The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-06-08

recently heard,) l should be ashamed TO suD.,..a.
him before the arrival Of competent renforcamsn.s
10 penetrate the interior Of Mexico and To conquer
peses-l shall be ready for any instructions or or
ders with which the President may honor ms"
. And again, on that dyy, (the night Of the aSh.A
alter receiving the eenslre OF the PTesdent through
your letter, concluded nay prompt explanatory re.
ply, thus;
''Whelher it shall be the pleasure of the Presidsn,
70 send me to the Rio Grande, (which would pre-
fer or 10 retain me here, can only say am equal
y ready 10 do my duty IN either position with all
my zeal and all my ability"
still hope when the President shall have read
thai xplanatory letter and the foregoing exposition
Of facts attentiyey, he may be willing TO reeur 10
his original purpose, and accord TO my senior rank
the preference which have never ceased 10 enter
tain, and which should have pressed with inees-
SAINT zeal, but for the apprehensions heretofore sx-
pressed, and which your letter have nearly, IL not
quite, removed. therefore beg TO claim that com
mand, whenever the President may deem il proper
TO give me the assignment-whether to-day, or at
any other better time, he may be pleased 70 desig-
nate. b. ~
In your rejoinder to me Of Yesterday MAY 26th,l
which have acknowledged above, you quote from
my letter Of explanation the words; '"You are also
aware OF other causes Of uneasiness have against
the department" &c, &C.
Your notice OF this complaint, on my part, ia
frank and explicit as TO one Of those causes; had,
upon my mind, in hastily penning those words,
these facts: Bngadler General Wool was called 10
this place, by letter OF your own writing, TO com
mand, under me, one Of the detached columns
against Mexico, according TO an understanding be-
tween the President, you, and me, 10 that effect. |
saw Gen. Wool first, the day Of his arrival MAY
H. and communicated to him the purpose Of his
being called 10 this place. In day or two, learn
ed from Gen. Wool that, notwithstanding my init
nation, he had been told by you, he might not be
ultimately assigned TO that command, because, per-
hsps, other generals might be authorized and ap-
pointed, for the army, and called into service from
the States. That information gave me no serious
approximations for Gen. Wool or myself until
saw, in the morning Of the 10Th bin reported In
the Senate lat your immediate instance knsc) the
day before, providing for two major gcnerals, and
four bngadier generals, 10 be added TO the regular
military establishment besides giving 10 the Presi-
dent the power Of selecting State generals for tho
command Of the 50 900 volunteers. then thought
| saw a strong probability that both General Wool
and myself would be superseded at least hs n, par
against .MerieO, by two Of the regular generals
Of cur respective grades, TO be appointed, was
generally understood from ciyil or political life Il
was then that my spprehensions became serious, a.
may be seen in my letter To you Of the following
day, MAY 2lst,) and in many Of my subsequent
acts. From that moment before my letter OF the
2lst) have had but httle doubt down 10 last night
that II that bill became savoonnectng II with the
camors against me to which 1 have auded-I
should not be sent against Mexico. .s.
will now, however, hope for better fortune, and,
appealing to the justice Of tho President and the
rights OF senior rank, have the honor TO remain,
sir, your most obedient servant .aE
WINFIELD SCOTT.
p. s. add to the papers, herewith, copyo
Col. Buffers explanatory notes Of a rough sketch
made by him Of northern Mexico, which may be
valuable. The colonel, in the noles, 10 not 30 full
on the rainy season as he and General ]. T. Mason
were in conversation with me- 4 beg again 10 refer
to them personally. w. 8.
Hon. WIN. l.. MARcY, .|..
Secretary Of War. ... . ..'