Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-08-19

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officials records. and thca shall call upon
gentlemen. the friends % Governor Cas-. to
deny of TO Justify them IL t1rv can. ! repeat
Cor am very d,sir1u, to b. distinctly der
s'uud, that ! charze Governor Cisswith E1v-
ing drawn Si0il2 a. extra allowances over
and above his ltHil siilr. al ,. 200: aud shall
soon proceed 90 make and prove other state
meuts Oi worsr character even Than this,
which will tax all tbeingenuily OF gentlemen
TO answer orevade.
Mr. M,Line. Were not those ehlTges Of
extra allowances allowed b, some oiilcer OF
the Govsmmeu2
Mr. Stewart. IL got tie money. ana OF
couisv they must have been allo' ed IN some
way ur other But he would tell the gentle
mau som. thing about the ''nl0dus operdntt
after while. lie begged gentlemen, howev-
or. ID BE- patient; and il they could not be pa
ticnt, to be as patient they couid. have
been much abused BY the party press 81 Tie
country Tor making these charges; but 50 ipas
as | am sustained by official documents. can
well disregard the on cry OF the party oTstn
| speak OF the official conduct NJ Governor
Cuss. speak o. him So public 0fleer. |
speak OF him now. when he is candidate tor
President OF the United States. and
maintain that. or any other citizen Of these
United SlJtes, have the right to submit his
conduct to The most rigid examination; Ter II
he could be false TO hls trust IN an inferior oil
lile--ll lie !as done that which cannot b. JUS
lifed as the Governor of Territory. what
may he not do, ii be should be elected Pfesi
dent Of the United States? Il lac has taken
$4,000 or $4,000 as extra pay while he was
Governor OF The Territory OF MICHIGAN, what
may he no: do when entrusted with the man
agement oil thirty or forty millions Of dollars?
I That is question OF great moment. from an
examination OF which will not shrink or b.
/ deferred By any thing that can be said or done
/ here or elsewhere. ! defy and desplse the a.
buse OF a corrupt and venal press and OF the
| ioul-mouthed slanderer. have duty TO
discharge duty ! owe to my country, to
save it'll can from falling into the hands OF
''the spoilers" to defend it to the extent of
my hnmbie ability against the utterly ruinous
consequences which, in my conscience be-
ieye, must follow another administration
under the Cass and Polk system oil policy, in
both its ioleign and domestic influences.
General Cass is the candidate ol the party
in this country for the highest office TO which
h eau aspire, and the proprie,y OF placing him
in that Office may be determined by his oihclai
conduct IN the offices to which he has been
appointed The gentleman from Michigan.
in his defence of General Cass, insinuated an!
suggested that General Taylor, the candidate
OF the fhig party, had received more eytra
pay than General Cgss ever received Ii APP
pears to me chat the gentleman from Michigan
Is ever unfortunate in his line o. defence OF
General Cass. II General Taylor has received
d greater amount OF extra pay than Genera
Cass, it may show that General Taylor has
been guilty OF preylng on tins Government.
and plungiug his arm as deep as possible into
the public treasury: but il true, is that any
excuse for Governor Cass tor doing the
same thing? Bat the gentleman is no more
| fortunate in his facts than in his line oil de
fence. General Taylor received more extra
pay than General Cassl Why, sir, am pre-
pared to prove. and will prove, to The salts
faction OF the gentleman, and OF the world .
| from ofiiciol records, that, during space o
forty Years-and | call upon gentleman t.
mark it-General Tay lor has not contaminat-
ed his fingers with single dollar OF e1tr1
pay. This is shown by official reports made
in answer to a call tor statement oil all th''
extra pay oil all the officers OF the army, lron-
the f3untation of the Government to the yeaf
1912, when these reports were made. Here
are the reports, sir, which were made alte
two years careful examination OF more than
40 900 accounts, showing every dollar OF ex
ira pay to every officer, from an ensign 10 :
major general. from ST to $4,000; showing.
too, thal almost every officer OF our army, a.
one time or another has received extra allow
ances amounting 10 hundreds OF thousands G.
dollars, and yet, sir, il Is shown that Genera
| dliof has never touched dollar OF extra pay
Now, sir, let Genera! CaSs and General lay.
Tor stand before the country together. aud k
The country look upon this picture, and Thea
upon HAT.
In the one, we see that which gives the
world assurance OF a man IAN honest man.
the nobest work oil God" But what shat
be said of the other? The maa who has taken
more exua pay while he was Governor OF tn
Territory Of Michigan, and CT o1tci0 superin.
tendent OF Indian affairs, than al tho dove
nors Of sli The 'ierrit~etes, ana all the seen
.--,v.,- vvtfuE as Governors, from the Pounds :
ton OF the Government TO the present hour.
aud it must not BE- forgotten. that twelve -,
thirteen OF the States OF his Union have bee
Territories baiore they were admitted e4
States into this Union. Startling as hi I
statement, may be, il is clearly shown to
true by the official documents whici ha,
beeu published by order OF Congress. | hGy
these documents before me, respecting whic'5
/ intend that there shall be no mis'a axe; auGf
therefore, invite TO them the particular ats
tention OF this committee aud OF the countryj
The first document is No. 6. OF The Sd sesso
OF the 9th Congress; the other No. lS Of tn
lsl session OF the 2SA Congress. From Whicl3
documents il appeared that the whole OF tn I;
extra allowances received by al the Cove
nors, and Secretary acting as Governor Z
amounted to but $40 400; while Govern \
Cass alone received sol, S63 is y This en- !;
braces AN omitted item OF 1873, See doc !
ll2, sess. 18th Congress. page 3.
now come, said MIR. s., to the nGtg coun
in my indictment against Governor Gas
based on facts discovered since my form !
speech, and to which call the special after
ton OF gentlemen over the way.
LIST, then charge that Governor Cas-, viii,
in the receipt OF his legal salary OF 81 900, an
Two extra allowances, one oil 81 500 and tn
other ot $3.50 per annum, and also IS per dag
and 40 cents per mile travel, actually charged
and received, in addition to all This. the pay
OF an ''asslSta'H deputy qHariermaater gen
er0i," at the rate OF s 90! SO per annun,
aud 1.-THE pay and emolumenis Of il captain
in the army for lOur years (lrom 1917 10 lS2l)
y $40 sc, Increasing his extra pay TO SOL
500 as, In support OF this charge ! reler gen
tiemen TO Document No Is, Is, Session, 2Slh
Congress, page 25
2d | charge hat Governor Cass while
receiving his regular salary of 81 900. two
extra allowances OF 81 800 each, and SIS per
day, and 40 cents per mile for travel amount
ing to S20 and sometimes $50 per day, PER
mtted Mr.. Woodbridge, the secretary who
acted for him IN his absence, 10 charge aud
receive third extra allowance OF 81 $50 Tor
three yeais and twenty five days, thus charg-
ing the Government $1,000 per annum for
clerk-hire, office rent, *, when / believe