The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-13
rmRrsAtr OF CENTRAL scorr.-we publish.

TIM freAtL OF CENTRAL Scorr. publish.
ed in yesterdays Herald, exclusively, and ahead
of all our contemporaries the proceedings of ca
bioet council which was held on the day before
Yesterday, in Washington, at which it was
determined that General Scott should be recalled
from Mexico, with directions to report himself
al Washington as soon as possible; aud further
more, that messenger would leave Washing
ton this morning, with such recall.
This movement will doubtless be the subject
of much animated discussion by the press,
throughout the country, and be freely comment
ed upon by the public at large; for il is matter
affecting, directly, the army, the administration
aud the country, as well as General Scott and
his generals. Indeed, one of our contempora-
ries the Courier and Enquirer, of this city, COM
menced this discussion yesterday, and defends
General Scott for the course he thought proper
to pursue, in the arrest of Generals Pillow and
Worth, and that of Col. Duncan, in very warm
manner.
This is only the commencement of the breeze
which this recall will raise throughout the
country.
Whether General Scott was right or wrong in
his proceedings, we cannot, in the present stage
will repeat what we have formerly stated-that
the brilliant campaign of General Taylor, from
the Rio Grande to Buena Vista, has not been
marred by any untoward circumstance similar
to this. His extreme, nay, almost sublime,
simplicity of character-hs paternal and atfec-
tionate demeanor towards all the officers under
his command, have endeared them all to him
and high as is the opinion which the people OF
the United States have for him, 1t is not so high
as that which the officers and men under his
command entertain for him. Whilst the neces-
sary discipline is maintained in his army, peace,
quietness and good feeling have characterized
ii, from the hour it was organized as an army of
occupation, until the present moment, when 1t
reposes in quiet, victorious, in Monterey. No
one can be found, throughout the length and
breadth of the country, who is willing to say
aught against General Scott, as military genius
of the highest order-as one of the greatest mill
tary tactcans of the age-as one of whom his
country is justly proud but while they admire
his brilliant campaign, from Vera Cruz to the city
of Mexico, and give him all due credit for his
mastery military conduct, they cannot but la
ment the causes which led to the difference be-
tween him and his generals, and regret that so
aberra tions Of temper, such as he has exhibited
in the order 349, since the termination of
the glorious campaign that closed with the occu.
patton Of Mexico.
Of course, the generals under arrest have also
been recalled, and their return will be the sig
nal for the commencement of a series of courts
martial, the proceedings of which will develope
the cause of all those difficulties. Whilst these
courts-martial will be beneficial to the country
in one respect, they may possibly be highly inju.
rious to il in another They will give publicity
to all those secret combinations, and expose the
handspring of the causes which led to the bril-
liant victories in the second campaign, and
thereby give to the world much valuable and in
teresting information that otherwise would
never meet the public eye. But, on the other
hand, the absence Of our most distinguished
generals from the seat of war, and with it the sb-
sence OF thatawe and morale which their presence
inspired, may, peradventure, induce the Mexican
generals and army TO form a combination once
more, and again try the chances of battle with
the troops r. The United States, and perhaps with
consequence that might defer the acquisition of
peace for longer period than ever.
With this view, therefore, it is absolutely ne
cessary that reinforcements should be thrown
into that country, sufficiently large to demon
strate the futiity of any such movement, as
soon as possible; and in order to enable the Pre-.
sident to do SO, Congress should Immediately
pass the ten regiment bill now before the Senate
We regret-it is lamentable that such a state
OF things has come to passive are sorry that
our army, after having accomplished military
miracles, and performed deeds that have dazzled
oh Il
country to the topmost pinnacle of nation al
fame-that the principal officers of that army
should be ordered home to be court martialed
and their personal differences exposed to the
world. Oh General Taylor, General Taylor
would that portion of thy sublime spirit Of
| moderation could be spared to some of thy bro.