Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1847-08-11
And waste her fragrance on the desert air
For the National (ntelligencer.

Messrs. + ors:-Among the most extraor
binary developments of this unique Admins
tration, the following, which copy from the
.:Presbyterian Herald of the 18th inst. publish
ed at Louisville, (Kentucky,) is perhaps the
most remarkable.
Knowing the anxiety manifested by the Pres
ident and Secretary of War at that time to have
Catholic chaplains accompany our regular ar
my in Mex:co-one half OF the rank and file of
which being members of that church-and the
trouble which they took in sending to the Pro-
vnciaI Council, then sitting at Baltimore, to
forward their views, was surprised to find, in
the paper refereed to above, that instead of
chapiains, which the Council were asked for,
"spiEs," according to the Rev. MIR. McCalla,
were what the President wanted. Now, sir,
I will not enter into defence either of the rev.
ercnd gentlemen who went on their hazardous
and holy mission TO Mexico, which proved fatal
to one of them, the Rev. Father REY,) nor of
the doctrines and opinions of their church,
which have been assail,d in the Presbyterian
Herald, as the latter would be foreign to the
boIumns of your paper, and as the survivor,
Mr.. McElrov, is able to take care of his own
character and that Of bis late colleague. But |
know. apart from every other circumstance con-
nected with this affair, that if the President, or
such mission to either Father McElroy or
Father Rev. both of whom knew well and con-
v,rsed with the day before leaving their college
| for the army, he would have received from them
such rebuke as he would be likely not to for
get the rest OF his life.
| will not say whether the President has or
has not been guilty of what is attributed to
him by the Rev. Mr.. McCalla this is ques-
ton of veracity for themselves to settle but,
sirs, from my knowledge of what has transpir-
ed from the beginning of this Administration to
i the present moment, as well as from close
examination of almost every public document
sent forth from the Executive mansion in rela-
ton to the present war, confess am prepared
to hear and see things still more extraordinary
come from that place than what this precious
bit of Presidential diplomacy informs the world
/ of.
| But to the questions and answers of p. A
BRowN, and the Rev. Ms. MCCALLA on thi:
topic:
| CHAPLAINs IN THE ARMY.
"IIon. Paul A. Brown, of Philadelphia. lately
addressed the following letter to Rev. w. l.
! McCalIa, late of Lexington, KY, and now o
Washington:s
'Dear Sir:|I earnestly but respectfully re-
quest you to answer truly, candidly, and fully
the following questions:
"lst. Were you not recently an applicant To-
the situation of chaplain in the American arm.
now in Mexico?
'2d. Had you personal interview with hi
! Excellency James K. Polk on that subject.
sgd. Did the President tell you that whci
he appointed two Cntholic priests chaplains h
knew he had no right to make any such appoint
ment, as there was no such office within his gift
but thai he had appointed them chaptains nonti
ndl,y, tiat they might become spies?'
/ TO these questions afr. Gala returned tn
following laconic answers at the conclusion o
a long letter rejecting severely on the Catho
lie church, which has nothing to do with tn
particular point under consideration, for which
season tits omitted:
"My answer TO your first question is, was
to your second, had; to your third, he did.
Respectfully, yours, EVIL. McCALLA.
Whether the President himself will Tor not
wash his character clear of SO foul piece o
Implicitly with the Rev. Messrs. McElroy an
Rey as the Rev. Mr.. McCalla has charged up
on him time will tell. ARIEL.
snow Second Auditor of the Treasury.
IL