The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-06-27
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did, aul steady support Of (sueh commander
governments in hope Of cOneiliating it.
Now, if there be any offence to The Presl-
dent in these p ssagcs-tbe intention Of com
which / utterly disclaim-it must, in
candor, be found in the meaning Of the pas
sages Singh quarters" and the "quarters alluded
to- which qualify all the others quoted by you
twill be perceived that I spoke not Of the
highest quarter, but, in the plural, "high quar-
ters;'' ind beg as an act Of justice, no less to
myself than the President, to say ! meapt Sim
patience" and even "pre-condemnation ," on
your part, and the known, open, and violent
condemnation Of me on the part Of several
leading and supposed cOnfdants Of the Presi-
dent in the Two Houses Of Congress, (higb
quartcrs) because, on an intimation-not an
ordor--l did not fly TO The Rio Grunde, without
waiting for the invading army, yet to be raised
nay. abandoning it to get to that river as i
could, and without the least regard to the ho-
norable pride and distinction of the gallant &C.
neral 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, if the occasion offered, cover them
selves with glory. My prediction, in this res
pect 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 %orlatcr,
impart their pre-condemnation of me to the
Pr sident, ! will not deny. My letter was
written, in part, to guard both the President
and myself against such result, which would
have been fatal, not only to me, but perhaps,
for q campaign, to the service Of the country.
Hence the details | entered into to show the
President and the Secretary of War-ncither
supposed to be professionally experienced in
the technical preliminaries of a Camp-Map
what had been, and what would continue for
some days-my incessaQt occupations. There
is no special pleading in this explanation. 1t
is written and offered in good faith; in proof
Of which | beg to refer to my letter to you Of
this date, sent in three hours before the recep-
ton Of that to which | am now replying.
You speak of my interview with the Presi-
dent on the subject of the intended formidable
invasion of Mexico. wish / had the time to
do justice to my recollection of the Presidents
excellent sense, military comprehension, pa
tience, and courtesles, in these interviews. !
have since often spoken Of the admirable qua
lities he displayed on those occasions, with ho-
nor, os far as it was in my power to do him
honor.
And to you, sir, allow to say / have MOI
accused you, and do not mean to accuse you
Of a set purpose to discredit me as the com.
mander at first designed for the new army tia
is to invade Mexico. | bear in mind with plea
sure the many personal courtesies that l have
for long years, received at your hands. But
have for many days believed that you have al
lowed yourself to be influenced against me b,
the cIqmor of some Of the friends to whom
have alluded. To that source, and from no i'll
will Of your own, | have feared that YOU ha
not made, and were not likely TO make, the Jus
and easy explanations in my behalf, whic
might be made. You are also aware of otho
causes Of uneasiness | have againstthe deparI
ment--of the want Of that confidence and sur
port necessary to my Official p~ositioh--whethe
here or on the Rio Grande. | have h~eretofor
explained myself on these points, which rer
ders repetition unnecessary.
Whether it shall be the pleasure Of the IN
sident to send me to the Rio GraRde, (Which
would prefer,) or to retain me here, can onl
say, am equally ready to dc my duty in eth,
position, with all my zeal, and all my abilit,
In great haste, / have the honor to remail
your most obedient servant.
: WINFIELD SCOTT.
: Hon. w. L. MARCY, Secretary Of War,
e That we have not done what we attemptt
to do at the start, we admit. Reading al
carefully examining Marcy's letters has pr
! voked us, perhaps, as much as they did Scot
I and we close with the following sage refe
tons, half in Jest and part in earnest-tl
balance as you please.
Our W pirate opinion is: LIST, That &c
Folk Is a much smarter man than the iocos to,
l. him to be when they nominated him for Pre-
dent. Cd, That he killed the Wings and Gel
d Scott and Gaines, Sd, That he used Bent
: and Colhoun-iust as they ought to bave be
used--he made wipers Of them. 9TH, lie