Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1848-09-06

~ must not lie forgotten, tat Twelve or thirteen oil
the States OF this Union have been Territories be-
fore they were admitted as States into this Union
Startling as this statement may bc, il is clearly
| shown to te true by the official documents which
have been published by order Of Congress have
these documents before ne, respecting which in
tend that there shall be mistake; and therefore
invite TO them the particular attention of this co,i-
mittee and of tho country. The first docu,nen; is
No. q, Of the Sd session of the 9th Congress; the
other No. Is If the LIST session eli the 2Sih Cun-
grcss. From which documents it appeared that
the whole of the extra allowances received by all
the Governors, and Secretaries acting as Govern
ors, amounted 10 but $l9, AGO while Governor Cass
alone received 64,e65 49,! This embraces an
omitted item Of $50. See doc. 10. 3 scss. 25,h
Congress, page 10,
now come, said Mr. S, TO tic nc,r counts in
my indictment against Governor Cass, based on
facts discovered since my former speech, and TO
which call the special attention of gentlemen over
the way.
Isl, then charge that Governor Cass, while
in The receipt Of his legal salary OF ,GO0 and two
extra allowances, one Of ST 800 and the other oil
$3.50 per annum, and also So PER day and do cents
per mile travel, actually charged and received, in
addition TO all this tho pay Of an cSsiStant deputy
guartermaster general" at the rate of ST GO! so
per annum and 1.-The pay and emolumcnts of cap
tain in the army for four years (rcm 1917 to 1921
S2,5IO 66, increasing his extra gay to S64 ,SG5 IS
In support Of this charge, refer gentlemen 10 Doc
ument No lS, LIST Session 2Sth Congress page 25
I'd charge that Governor Cass, while reccv-
ing his regular salary Of $4,000, two extra allow
anccs of 800 each, and s. per day, and 40 cents
per mile for travel, amounting 10 S25 and sometimes
$50 per day, permitted Mr.. Woodbridge The score
tary who acted for him ir his absence, to charge
and receive third extra allowance Of 81 800 for
three years and twenty five days. thus charging the
Government $1,000 per annum for clerk hire, Of
flee rent, &C., when believe there is no evidence,
nor even an allegation, that dollar had ever been
paid by Governor Cass for either the one or the G,
Their; 10 support this charge, refer To Document
No. ll2, Sd Session, 25h Congress, page q Who
! can be found to Justify defend this =!
These, | repeat, are facts derived from official
sources
| Member. How much did General Harrison
receive while Governor of the Northwest territory
! Mr.. Stewart. am reminded that General Ilar-
rson was the Governor of territory in the North
west, and | will tell the gentleman how much he
received. The whole amount of Gen. Harrson's
extra pay during the whole time he was Governor
OF Indiana and the Northwestern territory, and for
all the treaties he negoated--( Gas numerous and
important, perhaps, as those of Governor Cass)-
was S32Ol instead Of S64 1865, the amount receiv-
ed by this great and extraordinary hero and patriot
Governor Cass. No; Harrison an honest man
! and like an honest man he neither charged nor
received cent for ratuns, Different clerk hire
or fuel or for extra territorial services, for which
Governor Cass charged and received $3.50 per
annum ectra. Here is the difference between EIar-
rson and Cass-any more questions if not, | will
proceed TO another point.
Mr.. McLane. Docs the gentleman mean to say
that he obtained these payments without vouchers?
! Mr.. Stewart say that Gen. Cass's letters,
which are published with these reports, do not as
sert that he ever employed clerk or rented an cf-
flee of any kind. But, to specify something TO
sustain the charge, this was adopted as the most
convenient and plausible preteXt to get the money
But the gentleman from Maryland asks if General
Cass obtained these payments without vouchers
answer, believe he did; but to ascertain the fact
with certainty, went yesterday, first TO the Third
Auditors office at the Treasury Department and
there was told that the vouchers were filed in the
office Of the Second Auditor. | then proceeded to
the office of the second Auditor, MIR. McCalla and
told him that wished to SEQ the vouchers of Gen.
Cass for the payments that had been made to him.
and what was the answer received The Aud
itor told me he could not attend to it. Sir"
said ''can you give me the assistance of clerk %
| mo" was the answer, "my clerks all busy
| come some other Time" said should not consume
much time; but | was thus denied any means and
all assistance to examine whether there vouch
ers or not by the second Auditor Of the Treasury
! The gentleman from Michigan however has
shown that he could get all the documents that he
wanted. He has got an account of all Cen Tay-
ior's regular pay, and doubtless he has sought for
Gen. Iaylor's ''eXtra pay;' but he has not been
able to find any, because, appears by the records
he has received dollar; nevertheless, the
| gentleman from Michigan has not hesa.ed TO in
slnuate, and to send it to the country that Cen
Taylor has received more extra pay than Gen. Cass in
the face of these documents, which show conclu-
slvely that he never received cent Of extra pay dur
ing service OF forty years, III the course Of which
he was doubtless often entitled to it, it appears
nearly all other officers of the army have been
Yet the gentleman from Michigan insinuates that
IauInr oil Il 1 n
''the formal routine of light military duty, at com
paratively unmporlant posts." Sir, Gen. Taylor
has spent much of his time in the service on the
western frontier but is the frontier service .'lght
military duty?" Were there no hardships and
prlvatlons 10 endure there Let the Western
members OF this House answer. undertake to as
sert that the frontier service is the most discomfort
able, the NEST undesirable that an officer who pre
ferred personal ease 10 the hard duties of the camp
could be subjected TO. But Gen. TAYLOR has al
ways been ready 10 serve his country wherever his
services were required, how arduous soeyer they
might be; and so far from having received more eX-
ira ray than Gov. Cass, as insinuated. DEFY The
gentleman To snow That he has ever charged one
dollar for extra pay. Here is the document which
shows the paid to officers Of all grades for ex
ira allowances from the foundation of the Govern
ment. 1t Is at the service of the gentleman from
Michigan, or any other gentleman, and challenge
them to find the name of Gen. Taylor once as the
recipient of an extra dollar. But Gen Cass re-
ceiyed between $4,000 and $4,000 for sitting in
his splendid and comfortable mansion in the city of
Detroit, enjoying his champaign, with every uxu-
ry, and the society of family and friends, while
Gen. Taylor was enduring hardships on tho west
ern frontier. These are the two men now placed
before the country for the Presidency. Which
will the people prefer? The man who never con-
terminated his fingers with the extra perquises off
office, or the man who has become rich by such
means, having received more than all the officers