The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-06-10
however, we now give the passages as corrected
and az they stand in the documents;

however, we now give the passages as eofrecleo'
and az they stand in the Documents
alt will be perceivedtha spoke not Of the highest
quarter but, in the plural, "hIgh quarters and
beg an sct Of justice, no less 70 myself than the
President TO say | meant "Impatience," and even
"pre-condemnation, ;" on your part, and the known,
Open and violent condemnation OF me on the part OF
several leading [frendsl and supposed confdants Of
the President in the two houses Of Congress- (high
quarters;) because, on an intmation-not order
Il did not fly to the Rio Grande, without waiting
for the invading army, yet TO be raised-nay, aban-
doning il 10 get 10 that river il could and without
the least regard to the honorable pride and dstncT
ton Of the gallant general already in command on
that river; who, we knew, had done well, was doing
well, and Who was quite sure, and his little army,
would, II the occasion offered, cover themselves
with glory My prediction, in this respect, has been
fully accomplished.
"But that did fear, and meant to express the fear
IN my hasty letter of the 2lst, that those persons
here enumerated would, sooner or later, during
the unavoidable long inactivity Of the rainy season
Impar their precondemnation Of me to the Presl-
dent, will not deny" &c.
[NoTE.-The words in brackets introduced correc-
tons by Gen scotts request In his letter Of 2h Instant
We applied for the duplicate copy for the Union"
because IT was necessary to place the copy received
from the Senate in the hands of the compost
tsrs engaged in setting it up in document form for
the use of the Senate.
Now one word as TO our editorial comments on
the correspondence. We deny that they contain
one harsh word or one injurious thought against
General Scott. Surely the expression Of our strong
desire 70 carry on the war with the utmost yigor-
our sympathy with the "impstience" Of the Exocu-
tive for General Scott TO repair to tho immediate
theatre Of military operaons-our deep regret that
he did not at consult these Wishes and that he
should have ascribed their impotence to other
motyes-can scarcely be considered "written
against" General Scott or as intended to injure
him. We felt, and we still feel, no disPo-
sitlon to discuss this correspondence. Certainly we
feel that il places ths administration, in this matter,
in high and impregnable position position en-
tlrey impregnable against the assaults which have
been made upon it. Let it speak for itself. 10
the end it must speak for itself. Meantime, we
make no war on the General in Command of the
army Of the United States We have received al
ready several well-written communications on this
subject. We have laid them on the shelf II the
Wing journals will initiate the lnteligen;er AMI OBJ
serve prudent and commsndable silence this
matter, shall be the first to break that silence
Blu, we fear that this will not be the case.
Already we see signs that General Scott is not
safe from hi, friends. Already they are entering
professedy upon his defence, bat in fact, upon a
most ill-udged and unjust attack against the ad
minjstration through him. We regret to see so
able and influential wing journal as the Baltimore
American taking lead in this movement. These al
lacks, il they are continued zoe shall rsp,L Our
duty as public journalists will force US to repe them
But be it remembered, once for all, the controversy
will not be Of our seeking.