Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-07-01

have just good right claim ocio commander in
chief Of The army and navy Of The United States Where
the difference
In connexon with this there the fact that some o
these made and certified when he him
sell secretary of War but liking pass his
he left them for his successor with the endorsement that they
were authorized aud correct And yet Gen. Cass was grea
economist He subscribed the Baltimore maxim that the
peoples money must be carefully guarded for the people
eft" But he (r S thought the General had in this
rather exceeded the hounds Of moderation whatever the opn
ions OF Others might be- But this was not all that Geneia
Cass had received Besides the above received Governor
Of Michigan and ex-oco Superintendent Of Iodisn Aiars
he about five years Secretary of War 900 per
mum, being total of $780, 000 He subsequently some
six years minister to ST. Cloud at So 600 per annum, being
S54, 600, with outfit Of $4,000 and init OF 81 500
making total of some S97 500 The OF charges
during his travels in Europe and to the Holy Land he had
yet asceraned he presumed they considerable Add
to these his per diem and mileage Senator from Mch
gan, his pay officer during the late with Great Bi
an and would present aggregate OF between two and
three hundred thousand dollars OF the peoples Enough
he thought to satisfy reasonable but il seemed not he
wants ole hundred thousand OF the private conduct
and character of Gen Cass he would say nothng but his
official conduct fair and legitimate subject OF discussion,
and he would not shrink from the discharge OF his duty be the
consequences what they may. II the charges he
wished to call the especial attention of his friends and he
would be glad they could furnish satisfactory expana-
ton Of these extraordinary charges which ne feared they could
not and would not give.
He hoped the friends Of Gen. Csss would examine these
matters and be able give explanation Of them The
people Of This country would expect to be cleared
how or other though he believed would be found that there
were no vouchers to sustain these extra chagenot the oath
of single witness establish their JUSTICE but they left
to depend mainly if altogether the statements by Gen.
Cass himself his ipse dart But his hour fast
wasting away and he must hurry
There another thing to which he desired to REFER II
he had the time he would like to refer TO the expenditures du
ring the present with Mexico He however, had not
the time refer satisfactorily the wasen expenditure of
money There had been much Of it squandered amongst
Presidential partsans and avores rewarded with high
Offices such Pillow Il Co., and others with fat contracts
They had paid for the hire Of steamboats, alone 1851 63l
month"; and the of ST. 800 had been paid for old and
worthless vessels But he had not time TO refer TO these mat
tiers in detail which ne had before him he might put them
in his speech should he write out But he must hasten
to advert another thng which would show how the great
economists of this Administration spent the peoples money
for the peoples benefit His attention had been called the
fact that this Government has been expenng the peoples
money for the benefit Of hundreds of their pasans and pets
for actually doing nothing and n many Of the cusomhonses
in the country at this time the receipts wholly made
quae to the of the officers who quarered
the public For instance there fifty custom houses, of
which he had made list that collected the of S74
to coas' which expense incurred of 1851
and above the entire receipts of the oces-a clear loss to the
Treasury of this support the party making, there
FORE expenditure of S435 sol 6 paid support custom
houses that paid cent into the Treasury There
twentyone customhoures whose aggregate receipts
$780, &c. the whole Of which, together with $40 $50 30
paid to set Of idle officers osensby employed in its coec
ton but actually doing little nothing gross sum- without
any receipts the expenditures Of $780, 81 thrown
away avores There likewise ten custom-houses
which collected the Of 1857 49, which cost the Govern
ment $685. 24S 49, $685. 3sl and above the whole
receipts. And that using 'the peoples money for the
peoples benefit according the Baltimore resolutions. Oh,
say they you take spend the peoples money for
the peoples benefit and here, example, expend
ture OF $50, PASS 80 collect ss67l9 If gentlemen bad
any doubt this suhec, he had before him transcript from
the official statements, made by officer Of this House,
which he would hand TO the Reporter he had not time
to read it. Here is portion of the list
Statement shouing the gross amount Of collected in
The fotowng districts and the Of expenditure be-
yond The duties received for The year ls45