The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-08-26

that on examination Of Genenl Tar 81
accounts i, would appear that he had tecs.y
ID fr larger sum as"ex.ra compensation"
Than General Cass, "for light military ..m
, a, unirnpoIlan, Posts General Taylor Tee
ceived more ezra pay than General Cas-
Now assert, and arm prepared TO PROV.
| by official records that ne never r.eeira;
one 's Of OK ra pay, and have p ve,
ria. General Cass received $50 900 Nor
sir; when making such charge against
old and faithful soldier, either directly or
by insinuation, why did not the 2en'l.i.ar
do as Inow do, produce the documents u
prove his charges! Why, because he
could not, because the imputa,ion was ~
,ery unfouEdeh. Here sir, aye the reports
refer to, containing every dollar of extra
pay to every officer o! the army. from The
organiza;i,n Of the Department, to 1912.
and the name of Zachary Taylor is nowhere
10 be- found in them They have hesn
carefully and repeatedly exam d. Yet
in the face of these Off cial repnr;s the ge,
Ieman suggests tina, General Tayler IA,
received more extra pay than General Casa
"tor light military duty at uni,nporsn,
posss' General Taylor, who slept, Tough,
AMI conquered, in the black swamps ef
OHIO who slept, fought and conque.ea;o
The everglades and hammocks of Florida
who slept, fought, and conquered. amid Il.
chapparel and burning sands OF Mexico.
covered himself and his army with irnns..
lshable glory, and saved This administers,
from disgrace aud infamy-this, 81! ,i,-. ia
The estimation of the gentleman, is .,,;,,,,
military duly a, uuimpor'an, pos,,r' r
here is nan in the American Array 81.
titled TO extra pay tina, man is Genera! IT,
Tor mi yet he is almost the onv .n,
who Las never received it. Genera Tsy-
lor has done all the ezh a seyvice and Gsa.,.
al 'Cass has rec eived all the extra ,,v.
Here is the difference. Taylor receive.
not an extra dollar aud Cass has received
more extra compensations than all the gov.
errors Of all the Territories from tho fou:.
dalton Of the government to the prsse ).
time. Governor Cas- has received SEA-
s65 and all the other governors ,oge,h..
have received bu, $l9 400, General Ia.
Tor never one cent, as appears by the IL,
official reports referred .o--No. 6 and n.
IS.
With these expositions. I am wii....,-.
sir, to leave the people to Judge for u m
selves. Let them now decide which o.,.;s
two it is safest and best to en,ust with :.s
management OF their affairs. If HONESTY.
fidelity, and faithful services iu Que pu'.I,,.
office gives any security as to The per IT,,
ance III another, then there could b, =,
doubt or hesitation as to which shoa,5
be and would be selected. Honest -.
integrity, sound head and true ,,,:;,
were among the highest qualifications fer 81
President. Without these we had even,
thing to fear-wi'h them, every,hirs :,
hope.
Here M STEWARDS hour expired. en-,
Mr.. DAsIsL, of North Carolina, oblain,t
the floor, but yielded it to Messrs, Conn, Of
Georgia, BRows, of Mississippi, McLasr O,
Maryland, and others who wished to m,
questions to Mr. STEWART, who said ,i,at
having got through, he was now ready to
answer any and all questions gentlemen
nigh, wish 10 pu, 10 him
M. CoBB first inquired whether Mrs..
charged General Cass with Receiving hi,
salary OF $4,000 as Governor, Sa,23o a.
Superintendent of Indian affairs. So a dav
and 40 cents per mile, and The paw of =
deputy quatermaster general and CAPTAIN
in The army all al the same line.
Nj. STEWART, answered yes, all but the
pay of deputy quarermaste- general. to
which there was no date. He nigh, have
received this al the same time with the rest
or he NIGH, MOI. These cha rges were foun-
ded on official documents; which were at
the gentleman's service.
Mr.. COBB repeated substantially This CUES
ton several times, and Mr. S gave, in of.
feet, the same answers.
Mr. McLANE then inquired whether W.,
STEWART mean, 10 charge that Governor
Cass received these extra allowances With
out vouchers.
Mr. STEWART answered, that for tho
most part he did, unless The gentleman call
led General CASES. own letters and state.
ments vouchers I believe, said Mr. g..
here is nothing else to support his claims
Of $3.50 for ralions; $1,000 per anup for
fl - rent &c, $l,5oo year for gong on,
OF Michigan The charges for settling his &C
counts, attending treaties, mileage, &C., no
believed were are all unsupported by vorch
ers. The gentleman could find out, how
ever; by calling for the vouchers by reso!u
hon. Aud if the gentleman does not call
Tor them, I will; and hope the friends Of
Governor Cas- will vote for the resolu-
ton. Hers'hs conversation dropped.