Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-09-05

the Administration it would be hardly fair TO refuse
examination Of at least your charge of Sodium. With this
view the accompanying sheets sent 10 you showing the
whole correspondence in the matter containing well The
opinions OF Generals Scott and Taylor of the unfortunate
Secretary, with request that, il you explain in wha
manner the "ousana volunteers could have been kept III
service, otherwise than lhieem twelve months
men, by what hocus pocus these troops could have been
paid by the United States, otherwise than for service under
the one the other temyou may in that fairness you
seem to invoke do so. LOUISIANA.
Now, is it not strange how, entirely passing over
all the nvectives and ferocities of the Jefersonian
our correspondent falls upon for our very impair
TALLY in this fraternal strife Did we not in effect
say-only that we said it in Epglish--non nostro,
ta,ttas componere ites? Was it for us to sit UNI
pires of Locotoco rays Could we suppose they
would accept as as their arbiteri
Suppose we had taken the Secretary's side !
Why, as disbanding enthusiastic troops; the first in
the field, and therefore probably the best trained Of
our volunteers, is surely step filter to help Mexico
than the United States, what had zoe to expect, if
we appauded it, but to be denounced by the Unio,,
as disloyal and Mexican ! Have not we had a
taste of that sort of honest dealing? For standing
by just what the President has finally done in the
Oregon question, has it not stigmatized and does it
not continue TO stigmatze us, as preferring the Bri
tish interests and claims to our ownl Yea, the
President has covered himself with glory. BY the
settlement sings his organ but the Intelligencer, it
swears, tratorous because it advocated in advance
what he concluded No, no; we interpose in no such
quarrels. And as to the Je6ersoniara, or those who
answer it, we have only to say, Let them fight their
own baes
As to the +" odious transaction" the phrase seems
ungraleful to our correspondents taste bit VIVA,
then! Is it not odious 10 Louisiana and Alabama
SO OF the Secretary's being made scapegoat"
Surely our correspondents democracy must be of
rather recent origin if he does not understand the
great OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES doctrine to be that a
Cabinet is, like the old French Republic, one and
indivsible;" the Secretaries are all my Secreta-
res," and all opinion "a unit" among them or
else they must walk off, BY the by, of the present
Ministry, the unity Is little remarkable. But let
that pass.
But we called the Secretary unfortunate -
Now, really, is he not SO who incurs wrath and
condemnation at the hands of the Democracy
Our correspondent is compelled to defend him: is
hot uidl oeilS unfortunate Nay, as 10 inns very
dismissal of troops, is not the Secretary to be ac-
counted rather unhappy, when it is considered that
he has nor dismissed as illegally called out and I'M
fit from the short term for which they could be
employed, TO be taken into Mexico, those Uerl
troops for Directing TO which This administration
quarrelled wiM General Scott md disgraeed him.
as far as it could
This last remark will, we hope, afford satisfac-
tory answer to the question with which Louisi-
anas !" letter closes.