Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1852-09-23
Pay Accounts of Gen. Scott.

The Indiana Journal and other small fry Wing sheets
pretend to be very indignant that Nj. Merriwethe
should have introduced resolution into the United
States Senate calling for the of public moneys
paid to Gen. Scott and Gen. Pierce They think it
very "sma business" though if the Of the
candidate were all straight and correct do not
how he the whig party be injured by publ
cation Of them.
BY reference the Congressional Globe for the frs
session of the thtieh it will be found that
the l7th of June, s4s Mr.. Cooke, Wing member from
Tennessee, introduced the following resolution:
Resolved That the President of the United Sate be
and he is hereby requested inform tins house what
Of public moneys have been respectively paid tC
Lewis Cass and Zachary Taylor from the time Of their
first entrance into public service to this timedstin
gushing between regular and pay; that he also
state what amount OF extra compensation has beer
claimed by either the items composing the same, when
fled, and when and by whom allowed; If disallowed
when and by whom, and the for such dsalow-
ance; and whether not any items dsallowed were
subsequently, presented for payment; and if allowed
when and by whom"
Upon this resolution the Louisville Democrat remarks
"When this resolution introduced by the Wings,
no objection made or amendments offered on the
part Of the Democrats, although it perfectly in
their power have prevented IFS passage, 1t would
have required vote Of twothrds OF the members pres
have gotten this resolution before the house, had
objection been made. But repeat it, no objection
was made, nor there any amendments offered cal
cuated TO embarrass its passages the contrary the
Wings permitted TO pass the resolution IN the
desired by themselves, without a single voice being
raised by the Democrats in opposition to its passages
an effort to change its phraseoogy. Mr.. Polk, the then
President of the United States, promptly caused ul
and fair response be made and then the Wing press
and Wing stump orators throughout the land raised the
hue and cry against Gen. Cass for having, as they
charged received large of pay for
services and for having drawn pay for two offices at the
same time.
''This in the estimation of Whggery, was all right
and proper then since it enabled them it against
Democratic candidate, but now that Mr.. Meriwether
has introduced sin liar resolution into the Senate,
making similar inquiries into the accounts Of Generals
Scott and Pierce, it becomes entirely grey horse of
another color. Their OK is gored now, and hence We
hnd Gov Jones' OF Tennessee, Offering amendments to
Mr. Meriwether's resolution calculated embarrass its
passage, and if passed with such amendments it would
have placed it out Of the power Of the officers Of the
government respond before the adjournment of Con-
gress But this is not all on the contrary, before the
response Of the President is handed into the Senate we
find the small fry of the Wing press opening upon the
Hon. Senator who introduced this resolution, in tone
and spirit which would well become the wolf or hyena.
We would ask such worthless how II that matter
which deemed proper and important in the est-
nation of all Whiggery and not objected to by the Dem
oerats in lS48, has become obnoxious to the Wing
party in 1882 What meat has this Caesar fed upon
which has caused him grow great that he is above
the ordeal through which other candidates for the pres
dency have had to pass7 Why is it that these Wing
editors did not pour out few of their vals Of wresh
upon the heads Of Mr. Cooke, and his Wing associates,
in 1S4S, instead OF reservng the whole to be emptied
upon the devoted head of the Senator from Kentucky3
1. that they apprehensve that disclosures will be
made which will not rebound the credit Of their
didate2
"There were reasons which rendered it peculiarly
proper that the public should have possession of the in
formation asked for by Mr. Merweher's resolution,
this particular time; not the least of which is that the
Wings had prepared and intended circulate docu-
ment, falsely charging Gen. Pierce, with having lille.
gally drawn large amounts of public money from the
treasury, for extra pay, &c. sc. Now the to
this resolution has deprived the Wing leaders of this
thunder it has spiked of their big guns effect
ually. If it accomplishes other good, and think
that Mr. NJ deserves the thanks OF all who alue truth
rather than defamation The response OF the President
to this resolution, will be made public very shortly and
If all is right with reference Gen SCOTS pay
certainly no harm is done to him; if all be not right,
then it Is proper that the public should know it."