The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-06-23

WASHINGTON JuuC lOAu, 1N1O.
Ipromised to resume the consideration oil
the despicabe conspiracy against Gen.
Scott. Accordingly | devote enother letter
to the subject.
You recollect that the supplementary War
Bill, so called, gave rise to good deal Of dis
cusson at the time it was reported, and 1t
was too plainly seen that il was intended 10
enable the President 10 superSede some Of
our gallant officers whose blood had bought
the liberty and glory of our country, by set
of favorites whose political pandering had
purchased Executive favor.
This miserable conspiracy against Gen.
Scott must be cleared up, aud il is neces-
sary to know fem things in connection with
this bill. ask public attention TO the fol-
lowing facts:
On the l7th Of May Gen. Scott drew up a
bill for perfecting the organization OF the
volunteer forces This bill was submitted to
Mr. Secretary Marcy, and By him approved.
On May 18th the Secretary Of War APP
pcared before The Military Committee Of the
Senate, a most unusual and dictatorial
course, an important member Of the Com
mittee being absent, and proposed several
amendments The Tribune has already had
an abstract of the bill, Demons Supple
m.ntary War Billy but | will ask you 10 re-
print the two first sections, which are Mr.
Marcys amendments.
That the President of the United States
be, and he hereby is, authorized te appoint,
BY and with the advice 1nd consent of the
Senate, two Major and four Briga-
dies Generals. in additional to the present
military establishment
That the President Of the United States
be, and he hereby is, authorized to call into
the service. under the act approved May
thirteen, eighteen hundred ard forty-six,
such ofthe general officers Of the militia as
The service in his opinion, may require,
and to organize into brigades and divisions
the forces authorized by this said act, accor-
ding TO his discretion
These amendments every man OF sense
must sec were intended TO supcrsede Gen.
Scott and some other faithful public SER
wants. Indeed, it is pretty well known thai
il was intended to supersede the gallant Gen.
TAYLOR 10 his command ofthe Army Oh the
Rio Graude: as the victories OF Paio Alto
and the Palm Ravine had not been heard of
at Washington.
The same day May 10TH the bill was re-
ported 10 the Senate by Mr.. Benton, and the
purport of the amendments came 10 the
knowledge of Gen. Scott for the first time
that evening. Surely when Secretary Mar
CIV approved the bill as drawn up by Gen.
Scori, he ought to have consulted the Gen
oral before making such amendments.
The next morning Gen. Scott called upon
Mr.. Marcy with the bill. and demonstrated
.rrongly with him about the mode and mat
ter Of the amendments. Under the excite
ment of this conversation, The full details of
which, if published, would fully excuse Gen
Scott for any hasty expressions which he
may have used in his letter of the next day
May Ply
Let il not be forgotten that at this time
the President. the Cabinet, and the People
were trembling for the fate Of our gallant lii
ile army. To prepare the way for superse-
ding Gen. Taylor, the Government Organ
had published semi official quasi condemua-
lion Of Gen. Taylor for not having called for
more troops. TWAS then feared that the
war would turn out TO be disastrous
and accordingly under the dread that
the army had been sacrificed by bad manage
ment, the President resolved TO tell mot TO
Order) Gen. Scott 10 keep himself in readi-
ness to take command of the army.
Ii is disgusting TO see the exhibition now
made in The papers against Gen. Scott. The
mistake oil WORD or leltef, Tue uuSudrueu
expression of brave old soldier, are given
in disgusting repetIiious.-There are men
joining IN the conspiracy against him who
would have run from The field where he gath
cred clustering lauFels. a sycophant to
those in power aud reviler ofthe weak is
always a coward. 1t matters not whether
right or wrong, the defenceless has his pow
ers, those in power have his fawuiugs.
Gen. Scott has stood for his country on
many hard-fought battlefield. He fought
for the nation at the darkest hour. He
found one starry banner trailing in the dust
before naughty foe. In the midst of disas-
ter, defeat, aud national ruin, he raised that
banner of freedom again and twiDed The lau-
rels Of victory around it. Are they Ameri-
cans who now have nothing but rdicule and
Ignorant, base vituperation for national de-
livererl Is it worth copper to secure the
fnesdship OF men with toll and blood, who
forget benefits conferred amid the howl OF
vagabonds who never served the nation in
any other way than by robbing her Treasury /!
RICHETIET