New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-06-11
Scott, Polk and Marcy

Reading the correspondence between Scott and
Secretary Marcy reminded us of an anecdote told
by an Englisbman some years ago, IN Substance as
follows:
Two farmers tenants viii on the estate Of British
Lord, had conversation their their annual
rent and mutually resolved that OF their LORD coz
duct in private life was too scsndalou and they "oaI
each improve their opportunity TO give him piece
their mind Accordingly whau they reached me taa 49,.
and made known their errsnds one was called M H.,
acted his business and came out assin assatihs tn
r4de that he had rated my Lord fo- his r. n,hs-
er,n!sn. &c. &c, and with perfect I'm pnnl'i 80
went in. bu; soon came out win ,hs a,ter ask
! ed No l. why handed in my rent sao 40; :, anu,
after your example. took occasion 70 tei y ofa 10 rs
debauchery and drunkenness mace him Inc scshcs! Oh w
onn,vaud he in violent told ne 10 quiz his estate
Instantly why you blockhest said No J. you dion
say all that IA, face did you To be sure did-how
else why said mentally and he did mt take the least
offence at
We think Gen Scott was quite right in his sug
ges,ons as to the plan Of campaign against Mexi-
co-quite righ, also in believing that he shouldeave
more formidable enemies in w ashington than he
would End on the Rio Grande. His mistake was in
saying all this openly in his official correspondence
when he should only have said it mentally.
e One thoroughly versed in the history and
politics of Texas favors with the following:
President Houston opposed the first movements LOT
Annexation avowedly because Texas, II 1t re-
NAMED independent and the rival OF the cotton
producing States of the Union in the European
markets, might hope 20 SOW discomfort between
the Southern and Northern States, and thus to
dead certainty lead 10 dissolution of the Union.
4" So strengthened" he boldly and constantly de-
cared tina: mot only would the Slavehodng
States sweep over all Mexico and establish their
peculiar institution on that soil for ever, but That
this grea, Southern Confederacy rouid dictate 10
the Inundated North aca0terer terms ii pleased y
Houston, his Attorney General Terrell and Johnson
Mr. Folks Postmaster at Galveston, used TO holdup
the prospect of Dissolution Of the Union as the
chef inducement for Teas to retain an independ-
emit National existence. Houston himself used TO
point exultingly at the map of the United States,
and trace the future bounds of the United States
Of Texas" The Ohio and Mississippi rivers were
to confne the old Union; all the rest was to unite
with Texas in giving the law to the Manufacturing
States
SO far from Ex-President Hous,on's anxiety to
dissolve the Union operating agains, him, Mr. Polk
takes him to his heart brother spirit and in the
distribution of Executive patronage in Texas, every
Office of the least value is exclusively given 10 the
men who advocated this projected Dissolution OF
the Union. On the other hand, equally without ex-
cepion, those men who actively opposed ii are stu
diously sighted by the President He went go far
as reject Tor his special Agent for bim the Vol
untcers who were tinctured with anti.Houstonsm.
Men enough offered themselves, fully equipped, to
take the Mexican province Of Santa Fe; but when
it was understood they would be differed by The
men who had condemned and opposed Gen. Hous-
toms policy, they were hastily rejected. Can
Messrs Polk and Houston deny this7