The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-07-13

The "New York Courier" of Monday last continues its
cxravagan and ridiculous abuse of the administration in
It's towards General Scott. We venture to say
that when the documentary facts have been published
the people will be asonishel TO the folly of its
charges and the excess of its denunciatons We sub
init the following extracts in the meantime, another
specimen of the spirit of the paper, from the Courier
"AFFAIRs MExIco.-Two points to be fully
conceded by the most apoogsts of the
Executive. The FIRST is that Mr.. ". p. Trst clerk in
the Department OF State, Mexico, with full
power to conclude arnistice, binding upon army,
without consulting General Scott, whom the
preme command of that army has been intrusted The
is, that he found quite impossible any such
thing, while General Scott held the post of commander
chief and that he has therefore, been instructed
attempt it, but to leave the general the duties, well
the responsibilities, OF his high command.
The aiacrty Of the administration in thus etracing
steps, is worthy of all admiration but the suddenness and
agility of the movement must conceal from the eyes of
the people the infamous outrage which first attempted
upon General Scott. 1t is matter of every day occur
renee for government supcrsede its generals by
appointing them civilians of neither rank charac
ter Jealousy has frequently arisen home, of
warriors carrying the arms of their country into distant
lands but decent respect for the opinions of the world
not lurking regard Tor the dictates of justice, has prevent
ed it from seeking its qualification by ignobc and base
minded resort this The coming session of Congress
win undoubtedly place all the facts before country but
meantime shall assume, without the least hcsitaon the
neither the "Union any other accredited organ OF the
Executive has vcnured doubt of their perfect ar-
thenticity.
M is fact which the Union will not question: that Mr.
Ts under the instructions Of the War Department. sought
to conclude arnistice with Mexico, which should pre-
army from advancing upon the capital for GER
period That interval of security might, and undoubt-
edy would have been improved by the enemy in prepar
ing for resistance. Gen. Scott would have been paralyzed
for understandable make any movement; deprived of
reinorcemens and supplies doomed stand STILL mac
tive, and with small force gradually diminished by sick
ness until the foe should have mashaed hosts and pre-
pared batteries for his reception. And all this was to be
| DONE without his knowledge but in such
a way should throw upon him The whole responsibility
for any disaster which might ensue He solicited to
forward to the government of Mexico sealed packet pnor
contents, but of responsible any prop.
osition it might contain"
Now, without entering into specifications we undertake
to say that every important assertion the above extract
is entirely false About the armisce, the powers con-
erred on Mr. Trist, retracng of steps on the part of
the administration, &C., &C., it is equally false and
ridiculous, we have doubt. And the Courier is
stating that of its previous assertions have been
contradced in the Union" We refer to the "Union'
of Saturday night not only for the reuaton of this dec
araon but also for the positive contradiction of what
it has been in the habit of saying for the last ten days.
in regard to the of the administration towards
General Scott We reiterate contradiction of Sat-
urday night in the most positive 1t need not
therefore, assume, without the slightest hesitation, " the
entire truth of the statements" it has made for we again
have hesitation in mailing the spurious coin TO the
counter