The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-08-15
WASHINGTON, August IA, lS4S
Mr.. N. r. Trist and his Letter.

On Saturday last, promised readers laugh over
passages of the burea which this person has seen
fit to put forth under the title of letter the Speaker of
the House of Representatives; and though we can i'll
afford the space may well fulfil our promise to-day
as at any tme because, however long we wait we are
sure of finding very many much important matters
crowdng upon columns.
Mr. Trist begins by saying in substance that the pub.
lie are under great mstake-whoy mystfed in fact
to his conduct in Mexico In this he is himself
mistaken The public mind quite well informed upon the
matter, and the public judgment of all parties about it is
quite clear The only doubt upon the whole subject
if there be any doubt about it's whether the President
did not show mercy at the expense of justice in refusing,
he has heretofore refused, to put Mr. Trst into the
hands of prosecuting officer of one of the federal
courts to answer, under the law of 1885, for gross
official misconduct in Mexico under penalty of fine
and Imprisonment in the event of conviction.
This is about the amount apprehend, of the existing
" ystifeaton." But Mr. Trist does not think SO. On
the contrary, deploring the ignorance of the country
about his conduct in Mexico, and confessng his own
ignorance of the state of things among u.s. he pro-
ceeds follows to threaten readers of all classes with
the infection of terrible remedy. He says:
81 became of tho mysicaton above referred
PEELED, determined lay before the representatives the
people connected and detailed of everything that
has occurred having the slightest bearing upon
which the public interests demand that the country should
know the exact truth Off
He then goes on after the following natic fashion,
'Ths exact and full knowledge, and thorough under
Standing IT, of EVERYTHING that has occurred to ME- N
p Trist) is of the very highest importance her that she
should possess. 1t for num6ss that
deeply concern her. and her in the most perma-
hnr nn,uo and
BoUNpLEss HEREAFTER. THE GENERATIONS WHICH ARE TO
FOLLOW U.s. LONG AS OUR NATION SHALL
CEASED TO EXIST, INTERESTED IN
THIS MATTER. Should the American people fail to obtain
this knowledge the evil TO that people,
and in all future time and through them to MANKIND can
not fail to be such as NO HUMAN MIND CAN CALCU-
LATE. We the vanguard in the movement of this
age and upon chiefly depends the direction which that
movement is to pursue.
deeply impressed with this truth, this plain and obvious
fact, formed the determination above stated 1t remains
however, yet unG,lfled The attention demanded by
my private affairs the necessity of providing home
my family, and variety of incidents, hav contributed
prevent its ulfmen. This however, will take place. If
live month longer. The example recently set by
TdAepand oW net be foloued by slH critc a.
thing which to be read only century hence The highest
of country, and of mankind through her. de-
mand that she shall know the truth that she shall know it
She shall have it she shall have it now.''
Well, true false, insane this is modest! Let
Taleyrand and such small fry wait ga century," But N
P Trst has been in Mexco-has carried the draught of
treaty down there-has had authority fill up one
two blanks left in it with of money not exceed
given amount-and, therefore, when he puts pen to pa
per, TO give "dediied Narrative" of everything that
has occurred to him. the only word of salvation forth
with, Attention the universe Mankind first, and then
coming generations through all future time, as fast as
they along Let Humanity fail to give noro,
her peril OF "evl consequences such no human mind
can calculate ~
Is not the stark mad
But there is more of it. Somebody probably wag-
gsh whig the lookout for fun-having seen in the
newspapers that Mr. Trst had announced his purpose of
writing his autobiography since he to Mexico
him IN an envelope just the following words
Luther says; Ii have a fault, would rather
speak too harshly and thrust forth unwsey than
have played the hyPocr'e any, and held ruth in
Whereupon, our bedlamte copies the words into his
letter to the Speaker, with the following buster:
Just the task of preparing the papers now transmit
ted drawing close, envelope reached me by
mail, bearing my address the hand Of bosom friend
whose is, irrcspscvey of locality and country
among the very highest OF the profession which he be-