The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-17
To The Edit or of the Union

To the Edit or of The Union:
on the first page of this pamphlet we find the following
assertion
'Ofcia records prove that Gen. Taylor has ived
from the public treasury extra OF his regular pay the
enormous thousand eight hundred and
sxyfour dollars and this not tor extra seretees but while
performing his regular duties in the line OF his proession
ssWhat is the precise of money which General
TAYLOR has received for his forty years hard service do
pretend state because we have not the treasury ac
counts before But the assertion that he has received
ibis large and above his proper pay sdcsgned to
convey (and herein is its fasehood) that he has
received illegally, gatuitousy, and over and above the
lawful ao vaices OF his commission Do they mean 10 say
that Cen Taylor has received cent more, either in pay
Cen Butter received while he service, They dare
say this Gen Taylor has never received one dollar OF
srfra pay or extra allowance the OF this nsid
Gus i know that he has yet they would impose upon
the ignorant and credulous the belief ,tsa Zen iayol
of calumny before the people made HIM their candidate
and illegally received this from the rcasury-N Int
Sir | hand YOU the above from yesterdays lntel.
gencer The fact stated in the pamphlet referred TO by
the ntelgencer, and published in this city, IS true and
ANY one at all acquainted with the laws and regula
tons as 10 military service knows that there is dlstinc
ton between the "pay proper OF the ohcers and their
allowances such as compensation for servants and horses
&c The pay is thingthe subsistence, forage, ser
wants. &c. is anoher-and arranged IN separate col
umns in the lists of pay and allowances allowed to SAID
officers These last are extra of his regular pay They
are regarded at all forming part OF the pay proper
or emouments of the officer Nothing can be more con-
elusive this than the fact that before the oice re-
ceves his Communication for subsistence, forage and ser
wants he must give his certificate upon honor that his ac-
count is correct and that he has kept the horses and
wants for which he charges.
IL is strictly rue-and you have no occasion to make
any sacrifice to truth and fair DEALING, invited by that
mo lei of all that is excellent and just, who Tor
moment countenances anything untrue unfair IN his
coumns-hat Gen Tay lor has received IRON the public
treasury extra of his regular pay the sum referred 10
in the pamphlet But in saying that he received that
amount and above or extra OF his regular pay no.
body said that he received this large SUN over and
above his proper pay" On the contrary, have noticed
that this was expressly disclamed. All the purpose
we had as the friends of Gen. Cass was to act on the
defensive In their desperation, his enemies resorted TO
the compensation and allowances he received Tor extra
services which, measured by their Infinite Importance to
the country would dwndle into the merest nsgnihcance
For these he received the usual legal allowances and com
pensation amounting in years to less than $4,000.
Nobody pretended say that Gen. TaylorS allowances
contrary to law that he received them Illegally
gratuousy, and and above the tdHIW allowances
OF his commission Wv
We have gone into no such questions. We say that
the allowances 10 Gen. Cass are legal and night, and m
significant, compared to the value OF his service we
can Justify them amply, irrefutably on legal grounds
and show that they far beneath what he ought to
have received But still the opposition would raise the
hue and cry to the amount which General Cass re-
ceved.
Is false or unfair for you them to take them on their
own grounds and show that the amount which their
own favorte and immaculate candidate received extra
bore no comparison with that received by Gen Cass for
the character of compensation In the greater amount
the former received over the latter
You commenced the attack, gentemen-not we. Must
we remain passive and defenceless under these unjust
and ptilu charges to which bind party zeal has been
led?
Admit all that Adutant Gen. Jones says. and that the
allowances to Gen Taylor are all legal knoD those
10 Gen Cass have been-all that is to be proved out
of the whole is, that the former has received m
nitey than the latter and If there is any dscredt
in the fact any capital to be made out OF It, (cich Ue
denu) the discedt the candidate OF the wings and
the capital inures to our benefit >. l. w.