The Arkansas banner., 1848-06-06
riPT. DisLET'S STATEMENT.

tAFI' DlAkEt Af4IkAEAT.
 Although in our last we stated the main fact, as
 we had it from Capt. D. In relation to the letter of Cassius M. Ciay-ths following detsiled statement ! of that and other matters which we take from the Democrat, will be found interesting:
 sIR-ln your paper of May 2sth, see letter from Cassius NJ. Clay, addressed to the Editor of the Louisville Journal, through the Louisville Cou. l Tier, which demands notice from me, on account of the slandeIons notice of hssAiksnsas men taken prisoners at EncsnaCion. It Is useless for me to say that his whole notice of that affair. is tissue of LIES, AS wILFuL AS THEY ABE MALICIOUS.
 As to his charge tha, Major Borland and ..his hosorabIe men were Tobbing the house, by break. ing doors and chests" will give inc facts On the evening of the 2ist of January. ls47 the par Y of Msjor Gaines. accompanied by Capt Clay, arrived a; the Hacierda EncarnaciOn. and Major Gaines,
 being the ranking officer, was, of course, in com. mand soon as the two parties mets On that ! night the Mexieans deserted the Hacenda going 1 i presume, 10 Gen. Minon. On the next day the re a seaf6 of the Hacienda ordered, for the pur- pose ot finding arms, which were supposed to be i concealed on the premises, a quantity of which were found. The Mexcahs having secured the t doois of B the apartments unoceupied by us, it ptcerGuUOu Oi me search, | to force the doors, wtich was done. Now, as to
 any Tobbing by the men, saw none, and believe i theEe was hone done. The arms, we took posses
 sion of. as we had right to do. And anything in
 the way ot forage or provisions for horses men, was in a like manner taken possession of. The whole was done in the presence of Capt Clay, and
 heard no objections made 10 it by him. And ss to
 the idea of any robbery being committed, so far us . l know and believe, it is false.
 Clay states, in another publication. that he had ! nothing 10 do with the surrender al Encarna,ion, ' Major Gaines conducting it in General Minon's s camp Now for the facts: When, on the morning
 ot the 23d of January, General Mnon sent in flag
 demsnding our surrender, Major Gaines asked and obtained an hours tune for consideration, during ! wh'ch time council ot officers called to sldsF whether or not We should the terms o5eFed by the Mexican General In thai coancil, | Clay Was the FiSsr 10 SPEAK and vote in favor of surrender. Those who voted in favor of a surren-
 der, were Clay. Major Borland, and Major Gaines | Those who voted az unsf surrender, were Lieut.
 Davidson and myself. do not wish, by this state ment, 10 coavey the ilea that there vas anything
 improper in votRg for surrender Far from it. I
 only wish 10 show innate disposition in Clay to lie deliberately on all occasions.
 As reference has been made to me, in the public
 prnts, aud by piisate letters, asking me to make statement for p1bication as 10 what Clay sad when Capt. Henrie made hs escape, and the lives Of fhe
 prisoners were threatened by the Mexican Col.
 Zamboniao will give the statement almost. if not
 entirely, in iI's words. He said .'in the best spanish he could muster for the desperate occason"
 and afterwards repeated in English, 10 Lieut. Sedana Cruzat, ot The Mexican army, Col. Zambonino's interpreter, follows; "For the sake Of the great Henry Clay, who opposed the war. and who oppos-
 ed the anne xation of Texas and whose relation am spare me. For the saks of The great Whig party,
 a member Of which am, and which opposed ,he
 War and the annexation of Texas, and which has
 been neutral in this bot witch will raise against Mexico to 8 man. if 1 am kIed-spate mel" During our march ffon Enc1rnacion 10 the City
 Of Mexiro. as prisoners, and shortly after we had
 eit Encarnaeon, Clay, io ingrati;iate himself with
 the Mexicans, pointed out Lieut.. Davidson ana
 myself as having, in the council on the 23d of Jan
 usry, at Eucarnacion, voted for fglI,-sayiny, at
 the same time, that he had voted in favor of sur render. Consequently, Lieut.. Davidson and myself
 were not permitted 10 sisit our men during the whole time of their confinement in the carcel ot Santiago, whilst Clay and the oiher officers had per mission to visit their men frequentIy-indccd aI- most every time they asked permission
 Clay says in his letter. that he saved Major Bor.
 lands lie. Unless he means to say that he saved It by beggtng for his earn and by invoking the in-
 eres and reiasicashiP f Henry t7ay, and the u at1 of ths Waig party in the event of his being killed
 l am at loss to know when he could have done for | Major Boriand so great favor.
 Clay says that Major Borland vio' ated his parole
 Let facts tell whether he did or noi On the lst of August, 1877. the American officers who were f prisoners n Mexco, were summoned to The palace where they were informed that they would be re-
 moved to 'rouea, and there bs kept on their paroe ~herenpon, Maj Gaines, in the office of both the ! Military Communicate and the Ministes of War
 and the presence of both those officers exhibited Gen. Santa Annas official despatch of inc battle of
 Buena Vista, Tn which he (Gen Santa Anna) stat.
 ed saat he had exchanged us with Gen. Taylor. on
 the 2t;h of tae february preceding Mai Gaines
 stalled, also, to them, through their interpreter Col ! Almonte, that the Mexican government had viola
 ted the provisions of the exchange with Gen. Tay- 1 Tor, by keeping us prisoners from the 2lth of
 February uniil the lst of August, is47, whist Gen 1 Taylor, had released his prisoneTs and complied
 i."hiuiy win every part of his agreement win the ! Mexican goverDment-at the same time stating
 thsa he wished them distinctly 10 understand, that
 h's pdreie tcas at an snd-that he sctfairec II 1 internationally, Major Borilnd and myself taking 1 The same ground, and desiring the same eommuni. ] eaton 10 Dc made on our part Clay at the same
 lime wrote down his parole And to provide against the heachery of the Mexlcans in the event of our
 beins recaftared by them, Major Gaiass took inc 1 Pfeeausen to bring wih him Mir. HEAVENS. an En
 gisn gentleman oi responsibility. who understands the spanish language, and speaks Il well. Through | MT H. We had the facts communicated to the I Mexean CoDmandahte and Minisier of War-pos.
 uirety and nacendio~s,iy teiitd Gcing our paroles
 "hh a'ese facts before them, the Mexicaos per
 mitted us to pass freely out Of the palace in which they had al least thousasd sod,ess If this be
 violating parole, Major Boriand has violated his parole, and 70 has Major Gaines and so have l.
 i'have beea induced te make this statement by no pefsonai aniIaost ty to Cassias NJ. Clay. have
 made it to correct eroT end defead truth from slan deF-te de justice 10 my friends and rnysef hold
 ing myself personally responsible, asd swaysIesdv 1 shd willing 10 vBdicate and make good s,ery wofd have written.
 CC DANLEY. ! idss Caps. Ark's Mounted pols