The national whig., 1847-07-02
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Gsnsral. Scorr aud TAyLoR,c upon charges
rrefs,rsd by General SANTA ANNA.
The court was organized with Knor Poqne
AS president, and Seignor .aimontc AZ Judge
advocate, with the following members: 1t.
Gen. Benton, Warrior Marcy, Kave john
son, Admiral Mason, Martyr Richie, Sau-
sage Sawyer, Ministerial Wilsing Shannon,
and Sucker Ficklin.
ChMgc.-DIsoBEDlENcE OF ORDERS.
Speeifcation.-That, whereas, the afore-
said Santa Anna did leave the island Of Cuba
at the instance and upon the invitation oI
their superior officer, to wit: the comman-
daut Of all Duck river and its dependencies,
at an immense sacrifice Of cocks, gaffs, and
slashers, abandoning q favorite bet, valued
by al cock-jockeys at one thousand doub-
looms, upon the, following safeguard, which
they, the said Scott and Taylor, disregarded,
10 the manifest injury of all the Chevaliers
d'Industrie Of Havana, and scandal Of their
superior Of Duck river and its dependencies
aforesaid. Here the judge advocate read
the pass:
Ito all Jack 7ars Greeting: II the fore
sworn refugee hero Of San Jacinto comes
your way, you needn't see him, as am
playing game with him, and you mustn't
disturb the game.
"(Signed.] KNOX P.,cf Rio Duck
To all Of which the prisoners plead qu'en
e Tho evidence having closed, Mason rose
and said he wished the court and the coun-
try 10 bear in mind, that the Ducklriver pass
had been duly respected by the navy, and
subsequently dishonored by the prisoners,
al Buena Vista and Cerro Gordo.
The Lieut.. General deprecated invidious
comparisons between those two arms of our
national defence, and hoped the court would
frown down all subjects calculated to make
breaches between them. &f
This brought Marcy to his feet. He
wished to know if Bullion had any allusion
to him, by the word breeches
The Lieut.. General disclaimed any inten-'
tion 10 attack the head Of the War Depart
ment,in SO sensitive point he fully agreed
with the hero Of Lundy's Lane, that rear
ward attacks were decidedly unc omfortable.
But he would take occasion 10 say that
things were not going on as well as they
would, if he bad been permitted to sacrifice
himself into Plenipo- General. He was for
peace-an honorable peace-which meant
q large piece; and had the warrio- -plenipo
sacrifice been consummated, he would have
such piece, and not mere patch of the
bottom Of
Here Marcy again rose, and demanded
whether "patch" had any reference to him
Bullion explained: he meant patch Of the
bottom Of the Rio Grande. He hoped he
would not be interrupted again. The War
Department should restrain its impetuosity
There was no occasion for il to burst its
breaches-
Marcy again jumped up, but kave claim
ed the floor, and sought TO throw oil upon
the waters Of discord. lie implored the
court not to permit itself to be riven and
rent to pieces like
Marcy, in extreme ire, demanded an ex.
planation Of the word "rent."
Great confusion ensued. Bullion appeal.
ed to the president, who, after whispering
with the Judge advocate, decided that the
War Department was fundamentally out Of
order.
Marcy rose in great wrath, and said he
had been invited there TO condemn the pris-
oners, not to have his breeches continually
thrown in his teeth. He was the head of the
War Department, and proper respect for
that department required that he should
fight or retire; he hoped the court would
spread upon the journals that he retired, not
retrea,ed. Hereupon he left precipitately,
having obliqued to the door; but as he
squared round to pass out, small patch
was visible on the seat Of honor, which
Richie said was crescent, selected, no
doubt, as coat-of-arms from his ancestors,
(having been crusaders but old ma.ter-o'-
fact Sausage swore it looked like linsey
halt dollar.
The court then resumed business and
Bullion, with modest blush, again adj
vanced He begged that the court would
not consider any time consumed by him as
misspent; in fact, his was the sacrifice he
was speaking for the veal of mankind, and
not as usual, for his $8 per diem; besides
he was neglecting Treatise on Algebra
particularly adapted to the computation ol
mileage. Indeed, both the court and coun-
try had very inadequate idea Of his i'm.
portance: true, he did not consider their
very much to blame, as it was extremely
difficult to comprehend him in all his vas
magnitude. It would seem that greatness
had of late become family affection, and
if not soon relieved, both he and his SON.
in-law would have to put the government
to the expense of the Marcy quarterings.
In conclusion, he would remark, that every
body knew his sentiments; they had long