The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-26

ou readers need not suppose, from the above that
,,, going to present them with chapter from OF the
e carcature stories Of the day, though il has refer
o,. 10 something very like farce Ii is only few re-
o,rks about one Andrew Stewart, famous logican OF
bs present age who overcome OF a surfet caused by
ability to digest horses, four "dark" servants,
). dav fnds il ga tedious undertaking" to prosecute
atber controversy in which he has hopelessly in
ved himself and from which he desires relief by
.nmary process very like what is generally known
tho "backlegs argument" in which our contemporaries
oithe ntegencer think he has given ''the best evil
dance Of his sincerity" Be this il may to endeavor
N make false issue, and then to take advantage of it,
. no, the best evidence of the strength of an argument
r Of the soundness OF the facts upon which il is based
In the controversy with Mr.. Stewart we have played
our own part As stated and again, and reiterated
N our paper of Tuesday we have not followed the men
cous course of that gentleman, and charged General
TAYLOR with having received $7i,6si as "exta pay"
What we stated and set forth that he had received
that amount or what equivalent to it, over and
above his pay in allowances emoluments' of various
kinds which we specified and that those allowances or
.4moIumens," and his pay, combined, now exceed the
proved nor disputed. Mr.. Stewards proposition in the
lslgence of the day before yesterday not therefore
,opicable it stands Besides neither would our
taste SANCTION nor inclination lead us to enter into
,ny such arrangement, especially with him. We have
nut forth simple facts, taken from and founded on official
documents, by which convicted Mr.. Stewart of nu-
merous and monsirous misrepresentation against Gen
era Cass; and his proposition is but fmsy though
adrolt attempt divert the public gaze from the brand of
"Oyesm" we have put upon him, In the position we
have placed him, it would be far more becoming if he
would either eneavor rid himself of that brand OF to
acknowledge the he has committed to injure and
Willy an upright and honorable man; as we would
cheeriuy do, on its being shown that we had been
guilty of similar errors towards General Taylor
In sporsman's phrase, Mr. Stewart has been convict
ed of riding oul," and deserves to be "ruled off the
track" But if he will put his proposition in shape to
meet our staement-hat General Taylors allowances or
"emoluments" over and above his "pay," have been
equivalent S,s6l and that they and his pay together
now amount to $4,000 per annum--we have no
doub, that the democrats Of this District will make
arrangements 10 accept il. Let him try.
The preface OF the jackson Democratic Association
committee 1rom which Mr. Stewart quotes) to our
articles answer to his sophistioal speeches. and which,
stated IN paper of Tuesday, not published by
US, was learn prepared before document SO, con-
tanning the amounts paid 10 Generals Cass and Taylor
was printed; and the committee, we understand had
other OF knowing what the "pay' of the lat
ter had amounted 10 than Mr. S,ewart's second speech
in which ii was stated TO be Sa342l "a They therefore
took that amount; and if they have thus committed any
error, Mr. Stewart must bear at least part OF the re-
sponsbllIy.