Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-06-25
From he eisrslaHi Herald.
A New and Extraordinary Revelation.

Il NO' anu LAuGVi uillafI ReYelall0l,
The President Of the United States calcpla,ing
on the defeat Of our own lorces-Gener,I Inv.
lor aud his army intended TO be sacrificed a,
Buena Nisial
Alter reading the following disclosure, tho ma.
ion ncannotbeasIouishcd aIany new slepin Ireach.
sry and inlamy on the part OF the AdminisIra-
lon. The people suffered the act of furnishing
Mexico with President aud a COMMANDMENT.
Chief 10 pass with only few squibs al the ex.
pense Of the President, because they regarded itas
a mere weakness, deed of which man of ordi.
nary common sense would not have been guilty,
but excusabe in the "elongaIion Of John Tyler.'
Ilis now stated on the authority Of the cores
pondenI Of the Public Ledger Of PHILADELPHIA,
that there is sill an understanding bcilceen Mr..
Polk aud Santa ARna, and that il was only neces.
sary for The latter 10 thrash us in great battle
and he would make peace. This Ledger cores
pondent, menial, and confdant of the Admins
lralion, but not noted for his prudence, has dis
closed the whole iniquty Of Mr. Folks designs,
confirming the maxim that what is begun in fraud
must be carried on by the same means. Tho
thing is so guilty and in any other President
would be SO incredible, thai we give the words Of
the writer. dated Washington, May l3, l847:
"With the defeat Of Santa Anna my hope Of
peace is considerably diminished; for however
strongly the opposition press may have rallied
against what il was pleased TO call the passport
granted TO the chief certain il is that our best
hopes of peace rested on him. and that nothing but
the imposibiity Of sustaining himself in Mexico,
has thus far baiiled his efforts to make the Con.
gress agree to the proposition Of our Government
TO send commissioners.
The tone Of his warlike dispatches was, from
the commencement, forced upon him by the cir
cunlstances in which he was placed, and perfect.
iy understood here by the President and his Cabi-
net. Santa Annals only hope of success consis-
ted in first satisfying the national vanity of his
cOuntrymen, or ayalling himself Of some lucky
accident to turn for moment the fortunes of war,
and toimprove thatmoment ncludinga peace.
He came rery near such a chance at BueHa Vista,
but the battle of Cerro Gordo has put an end 10
! his prospects, and, with them, 100, our calcuG
/ tiOnS Of peace from that quarter"
- sour best hopes rested on him." That the peo.
pie we'll knew, or he would never have been sent
to command the Mexican forces, organize her
troops, and fghtourown. This was well known,
and was regarded as an act OF direct treason a
gains the people Of the United States, but one not
SO much Of design as Of folly.
But the people did not know that that under
standing still eriSied, and that the Government of
the United States were still hoodwinked and bam-
boozed by this lying Mexican, in whose truth no
other mortal places The slightest confidence than
/ Col. Polk.
The people did not kno,c until now that the
hopes Of the Administration depended on the de-
feat Of our troops, the slaughter Of our own men
al Buena Vista.
"He came rery near such a chance at Buena
,l,g (tor t,dt
his prospects, aud with them to our calculations
Of peace from that quarter" Our own brave
men and their good Old Wing Generals appear
now to be the great obstacle IN the way OF This
Ipuere and guilty Administration. Instead of
suffering themselves TO be murdered, cut off and
defeated by Santa Anna, the friend and confdant
OF MIR. Polk, they perform prodges, gain battles
and defeat the Mexican in whom The hopes Of the
= Administration centred.
E But all this, wrlched and dark as il is, grows
light when conWa5led with The last scheme Of The
Cabinet IN reference 10 their especial enemy,
General Taylor. 1t Is almost loo incredible and
' horrible to believe, but criminals have been hung
, on less strong circumsanual evidence than exists
! that the Administration designed to sacrifice Gen.
h Ioyl0r and his glorious troops al Monterey or in
! thopass1s beyond. Mhywero the regulars with.
e drawn! and Generals Taylor and Wool left with
Il 5000 volunteers TO sustain the weight of an ar.
0 my of $4,000 MoXicans under the man with
whom Mr.. Polk has an understanding?
All human calculations fail, and so did those of
|, Santa Anna and MIR. Polk. That fearless and
d sturdy old soldier who had fought three battles
against all probable chances in order 10 save the
1t Administration, determined 10 stand 10 the last at
s. Bucna Vista, and if his letters are rightly inter-
d pretcd, expected to fall there victim to the de.
S teslablo arrangements of the War Office.
d Look al the men, Taylor and Polk, the intend
s. ed victim and the miserable designer. The peo-
J. pie of the United States cannot be debased by
d Tylcrs and Folks. They will esteem what is
l. honorable and despiso ingralitude. They will
o honor the noble old soldier who has four times
If exposed life and reputation to sustain an Admin
d isralion which treats him with silent contempt
and secretly exercises its power to injure his rep
Il ulation aud drive him, as Kind David did Urah
IS 10 fearful exposure of life.