Washington telegraph., 1848-05-31

they have not had any influence with the
President in inducing him 10 grant the re-
quest, and that the President viii decide
thai question 'with exclusive reference
to the public good, "When that, says
Mr.. Marcy. "shall render it proper. in his
opinion to withdraw yoa from your pres
ent command, his determination 70 do so
viii be made known to goH
And 50 the request WIS reinsedi Gen.
Scott was rebuked; aud bearing themsulis
OF his government with Il calm equanim-
ityi the trmpled yctemna turned with such
meagre aid as was allowed HIM, 10 win
more victories for his country. On the 2oth
August, with thnt shameful letter from
lhe Department in hil pocket, he fought
the battles OF Guntfems, OF san Antonio
ofthufuhusco; and was only prevented
taking Mexico by the armistiee, necessa-
rily granted to allow Mr.. Tnsi 10 treat for
peace with the enemy, On the slh Sep
iember he stormed Molino del Reyi on
the 18th, he sealed the rock Of Chapultr-
pee aud on the lth, he sat down in the
National Palace, the master OF the capital
OF Mexico, aud. practically, Of the entire
Republic OF Mexico. The war was fin
ished, the enemy was down-no more re-
Inducements We're needed. the conqueror
could forget the past there was no longer
occasion toeomnlain Tor support and want
Of sympathy, from which no further det-
nmcut could arise 10 the public interest;
aud there was no more Thought, therefore
with Scott, OF requesting 10 be recalled.
That was the moment, however, to pun
ish complaints and rewatda hero. as hero
wa never rewarded bciofe. -Four months
longer, indeed. the Government might
wait, until satisfied that Mexico was sub
dued.-peurc renain,-aud that the pub
lie good would "rendefit proper 10 in-
dalge IT, own peni.np feelings oifevengei
and the government being satisfied oi all
tins, the order Of the 18Th January was
written, and SCOTS request Of the lth oi
Juno. refused aud forgotten, was now re-
ceiyod and granted; with the additional
favor OF an order requiring the superseded
veteran tn report to Court OF Inquiry to
fakc his faidi apoa btse charges, OF iemal-
Ice. aunoIiicer.hke conduct, Nc, charges
which, the moment he Appeared in court
were irithardiea by the oiiiecf who pre-
icrred them.
II'hat must III. oDimfry think gf all
his, II'hR iciilb, ttoHgAt hereafter!
There Is w extraordinary similarity be-
tween the fate OF the first and the last
conqucror OF Mexico. Both performed
such deeds, in the sublugation OF a vast
and populous empire--ln a single cam
paign-a land OF mines and mountains,
forming one huge continuous natural for.
lihraiion. that ought to have delied the
assaults ofa world-as hare Hcrer bcoa
oynaiid 5y Mc goo1ica olpi1u& cf his
torn. and both were rewarded Tor their
services by all the irnoagS and diSgraoe
which could be- hcapcd upon them by the
base ingratltude ol their governments
Cortes, we know, was reduced TO the me-
cessity OF following the Court OF Charles
N-ior he was a subject, aud had over
thrown all The mighty regions OF Mexico
and Central America IN the service of a
master-petitioning Tor the redress OF his
wrongs; and, upon public occasion, was
insulted by the Emperor who, wcaried
with his impoHumcy Affected not 10
know l'ln, AMI demanded insolonlly who
he was. 81, replied the indignant hero,
slave as he was,--"am a man who has
given to your Majesty more kingdoms
than your father gave YOU Provinces, -
Scott is not a slave, but he has been treated
IKE Stare, and treated so by a rcpub-
licnn government which affects the ~
faiay and indulges the mgafituic OF a
royal court; and, perhaps when he returns
To Washington To demand repamiion ior
his wrongs, he may expect the same ntso-
kcRt reception from the arrogant officials,
who arc. like himself, the servants of the
republic. His answer need only bc,-"I
am W0fcid Soott, come from Mexico,
suspended and court-martlalcd; ] return
to ask justice lrommy country.
We repeat what we have said-thc
more we reflect upon the case, the more
painfully we are impressed with its
ENOR MITY-thcre never before, in all
history, was such an instance OF a free
government STRIKING DOWN q greQt
anil Suoocsgsi gcacrai, who had piled up
for it, and ior himself, GLORY NOUN
TAIN HIGH. II Mexico last for ten
thousand year, the name OF Scott must
last with it. As long as the traveller
passes by the hill OF Cerro Gordo, he will
cxolaim, sit was here the old American
chiei, climbing acclivities amid sheets q
Ramc, grdpe am eaRaiSter, drove the
legions Of Santa Anna from tlIeir ioriifca-
tions, and annihiated his army" In all
future time, no wayiarcr can ever look
upon the last messy ruin OF Mexico-the
last gmvcstonc in the churchyard Of
Churubusco-the last cypress on the hill
OF Chapultepec-nay, nor can ever look,
from the hillside, down upon the elysian
beauty Of the valley Of Mexico, as long
as the valley of Mexico lasts, without