New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-03-29
From the SEAT OF Wa.
THINGS IN WASHINGTON.
Bolts Answered-scott's Corrcspendence-
Corporal Nym.


Correspondence OF The Tribune.
wAsaNeroH. March %, lsas.
-Four Wing Members from Virgins have made
up brochure. and vented it in answer 10 q like
affair from JOHN MIsoR BORIS. The document u
signed by JOHN s. PEsDLEros, WIN. b. PRxsroSs
AsDREw g. FULTON and THos. 8. FLouREor, all
Wings ab orc et dd uRgueni. WIN. L. 0ooGIN,
the sixth Whg from Virginia, "makes no Sign
Gu 5ouo' OF what use was Mr.. BoTTs's pamph-
let or will be this reply II Mr.. Borrss course
was unwise, why should 1t have been followed
Members Of Congress can do more good 70 their
constituents than by advice a. to how they should
vote Beside, what other result can come from
suck wranglng but to make the Of the Philis.
tines rejoice and the Sons Of the uncircumcised
triumph
Gen Scorr's correspondence with Mr.. TRisr and
the Department 10 thought more favorably Of here
daily. His letter 30 Mr.. TRIsr, In which he gives
vent to much Indignation, seems 10 have pro-
ceeded from q misapprehcnsion of Mr.. TRIsT's
powers He supposed, when writing it. that he,
the head Of a victorious army which had performed
greater exploits Ia a shorter time than any on mill
tay record, was to give way, and be entirely super
seeded SO far az negotiations TOR peace went by
subordinate in one Of the civil departments Of the
Government; and Who In his opinion, had added
insult to the injary done him BY the cavalier and
dsrespectinl mannsr In which the announcement
OF bis functions vas made
Gen. Scorr did not know that TRIsTs mission
was "a mere precautionary measure that he
tTRIsr) was instructed by Mr.. BUCHANAN TO deliver
70 hi the patches with which he was intrustsd.
aud to make him fully acquainted with the chaIac-
ter and objects Of his mission Had he known THE.
he might, and undoubtedly would. have withheld
the expression OF his indignant feelings.
He had better have withheld them anyhow. L.
jeu nc raut pas la chandeiie. And beside, the
gre alter the indgnity IMPOSED upon him by the Ad.
p;.trs tba afav uoul1 hava a1 HE
services and greater the reward Of his countrymsu
That Gen. Scorr 10 sensitive and somewhat jsal-
Gus of bis position, no friend Of bis can deny Bot
this very sensitiveness springs from . nice sense
Of honor which feels slight more than wound,
and fears even the suspicion Of q faint more than
fearless aad without reproach he would appear b
all mankind.
Ia speaking Of "ths true Representatives II not
true descendants Of Corporal Nym," Mr. WEs-
STIR describes them % q class who handle the
public money without facing the fos." Corporal
Nym says for himself ~ dare not fight but I
will wink and hold out my iron. 1t 10 . simple
one but what though II will toast cheese and it
will endure cold a. another mans sword will and
there q an end"
However, 1t Is not always from want OF CT uragc,
that wha, may be called the civil officers Of the
army, refuse to fight. Some OF them Il is said did
yeomen service az BueDa Vista, and others may
have sought but missed an opportunity.
BY the way, Corporal Nym has hardly been
treated fair by the newspapers. In some reports Of
Mr. WEBsrERs speech he 10 called Corporal Trim
and Corporal Tim-by one Corporal Grim; a. II
he had never had q real existence or q certain
name and description.
Though to do the honest corporal justice. - hs
character has come down 10 us from the past it
would have made but little difference b him what
he was called. so thai he ras NOT called too late to
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