The national whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1847, 1847-05-27

But the President did not undertake TO wea-
ken General Taylo force. The Secretary Of
War had submitted the military arrangements
to the discretion Of General Scott. For the
withdrawal, therefore, Of any portion Of Gen.
'fayIor's force, the responsibility is mol with
The Administration, but is, on the contrary,
with General Scott. Tory Union.
General Scott, when ordered to hold himself
in readiness to take command of the Army Of
Invasion in May, 1916, refused to re-
pair 10 the field until he received written orders
to that effect For this refusal the Union and
its kindred prints denounced the Hero of Cerro
Gordo without stint, and ridiculed him TO the
Top Of their bent as Marshal Itreane, &c. Is
il supposable case, therefore, that General
Scott would take upon himself the responsible
lily Of stripping General Taylor of nearly the
whole of his army and leaving the Old Hero
exposable 10 Santa Ana's force The asser-
ton OF the Union is preposterous. But not
only is il preposterous--it is untrue. General
Scott has the ,oritten orders of the Government
for depriving Taylor Of his soldiers, and those
orders will see the light quite in time to con-
vict the Union for the thousandlh time Of will
full Misrepresentation.
In the policy which dictates our present war
with Mexico the Administration has never wa
vered. Tory Union.
The sober man is never half SO certain that
he walks straight as the drunken man is. II is
very natural, therefore, for the Tory Organ,
drunk with the rich spoils Of Office, TO insist
that the Administration has never wavered in
il its Mexican war policy, when there is not
man. woman, orchid, in the Union, who has
not laughed with contempt at The constant and
violent tossings and changes Of the Govern
ment in this respect.
Ii demands full reparation for past outrage
and adequate guarantees against future injuries
as the basis OF an honorable peace It demands
nothing more. II makes no war against Mex
lean nationality. Itwages no conflict against
Mexican institutions, either civil or religious.
II seeks indemnify and justice, not conquest
nor subjugation. Tory Union.
Is the Union SO stuped as to imagine that
people are SO blind as not 10 see, that "repara-
ton for past outrage and adequate guarantees
against future injuries, are demands which
Mexico never will, nay, never can, submit TO,
without producing the extinction OF Mexican
nationality and Mexican institutions, without
the conquest and subjugation Of that country ?
! Or The Tory Union dares the press to as
sert directly, that the Administration was will.
ing TO sacrifice General Taylor at Buena Vista
to the arms Of Santa Ana, in order that the
Mexican General, avaiing himself Of the in
fluence which such victory would give him,
might, in pursuance Of previous arrange
ment or understanding with our Government,
conclude satisfactory terms Of peace The
Public Ledger Of Philadelphia, and the Sun Of
Baltimore have dared TO make this identical
direct assertion. See Washington correspond.
snce Of these papers by Francis Grund, Esq
-passin
/ PRosPEcTs OF PEACE, like the Ignis Fat,us
vanish as we near the Capital of Mexico. The
New Orleans Delta well informed of every
thing relating to the war says, that the "repor,
that deputation had invited Gen Scott to the
capital, was unfounded. AT present there is
nothing to indicate any immediate prospect Of