The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-25

other faithfully and honoraby carried out The respect
i've officers known TO have been, without ex
cepton, high and honorable Who doubts thu
character OF the late VIM. H. Crawford. under whom
the allowances began Who doubts the fearless
integrity of John c. Calhoun Who has impugned the
honesty and sound forecast and frontier know
edge of the late General Peter B. Porterl Who will arise
TO gansay the decisions of the Hon John c. Spencer
Is it the modest gentlemen who, with every imaginable
thing in favor of their social qualities and talents SIT
afar off in their rooms, and without new fact under
take for the sake of mere political capital, to mystfy truth
orabe and exalted men, acting under every responsibility
that can stimulate virtue or reward TRUTH
Among those who have allowed their fancies to some
extent TO interfere this point with their better judg
men are presented in the lnteligencer, with the
name of the Hon. Reverdy Johnson. He asks the Ad-
utant General whether the allowances for "pay emolu
ments or otherwise, than the laws "tn terms
allowed and whether effect, these allowances above
the rate allowed to others of like grade To this the Ad
utant General tersey answers that they "were in strict
conformity to law and the regulations of the War De-
partment" 1t is known that the acts of appropriation
for the army provide generic amounts, which are est
mated to be necessary to all anticipated heads of
expenditure in the paymasters and quartemasters de-
parments The army regulations provide for the appca
ton of these sums. according to circumstances Who
tell the various exgences of the service which may
vary tho allowances to an oficer Discretionary power,
under the rules of the SERVICE must determine il.
Ask Mr.. Secretary Marcy the same questions with re-
spec to the allowances to General Cass which pro-
pounded by the Hon. Reverdy Johnson respecting Gen
Taylor and the replies of that officer might be put in the
very same phraseology of General Jones. They were
made under the laws and the regulations of the depart
ment They in both cases questions of rank and
service, time and place-expenditure under special in
structions, other legal administrative questions
such as are constantly occurring at the War Office and
its various bureaus AS to the instance of Gen. Jackson
which is singled out for parallel with Gen. Taylor for
its allowances, it is sngulary unfortunate for the pur
pose of the comparison for General Jackson had high
civic and administrative talents, united to great energy
and foresight, and striking capacity for the manage
ment of AFFAIRS and many of the allowances to him
for services of the very kind those made to Gen
Cass-that is, as commissioner for holding treaties,
governor of territory, and for various expenditures
actually incurred in the public service out of the routine
of his ordinary duties Of these his government and his
country had approaching sense and called him for
other and higher services till they placed the chief power
on his head and we may close this article by adding,
that we have studied the signs of the times in van if
similar reward is not now in store for General Cass.