The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-10-27
From the n. In,elligenc@.
Wholesale FALSEH0OD.

We received yesterday, by mail. from
friend in The country, copy OF pam
phlet issued from this city by the JACK
son Democratic Association Committee,
thousands Of which, under the rank OF Ger.
tain members Of Congress, have been scat
tered broadcast over the land. 1t would
be Ilerculeau task to Undertake refuta.
ton of all the misrepresentation which
are contained in the sixteen pages OF this
electisneering production, but there is one,
the first and most prominent Of them, Of SO
unblushing a character, and so directly in
the teeth Of recently published official les.
,imony, that We feel bound by truth and
Justice TO nail il at once to the counter as
one of the basest Of the base coin issued
from the Locofoco mint. Ga the first pa ge
Of this pamphlet we fad The following as
sertion:
"Oaicial records prove that Gen. Idy-
Tor has received from the public Treasury,
extra of his regular pay, the enormous sum
Of seventy four thousand eight hundred and
sixty four dollars; and this not for erira
serrices, but while performing his regular
duties in the line Of his profession.
What is the precise amount Of money
which Gen. Taylor has received for his
forty years hard service we do not pretend
40 state, because we have not the Treasu.
ny accounts before US. But the assertion
that he has received this large sum over
and above his proper pay is designed to
convey the idea (and herein is its false.
hood That he has received il illegally,
gratuitousy, and over and above the law
full allowances of his commission. Do
they mean to say that Gen. Taylor has re.
ceived one cent more, either in pay or al
lowances, Qor quarters, forage, or subsis
,ence,) than Gen. Butler received while he
was in sevicel They dare not say this.
Gen. Taylor has never received one dollar
Of extra pay or ertra allowance; the con
cocters Of this insiduous libel known that
he has not yet they would impose upon
the ignorant and creduous the belief that
Gen. Taylor-whoss Ca,o.like honesty
was never tainted by the breath Of calum-
ny before the People made him their can.
didate for the Presidency-has, IN the
shape Of erirds, frauduen,ly and illegally
received this sum from the Treasury.
This miserable pamphe, was probably
issued from the Uaioa press. II so. we
hope that it was without the knowledge Of
the Editor Of that journal, or tina, il was is.
sued before the appearance Of Adjutanl
General Jones's letter TO the Hon. Rever.
dy johnson on the subject Of Gen. Taylor's
pay and emoluments.
And now, to put the seel OF falsehood
upon this arIfuily contrved caldmny, we
republish the correspondence between Mr..
Johnson and the Adjutant General; and
we call upon the Official E li,or-if he has
spark Of that gratitude left which he la
Wished on Gen. Taylor, when the old hero
achieved the victories which, and ouly
which. redeemed he Administration from
ruin and execration-,o place these letter:
10 his own journal, and make one sacrifice
TO truth and fair dealing:
Mr. Johnson 10 Adjatdni General Jones
BALTIMORE, SEPT. 80, ls4s.
My Dear General. An article in the
Union, few days since, relating to the
pay and emolumenls received BY Major
General Taylor, although | hope not so
INTENDED, lie capable Of the construction
that he has received more than the laws o
the United States authorize, and that ht
has received it in the nature Of extra al
iowance. Although there may be ins,an
ees 10 which such allowances may be per
fectly proper, am as satisfied as can be
without actual knowledge, that Genera
Taylor has never applied for or received
them. And, as you are or may be easily
possessed Of the Information necessary L
put the matter beyond doubt, you vii
oblige me by saying
Fua-If, from the commencement Q
MS military service 10 the present time
General Taylor ever applied for or receiv
&c, IN the form Of pay, or otherwise, on
dollar more than the laws in terms allow
ed aud
Seeondiy-Whe neither his pay and emo
umeais during the period he has been
MAJOR General have not been the sam
as those received by General Jackso
whilst he held the same post in the arm
OF the United States.
have no hesitation in making these IL
quiries Of you, because know that you
seIf-a soldier to whom the country is il
debted-wIll rejoice to do justice to brotI
er officer who has SO greatly elevated II
military fame of the United States, an
whose only offence, in certain quarters,
TO be found in the fact that his countryme
have brought his name before The public
10 evidence of their confidence ia his il
tegrlty, for the highest official honors viii
10 their gn.
Yours, truly,
REVERDY JOHNSON.
AdJu,ani General Jones, Washington.
ADJ utdnt General J0aes's yeDlu.