sours° to all mere soldiers, however THE JOURNAL
great their experience in the field.
I have not in this place, time to do
more than hint at the fatal consequences
of the novel doctrine in question. Ac
cording to the Department, any factious
junior may, at his pleasure, to the midst
of the enemy—using .the pretext and
form of an appeal" against his comman
der, insult and outrage him to the gross
est extent—though he be the General- ,
in-chief, and charged with the conduct
of the most critical operations and that
commander may not arrest the incipient
mutineer, until he shall have first laid
down his own authority, and submitted
himself to a trial, or wait at least, until a
distant period of leisure for a judicial
examination of the appeal ! And this
is precisely the case tinder considera
tion. The Department in its eagerness
to condemn me, could not take time to
learn of the experienced, that the Gener
al-in-chief, who once submits to an out
rage, from a junior, must lay his account
to suffer the like from all the vicious un
der him—at least, down to a'rank that
may be supposed without influence, in
high quarters, beyond the army. But
this would not be the whole mischief to
the public service. Evenithe great mass
of the spirited, intelligent and well af
fected, among his brothers in arms,
would soon reduce such commander to
utter imbecility, by holding him in just
scorn and contempt for his recreancy to
himself and country. and are disci?).
line and efficiency of no avail in the field?
But it was not my request of June 4,
nor report No. 30, (of July 25) so large
ly quoted from above, nor yet the appeal
of one pronunciado that has at length
brought down upon me this visitation,
so clearly predicted. That appeal, no
doubt, had its merits--considering '
it came from erratic an brother—a de
serter from the ogler extreme—who
having first made his peace tvith the true
faith, was bound to signalize apostasy
by acceptable denunciations of one— !
from whom, up to Vera Cruz, he had
professed, (and not without cause,) the
highest obligations. it was there he
learned from me that I was doomed at ,
Washington, and straightway the apos
tate began to seek, through a quarrel,
the means of turning that knowledge to
his own benefit. No, there was recent
ly
still another element associated in
the work—kept as far as practicable
out of the letter of recall—an influence
proceeding from the other arrested Gen
eral—who is quite willing thal it should
generally be understood (and who shall
gainsay his significant acquiescence 1)
that all rewards and punishments, in
this army, were, from the first, to follow
his recommendations.—This, the mere
powerful of the pronunciados against No
319, well knew, at the time, as I soon
knew, that lie was justly obnoxious—
not only to the animadversions of that
order, but to other censures of yet a
much graver character.
In respect to this General, the letter
of vegan observes, parenthetically, but
with an acumen worthy of more than a
"hasty" notice, that some of my speci
fications of his misconduct fire hardly
consistent with "your (my] official re
ports and communications."
Seemingly, this is a most just rebuke.
But, waiting for the trials, I will here
briefly state, that, unfortunately, I fol.
lowed that General's own reports, writ
ten and oral—that my confidence, lent
him, in advance, had been butt very
slightly shaken, as early as the first
week in October--that up to that time,
from our entrance into this city, I had
been at the desk, shut out from personal
intercourse with my brother officers,
and that it was not till after that confine
ment that facts, as to conduct, and mo
tives began to pour in upon me.
A word as to the sth article of war.
I can truly say that, in this and other
communications, I have not designed the
slightest disrespect to the Commander
in-chief of the Army and Navy of the
United States. No doubt he, like my
self and all others, may fall into mis
takes as to particular men ; and I can
not, having myself been behind the cur
tain, admit the legal fiction that ALL arts
of a Secretary are the acts of the Presi
" dent. Yet, in my defensive statements,
I have offered no wanton discourtesy to
the head of the NV:a Department, al
though that functionary is not in the
enumeration of the above mentioned at
tide
• Closing my correspondence with the
Department until after the approaching
trial,
I have the honor to remain,
Respectfully,
Your most obedient servant,
WINFIELD SCOTT.
To the Hon. Secretary of War,
Washineton; D. C.
THE WHIG NATIONAL CONVENTION.-
The committees charged with the prep
arations.for the now rapidly approaching
National Convention, have secured the
upper saloon of the Chinese Museum for
its sittings. The lower door will be de
voted exclusively to the delegates and
the extensive galleiies to spectators.—
North. .linterican.
ME. BENTON ANli i a EN. CABS.--The
St. Louis Republican says, "it is abso-
lutely certain" that Mr. Benton will not
eupport Mr: Cass for the next Presiden.
cy, even should he be the nominee of
the Baltimore Convention. 'His friends
here (says the St. Louis parr) make no
cont.ealmeat of the fact."
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dential election in November, at the
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accompany the orders, otherwise the
papers will not be sent. Will our sub
scribers throughout the county mention
the above proposition to their neighbors,
and thus aid us in our efforts to advance
the glorious Whig cause ?
Oa' JAS. T. SCOTT, has just opened, a
new and iVendid assortment of Wattch•
es and Jewelry of all kinds. Can in,
and see him. Advertisement next week
J. N. PROWELL, the "Hero of Cheap
Goods," it will be seen, is again prepa
red for a vigorous campaign in the way
of selling all kinds of goods at reduced
prices. The People, (as they do with
all who advertise) trill of course "fra
ternize" with him.
ED The attention of Dealers in Pro
duce is inrited to the card of A. L. BOGGS
& Sax, Baltimore. Those who deal with
this firm represent them as very worthy
men
V- By Divine permission, Rev. Mr.
ANDERSON, will preach in the Seceder
mceting•housc in this place, on next
Lord's Day, at 10 o'clock A. M., and at
early candle light.
SUBJECT.—The IRte revolutions in Eu
rope, in their relations to revealed truths.
Gen. Scott's Letter.
To the exclusion of much other mat
ter, we lay before our readers thetalm,
nble and dignified letter of Gen. Scott ,
to Secretary Marcy. It is a scorching
but just, review of the conduct of the ad.
ministration from tke time Gen. Scott
left Washington upto the taking, by the
gallant army under his csmtnand, of
the city of Mexico. We commend it
to the attention of all. Every American
citizen should read it.
113 Secretary Marcy has written a
letter in reply to Gen. Scott, covering
' about the same space usually occupied
by a President's Message. It is written
in the usual style of the author—abusive,
jesuitical and unfair, and fails, signally
fails, in refuting one charge made by
the gallant old General. This letter,
filled as It is, with official slang and
abuse ruthlessly hurled at the reputa
tion of an old soldier who has devoted
his whole life to the service of his coup•
try, is destined to receive about the
same measure of respect from the Amer
! lean people that was bestowiid upon the
pronunciamentos of Santa Anna after
the battles of Buena Vista and Cerro
Gordo.
RAlNi—During the past week we have
had warm weather, accompanied by re
freshing rains, which has given to all
kinds of vegetation a delightful impetus.
We have rarely witnessed as favorable
, growing weather so early in the season.
The face of Nature wears a most en
chanting appearance.
Attention, Invinoibles!
The battalion trantings for this week
will come off in their order, as follows:
At Manor Hill on to-morrow, (Wednes
day ;) Huntingdon, on Thursday ; Or
bisonia, on Friday, and Cussvillo on
Saturday. What a transeendantly great
and glorious week for the country this
will be!
[rY• We learn that a man named Pow-
ELL was drowned in the Lock near Wil
liamsburg on Saturday Inst.
I V- Hon. J. Blanchard has our shanks
for numerous favors during the past
I week.
School Tax.
At an election held in this borough on
Wednesday last, an additional tax of
$350 was carried for school purposes,
for the next school year. We under. yea"
stand that it is the intention of the Dt- D.- The latest news from Mexico still
rectors to improve the grounds around leaves it doubtful whether the Treaty of
the Public School House. Pease will be ratified or- not.
den. Taylor's getter.
In another column will be found a let
ter from Geri:Taylor, relative to his po
sition in regard to the Presidency, to
which we invite the' attention 6f our
readers. This letter shows that the old
Hero is Whig to the core. No one can
read it without feeling increased respect
for its distinguished author. His views
on the exercise of the Veto Power, and
the acquisition of territory by conquest,
will meet a hearty response in every
genuine Republican heart. We are not
among those who have been favoring
the nomination of Gen. Taylor as the
Whig candidate for the Presidency—
our first preference has been for anoth
er glorious old Warrior—but we have
no hesitation in saying, that should our
first choice fail in receiving a majority
of the National delegates, this judicious,
full and well-timed exposition of Gen.
• Taylor's principles, would cause as to
hail his nomination, as our second choice,
with increased delight.
Give us, then, either Scott or Taylor,
as the standard bearer of the Whigs in
1 the coming contest, and the trained
bands of Locofocoism will be as signally
routed and overthrown in November
next as were the Mexicans at Buena
Vista and Cerro Gordo.
Clay and Scott
The Mercer County Whig, in a well
conceived article relative to the propo
sition to run General Scott for the Vice
Presidency with Mr. Clay for President,
makes the following truthful remarks :
"If this ticket is offered merely as a
compromise of the friends of Clay and
Scott, then it is not needed. That the
friends of Gen. Scott will propose his
name to the National Convention as a
candidate for the Presidency, and also
use all honorable means to secure his
nomination, is certain ; but should he
fail to receive the nomination from that
body, they will cordially acquiesce and
support the nominee of the Convention,
and no compromise will be necessary to
insure the hearty co-operation of his
friends with those of the nominee to se
cure the acotenplishment of an object so
much to be desired, namely, a change in
the measures of the government: %% e
still believe that Gen. Scott will receive
the nomination for the Presidency from
the National Convention, but if he does
not, he should upon no conditions con
sent to be a candidate for the Vice Pres
idency."
The above paragritph clearly express
es the views of every true friend of the
old warrior statesman.
A Burglary in *toxic cs.
We learn from the correspondence of
the New Orleans Picayune, that a bur
glary was committed in the city of Mex
ico; on the sth of April, which has cre
ated much excitement them The store
of Murat y Hermono, one of the NVeal
thiest houses in Mexico, 'vas broken into
about three o'clock in the morning, and
the burglars in attempting to rob it, kill
ed the confidential clerk of the establish.
lishment, a Spaniard named Manuel Zor
illo. The persons charged with the
crime, are now in confinement, though
we trust for the honor of Pensylvania
without sufficient cause. They are
Lieuts. Hare, Dutton and Madison, of
the`end Pennsylvania Volunteers ; Ser.
geants B. F. NVragg and Stuart cf the
7th Infantry ; Jesse Armstrong ; a dis
charged teamster ; John D. Hollister an
American citizen, and John Laverty, a
Canadian Frenchman. Two others—a
man named Booth, a discharged team
ster, and a Frenchman, named Lavateur,
have not yet been arrested, and the
probability is they have escaped into the
interior.
[Er. Wm. T. WILSON, of the Ist Penn
sylvania Regiment, formerly of this
place, was taken with the chills and fe
ver while on his way from Mexico to
Vera Cruz, and at the last accounts was
at Jalapa. He thinks the delay in mak
ing peace i•s more the a fault of our rulers
at Washrngton than the Mexican Gov
eminent—the latter, he says, being anx
ious for peace.
FAILURES—The attempts of General
Santa Anna and Secretary Marcy to
withstand the well directed charges of
Gen. Scott. The consolations of these
worthy co-laborers can now be as mutual
as their misfortunes have been similar
and overwhelming.
(5:7- The election in Virginia has re
sulted in favor of Locofocoism as usual
LIBERALITY.—The citizens of Carlisle,
on Tuesday last, decided by a nearly
unanimous vote, in favor of $62000 ad-
ditional School Tax for the ensuing
Yucatan—Mr. *olk's Message.
On the 29th ult.,. President Polk sent
in a message to Congress itiative to the
present condition of Yne.fatan. The
President says
appears that the Indians of Yuca.
tan are waging a war of extermination
against the white race. In this cruel
war, they spare neither age nor sex, but
put to death, indiscriminately, all who
fall within their power. The inhabi
tants; panic-stricken and destitute of
arms; are Hying before their savage pur
suers towards the coast ; and their ex
pulsion from their country, or their ex
termination, would seem to be inevita
ble, sinless they can obtain assistance
from abroad.
"In this condition they have through
their constituted authorities; implored '
the aid of this government to save them
from destruction, offering, in case this
should be granted, to transfer the "do:
minion and sovereignty of the Peninst;
la" to the United States. Similar ap
peals for aid and protection have been'
made to "the Spanish and the gtglish
governmento."
To prevent the acquisition' of Yucatan
by any European power, and for the sake
of humanity, Mr. Polk recommends an
interference by our government, and sub
mits it "to the wisdom of Congress to
adopt such measures as, in their judg
ment, may be expedient to prevent Yuc- ,
atan from becoming a colony of any Eu
' ropean power, which in no event can be
permitted by the United States ; and at
the same time to rescue the white rare
from extermination or expulsion front ,
their country."
In the Senate Mr. Calhoun made some
remarks rather adverse to the recom
mendations of the message, and scouting
the idea of European powers interfering ;
and in the House, it excited an animated
debate.
Honorable Sentiments
Hon. JOHN MCLEAN, of Ohio, in a let
ter on the Presidency, written in 1843,
expressed the following sound and hon
orable sentiments. They will be read
with interest at this time:
1 , The office of President in my opin
ion has been lowered, and also the char
acter of the country, at home and abroad,
by the means used to secure that office.
High as the Presidency of this great
nation is, it may be reached at too great
a price. It sinks below the ambition of
an honorable mind, when it is attainable
only by a sacrifise of the loftiest patri- '
otism. Not to name others, we have in
the elevation of Jefferson, Madison and
Monroe, examples of a high and honor
able ambition which is worthy of invite.!
tion. These eminent men when named
for the office of President, reposing on
what they had done and what their own'
capacities .enabled them to do, in the
highest public posts, neither took nor
seemed to take any agency in their own
advancement.
" Pledges when given by a candidate
for public favor should be received with
suspicion, as they are generally made
to answer a particular purpose and are
seldom redeemed. Until within a few
years past, pledges were not required
from the candidates for the Chief Meg
istracy. And may I ask what good has
resulted from this innovation 1 Has it
made our Chief Magistrates more faith
ful to the constitution and to their gen
eral duties '1 Let a comparison of our
late history with the past, answer this
question. Who thought of asking a!
pledge from the venerated fathers of the
republic above named. ../1 sound head,!
and an honest heart, I think, are the best
pledges. These will rarely fail, whilst'
experience shows that pledges are made
to be broken."
Gen. Pillow in a Blanket.
The last testimony before the Court
of inquiry in Mexico represents General
Pillow after the battle of Chepultepee,
being carried along in a blanket, for a
wound which subsequently turned out
to be but a slight scratch.
Have the days of the immortal San•
cho Panza, who was tossed in a blimlcet,
came back again'? But a pillow and a
blanket go well together.—Pa. Telegraph.
FROM THE PLAlNS.—Accounts have
been received in this city from El Passe
down to 3d of March. It is stated that
the whole military force has left for
Chihuahua, under the immediate com
mand of en. Price.
The probability is that we shall hear
of another rebellion at Santa Fe, as the
Mexicans are getting to be very imper
tinent.—,Vews.
lOWA WIIIG.
ST. Louts, April 29, 1848
Official returns from lowa show that
Mr. Harlan (Whig) has been elected
Superintendent of public Instruction,
over' Benton, (Loco Foco) by seventy
five majority.
NEW ChtLeaNs.--The Picayune says _ 1 _
—Committees of common council; are uf- Hon. Chester Ashley, U. States
making extraordinary efforts to receive Senator from Arkansas, died at Wash
the2 war-worn hero of Chippewa, Lun-
ington on the Bth of April.
dy's Lane, Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo,
o . washas
. late.unitealy rejected the locofocos
otr. Col. Piolett, the great unbought,
Chapultepec, Contreras, Churitbusco, & '
whobeen otates
b f t h e Senate
re-nominated as Pa y
ymas.
Mr.
Mexico, and the people are anxious to tor,
unite in the cry of " Hail to the Chief." ' Polk.
(From ttn N, 0. Picayune.)
Letter from amoral Taylor.
BATON Bol7oE, April 22, 1849,
. .
• •
Dear Sir:—My opinions have recent
ly been so often misconceived and mis
reiresented, that I deem it due myself,
if net to my friends, to make a brief ex
position of them upon the topics to which
you have called my attention.
I have consented to the use of my
name as a candidate for the Presidency.
1 have frankly avowed my own distrust
of my fitness for that high station; but
having, at the solicitation of many of my
countrymen, taken my position as a can
didate, I do not feel at liberty to surren
der that position until my friends mani
fest a wish that I should retire from it.
I will then most gladly do so. I have
no private purpose to accomplish, no par
ty projects to build up, no comics to pun
ish—nothing to serve but my country:
I have•been very often addressed by
fetter, and my opinions have been asked
upon almost every question that might
Occur to the writers as effecting the in
,
terests of their country or their party. I
, have not always responded to these in
quries, for various reasons.
I confess, whilst I have great cardinal
principles which will regulate my polit
ical life, l art - limit sufficiently familiar
with all the minute de•ails of political
legislation to give soleinn pledgee to ex
ert my influence, if I were Prcsitlea/ i to
' carry out this or defeat that menskvie.
have no concealment. I bold no opinion
which 1 would not readily proclaim to
my assembled countrymen; but crude imp
pressions upon matters of policy, which
may be right to-day and wrong to-mor
row, are, perhays, not the best test of
fitness for office. One who cannot be
trusted without pledges cannot be con
fided in merely on account of them.
I will proced, however, now to respond
to your inqiuries.
reiterate what I have often
said—l am a Whig but not an ultra
Whig. If elected I would not be the
mere President of a party. I would en
deavor to act independent of party dom
ination. I should feel bound to admin•
ister the Government untrammelled by
party schemes.
Second.—The veto power. The pow
cc given by the constitution to the Ex-'
ecutive to interpose his veto, is a high
concersative power; but in my opinion
should never be exercised except in clear
violation of the constitution, or manifest
haste and want of consideration by Con
gress. Indeed, 1 have thought that, for
many years past the known opinions
and wishes of the Execttive have exer
cised undue and injurious influence upon
the legislative department of the Gov
ernment, and for this cause I have
thought our system was in danger of
undergoing a great change from its true
theory. The personal opinions of the in
dividual who may happen to occupy the
Executive chair, ought not to control the
action of Congress upon questions of do
mestic policy; nor ought his objections to
be interposed where questions of constitu
tional power leave been settled by the va
rious departments of Government and ac
quiesced in by the people.
Third.—Upon thesubject of the tari ff,
the currency, the improvement of our
great highway's, rivers, lakes and har
bors, the will of the people, as express
ed through their Representatives in Con
gress, ought to be respected and car
ried out by the Executive.
_
Fourth. 7 —The Mexican war. I sincere
ly rejoice at the prospect of peace. My
life has been devoted to arms, yet I look
upon war at all times, and under all cir
cumstances, as a national calamity, to be
avoided if com potable with national hon
or. The principles of our government
as well as its true policy are opposed to
the subjugation of other nations, and
the di.memberment of other countries
by conquest. In the language of the
great Washington, "Why should we
quit our own to stand on foreign ground.'
In the Mexican war our national honor
has been vindicated, amply vindicated,
and in dictating terms of peace we may
well afford to be forbearing, and even
magnanimous to our fallen foe.
These are my opinions upon the sub-
jects referred to by you; and any reports
or publications, written or verbal, from
any source, differing in any essential
particular from what is here written,
are unauthorised and untrue.
I do not know that I shall again write
upon the subject of national politics. I
shall engage in no schemes, no combi
nations, no intrigues. If the American
people bare not confidenee in me they
ought not to give me their suffrages. if
they do not, you know me well enough
to believe me when I declare that 1 shall
be content. lam too old a soldier to
murmer against such high authority.
Z. TAYLOR.
To Capt .1. S. ALLISON.
The New York Mirror (a Taylor
paper) has come to the conclusion that
the States •of New York and New Jer
sey will send a majority of delegates to
the Whig National convention, who will
support Winfield Scott as the compro
mise candidate for the Presidency.
(Correspond. nee of the N. 0. Delta.)
FROM MEXICO.
CITY OF MEXICO, Sat. Apr. 8 1848
Eds. Delta--To-day an escort leaves
for Vera Cruz, as also the mail. V , ith
the escort, Mr. Trist,takes his depar.
Lure from the Halls of the Mon tezumas.
Yesterday the prosecution and defence
before the Court of Inquiry got through
their examination of him. Col Emory
also returns, to join his regiment at Ja
laps,. I am exceedingly sorry to see
among the officers returning to the Uni
ted States, Brig. Gen. Calwalader; more
particularly as he tendered his resigna
tion. No officer in the Army has been
more laborious and enerjetic in discharg- -
ing the functions of his office, than Gen.
Cadwalader; but, at the present time,.
his division is icattered all over the
country, until he is left with the imme
diate command of one squadron of Dra•
goons, which is used to tominunicatc
with the different posts—one regiment
being at Jalapa,and the remainder of the
division divided between Cuernattree,
Pachuca, Lerma, and Toluca. In this
state of his affairs, and having important
private business to attend to at home, -
and also there not being a probability of
any immediate operations, Gen. Cadwal
ader applied for a leave of absence, which
Gen. Bot Per could not grant under the
right system he has adopted: whereupon
I • Gen Cadwalader sent in his resignation,:
which Gen. Butler did not see proper
to accept, but left the option of accep
, lance with tho War Department. There
: fore, Gen. Cntlwalader will go to the
United States, where he will meet ma
ny warm friends to erect his arrival and
cafe return to the "Old Keystone," after
having passed through many of the heed-
I est fought battles in Mexico. The hon
ors he has won belong to the State, and
the Union, and they may well be proud
of them.
Since writing the above, I learn, au
thentically, that Col. Withers, of the 9th
infantry. has resignedi and also some
oilier officers, of the volunteers.
Last night, about twenty soldiers and
teamsters deserved,taking with them the
best horses they could lay their hands
on, together with their full arms and
equipments. It is supposed, with good
reason, that their object is to form a ban
ditti, for the purpose of plundering the
highway, the haciendas, and the °hutch
es of the small towns. We learn that
there is already a band of-American de
serters and followers of the Army, to
the number of about 100, now organized
and operating in this way. They may
have Mexicans connected with them, for
all we know. Active measures have
been taken to ferret them out, but as
their places of rendevous are in the
mountains, they will be hard to break up
as a party large enough to destroy them
could not move as fast as they can, and
a small party they would be able to de
feat for there are some very desperate
men among them.
Last evening, as the Rev. Mr. McCart ,
tcy Chaplain to the Army, was riding
through one the of the streets of the city,
two lepros placed a pistol at his head
and made him dismount and then very
quietly robbed him of his watch, all the
money he had in his pockets, and his
horse. Shortly after Lieut. French came
along the same place, and they attempt•
led the same thing with him, but with
not so much success—he drew his sabre
and soon extricated himself. All the
I persons in the neighborhood were arrea
ted, and they must have been some of
the parties or accessories, or know who
. the persons are that committed the theft.
They will be kept in prison, 1 expect,-
until further examinations aro made..
Verily, we are getting into a nice state
of affiiirs, if we are able to remain much
longer in this country,. quietly occupy
ing it, I should not be surprised if we
have to keep a larger army to prevent.
robberies and murders than it did to
whip the Mexicans.
The primary elections, which took
place in this State and Puebla on Sun
day last, for President, Senate, and Dep
uties resulted—as they have all over the
country were new elections have been
held—in favor of the 'Peace Party.'
Our latest dates from Queretaro are
to the 4th inst. The advices of that
date state that there would be a meeting
of Congress during the past week. We
shall look for their first proceedings about
the 12th inst.; but their meeting will not
result in anything further than en
ganizatinn, until after the arrival of Mr.
Sevier at this place. It will be unneces
sary for them to set upon thb Treaty,
after their having learned that it hes
been altered by our Senate, before they
are officially informed what those alter•
ations are. This cannot he done untie
after the arrival of Mr. Sevier. All par
ties seem to agree in the opinion that it
will be ratified, and the impressions
continues to grow day after day. Al.
though I have heard it from high Mexi•
due authority, there will not be any dif
ficulty in its ratification, I must see some
of the obstacles removed before 1 come
to the full conclusion that such will be
the result of the action of the Mexican
Government; but, as I said previously,
the chances era decidedly in favor of rat•
ification.
MUSTANG
I , • The Whigs of Bedford county, at
' a recent county meeting,. adopted resa
t hitions complimentary to both. Scott and
Taylor, and resolved a readiness to'stiy
port either for the Presidency.