The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-03

Leaves have their time to fall
And flowers to wither 1T the North winds breath,
And stars to set but ALL
Thou hast all seasons for thine own, Oh, Death"
The and the order were then unanimously
adopted, and the Senate adjourned.
House OF Representatives.
WAsHISsTor, April ~, lS4s.
THE coRREsPoNpENcE BETWEEN GENERAL rcoTT AND
THE WAR DKpARrMENr-A Charge OF fALsEHoop.
previously crowded out
Mr.. CLINGMAN inquired what the order OF bust
Ths SPEAKER replied the printing Of an extra plumber
of copies of the between General Scott
Mr. CLrScMAN was i'm ortuned by four Eve gentle
men 70 yield IN, 70 S,,ns 10 bs
refused to yield Some time ago would be recoleot
ed the House passed resolution calling TOT certain cor
letters General Scott kept hack. The gentleman
from Maryland, (sfr McLane) and tho gentleman from
back; but they were and without justisble grounds
The administration refused TO give to the House and the
Knowledge Of II to the geneunn from South Carolina
(sir Rhett) sn1 other information to tho gentleman
from Mary land. lMr McLsne) The President refused
to communicate the Instructions to Side but Ia the
course OF ten days afterwards the documents were pub
lished in the New York papers.
MIR. McLANE-Does the gentleman say that referred
to dispatches not sent in to the House? =
Mr.. CLINGMAN-Such is my impression.
Mr.. McLANK-My reference was to the published do
cuments.
Mr.. CLIreMAr was happy to he corrected. He had
said former occasion that the Scott correspondence
kept back. The administration had shown their
tempt for ordinate branch OF the government but
tbs gentleman from lndsH. mir H.nly) brought for
Cluguan's allegation against the Secretary OF War
Mr. Marcy guilty of having attempted to impose
deliberate faseh pod upon tho House snd the country
Hs that MIR Heny deceived By the Score
tary Of War The call for s the dence be-
tween General Scott and the War Department, not yet
published. message seat into the House yestsr
day enclosing among others letter from tho Secretary
OF War dated the 2lst Of April covering
xh oh II nf half ~ nOf an
when the call wss made. But this part Of the
correspondence. While important documents have
ceedings Of tbs court martial in Mexico by which it
appears that General Pillow secretly furnished with
information withheld from tho House Mr.. Clingman
had complained that the plan Of the campaign not
communicated, and the gentleman from Indiana az
tempted to SHOW that what he said had no application
to the resolution calling for the correspondence
Mr. HkNLEy said that the plan Of tho campaign was
not included in the resolution of tho House
Mr. CLrNGMAN replied that when he put ths ques-
ton, the gentleman from Indiana made such state
ment but the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Mel ane)
thought that The resolution did cover the plan of the
campaign.
solution, he would have made the statement.
MIR CLINeMAN remarked that Mr. Henley bad greater
obtusity Of intellect than he had supposed The gentle
had read extracts from his to show that the
plan Of the campaign included No, the gentleman
put the question on the wrong ground, At any rate,
the Secretary of War understood tho matter, and
The Secretary thought that it was easy thing to
state alsehooa to his political friends, aud he induced
them to come into the House and say that letters
called for never existed II was wilfu falsehood on the
part of the Secretary of War. After call was made
upon BIN for correspondence it occurred to him to send
sas Of Th
Secretary finding that the facts would come out pre-
pared this long defence Of his conduct General Scott
the letters show not responsible for the smslness
Of force left with General Taylor previous to the battle OF
Buens Vista. The Secretary endeAvors to throw the
blame. The department too utterly failed to furnish
General Sect With the troops it promised after the fall
to the cents Mr. .rsS for m.ndns
his snagged in the service OF State OF Now
York. and said that the whole matter had turned out as
he said 1t woUdau attempt to degrade General Scott
1t Is Sootts misfortune TO be successful General and
therefore he must be sacrificed It reported that the
administration has sent on message to Mexico not to
adjourn the court martial. 1t seems that they do
srous Of keeping him in that country until after the
on o tsep him tS.rs th. p.opl. will call him BACK
Justice will be done to Scott some day No man bad
been badly treated as he. The administration had
prosecuted him The whg press had not defended hin
Some them for Clay and othe-s for Taylor They
dare not their indignation for fear Of bringing up
himself 10 say that he Scott in connection with
that Off sc, he would not cay that he better can
didAte, or as good candidate but he held with.
sion II Scott shall be nominated by the whis con-
vsntion, ne would beat any man the democrats can
nominate In conclusion, Mr. Ciingmsn eulogizsd Gen
Scott; but the above must ice, we have rather
GOVERNOR MARcY's sREEcHEs.
The resolution under consideration read, viz. -:
That ten Thousand extra copies Of the dence
between MIR. Trist and Mr Buchanan between the War
Department and Generals Scott and Taylor and the
msincer Of the correspondence submitted yesterday be
printed.
Mr.. Housros, Of Alabama, arose one side of the
hall; and
MIR vINros, on the osher, inquired if the morning
hour had expired.
The srsAkrR-s.ven minutes yet remain.
Mr.. HoUsroH-That's time enough for me. The gen
| temau from North Carolina (Nr. ChDgman) has been
part the speech he made in ls40 about cider
necessity of replying to It. except 40 far as this that he
repeat it better than M any body els. INA! h. But
there is thing will notice He speaks OF Gsnersl
Pillow reading extracts in Mexico from Mr. Trist's let
ter to Mr.. Buchanan Would he have that information
withheld from Major General ri!loS, who Is under
charges, and given to the public Tbs charge agaost
ths Secretary Of War Is serious IL made In seri
ousnes ana should the serious attention Of
| the House and the country He says that Secretary
Marcy has commiteda fraud and made false statement
Where the proof? 10 there thing before the House
ouotify the allie stioD Is not the gentleman hsz,rd
ng too much in face Of the documents and the ties
| timony! ask him whether be is not hazardips too
much7 find that the HONORABLE. member iron North
Carolina has been working Cd this sutjsct f,r days,
weeks and months; wiring away with view to get at
some thing about Governor Marcy somebody else;
and now he has got into the most harmless condition
where it is possible to find him. There leave him
He lie there in the pockets of Governor Msrcy's cid
breaches, where he esys there wss hole or patch
the hole Is not large enough to escape BY there he will
remsn during the session. now call for the previous
| question.
MIR CoScrR was understood to say that he did not
desire tn make speech but he wished the subject to be
referred TO the Printing Committee, to ASCERTAIN what
the printing OF the documents would cost
Mr Hous TONI don't desire To BIS obstinate in mat
ter Of this sort. believe that my friends the way
CHE whigs) have done all the speaking; and have
heard tho cost Of printing thrown out rs an item.
Mr. HrLLI.Rp-l wi.h 10 ask a question.
| MIR. Housror--I can't withdraw the demand for tho
| previous question
Mr. vlNroS moved that the House resolve itself into
Committee of the Whole the Safe of the Union but
| the motisn disagreed to
| The question then tsken and the House refused
| to second The demand for the previous question.
rooR GENERAL rILLow--rHg ADMINISTRATIONS AT FAULT
MIR. sTEFHENs of Georgia, moved to amend the reso
luions ten thousand extra copies OF all the
pondcpce between the Secretary Of War and army on
far has been published already be also print
ed 1hs his said, would include the war message, and
the correspondence transmitted during the last Con
gress and Of which extra copies printed II THU