Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 July 1847 — Page 2
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False Imputations. The Journal of the 20th contain a 6tring of fale imputations against the admini-tlration, which have been made the basis of justification or excuse on the part of the Whig politicians and editors generally, for the unpatriotic course which they have pursued in
We find then that on the 23d of November, 194G, the Secretary of War adJresstd to Gen. Scott the fallowing note : Sim The President sevetal day t since commuoic:ed in
penon to you his oideii to repair tu Mexico, to take command
HE POUT I From the Union, July 19. Of lb shipment nf amtribulims sent by the Executive , Important. Committee of Indianapolis, to the famishing of Ire- Correspondence bfticetn the Secretary J Sle and land and Scotland. ! the Mexican government, relative to the mtw of
The Executive Committee for the relief of the suffi-rin Mr. ifl.
set on fiut an expedition to operate on the ejlf coat, if o
iirrirtnr n t tkm thmnttsrxf nrtinn irt ahnl I rtm it in K nrnt
the matter of the Mexican war. The three first of tieablt. It is not proposed to control your uperaimu by these imputations are as follows: '.definite and positive instructions, but you are left to prem i.i ti . r . r .i. r- iff- ut them as your judgment, under a full view all the That for want of the pioper mean, General Taylor .. 'rk. . k r.-.. .. . , e .. . . n i i. f. eircumxtaiett, shall dutite. The wo k is betöre j ou, and d? K f"0W "P h.K 'r . 1 w . R"?h lhe probata, or to be provided, for accomplishing it. K J niw.de PU,'U,Ü) "Ue"t,D Mx'c,,, cro, lh are committed to you, io the full coufideace thu you will . o"i ti! . r i. r at . r. .. . " them to the best advantage. of .Ü. S'1 T t 7 m ' . M The otjecu which ,t desirable ta obtain bae bcea
. ... j m .u luice lo accomplish them. capitulation .f Mouteiey, upon t'ie terms condemned by the 0f thij m(M
of the foiees trwe assembled, and particularly toorKAaiz.: and poor of Ireland, of Madion, Indiana, would report to the An extra of the Republicano of Mexico, of the -th
Kxecutiv Committee f.ir ihe suaeiing poor or Ireland and of June, lias been received at the Department it Itate, Soctland.of Indianapolis Indiana, as follows: rontainin-r conies of two notes from the Minister of
acccirr or coaa to be ex
CHADsrO FOB tilLH-DSIEDI
CoB5 MEAL A5D CASH
409ba corn. 975 46 56 bti.. at 40,
409 empty bag.
Ilounty IViaafls for Volunteers. The undersigned tins received the form and specific instructions from Washington City, for procuring the Land Warrant or Scrip for Volunteer entitled to the fame; and hainj printed form, he la enabled to attend to the same on short notice, ami at a low fee. GEORGE A. CHAPM AN. Sentinel Olfice.
To Coi ropoudeuis. A. W. Eltetuville. We do not t..inA k eipetlient to arrept the
pnKWl ma Je in your of the 3rd, as to the rix fu'srriters. must adhere to our ttrros as printed, and treat all alike.
C-Aleert. G. ToRTKa contiiiiies to be a candidate for County Pmspcutor. The announcement of his candidacy waa accidenlly omitted in a few of our last numbers.
The Journal v. Geis. Taylor. The Journal wants peace with Mexico "icilhout any of her territory." It thinks it would be rascally to take a foot of California or northern Mexico, even in payment of the debts owed to our citizens, and whicli she may be willing to relinquish for that purpose. It knows that the territory in question would necessarily be free, and for that reason its acquisition would be unfavorable to the deijn-i of the Calhoun division of the whig party. And, extremes meeting, it would thus give '-aid and comfort" to both Calhoun and Corwin, who advocate the same policy for totally opposite reasons. But how can the Journal justify its course on this subject with the position of Gen. Taylor, as developed in his famous letter to Gen. Gaines? Has the Journal forgotten that position! It would eo
seem, or it would not be guilty of the weakness of
advoca'ing a course directly opposite to that recommended by its candidate for the Presidency. We will
refresh its memory by copying an extract from the
Gaines letter, in which Gen. Taylor wrote as follows upon the subject in question : "It teems to me, the most judicious course In be pursued
on our part, tvou'd be to take possession at snee, of the line -wc -would accept by ntgotiation, extending from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific, and occupy the same, or
keep what we have already possesion of; and that, with
Tampico, (which I boi to take in the course of next
month, or as soon as I can get the me ins of transports
tton.) will give as all ou thi side of the Sierra Mad" re,
and. as soon a I occupy sUltillo, will include six or wren
states or provinces, thus holding lammen, Victoria, Mor.
terej, ?a lillo, Monclovia, Chihuahua, (which I presume
Gen. Wool bus poxeuii of by this time,) Santa f e and the California, and say to Mexico, Dive us from the
country !' throwing on her the responsibility and the ex
pense of carrying on offensive war, at the same lima closely blockading all her ports on the Pacific and the
Gulf. A course of this kind, if pereered in for a short
time, woulJ son bring her to her proper senses, and com- - pel her to sue for peace." Under this recommendation of Gen. Taylor, a slice of Mexico sufficient for "all practical purposes" could be taken and held, -and the consent of Mexico to its relinquishment could be enforced by the sword. This, course, he thought, would soon bring Mexico "to her proper senses." , Now what has the Journal to say to this recommendation, this proposition of "conquest!" Will it condemn in him what it has condemned in others! It has not the chance of relieving itself or him from the responsibility of the suggestion, as it has done in other matters, by charging that 'hc acted under orders," and therefore was not responsible for statements and acts which it charged tobe false and unlawful and wrong in every respect, as though any man, in such a case, could be justified in a wrong and unlawful course, by such a wretched plea. The recommendation was voluntarily and deliberately in-'ide by Gen. Taylor, on bis own responsibility.
Nobody "ordered" him to make it, but he did it of
his own volition. Now we should like to have the Journal put Gen. T. in the category of others condemned by itself and Tom Corwin; or el.se crawfish out of its unpatriotic position the best way it can. It is & matter. of indifference to us which course it pursues.
aduiitii'tiation.
"3d. That at Buena Vista, Gen. Taylor was left by the government with a foice o small as to tender hi defeat more than probatle, iu the minds of the people as well as the administration." Not one of these imputations can be sustained by good evidence ; nor indeed any evidence at all, ex cept mere assertion, unsustained by a single fact. In our semi-weekly paper of July 3d, we copied an article from the Cincinnati Enquirer, demonstrating so far as it went, the utitrutli and injustice of the imputations by a review of facts derived from official sources. The Enquirer has since followed up the subject, and in that paper of July 9th, we have the results in the following article. Every fair-minded
man, whig or d-.'mocnt. who examines these facts,
will admit that tiic whig statements above quoted,
are utterly grotindJeaM.
REDUCTION OF GEN. TAYLOR'S ARMY. A pressure of other matters upon our time and
attention, has prevented as early a recurrence to this topic as we could have desired. We ehill endeavor to dispose of it this tnoruing, and that in as brief a
manner as possible.
V e have shou that Gen. Taylor was fully con
the jtiJe when prepmlions are
made, aud tbe time foi actioo has ai rived."
It is hard to conceive of language more clear or more definite. The purpose for which General Scott is sent is to "take command of the forces in Mexico," and consequently to have the control of all military movements in that quarter. He is to make the movement upon Vera Cruz, if he " shall drem it practicable." He is not controlled by any specific orders, but all is left to his own judgment. Means, force, time, propriety, all are left to him, as senior officer in command. He is not ordered to reduce the force of General Taytor nor yet, as has been asserted, absolule'y directed to move opnn Vera Cruz. All is left
to Ins own didrretion. If. m the exercie ot that
discretion, he erred, and it be no crime in him, it
certainly can cast no blame upon the administration
Immrdmtel v after receiving tins direction, on
the 25th of November. Gen. Scott addressed Gen
Taylor, from New York, befor be had arrived " at the theatre of action," in wliich, after speaking of his
movement on the Gu'f, upon which he had then dead ed, he grics on to speak of his disposition ot troops
in the to! low inj: terms
" But. my den General. I shall be obliged U take from
you motof the gillant officers and men (regular aud vol-
umeer) whom you bavc so lone and so nobly commaoat o
1 am af aid that I hall, br imperious neceity 'he ap-
sulted by the President in relation to the movement P'Oach of yellow fever on the nulf coast leduce you for a
of force-, and all other active operations in Mexico. l,m, Uo1 h defensive. I his will be ". ... I na in Ist I tn vnn sii f. r thai iaciin ai i l relli 9 In m HUI 1
we nave also seen that lie was not only made ac- ' iv llfVlt ' Mf ... m til.llhmil . ,h, mnorarv c.i
quainted with the change of operations from tiie Itio fice with cheerfulnes. No man can better affjtd to d o
Grande to the Gulf, but that he counselled it, as the I Recent vicioiie place you on that high eminence, and I
on MmoveniHnt that muh! stirrpsfiillv ho m.idp tinon even flatter mvelf that any benrht that may re?ult to n e
the citv of .Mexico, and Indicated Vera Cruz as the I"'" the unequal d.vhion of the tioops alluded to,
I bar peaches, 4 bu..
Cash per di aft,
CCIPTS.
Cash paid labor on coro
and flour.
$390 30 Cah paid on cooperage,
73 bi Drayae to toie.
der the charge of the undersigned, who leaves for that occasion the answer to the point embraced in your eicelleucj's said note. The underaicned avaU himlf of ihi opportunity to ofT-r to your exceLUncy the auranca of hi ditinoiheJ coaaideration. DOMINGO IUAKKA.
3 40
disposal or the ABOVE me- Foreign Affair of Mexico, dated they'd of June last,
and a translation of the letter addressed to the Mexi5 35 can government, by our Secretary of State, on the 13;h I CO of April previous. We here present translation of 7 50 the two notes first mentioned, together with a copy in 2a the original of Mr. Buchanan's letter: all of which
a will doubtless be read with interest in every part of our country. Historical documents published in the Ilepullicano of the Jane, 1317. TRANSLATION. Department of Internal and Foreign Relations. To the most excellent Secretaries of the Sovereign Congress: God axd Libcrtt Mexico, June 22, 1847. Most Excklicmt Siae : By order of bit excellency, the President ad interim of the republic, aa resolved in a
council of minitrrs, I have the honor to place in tbe hand
4 (K),Potaice to Pittsburg,
77 OO.Drayazeoa meal from
mill.
cotch committee per
Jno. Kevin, J proceed draft after di swing expenses ou all the at off,
Bills lading.
Cash paid 126 bM corn
meal, per D. White & Co. at 3:50 per bbl. 411 00
Scotch committee, per
J. ISevio, i proceeds 20 bags corn, 5 99
ouranre, per Lexing
point. Wo have not been able, after considerable search, to lay our hand upon the letter of Gen. Taylor to Gen. Gaixes ; but in that document General Taylor pronoun res the route from Saltillo to San
Luis Polosi, an impracticable one. All these things concurred to determine the War Department in favor
of the attack upon Vera Cruz, and that line of ope
rations towards the city of Mexico, which General Scott has thus far so signally conducted. It should
be borne in mind, too, that in all the correspondence with General Taylor touching this matter, he has been repeatedly advised that it was not designed to
take Ironi him any force, t uit he should deem necessa
ry Jor conducting his ojeralions upon the lift Grande.
will lessen the paio of your coujequeot inactivity
Accordingly he did take uch force as he considered a ll r ff! 1
necessary, and as, in lull view oi uen. layura position, and that of the enemy, he considered, in the
exercise of his wide discretion, could be safely trans
ferred from the Rio Grande to the Gulf. In addition, therefore, to the propositions heretofore stated, we have the following made out by this correspondence :
1st. That Gen. Scott went to Mexico to take com
mand of alt the forces there assembled.
iid. That he was not ordered to make the descent
upon the Gulf const, unless "iu view of all the cir
cumstances, upon " arming at the theatreot action,
he should deem it practicable."
3d. lie was not directed to weaken the force of
Tluwi? mifr?i t iifio fV'tm friia rtiti i.iipri)anfifwTanra thn
Secretary infers, will be confined to securing the Gen. Taylor ;nor, by implication, authorized to do
nosition of the armv at MnntnrP. anil kWmr onen so. unless, in ins uicreuon, tie si.ouiu consiuer u per
J J i c r
the line of communication with the Rio Grande
General Taylor, however, is not restrained from making excursions beyond that point, if he should see proper to do so, but any such movement is rested solely upon his discretion. On the 13th of October, 1346, the Secretary firwarded a dispatch to General Taylor, in which after advising him that the season for military operations
fectly safe to do so.
4tli. I hat without waiting to reach the seat ot war,
and determining there the practicability of the move
ment, he resolved upon it at rew York, two days
after his orders were issued, and from that point ad
vised Gen. lay lor of the necessity there was of taking
his troops.
oi. That in the exercise of his discretion alone.
16 00 05
t.n office, 22 92 7oat excellencies, that you may submit ll 10 me aover-
Bills ladin, 05 i etgo Congrei-a. al its first meeting, a copy of the othcial
ash paid oa the freight, 35 00 j note, addressed by the Secretary of Stale of the United
do drayage and Statea to this s-overnment. under date of the 15lh of April
$MI 92
labor on 120 bbls. to steamboat, 2 6-5
Cash on band for posta;e, kc, 90
$)41 91
EEccirr or rmv kc, and disposal or the n.oua aud
THE KILIt-OTUCD CoKK MEAL.
16t) bbls. flour and mid Hing,
7 "Belfast Co. Down 2 beef. 5 beans, 1 bag "
2 bbU. flour. Sabbath school,'
f.ir Ireland.
2 bbls flour, Sabbath school,
for Scotland, 126 " coin meal purchased.
upon the Gulf has arrived,-and that in the descent Ge; Scott withdrew the troops of Gen. Taylor, and
upon Vera Cruz, a larger regular force will be re
quired than that assigned to the Tamaulipas expedition. he retn.irks :
" It i deaired to know if in your opinion a detachment of
two thousand oi ihn uesciijitiou of loice can be pand for that pmpme from thoe under your command, without essentially interfering with your plans and operations. It is
produced the state of things upon the Rio Grande, of
which the federal leaders and papers complain.
It is not our purpose to censure Gen. Scott ior this
act. Whether it was rijnit or wronj we shall not
undertake to determine. He had a broad discretion ;
i" he erred, it was unfortunate if he abused his trust
he has a risrlit to a hearinir before condemnation. A
not desired or intended to weaken the force with you ar simple statement of the facts was necessary for that Mnrerfv, or t,.ernbatias you by rliveriin troops from the nM,p. t.n4 : v;.v j wll:-h we think
KlO (randt trhlcrX vnu miu dfrrm. nrrrst.irn a riiif.irmint I rr ..... .. . .
... ...
MEAL, S.C32 bbls. coro mel, J of the 16 bbls. purchased, 40 bbU. flour and middlings, i of 160 bbls., 2 bbls. beans, 1 bag do 3 bbl. fl iur. Sabbath school cbildien. All of the above han led over to the lock committee, per J. Nevio. 94 bbls. corn meil to N. Otlean, per steamboat St. Cloud, foi Ireland, ) Shipped to 127 I bis, fli ur, ( N. Oi leans 3 M beans, per S. B. S. 2 " beef, (Ameticafor J Iieland. 2 bMs flour handed over to Mei. Polleys k. Butler, clai ned by them for Mr. Undeihill.
305 barrels. '30o barrels. Madisox, Indiana, July 10th, IS47. Ja. M. Rat, Eq , Ageht for Com., Sir : Above you will pleae hud a statement of all the bieadstutT sent in here foi the suffering pour of IieUnd and Scotland. We h ive taken pains to have every thing done according to the direction in ynur letter, and have shipped it to New Orleans in tbe way on directed, and will send you the bills of lading when we eet thein from New Oi leans, and lo when We hear from the
Society of Fiiend at Dublin. You will see io the report.
that we had to hand ovet two barrels of noor to Polley & Butler, by oider of Mr. Underbill, f your tdace. We coold
not send you an account of the flour and middlings sepaiate, as there was a great many barrels only marked with yoor dona ioti brand, which dij not show whether it was middlings
or super-fine flour. We have not heard fr m ew Orlean
as yet. B'-fore we shipped any to N. Orlean, we wrote to Pittsburgh, io hopes thai the canal companies would lake it from Pittsbuigh fiee of bärge, but they iefued, as they had
done before. Hoping that our attention will meet your views, and be atisfaciory to your geneiou donors, we re
main Yours, ob'lly, U. K.. IJOUIIOK. For Kx. Com. of Madison
ac in which he ded area that tbe President f that
public intend to despali h, as a commissioner, to tbe bead-
quarters of the army operating in Mexico, Nicholas P.
i nst, esq , with full powers t conclude a definite treaty
of pace with the Mexican United States.
I likewise transmit t your excellencies, for communi
cation to the aovereign Congress, a Cpy of the answer
which the moat excellent President resolved, in council
of ministers to hive made to the above mentioned note; his excellency feeling assured that the august assembly, to
which is reserved the determination on the afTnr to which
the present communication relates, will despatch it with
the promptness and wisdom to be expcU-d from its patri
otism and its distinguished enlightenment.
I repeat to your excellencies, on this occasion, the is
aurancea of my high consideration.
DOMIMiO IUAKKA.
a i-i - t r .i j.
to the execution of your own coutemolated opeiations." we nave accoinpiisueo, oi acquiuing u.e auumnaira
- " s . r .iiii - ir s
t - . l- . i . i .... . e - . lion oi an niame in me premises. w e nave mwwu
u a Duu-Hriiutriii uisuhcn uuuer uite oi uuwuer .. ., . , . , , ,
SZd, the Secretary again recurs to this subject in the
ernment is anxi us that nothing should otcur to prevent the
expedition to Vera Cruz, teg.uding it of eeat importance.
yet if by withdrawing from your immediate command the
force necessary for this purpose, the army with you may be
placed in danger, this expedition must for the piesent be either
deferred ot ab a: do ed a lesult deeply to be regretted Ou the pot, you wilt know the strength of the force i.dvanc-
ing against you and the number of troops necessary to resist
It l TOO WILL BT NO MEA1SS WEAKEN YOURSELF SO OS t.l
expose the army under yuur command to the probable hazard
of duasler."
A copy of this last dispatch was sent to General
Patterson, and he was advised that the expedition
tollowinj terms :
" If the expedition could go fotth without the object being
known to the enemy, it is supposed that four thousand troop
would be a sufficient force for Ihe enterprise, receiving as
they would, the ro-upeiation of our naval force io the gulf;
but at leat fifteen hundred or two thousand of them hould
be of the regul. r army, and under the command of officers
best calculated for such an undertaking
that the I resident did not control or direct the reduction of Gen. Taylor's army, farther than to confide the propriety of dividing the force to the discretion of Gen. Scott; and certainly thaieither he nor ben. Scott made that division with rite intention of sacri
ficing that army to the Mexican forces.
A "Democratic meeting" was recently called in N.
Whilst the gov- York, to assemble in the Park, to nominate General Tay
lor. It si failure. rot more than twenty-hve merce
naries were present. Chapman's Sentinel.
Thus Chapman stigmatizes every Democrat, who goes
for Gen. Taylor, as a "mercenary" Will he tell us how many "mercenaries" there were, including French and
Daniel, at the Democratic 1 aylor meeting in Mount (Sterling how many "mercenarie" there were in the large
Democratic Taylor meeting in Harnsburg and how ma
ny "mercenaries" there were in the two large Democratic
Taylor meetings in hew Jersey Louisville Journal.
The assertion in the first sentence is false. This
was a suggestion of General Taylor, and depended i in character, however. It is impossib'i for the
upon hi concurrence. On the liölh of November, the Secretary advised Gen. Taylor that General Scott
had been deinated for the command of the expedi-
ion against Vera Lruz. He further informs him that
the despatch of the 13th of October, detailing the
plan of operations in this quarter, has been inter
cepted by the enemy, and that being informed of the
Louisville Journal to contain an editorial aragrapli
which is not marked by at least one falsehood
Aa to the questions of the Journal, which follow its
false assertion. We cannot tell "how many" tnerce naries there were at the Mount Sterling Taylor meet
ing; but we think the Journal names two of them,
"Why do Mr. McCartyand the liberty party talk of
tue dinerence between the acquisition of new territory by coiimiot and purchase ! Who has ever advocated
the conquest of any portion of the Mexican territory as a nerm.mer.t acquisition ! The democratic party has
never taken that ground." Slate Sentinel.
COrThe above extract, attributed to us, seems to cauw; no little fuss in the Whig camp. They go to
work vigorously in assailing it, and endeavoring to show its inconsistency as compared with the speeches
of certain members of Congress, and of the prucj;ima
tions of our Generals in Mexico. They will not make any allowance for the poetry contained in those
speeches and proclamations ; and forget the sober re ality of the language we use. The article from which the extract is made appear
ed in our columns of the 30th of June. That, and
another article which appeared on the 3d of July, ful
ly state the ground we occupy, and disprove any imputation of inconsistency, as is alleged to exist between us and the aforesaid speeches and proclamations. The war has never been Fanctioned or sustained by the democratic party for the purposes of conquest per se. But no reasonable man can expect a settlement of our difficulties with Mexico, except by a relinquishment of a portion of her territory to eatUfy the just demands arid claims of this country, especially those which existed before the war. None but Corwin and hin followers liave dared to uggest any other result as desirable in ,any ? iew of the case. And the State Journal w the only newspaper which we now remember to have juetified Corwin in this particular. The Journal does not desire a foot of Mexican soil : it would prefer to give op a part of Texas. Does Mr. JlcCarty entertain similar notions?
7-We learn by the Versailles Flag of July 22d, that Cravens, the Corwin candidate, had made Hackleman, the regular whig nominee for Congress, take
water on the subject of the resolution iu favor of pros
ecuting the war, passed by the whig convention which
nominated him: that Hacklernan, by repudiating that
resolution, and agreeing to oppose supplies of men and money for the war, as a condition, had effected an arrangement with Cravens, by which the latter
agreed to withdraw. aaJ permit II. to run alotte. The
diaraceful particulars of the twrjain by which Mr.
Ilackleman thus stultifies himself and the whig party, are given in the Versailles Flag of July 22, and we
: . . . . 1 . , I 0
F ' , fiance .nigui no expec eo, Frendl d ie, The first we are to,d b Ken.
in tni mi-ill irvsiuij iciiuci iiciu?sary a jailer i.,. t-i i u i force than had &en Indicated. tuckians who know him, is a broken down party hack,
On the lClh of November, General Tavlor replies who does not possess any considerable degree of the
to these Communications. He considers 4,000 men 1 confidence of the party to which he professes himself
too small a f .rce with winch to move upon Vera attached; and the second is the person who murdered Cruz Ha considers ;10 tfüO aa ' "uVient to take and hisl brother.in.law in a Court-room, about a year since, hold the place, of wh ch 4,000 should be regulars; , . ., . , - , . , ... . , . . .. k.. 1.. :....,.: ff .t. the horrid particulars of which we published at the
um i' iiiuic iiiiu me unci lui aiiu preserve, ot mc 1
j upon the Gulf, he think will time. He somehow escaped the gallows,
Indianapolis, July 20, 1347. Messrs. Editors Sirs : I have lately been inform
ed that one of the candidate for the Legislature, to-
wit, G. A. Chapman, has been complaining that I was not going to vote the entire democratic ticket this year, it is true, sir, I have frequently stated that 1
did not see how I could vote for said Chapman, ow-
nT to the cool treatment I received last year from
our office, for I do assure you that not only injself,
but many of my friends were much chagrined and
mortified when I was a candida'e last year for the
office of Sheriff of Marion county, to see and know as
wc did, that I was not getting that warm and hearty
support which I thought I had a right to expect from
the conductors 01 a democratic journal. 5ut notwith
standing all that, i am determined to rally to the
standard of democratic principles, and bury in obli
vion the past, and carry out in practice what I have
on professed, to sacrifice all personal teeling tor the
sake of my country. 1 should have spent some con
sidcrable time this year for the furtherance of our
wood cause, but my pecuniary concerns forbid it.
have, as you very well know, been defeated twice, and
my loss ul time is considerable ; this makes it necessa
ry at this time to attend close to my domestic affairs.
ut I do assure you, and all my friends, tlmt I wil
not be wanting on the first Monday of August, and I
u'pe that every democrat will be at his post and do
is duty on that day. Please give this room in your paper and oblige me BANNER LAWHEAD.
Q7-Mr. Lawhead is informed that I never made
such a "complaint." I had heard that such was the
case: but I do not remember of ever having even
mentioned it to but one person, as after mutual ex
planatioua last vear, I had no reason to believe it.
G. A. C.
same tim, the base
require 20,00'J men. He then goes on to remark
as many
murderers contrive to do; but we cannot think that
1 A fince of ten thousand meo cannot be spared ftom the his standing as a man or as a politician was improved ii'.iaiiiio of the line of Siena .Mailie. Four thousand ma v i 1 c e. 1 . c dive.ted f.om that olject, and if to these six thouS.ud h" 'fr119 crinie even ,n a Sta,e w,'ere some of
ore
be
fieh troops Irom the Uaited Slates were ad lt d at the
pioper time the expedition m-glit he undetUkeii with a promise of success. I prooe, theiefure, to piuceed with the piepaiatiou fur a movement vo Tampico; and alter accom-phütiin-: every tiling that is to be d ne in that quaiter. I will, if the ilt-paiiim-nt apinove, hold four thousand men, of which
perhaps three thousand regulars, iea1y 10 eintaik at some
the Whig nominees for high offices hae committed
similar violations of the law of God and man.
Neither can we tell "how many" mercenaries there
were at the Taylor meeting at Harrisburg; but when
we know, as we do, that they were the same men
forded
point i.u thecal, and eflect a junction with tbe additional wm but a short time aro were the professed staunch
111 ,,r ana unyieiaing inenas 01 tren. Lass, ana wno, atone 1 hl 14 Uli tilt PtirrDflrwnrlnrtA karuiAAti fl.A U I JO
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nn.rtmUr,f ...1 pi-.. " i I um were nppartfiiiiy wiiuni? to nsK every iinnsr in
I a.i,t iia . 1- lav IUI, ULjaJll lltiS LFUlllä.. It I m " -
establishes the following propositions : tne 8"aPe f Part7 integrity under the pretext of re
1st. iiiatuen. lay lor was advised and consulted I warding him for his services to the country both 111
witn in regard to this movement. the field and in civil life. we cannot but regard the
d. That he counselled it, as well because it af n i ,t i i : -....v. ii, 11 v.. uwuuew Biiildiiri rhnnifo in thme nu rann a I rol.itinna n mpt 1 n T
1 II Kttae Una fir nnAmtlnna aa lh.l It A Amt I O r
.... . . 1 I a aa nnf I a xr I i ma riAlnv n.Ainiitail ma nmh rtr .
upon which he was operating did not safely admit ot - " ...5 ...-j.v
advance. hope or immediate proht to themselves as by any oth
3d. That from his own correspondence the depart- er consideration. Under the circumstances they
n-.ent ya.s autiionzea to cons.der that ben. layior's cannot be governed by principlesof honesty and fidel-
upeiaiiuiia wouiu ue cuuuueu to üoiuing luunierey, 1 Thnt 'a ov'A n and keeDliKT omn hit mmmnnlpjit,... uith tl,R.n Anal IS eVluent.
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4th. That the interception of the despatches of been like that in New York, a failure. It is not a
the Secretary, by the enemy, induced the belief that matter of much concern to us who were its concocters
The people had no confidence iu their purposes, and
had the pood sense to leave them "alone in their
glory."
the whole Mexican force would at once be concentrated for the defence of Vera Cruz leaving little to
apprehend in any other quarter. 5th. That n direct requisition was made by the Secretary upon Gen. Taylor for force; but that when
asked if be could part with 4,000 men, he was expressly told not to diminish his force so as to incur
comes important from the further fact that General
bcott Nought no consultation with him ; but proceeded.
as his senior officer, to make such disposition of the
torce as he saw proper.
Jt only remains, therefore, for us to nee what were
the instructions under which Gea. Scott waa dis
patched upon thin expedition, aud what his own
view and course in regard to it. And in this con
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hall copy them hereafter as a beautiful specimen of, VT- . " T o rcm"K T e. ,re, T1"0?
, . a.?iiiiiUi,, ucii. otun was unuouoieuiy luuy auwh.j h'.n-ty aid consistency. yiaed of lJje corrt.SPOI)dence whidl had DaS8ed between
A iimi. tr arranjerncnt has been effected by the the War Departaieat aud Gen. Taylor, iu the prem-
,hrr and abolition candidate ta the ith district. les.
Veea Cruz. The health of the squadron at Vera
Cruz is said to be very good. The sickness in the
disaster,and that if he could not part with this castle bad entirely subsided, and the fever in the town
force, with perfect safety, the enterprise must be I very much abated. The best authorities say that the
postponed or abandoned. ireneral healthiness of the place is superior to that of
bth. That be voluntarily tendered 4,000 of his V. n,t. w- - ,t,.Kt ti ..(.
. 1 1- aTi unit l a I itvrr V-fl l&aU3i 11 O Ubll UUU a u wwsa
troops, including o.uuu regulars ; ana ,, . .
7ib. That Gen. Scott, who was the senior officer, ÜU"1 t"WTC w u,c
....... O I I ainM Fa . n ft In skm0im rrm (hit rfKrn tri iip
lavlor had not ce. u19' lu I,W,M M1W 7.
mi r...f r..,.i,, r. rrm t.w- residence a few nmhts a jo, we were near being hit
letter, of Jan...r 7th. 1947. that h waa a.lvisp.l of ten by a dog on the street. iNew Albany Bulletin.
Gen. Scott's arrival in Mexico, and remained in Mon- That dog was a lucky one, no doubt, tor had He
terey 14 m order to hear from him, and determine bitten the editor he might have learned tho truth of
what disposiiion to make of the troops." This be- the epigram, the burden of which is
"The man recovered from lha bite.
"Tho dog it was that died." We try to be honest. Louisville Journal
That is a rich joke, pon honor ! If even sinoere
in making auch a profession, Prentice ia so totally de
craved by nature that he could not be successful, if
he tried to be honest ever so hard. Tbe Ethiopian
could more easily change his skin.
Died, recently, at Philadelphia JosEru C. Neii. E?q., the well known writer.
del
peace
fj-The Louisville Journal of the 17th July re
peats a statement concerning Mr. Pettit, a candidate
for Congress in the 8th district, which it says it con
siders "sufficient to dama Mr. P. forever and ever in the estimation of all decent men." This might be
the result could the Louisville Journal be relied upon
But that cannot be. It has been so long and so noto
nously in the habit of lying ; it lies bo causelessly and continuously, about every thing and every man to which it is politically opposed ; it is so well known
to be addicted to an incorrigible habit of falsehood on
every subject immediately or remotely allied to poli
tics, that it does not obtain credence when it happens to tell a truth, and its most solemn asseverations arc doubted by its own readers generally, and disbelieved
by a majority of them ; while its opponents do not feel safe in relying upoti any assertion it makes, unaccompanied by the modt positive and unequivocal
proof. It illustrates in itself, better than any thing
else we know of, the old fable of the boy and the
wolves.
Corwinism. The following ia from a whig paper
published under the nose of lorn Corwin, and who t- ii -!
exercises a contronng annuence over us columns :
Right Spirit. Both the candidates for Congress
in the Brookville district, Indiana, have been endeavoring to mnke capital out of the war. The antiwar men of that district have held a convention, and nominated an anti-war candidate, whom we hope will f et a good vote, thoufjri he cannot be elected.
Col. Lane failed to receive the nomination in the
Tippecanoe district. David Brier, a pound anti-war
whig was chosen ; and if the tnends ot risrnt do tneir duty, he will be elected. Hamilton, O., News.
Oregon. In the recent intelligence from Oregon, the Governor's message exempli tied that the commu
nity there had taken a high stand in the temperance
reform. .Notwithstanding the Governors recom
mendation of confining its sale exclusively to medical
men, it appears that finally, the settlers would have
whisky, whether or not ! The Oregon Legislature, which adjourned Dec. Ü0, passed a bill to authorize
the manufacture and sale of spintous liquors. Gov
Abernethy vetoed it but they passed it again by the
constitutional majority.
Q-The two American officers who refused to pay the fine imposed on them by the authorities of Havana,
for an alleged breach of the sanatory regulations, Lieut. Twiggs, aid-de-camp to General Twiggs, aud
Lieut. J. 11. Jones, of the Marines, arrived at iew
Orleans on the 10th. It appears that these officers,
after consulting with the American Consul, paid Ihe
fine, !$"290 each, under protest, and wero released, being anxious to be on the theater of war, to which they were on their way. i : The Issue. A Whig Convention assembled at Exeter, N. iL a few days since declared :
"We regard the great question now at issue before the couritrv to be that of Suva ry" Huzza for Gen. Taylor, a Louisiana slave dealer !
copt
To his Excellency the Minister of Foreign Relations
of the Mexican republic : DiriiTxriT op Stak, Washington, April 15. 1847. Sia. I have the honor to acknowlfdge the receipt of
your eieellency'e note, of the 22J February last, in an
swer to mine of the 18. h January, proposing, on Ihe part of the President of the United Statea, immediately lo "despatch either to the Havana or Jalapa, as tbe Mexican
government may prefer, one or more of our most distinguished citizens, as commissioners, clothed with full powers to conclude a treaty of peace with similar commissioners on the part f Mexico, as soon as he ha!l he i.lnciallj informed that the Mexican government will appoint such commissioners."
The President deep'y regrot the refusal of the Mexi
can government to accede to this friendly overture, unless
the raising of the hlotkaJa of our (the Mexican) ports, and the roinp'ete evacuation of the territory of the republic hy the invading force, shall be previously accepted as a preliminary condition."
The President has instructed me to inform you that
this "preliminary condition" is wholly inadmissible.
Such a condition is nenher required by tbe honor, nor
sanctioned by tbe practice of nations. If it were, this would
tend to prolong wars, especially between conterminous countries until the one or the other power was entirely subJued. No nation which, at the expenditure of blood
and treasure, baa invaded its enemy's country, and ac
quired possesion of any considerable portion of bis terri
tory, could ever consent to withdraw its forces, as a pre-
tminarj condition to the opening of negotiations for peace.
fhis would be at once to abandon all the advantages it
had obtained in the prosecution of the war, without any
certainty that peace would result from the sacrifice. Iy
more : should euch a negotiation prove unsuccessful, the
nation which had thus imprudently withdrawn its forces
froafi the enemy's territory, might not be able to recover,
without a cost of blood and treasure equal to that first ex
tended, the advantageous position which it bad voluntari Iv abandoned.
Forunately for the cause of peace and humanity, the history of nations at war sffirds no sanction to such a
preliminary condition. The United Statea are as jealous
of their national honor as any power on the face of the
earth ; and yet it never entered into the contemplation of
the great statesman who administered our government du
ring the period of our last war with great untain, to in sist that the latter should relinquish that part of our terri
tory of which the was in actual possession, before they
wonld consent to open negotimrons for peace. On the contrary, they took the initiative, and appointed commis
sioners to treat for peace whilst portions of our country
were held ly the enemy ; and it is a remarkable fart, that
the treaiy of Ghent was concluded by the plenipotentiaries
of the two powera whilst the war was rsging on both sides; and the most memorable of tbe cor.fi. cts to which
it gave rise took place upon our own soil after the nes;otiv
tors had happily terminated their labors. Hintory is full of such examples. Indeed, so far aa the undersigned ia
aware, there ia not to be found, at least in modern times, a
single case, except the present, in which it has been con
sidered a necessary preliminary that an invading army
should be withdrawn before negotiations for peace could
commence between the parties to Ihe war,
It would, also, be difficult lo find a precedent for the
course pursued by the Mexican government in another particular. The President, anxions to avoid the war now
existing, sent a minister of peace to Mexico for this pur
pose. After the Mexican forces had attacked the army of
Gen. Taylor on this side of the Rio Grande, and thus
commenced the war, the President, actuited by the tame
paeiße spirit, made repealed overture to tbe government
of Mexico to negotiate for ila termination : and although
he baa, from tbe beginning, solemnly declared before the
world that he desired no terms but such as were just and honorable for both parties, yet th Mexican government, by refusing to receive our minister in the first place, and
afierwards by not acceding to our overtures to open nego-
tiationa for peace, has never afforded to this government
even the opportunity of making known the terms on
which we would be willing to settle all questions in dis
pute between the two republics. 1 he war can never end wiifl Mexico refuses een to hear the proposal which
Ar have alwaye been ready to make for teace
Tue President will not again renew the offer to nego
tiate at least until be shall hae reason to believe that it
would he accepted bv the Mexican government. Devoted
however, to honorable peace, he ia determined that the
evil of the war shall not be protracted one day longer than
shall be rendered absolutely necessary by the Mexican re
public. For the purpose of carrying this determination into iff ct with the least possible delay, he will forthwith
send to lüe headquarters of the army, in Mexico, Nicho
las P. Tribt, esq., the officer next in rank in the undersign
ed in our Department of Foreign Affairs, aa a commission er, invested with full powers to conclude a definitive trea
ty of peace with the United Mexican States. This g ntleinan possesses the entire confidence of the President, and ii eminently worthy of that of tbe Mexican government. The undersigned refiaina from all comment upon the concluding paragraph, aa well as some other portions, of your excellency's note t because the strong sense which be entertains of their injustice toward the United States could not be uttered in the friendly tone which he desires to preserve in the present communication. He turns from these, therefore, lo dwell be doe with unfeigned pleasure upon tbe sentiment contained in an early part of the aame note, where the Mexican government ex presses bow painful it ia "to see disturb, d the sincere friendship which it cultivated wim your our republic, whose continued progrest it has always admired, and whose institution have served it aa a model." Thi feeling is moil cordially reciprocated by the President, whose earnest desire it is that the United Mexican States, under institutions similar to our own, may protect and secure the liberty of their people, and maintain aa elevated standing among the nation of the earth. Tbe undersigned embraces this occasion to offer to your
excellency the assurance or bta most distinguished coo IIITPO A XT A AT
iilerallOD. J rv ;i ijo uuoiiA.'a.i.
It v wsj from Mexico. We lay before our readers the very interesting letter from Mr. Buchanan to the Mexican government, with two note from the Mexican Minister of Foreign Relations, published in the papers of the capital, and translated for the Union." We also lay before them so much of the last advices received from Mexi
co as are published in the New Orleans Picayune. It is highly probable, as a private letter from Vera
Cruz states, that General Scott is either sn the city oi
Mexico, or in the midst of en oerture for peace. It is now for Mexico to indicate her disposition for negotiation. Mr. Buchanan shows how repeatedly wc have tendered the olive-branch ; and eurely nothing would have justified our frequent repetition of pa citic overtures, but the comparative feebleness of the nation to whom we offered peace.
There is nothing decisive, in these accounts, of the termination of Mexico. Whether we shall have
or a continuation of the war, depend upn
her. Santa Anna has not, so t.ir as we are aaviseo, fWlinpd this last offer for negotiation. There is.
nothing in the notes which show a determination to reject it. But, on the other hand, the private accounts) which appear in the "Picayui" are rather opiKwdto the prospect of pacification. No man, however, can tell, nor form any positive opinion upon the subject. Our government is certainly preparing fbr either fortune. Its deire is pruce ; but, instead of relaxing its efforts, it is making vigorous preparation for active wat. Is Mexico altogether infatuated! Is she really so maddened as to be rushing on her destruction ! Is she not beginning to see that she can no longer confide in the vomito as her most efficient ally ; that it is not so fatal as she had exported; and that the season of mortality i. abating! She
rusts to her ruerillas. She will soon see that uen
Scott has troops enough to occupy her caoital; and
tliat the most active and etlicient means are now being taken by our government to enable the commanding General, without serious difficulty or opposition, to
keep open the communication from vera Lruz to
Mexico. Sue is misled, too, by tne racuous, ii nor.
raitorous misrepresentations of the federal press.
Our government is bent on vigorous war, it it cannot obtain an honorable pence. The next Congas will
not stop the supplies ; for a tree and patriotic peup.e
will not permit their representatives to nag in trie
prosecution of a war, upon winch the rights and
lonor of the whole nation are at issue. Unter; then.
for Mexico to heal up the breach at once, and make
peace, since she can no longer hope to gam anything:
by war. Virion, July 19.
Mexican Sows. By the politeness of the editors of the New Albany
Democrat, we have a copy of the N. O. Picayune of
July 15.
The news is derived chiefly from Mexican papers,
and should be received with caution. A council of war is said to have been held in Scott's camp on the 2Slh ult. One general is said to have argued that it
would be an act of madness to march to the city of Mexico with less than l.tW men. Gen. Worth was. of a different opinion, aud maintained that every invader who hesitated was lost ; that Six or eight thousand Americans could conrjiier 20,(00 Mexicans. Scott approved th"se sentiments, and determined to commence a forward movement on the Sil. ; but sub
sequently hearing of the arrival of reinforcements at
Vera Cruz, he postponed his march to the 10th July, to allow them to come up.
The Iiepnb'icano blarwo the Government for not com
municating at one with Mr. Tiist, without referring the subject matter of Mr. bucbanaii's letter to Congress. It hold that it is the bovines of the executive tho to man- ' age negotiations, and r-r tho result to the wisdom of
Congress. Besides, it says, that in all probability it will be impossible to procure a qo rurn of Congress. To refer overtures thus is to break tbem off in the outset. That
paper takes eood care lo prevent the inference from ibis
remark that rt favors peace. It is on tba contrary openmouthed for war. It would not errant a truce for a tingle day, nor omit preparation for d fence. However, it conclude its article by trusting that the Executive aa well as
Congress will ebow themselves "ex'remelv difficult in re
lation to peace, and not consent lo one unless the concis
ion of it sLall protect in every particular the hon er. the good name and the interest of the nation. We regard
this as a concession on the part oi tne Aepußücan and of eood omen for peace. We hear not a word of the American office rs, prisoners in Mexico. We bar their hopes ef liberation are to be again for some days deferred. Slost Important". Ajain a II ejection of the Olive Branch. Xexic declines treating. The New Orleans Commercial Time, of tbe 15ih inet-, says: "At the moment when the Gilveiton waa leaving Vera Crux, a courier, miih tbe mail from tbe capital, entered the city, bringing dates to the 5h inst. The principal item of intelligence brought from the city rf Mexico, is of a momentous character, via; The Mexican Congress, with some difficulty, bad been brought together, and Mr. Buchanan's communication, containing the President overtures for peace, were laid before them. TWir decision waa immediate, and to ihe eScct that Mexico waold Ihnen to no terms for peace. Gen. Seott Itfc Puebla at the head of bis army, for tbs capital, on tbe 30ih ult. W received th s new fron a psssenger, and have every reason to believe that it is authentic."
rTaiasLiTiosl
To his excellency the Secretary J State of the Vniled
States of America. Fiuibal Palace. June 22, 1847. The undersigned. Manner of Internal and Foreign Relations, had the honor to receive your excellency's note.
dated 15th of April hat, in which you declare that his excellency ths President of the United Stale intends tö despatch, aa a commissioner to the headquarters of the army operating in Mexico, Nicholas P. Trist, eq , the officer next in rank to yoar excellency, with full powere to conclude a definitive treaty of peace with the Mexican United Statea; and the most excellent President ad interim ot thi republic, to whom the undeMigrted immediately made knowa the contents of your excellency's said official note, baa determined that you should be informed, in reply, that the decision on tbe affair in question being reserved to the sovereign Congress of the nation, your excellency's said note is transmitted by him to that body, in order that l may determine what should be deemed most proper or, the subject. Its resolution shall be comraunicaud in due tirre to jour excellency, by the department un-
Sentence of Major Daniels. The Philadelphia American, of Mondiy last, says: Ou Saturday, in the court of q arter sessions, sentence was passed by Judge Parsons t)on Maj. Abner G. Daniels, of Kentucky, convicted of obtaining goods under false pretences from William Fryer, of this city. The prisoner, at his request, was permitted to address the court in mitigation of punishment. He spoke for about half an hour, and attributed hia pecuniary embarrassment to a lavish expenditure of money in an electioneering canvass, in which he waa a candidate for the Slate Senate of Kentucky. He protested his entire innocence of any criminal intention in purchasing goods of the merchants of Philadelphia who alledged fraud against him, and declared that xMr. Fryer had urged him to buy, and expressed the fullest coiifidence in him after he had told Mr. F. he was out of funds..
The court adjudged the prisoner to pay a fine of isli..'U, and undergo an imprisonment of nine mouths. Homestead Exemption. The Legislature of Connecticut, at their recent session, passed a law which exempts entirely the homesteud that is worth less than three hundred dollars from being token on an execution for debt. The words f the law are, that "so much of the homestead or domicil being the property of any one person, having a family, as dues nut exceed in value the sum of three hundred dollars, and as will reasonaplv and conveniently accommdate only such person and family and such live stock as is now exempt by law from warrant and execution, shall be, and the same hereby is, exempt from being taken by any warrant or execution for any debt whatever." All additions and improvements made from time tn time which are not absolutely necessary for the accommodation of the family are not thus exempted. The application of the law to residences worth more than three hundred dollars and where the land also is worth more will be rather difficult. This, probably, i left to be defined by future legislation, and as ' experience fchall dictate. The Paris SiecJe publishes the following letter, dated Rome, -2d ult.: "The Pope has appointed a Committee to enquire into the position of the Jews. His plan is to withdraw tlAi from the detestable ghetto. There is a controversy in the ghetto on the
subject of the l ope. xouiig Palestine is ot opinion that Pius IX. is the Messiah. The Conservatives maintain that he is merely a great prophet. We ha vet admitted five Jews into toe circolo Rnnano. Such an event never before occurred."
(f"It appears that the act.!?.l augmentation rf receipts for duties for the first seven months and ten days under the tariff of' 1S4Ü. aa compared with tho same time under the tariff of exceeds one milium of dollars; and that, adding the duties on ihe warehoused poodrf, the total increase is nearly one million and a half of dollars. It appears ako that the rate of augmentation i progressing, and that Mr. Walker's estimnte will be more than rea'ized by the fit till, i