Washington telegraph., 1848-10-04

ecivea. II appears to me that hegentle.
man from Michigan isycry unfortunate
IN his line OF defence ol Gen, Cas-. II
Gen. Tuylor has received u greater amount
ol extra pay than Gen. Gass, II may
show that Gen Taylor has been guilty OF
prcyiag onhls Government and plungiug
his ann As dnep Is possible into the public
treasury, hnl ii true. Is thai any excuse
for Governor Gass for doing the same
lhing' but the gentleman is no more
Fortunate in his facts than III his line Of
defence. Gen. Taylor received moro ex.
tn pay than Gen Cassl Why, III, am
prepared 10 prove, and viii Prove, 10 i.ls
satisfaction OF the gentleman, aud al the
world, from official records, that, during
space Of forty years-and call upon
gentlemen to mark it-Gen, Taylor has
ot.eoninminated his fingers with single
dollar OF extra pay This is shown by
olheial reports made in answer 10 call
Tor u statement Of all the extra pay OF all
The aiilcefs OF the ufmy nom the ionn.
daiion ui the Government TO the year
lslal when these reports were made.
TAYLOR NEVER RECEIVED AZ
EXTRA
Here are the reports. sif. which were
made after two years careful examination
Of mare than 10000 accounts, showing
every dollar of extra pay to every officer.
from an ensign to major general, from
| TO 10000 dollars; showing too, that
almost every officer Of ouf army. at one
time or anolher, has fecclyedcxiTa allow.
auees amounting to hundreds OF thousands
OF dollars. aud yet, SIR, it Is shown that
Geu Taylor has never touched dollar
oil extra pay. Now, ST. lei Gen Cass
and Gen. Taylor stand before the country
together, aud lei the country "lonk upon
this picture, aud then upon that a
In the ono, we see that heh gives
the world assurance olamnn IAN honest
man, the noblest WofA Of Go Int
What shall be sad Of the other! The
niau who has taken moro extra pay while
he wus Governor ol the Territory OF
Michigan. aud ex-oilieio superintendent
ol Indian allaifs, than ali the Governors
Vi all tie Territories. and all the Scefe.
mgias ncting rs 60yenofs. from the foim-
daiIan OF the Govcfumcut 10 the present
hour and IL must not bc forgotten, lhat
. or 10 Of the States oi this ru.ou liafe
been Tcrriiorirs haiorc they were admitted
as States into tins Gnion Startling as
this siatement may be, iiisclenrly shown
by official documents which have been
published by'older OF Cougrcrs have
those documents before ar, respecting
which | intund that there shall be no
mistake; and, therefore, I invite To them
the particular attention OF this committee
and Of the Couulry The dr,i document
Is No, o OF the 81 session Of The 5,li con-
gress; the olhur No. 1901 the lir,i session
ot the 2sth congress ffomwhich docn-
menls il appeared that the whole vi the
extra allowances received by all the
Governors. and Secretaries acting as Gov
crnors, announced to bur l9,l0O dollar.
while Governor tass alone received o..
$50 i6i. This embraces an omitted iietn
OF -I5 doIlaHs. See document ll2, 81
sc.,i3n, - conl,fcss, paecsl5.
NEW COUNTS IN TIE INDIcr.
MENr. =
| NOW come. said Alr s, to the Rrie
count- Ia my indictment against General
Cas-, has d on facts discovered smr my
iormuf speech, and 60 which call the
special attention Ol the gentlemen over
the way.
1T, lhru, ! charge that Goycmof Cas-,
while iu the receipt oi his leg'd salary ol
1000 dollars, aud two extra allowances,
ons Of LOO and the other Of 73D dollar,
pcr annum, and also dollar- per day
aud 10 cents per mile travel, actually
charged aud received, in addition 10 all
this, the pay OF an 'assistcut deputy
quuacmasier general, Of the rate OF
1901 30 per numnm, aud 'lhe pay aud
em1llnnents OF captain in the army
Tor four years prom lsl5 to ls2l) 2j76,
G6 dollars, increasing his extra pay TO
o., 500 &C. Iu support OF this charge |
refer gentlemen to document No. rs, Let
session, 2sth congress page %
% charge HAT General Cas-, while
receiving hi- regular salary ofg OOJ dollars
two extra allowances ol 800 dollars
each, aud : dollars per day and 10 cents
per milo ior irayel amounting 10 % AMI
sometimes 80 dollars per day permitted
Mr.. Woodbridge, the secretary who acted
for hun iu his absence, 10 charge and re
cciye third extra allowance OF !, 900
dollars for three years aud twenty-five
days, thus charging tie Government 3.
uOU dollars per annum for clerk-hire,
oiiiccrcnt &c when believe there is no
evidence, nor even an allegation, that a
dollar had ever becn paid by Gov. Cas-
for either The one OF the o,hcr; TO support
this charge, refer to document No. il2,
81 session, 25th congress, page 2, Who
can be louud to justify or defend this!
These ! repeat are facts derived from
official sources.
GENERAL HARRISON