The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-16
CITY OLE WASHINGTON.
sArURoAY noRNlNe, SEPT 10, Is4s.


i PART III.
This gentleman sells out with charging the Hon Mr..
McClelland, who conclusivey and satisfactorily an
swered his first speech and convicted him OF misquotng
the public documents. if not worse-wh having taken
advantage OF his absence from the House Now, what
can be thought OF making such a charge who al
the same moment perpetratng the very thing OF
which he complained Mr. DIeClelland todS not IA the
House lrhen h second speech made, and Mr.. Stew
an, by his own Acknowledgment, knew H. AS is well
known, and the journal will show, Mr.. McClelland
of the regular OF the members in his at
tendance al the House. but Mr.. Stewart found IT most
convenient 10 deliver his TRADE when he absent
But what is still worse, he, designedly doubt post
poned till late period in the session that II was i'm
possible TO obtain the floor to reply 10 him.
Mr.. McClelland thus being absent, Mr. Stewart had
the hardhood to reiterate his former allegation. that
General Cass charged and received S6o,4l2 as extra
saton, and above his regular and legal sala
ry" and denied that any part of this for ex-
penses, any other object than extra compensation.
He says; 50" prepared show that all his Governor
Casss expenses, and all the he advanced for pro-
visions and presents to the Indians for every pound Of
iron and STEEL and everything else has been charged TO-,
and repaid by the government and that the of $604l2
constitutes no part of those charges, but amount
which went into Governor Casss private pocket" His
Interpolation OF the words " iron and STEEL" shows his
utter recklessness and his readiness at misquong public
documents for occasion, and nowhere. has been
stated that any part OF the named for either Of
those articles His first item of proof is that the
uons OF Congress, which brought to light these enor-
and Unprecedented extras called the War Depart
for extra allowances and extra allowances alone
Admit ii, and admit the further fact that the statements
furnished in answer are headed extra allowances and
what does it prove that they for nothing that
they clear gain and such % went into Governor
Cass's private pocket'' Certainly not, unless when
officer in the public service necessarily incurs
pense in the execution OF his duties, and he is al
lowed the amount expended, 1t is much clear
gain which he puts " into his private pocket" With
full as much proprety might it be charged, that what
Mr. Stewart has actually to pay in travelling 10 and
from Washington of his mleage-the quarter part of
which he puts into his private pockets extra com
pensation And although the gentleman that Gen
TAYLOR never received any extra compensation, yet what
is paid to him for raons for quarters when in bar
racks for fuel for and their clothing for forage
and for mileage when travelng-all of which are over
and above his regular pay-may with much truth be
said to be extra allowances compensation than great
part the amount he endeavors make that General
Cass thus received. We have already shown, in our
former article as Mr. McCelland did in his speech that
by far the larger portion of the allowed to Gen
Cass for objects of actual expenditure, and not for
services-not as " extra compensation" This shall
specifically prove from the documents themselves
Tor to put the brand upon this mans brow who
has grossly outraged and ampled upon every prn-
ciple of truth and common justice. We shall do this
without following him throughout his befogged laba-
rynh of fasehood and fact, quotation and interpola-
ton We shall simply classify the different kinds of al
lowances in our previous article, and append to them
some true quotations from the documents in which they
appear, with some remarks appropriate the issues
made by Mr. Stewart We shall make the aggregate
the he but pledge ourselves do what he
scarcely has done at agve the exact language in which
those allowances stated in the documents So ia
has ne been from doing this and astounding and dis
gushing as the fact may appear 10 every honest mind
from the principal document which forth the three
largest allowances, amounting together to SAT, 7oo-wha
they for, by whom made and the reasons therefor
he makes not single quotation in relation to any
these particulars He does, however, what is far worse
-appends 10 his speech what purpos to be this docu-
nent entire but which is only garbed extracts of the
least pertinent parts OF it, portion of which he makes
the most infamous Of shall show. The docu
ment refer to is No l2 House of Representatives, 81
session 25th Congress 1t consists of sixteer
pages, very nearly large those of his speech
and yet he gives the whole of it, as he would make
it appear, in scarcely two pages. Thus what he ha.
taken from the document and adroty woven to-
geher, so appear the whole document, embrace,
not more than two and half of at least l6 pages
In long and eventfu life, has never fallen to our lo
to witness more bold and wilfu attempt a, imposition
and this too from an honorable member of Congress
But we proceed TO the classification promising that as
we have already, in previous article, given truthful
statement of the facts and circumstances under which
the several classes of allowances made, but few
additional remarks in connexon with each will be re-
CURED
Ist ''From October 9th, lsl3 May %, 1922 10 ra
S66lo. allowed by Mr.. Calhoun, Secretary Of War
document 24i House OF Representatives, Sd session 25sl
Congress, page p
ID From October 9,h 1913, July 81, 1884,
his expenses for Office clerk hire fuel stationery &c
81 500 per annum ;'-total, S26,7I5. Allowed by Mr.
Calhoun Secretary of War'-(San docu and page
and document liz House of Representatives Sd session
18th Congress, page p
The date of Mr. Calhoun's decision making the frs
allowance, is not given That making the second, was
November I'd, 1921 in which it is stated that if was
made Sin addition to the ten ations per day. which have
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