The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-10-27
EXIrn Paw.

'"e booOIoco press Still continues TO TeIt.
crate the falsehood, we deem il expedlen,
to publish the following article from the
National Inteligencer. which includes the
correspondence referred to:
! Wholesale FALSEHOOD.
We received yesterday, by mail, from 4
IirIend IN the country, a copy Off pamphlet
issued from this city "Jackson Democratic
11I'ociditoH ConmHee," thousands of which
under the frank of certain members Of Con.
gress, have been scattered broadcast over
the land. 1t would be IlercuIean task to
Undertake refulation Of all the msrepre.
Sentatons which are contained in the six
teen pages oi this electoneerng production
but there Is one, the first and most oromin-
ent oftbem, OF so unbIushiug character.
and so directly in the teeth of recently
published official testimony, that we feel
bound by truth and Justice 10 nail i, al once
TO the counter as one Of the basest of the
base coin issued from the Locofoco mint.
On the first page of this pamphlet we find
the following assertion:
"Offclal records prove that General Tav.
"lor has received from the public rreasury
"'r'rd oi his regular pay. The enormous sum
'ot seVenly-fonr thousand eight hundred
land sixty four dollars; and this mt for or .
i"hG services, but while performing h,s reg
"ular duties IN the line OF his profession.
! what IS the precise amount of money
Genera Taylor has received for his FORTY
years hard service we do not pretend to
state, because we have not the Treasury
I hafO Al
he has received this large sun over and .
boVe his proper pay is designed to convey
the idea, and herein is its ialshood .)that he
has received it illegally, gratultously, and
above the lawful allowances of his commits.
sion DO they mean to say that General
Taylor has received one cent more. either
in pay or allowances, (for quarters, forage.
or subsistence)than Gen. Butler received
while he was in service! They dare not
say this. General Taylor has never re
ceiVed one dollar of ertrG pay or erira al.
lOwance; the cOncOcters OF this insidious H.
bel Know that he has not; yet they would
impose upon the ignorant ard creduous
the bellefthat General Taylor-whose Cato
like honesty was never tainted by the
breath of calumny before the people made
him their candidate for the Presidency
has IN the shape of erirGs, fraudmIently and
illegally received this sum from the Treas
ury.
This miserable pamphlet was proba bly
issued from the Union press fsn we hope
that it was without the knowledge Of the
editor OF that journal, or that il was i, sued
before the appearance Of Adjutant General
Jones' letter TO the Honorable Reyerdy
johnson on the subject OF General Taylor's
pay and emouments.
And now, to put the seal Of falsehood up
on this artfnly-contrived calumny, we re-
publish the correspondence between Mr.
Johnson and The Adjutant General: and we
call upon The otficia Edior-if he has
spark OF that ratitude left which he lavished
on General Taylor when the old hero
achieved the vlctres which, and only winch
redeemed the Administration from ruin
and execration-to place these letters in
his own journal, and make one sacr ifce TO
truth and fair dealing
Mr.. johnson TO .Adjudni General joiner.
BALTIMORE Sept. 30, 1913,
My DEAR GENERAL; An article in the
Union, few days since, relating to the pay
and emoluments received by Major General
Taylor, allho' hope not so intended, is ca.
pablo of the construction that he has re-
ceved more than the laws of the United
States authorize, ard that he has received
it in the nature Of extra allowance. Al
though there may he instances in which such
allowances may be perfectly proper, I am as
satisfied as ] can be without actual knowl-
edge, that General Taylor has never applied
for or received them. And, as YOU are or
may he easily possessed Of the information
necessary TO put the matter beyond doubt
you will obligc me by saying:
Firsl-ll from the commencement of his
military service to the present time General
Taylor ever applied for or received in the
form of pay, emouments, or otherwise, ono
dollar more than the laws in terms allow ed
and
Secondiy-Whethcr his pay and emolu-
ments during the period he has been a Ma
jor General have not been the same as hose
received by General Jackson whilst he he Id
the same post in the army Of the United
States. ..
] have no hesitation in making these IN,
quiries Of you, because know that yourself
"a soldier to whom the country is indebI ed
will rejoice to DO justice to brotllsr off
Ger who has so greatly elevated the militia
ry fame of the United States, and whose
only offence, in certain qulrters, is to be
found in the fact that his countrymen have
brought his name before the public, in evi.
dence of their confidence in his integrity,
for the highest official honors within their
gift. ..r l -.. ,ates .-.
Yours truly. ...... ... .....
REVERDY JOHNSON.
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