Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-07-01

/ winch, however,, ulu uNl Coulhlu u ItSloI'
alton 10 the coveted command. Gen.
Scott then wrote letter OF further expla,
nations, and "claimed" the command,
whenever The President should be pleased
to assign him 10 it, as due TO his senior rank
At this point the correspondence was clos.
ed, and the matter dropped.
No man can read the correspondence, Of
which we furnish an abstract without com.
ing at once to the conclusion that Gen
Windfed Scott, Cnmmanderi in Chief, &c.
is no more. He is emphalicalIy an ex-
ploded man--bIown up BY the over IN
fation Of his own self importance, and, as
we say, "burst wide OPEN" so that the
world may look on and see how very
small pigmy it really is that has hereto
FIRE strulted with such mighty pomposlty.
We will briefly allude to a few of the
points this correspond deyelopes.
II will be seen that after entering upon
the duties of the high command to which
he was called BY Mr.. Polk, he suddenly
becomes dissatisfied and requests to be re-
leved- as the Wings have all charIta-
bly, supposed, out olany chivarous feeling
for Gen Taylor, but from considerations
of self--self alone, and self all the time.
His "rear" is thing for which he feels a
deep uneasiness, and the idea Of exposing
it has a spasmodc effect upon his nerves
truly wonderful.
Under the dreadful apprehension that his
''rear" IS endangered, he pens a queruIous
spireful and highly disrespectiul letter
bringing grave charges, which, in the
mind OF every fair reader, can apply only
to the President. When the President
, as duty at once compelled him, promptly
= complied with the hero's expressed wishes
! and relieved him from the situation whicl
he so much feared would expose his be
loved ear"-what do we next fud hin
, dlingl Alas, he takes every parlcl'
r of capital at once away from the wings
who, no doubt, would otherwise have back
. ed him 10 a man, IN his attack on the Presi
3 eenI--he takes away every chance to
( their dong 50 by his reraclIng every thin
--dechring and pruvl 9 by most approve
. grammatical quibb es, that he did not mea
. The President, and has nothing to CON
/ plain Of against him. Still further pin
. ned by Mr. Marcy, he even declares lha
;, he has nothing to complain Of against hin
i either, hut some bloody minded member
! of Congress (not specified) are the enemle
Y whose designs upon his "rear" trouble hi
|. dreams; and al last like child that ha
d thrown away toy in a pet, he whine
most humbIy for the very duly he had frs
q requested angrily to be relieved from.
5 The whole matter, narrowed, show
}. then, Just this: with nothing to complain
), of against the President, or the Secretar
/. of War, he requests to be suffered 10 re
/. main at home, for no other reason thai
e some members Of Congress do not Civ
III him their confidence; and at last after ii
}; suting The President, throwing his appoint
/, ment buck into his face, when he lind
himself becoming ridiculous, and real
q exposing his own folly, that "renr" io
f which he is so much concerned, in ia
if more humilallng view than his worst er
emies could have desiredi. he chops abo'
d aud coos as amiibly in the character {
:, the turtle, as he roared terribly IN his fiji
1t assumed character Of the lion.
Even if Mr.. Polk were otherwise NJ
% indisposed to reappoint Gen. Scott to Ii
!. place he has thrown up, the preposiero'
\ delays he has encouraged, the cnnlusi1
: and contradiction he has thrown upon tn
e campaign, ought to be convincing of h
n total incapacily. Any man who could d.
" liberately write that $4,000 volunlee
e could not be got to Gen Faylor's can
r. sooner than September, is more Of graz
ri ny than a general and should have leave
1t absence from the service.
D. 1t will he seen that to Gen. Scott, all Il
IF arrangements for the campaign had be-
err entrusted. We ask Mr.. Mmcy's pardc
< for having heretofore uoju'lly blamed hi
he for bungllng management, which It no
"A t,rns ont. yn. Scott', alone / Sentinel