however-his
letters uod be free of postage and would not, there
fore. have to be to the dead letter office But our
main object in this article to extend the wing can.
didaes of allowances little further than
able heretofore to give it correctly:
Amount of extra allowances, and above his
pay. received by him up to the LIST January last, as
stated -S74,S6i o.
Amount of same for the succeeding six months
ending 3Oth June last, according to his
counts rendered and paid 2,947 9S
S77sl2C2
Thus we have the respectable amount of SEVENTY
SEVEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWELVE DOLLARS
TWO CENTS for EXTRA ALLOWANCES; and this not for
extra services-or Gen. Tayors is to be found
the documents containing the of those who have
been called upon various times to render important
vices to the government beyond their regular duties
such as Jackson Harrison, Cass, Scott Games, Macomb
and others That large amount received by General
Taylor and above his regular pay, when performing
only his regular and ordinary military duties. Can the
honest and intelligent people of this country feel aught
else than disgust and contempt for those unscrupuous
and unprncpei presses and demagogues who have been
loudly and perseverngy Bringing the changes" upon
Gen Cass having received 500 800 46 for allow
than thirds of which was for expenses,
and the remainder only for compensation for vast
amount of the most important extra servicewhie the
availability military candidate has received $3s2l Sc
more than that for extra allowances; without as
appears from the published congressional documents hay
ing rendered any extra service whatever
Dr. j. L. Martin, Charge d'Anaires Rome.
very long and interesting despatch received at
the State Department, by the last steamer, from Dr. Martin
our accomplished Charge fAaires at Rome giving an
account of his cordial reception by the Popeo the com
plimenis which his Holiness paid TO country-and
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