The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-07-22

In conneXiOn with this, there was the fact
that some Of these accouts were made out
and certified when he was himself Secretary
Of War; but, not liking to pass his own nc.
counts, he left them for his successor, with
the endorsement that they were authorized
and correct.
And yet Gen. Cass was great economist!
He subscribed to the Baltimore maxim, that
''the peoples money must he carefully guar
ded for The peoples benefit" But hctAir 81
thought the General had in this case rather
exceeded the bounds OF moderation, whatev-
er the opinions of others might he. Bat tins
was not all that General Cuss Ind received.
Besides the above, received as Governor of
Michigan, aud CT oticiJ Superintendent of III
dian 4 liairs, he was about five ye0rs Secre-
tury OF War at $4,000 per anuum, being to-
tai of $4,000. lie was subsequently some
six years minister TO 81. Cloud, nj Sc, 900 per
annum, being $4,000, with an outfit Of So
900 and ml iuiuGf "a 800; making n total of
some S99.500. The amount of extra CHAR
ges during his travels i'll Europe and TO tho
Holy Land lie had not yet ascerained; he
presumed they were considerable. Add to
these sums his per diem aud mileage ms Sen
ator from Michigan, his pay as an officer dur
ing the late war with Great Britain, aud il
would present an aggregate Of between two
and three hundred thousand dollars Of the
peoples money. Enough, he thought, 10
satisfy unreasonable man; but it seemed not,
| he wants one hundred thousand more. OF
! the private conduct and character Of General
. Cuss nc would say nothing, but his official
conduct was fair and legitimate subject Of
discussion, and lie would not shrink from the
discharge OF his duty, he the consequences
what they may. 1t was 10 the extra charges
he wished to call the especial attention of
/ his friends, and lie would be glad ifthry could
/ i.h OrV -
extraordinary charges, which he feared they
could not and would not give.
lie hOped the friends ofGen. G.. would OK
anime these matters aud lie able to give some
explanation of them. The people Of this
country would expect il to he cleared up
some how or Other, though he believed il
would hc found That there were 10 vouchers
TO sustain these extra chHrgcs-nOt the oath
Of a single witness TO establish their Justice,
but they were left 10 depend mainly il lot al
together on tile statements by Gen CaSs him
self on his own ipSe DIRT. But this hour was
| fast wasting away and he must hurry on.
| There was another thing TO which he de-
sired 10 refer. Ifhc had the time he would
| like to refer TO the expenditures during the
present war with Mexico. He, howevcr,hnd
not the time 10 refer satisfactorily TO the
wuseful expenditure ofmoncy. There had
hcon much oft squandered amongst Presi-
]
with high Offices, such as Pillow & Co., and
oilers with Eat contracts They bad paid for
the hire of steamboats, alone 1851, G3l n
month, and the sum of $ll5 900 had beeu
paid for old and worthless vessels. But he
had not time TO refer to these matters in de-
tail, which he had before him; lie might
put them in his speech should lie cyer write it
ON. But he must hasten TO advert TO another
thing, which would show how the great G.
rnt Of ia 4 II,l In
peoples money for the peoples benefit
His attention had been called Ia the fact that
this Government has been expanding the
peoples money for the benefit of I.r,lilrfstHs-
of their partisnns and petS.ffur actually doing
nolhinps; and in tnmny of the custom houses
in 'tuG country 1T this time the receipts were
/ wholly inadequate to the payment o. the Of,
fcers who were qunrtered on the public. For
instance, there were fifty custom houses, of
which he had nade list that collected The
sum of S74 ,425,7T;to collect which an eA-
pense was incurred of S3Gl ,075,29 over and
above the entire recei ptS-a clear loss 10 tho
Treasury of this amount TO support tho pnr,y;
, making, therefore, an expenditure of 1885,
SOL paid 10 support custom houses thar
; paid not one cent into the Treasury. There
were twenty one custom houses whose nE~
pregn,e rcceips woro $32 2l0,39, the wliolo
Of which, together with S270.2S0,2S, was
paid to set oridle officers ostensibiy en-
, ployed in its collection, bur actually doing
little or nolhiGc; gross sum, without any
receipts 10 meet the expenditures, of 1902.
49S, 6S thrown away on tiVores! There
were likewise ten custom houses which coll
iccicd the sum Of $867,l9, which cost the
Government S36,24S, 32, or S35, 1851, 10 over
and above the whole receipts. And that was
using "the peoples money for the peoples
benefit, "accordng TO the Baltimore ,resolu-
tons. Oh, say they you mast take caro- TO
spend the peoples money for the peoples
benefit, and here, as an example, was an sX-
penditure of S36, 1886, 80 to collect 1857, 10!
If gentlemen had any doubt on this subject
he had befare him transcript from the of.
fetal statements. made out by an officer Of
tIisTiousewhich he would hand to the Repor-
, ter; he had not time now TO read it, Here il
n portion oftle list:
Statement showing the gross amount of revc>
, nue. collected in the following Districts, and
the excess of expenditure hey the duties
} received for the year 1916:
Excess OF
Districts, Gross Revenue. expenditures
beyond re,
csipts.
Frenchman Bay SAFE SO $I4 500 4fS
Marlborough 2,i457O Is 70S Ga
Kennebsnk 59233 2740 "a
Saco l9l 81 1910 So
York 1913 a. l66 %
Plymouth ] S25 ii 257I6 ca
Ipswich Nothing 12i 81
} Edgurtown pos 10 2303 u
= Barnstablc 2Si563 1lSI9 II
: New London 6l425 ii 946 On
Stonington 35l45 2269 81
Oswcrachc $50 II 2 800 81
Cane Vincent yT6 40 z do6 IA