The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-06-27
The Documents.

partial abstract OF the correspondence between
General Scott and W. |. Marcy, as we find it
in the New Orleans Bulletin. Gene al Scott
after stating that he has as yet, (May 2is!,) re-
ceived no orders assigning him to the immedi-
ate command of the army about to be raised
to conquer peace within Mexico, and that he
has been necessarily occupied with preliminary
arrangements and giving the proper orders,
says, inter a'ia:
an the midst of these mutitudinous and in
dspensable occupations | have learne from
YOU that much Impotence is already felt, per-
haps in high quarters, that have not already
put myself en- route for the Rio Grande; and
now, with fourteen hours day of preliminary
work remaining on my hands for many days,
find myself compelled to stop that nece sary
work to guard myself against, perhaps, utter
condemnation in the quarters alluded to. am
TOO old soldier, and have had too much spe-
cial experience not to feel the infinite import
ance Of securing myself agnii st danger Gil
will or Pie-condomnation) in my rear before
advancing upon the public enemy"
"My explicit meaning is, that do t desire
to place myself in the most peri!ous Of all po-
stions-a IRE pPon my rear from Haatinsioa'
aad de fire in font from The .Ncricans.-
1t was distinctly admitted and laid down as
basis in the interviews | had the honor to
hold with the President and yourself on the
subject, that special army of some thirty
thousand troops, regulars, and twelve months
volunteers, would be necessary for the march
against and the conquest Of peace in Mexico.
adhere to that opinion. 1t is foresccn, with
toIerable certainty, that we shall not have, in
many months, more than seven thousand Gt
quite SO many regulars, applicable to that SER
vice. The remaining numbers are to be made
up in volunteer horse and foot, | suppose Of
these, taken together, about 1900 ha c been
actually called for There is yet good time, l
think, to make the additions suggested in one
of the tables ] had the honor to submit last
night"
lie further SAYS that he understood that lie
was not 10 be sent out to superscde Taylor,
but that be was to command a large army,
which was 10 conquer peace within Mexico.
I'VE infer hom this letter that Gen. scotrhad
been appointed to the command of the army
of occupation or invason) Mr.. Secretary
Marcy replies (May 25th,) termng General
Scouts letter one Of an ''extTaordiHary charac-
ter, and renecling upon the motives and OBJ
ecls of the President" &c, quoting with en-
phasis the words, ill-wil and pre-condemna-
ton. He then goes on with a long rigmaroe
Of his stuff, evidently intended to provoke
Scott to some lolly in which he suceeodcd.-
Seriously. we must say that Marcy's letter
would have provoked any man to say ''souP.n
In reply to this letter, Gen. Scott says, "your
letter OF this date received az about G 7. A., as
sat downto take a hasty piate Of soppH The
rest of the tspondence is elimination ard
determination bo,ween mad man and fool.
No, We aTc wronE-Scou's part Of it is such
as we should expect from an old soldier. goad-
ed and siung By Fad-iies and musqriioos.-
Polk and bic undeislruPpers have managedwcll.I
They have ruined our two best Gencrals, (for
Gaines has been recalled TO Washington ard
Scott has been ordered 10 stay at Wasbrtton,)
little would they, or their party, caFeI'.T they
could ruin the country, SO that the spols o
Office were lef, for .their distribution and pafti-
cipstion: That ScoItshas crouched or apollo
gizsd 40 President Pok, is faLe. uiteffy false.
We give his own words, hasiy and improper as
they are, and leave our readers to judge from
as reeOnS-noi from the misrepresentation Of
Pariizans.
Van hes al a. e.. = a. i
convict me, upon my letter to you of the 2lsi
inst nj, Of Official, perhaps personal disrcspec,
10 the constitutional commander-in-chief of
the army and navy Of the United States.
Ii you have succeeded in imparting that i'm
preston to the President, then, by the conclu-
sion of your letter, written in his behalf. am
placed under very high obligations to his mag
nanimity -4may not add, 70 lis Eiadasss9 in
not placing me instantly in arrest, and before
a general court-m5Tiisl. may then hope, that
the President saw 10 such intended disrespect;
and can assure you both that feel too great
a difference to the constitution asd laws Of my
country to offer or design an iBdisniiy to our
chief magistrate.
The strongest passages in my CONDEMNED
letter are, ihink. hypothetical. In IL, I spoke
Of s'impaienec--'-gefhsPs 10 high gaaueis,"
Il, s.Per.aPs after eandemnaiion, in the Guar
itis siiaie5 10" Of the ''iHiiEiie importance Of
securing ~. eli against danger 6ill-uiH or con-
deB,aaisa) il my rcar,7 and " that s-Iiosi per
loss q 81 Pnsitious- to an eammasder-sa
fre 5Fen fhirl rear from washiagiau, and the
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