The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-16
To he Editor oftLe National Hhig.

SIM In my last communication for your paper,
in which gave the suppressed extract" from Maj.
Laly's letter TO Col Wilson, Governor of VEN Cruz,
and by him transmitted to the Adutan General here,
drew certain differences being the only natural
ones that could be drawn from il according TO my
mind and reading -uniiyorablc TO Capt. Walker r
This was done fully and freely from the import OF
the two first sentences in that paragraph, taken III
connexion with its context in the succeeding part Of
it, and without the least personal feeling in the matter
For, in arragnng the acts of the Administration,
generally look altogether beyond the individuals who
may be made the instruments of their conduct II
is so with respect TO anything have said of Capt
Walker In connexion with the suppressed extract
and will now add that have the evidence before
me in letter from an officer al Perote dated the 18th
Septr one day after the date of Major Lalys, which
says that "to Capt Walkers extreme modification
Col Wynkoop gave his Capt. Walkers) company
permission to piage the village of Cautepec, nine
miles from Jalapa" So that from this authority,
which is equally as good as Major Laly's Capt.
Walker was not to blame for the nets Of his company
who were obeying the orders of another l learn,
ALSO that Capt Walker had suffered himself TO be
placed under arrest and was ut the time this oc-
currence took place. rather than carry into effect the
plundering propensities of those higher In command
than himself The papers, in stating that twenty
Mexicans were shot at Santa Fe, committed a mis-
take There were but six including the Alcalde, and
this understand was in conformity with Gen.
Scotfs orders and appreciation.
With respect the justice or injustice of shooting
persons upon whom articles of plumber may be found
without first giving them n trial to ascertain their
guilt is matter with which the Government is alone
concerned, md for which, before God and the world,
It will be responsible. The acts of its officers In this
manner, it will have to assume deny, and act ac
cordingy; but it is contemplate to cloak the out
RACES of those who may be following Its own in
struction and then suppressing the communications
of others on the theatre of such scenes, who give
such matters in detail thereby suffering wrong i'm
putations to fall on innocent persons have no
doubt sir that the church-robbing hints of the Union
of the llth of May last have been acted upon in more
instances than the under consideration; and, II
nothing more than that article had appeared in the
Government organ on the subject, it ought to con-
sign its columns to eternal perdon for broaching so
infamous scheme of procedure.
When we cast our.eyes about and view the beau
tifu basis Of our institutions embracing as 1t does
the principles of cipa and religious liberty not only
for ourselves but also for the world and then the
organ of Democracy () at the Threshold of the cnl
pie that has been raised upon it, crying out daily,
"plunder," "rob," confiscate," murder" and
"destroy with the knife up the hilt" is amaz-
ed and hardly realizes that he is within the limits OF
the United Stntes. Plumber, says the Union. What2
Why the churches Of Mexico, which are consecrated
to the service of the living God; and hence we find
portion of our troops, by permission of Col. Wyn-
koop, obeying its instructions at Cautepec and San
Miguel, according to the evidence before me. Had
the Union existed in France in 93 there would have
been occasion for the services OF either Marat or
Robcspere ARIEL.