The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-03-24

nation within tina army and for the strct enforcement
Of the respect due from the military TO the civil au
thoTy Es will De tho oq9a TO be te o
stae' have been taken from his desk and sent to
shs seat Of in the heart of the enemys country
cothed with military rankn the senior officer of
.hs army Of the United States The proprety Of its
6ndng place in the reply Of that senior officer to the
unication which in the discharge Of the duties
confded 10 foun II sary to address to him Is
point which does not call for remark from me. The
merits Of this jeu despit as specimen OF delicate and
refined irony, 80 peculiarly appropriate too, in the
reply to a letter offensive mine willingly leave
10 the good taste and good feeling Of countrymen
They will not fail to do u,tice to it also as model Of
the respect due by ali public servants to the office and
tho authority Of the Presiden of the United States
The communication from The Secretary of State to the
Mexican Minister in regard to which you express sur
PRISE Tor perhaps indignation may bs the meaning of
your note Of exc!amaton) that should have been en-
closed to you for transmission scaled was so sealed
ecaus- deemed proper that IL should bear the seal
Of The Department Of State Of the United States and in
this there is departure from tn established practice
in similar Il intended however, that you
should be made acquainted with its contents, we'll
with every thing else relating TO the subject by means
Of the copy in my possessions and had supposed that
hie intention sufficiently expressed in my former
letter, though from the haste in which II dispatch
ID land which did rot allow mo to retain copy twas
doubtless very imperfect in than PARTICULAR
But, had such intimation been given, and had no
such inter ton existed the doctrns which should deny
" tho government Of the United States the right to
sand 10 its agents officers abroad civil or mill
tary, for transmission to foreign governments, any
communications which 1t might BIZ deemed ne
ed, might be deemed appro pirate to the 'sion
such doctrine would, 70 farsas very limited know
sdgs extends be most extraoriinsry innovation in
than to send naval commanders of and every rank
to with sealed ORDERS which although Addressed
themselves and relating to public interests entrusted
exclusively to them they required not to open for
weeks months thereafter; not at ALL except upon
the occurrence Of a certain contingency And II this
he considered not affecting their honor, and not
giving them the right to take their government to task,
either by the device Of notes of exclamation or by less
condensed modes of expression it strikes my poor udg
ment MS following fortiori that no SUCH right can
arise from the transmission through them, OF scaled
aote to foreign government upon matters totally dis
TINT from their own professional duties
The haste In which the communications for the Next
Minister of Foreign Relations despatched to
you, from the utter uncertainty in which found
myself whether the state of things then existing in the
interior might not be such to present crisis render
log it of tho highest Importance to our country and to
Mexico likewise that the moment should be seized for
tho delivery Of that communication 1t was the Presi
DENTS intention when left Washington that it should
try and that should forthwith be placed in the hands
Of the generaln chief of forces for this purpose
By transmitting it to YOU and making the intention OF
tho President KNOWN duty in regard to it 10 fulfilled
At the same time, had been aware that the crcum-
of thu moment decidedly unpropitious for
It's delivery should have deemed 1t my duty, perhaps,
placing 10 your hands, that its transmission should
be delayed until favorable change should occur OF at
Under this view of the subject do not regret that Its
transmission has been delayed until shall have reached
correctness Of the ground upon which your determine
ton thus to delay it is placed 1t is impossible for mo to
perceive how it could have been inferred from the ex
treme anxiety evinoed by me- to transmit that commu
ncaton you at the earliest possible moment, that it
contemplated by the instructions under which so
sct-d that you were to retain it until my arrival at the
movable headquarters"
IExtractl
Mr.. Trist to hfr. Buchanan.
[No.S1 PuEBLA, June D. ls47.
SIR
On my arrival here, received letter from General
Scott, to which shall make reply, Gas informed the
aid Lieutenant Hamilton who banded II to me) and
which win transmit at SONS other time. No other
comm ncstion has reached me from him; and, a. was
stated at the beginning Of this letter. was through 40
ciient only that became informed of the opportunity
Tor writing afforded by the train for Jalapa tomorrow
h'orniog .
Hon JAMES BUCHANAN, Secretary Of State.
Extract
Mr.. Trst TO Mr. Buchanan
No.7l PUEBLA, June ID, ls47.
1t will be perceived that in my last letter to -,
refer to the corroboration afforded by Mr.. -, te
regard to the opportunensss OF the period when your
communication TO the minister OF foreign relations
hands of General Scott for its delivery to
of this opportunity much to be regretted and
he mentioned several iacts showing how favorable t
had been The most striking Of these WAS that Mi
- had been applied to- the part of high personagc
(uamsd) to know if he would write to General 81 ask
ing whether he would entertain proposal for the sus
pension of his advance measure preliminary to an
otter To enter into negotiation The motive, too was
stated it was that the troops doubtless the means also
which would otherwise be requisite to draw from the
for the defence OF the pta might kept there
give strength to those who would sustain the govern
msnt In such offer.
Hon JAMES BUCHANAN, Secretary of State.
Exractl
Mr.. Buchanan TO Mr.. Trist
TNo2I WAR DEPARTMENT., !
WAsHrNoroy, June H. ls47.
d. Sir Your despatch of the 2lst ultimo, which you
have numbered T. received on the 81 instant None
of II later date from you has yet come to hand
The original letter from General Scott to yourself
lated at Jalspa May is47 which you have transmit
nary character 1t well calculated to wound your
feelings and excite your Indignation This letter. sure
y would have been written had he awaited your
arrival at his head quarters and read the instructions
and project Of q treaty with Mexico which you were
authorized to communicate to him conhdentaliy Inc
crussl of these documents must have put to fight the
unfounded suspicious in regard to your mission, which
to have pre- occuped his MIND and influenced his
conduct
[Mors coming, as the telegraphc operators say]
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