Arkansas intelligencer., 1848-02-26
VOLUME 7-NO. 2 !
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The Charges against Gen. Scott.

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from Vera Cruz correspondent giving sum-
ary of the charges against Gen. Scott. After
referring 10 many cases of wasteful cxtravagance
in procuring supplies, and Of con,emptuous dis.
regard of the directions and arrangements Of the
Secretary of War, the correspondent, proceeds.
! On the arrival of the army in Puebla, tho
same course of extravagant expenditure was pur.
sued: the General in Chief was again surrounded
! by the myrmdons of Santa Anna ho earerly
courted the acquaintance Of the leaders of the
monarchcal party; visited the bishop oc the do
cese, who was always one of the leading mon.
archists; and studlously kept aloof from all com.
municaton with the great republican party which
comprises at least three. fourhs of the population.
The monarchiss again became his confidential
| advisers, and through them he opened corre-
spondence with Santa Annals particular friend
Mr.. Voss, of indemnity memory from which
source he drew all his Information, until Santa
Anna sent him Garcia, Spanish interpretcr.
who, under the pretext of having been banished
from Mexico, American citizen. came 10
Pueba, fegnng 10 have been robbed on the
road. ln fourteen hours after his arrival in Pue.
ba, he was taken into the family of the General.
in-Chef as an Interpreter. 1t is we'll known
that this Spanard, Garcia, had never claimed TO
be an American citizen; and we are induced 10
believe that he had no other title 10 citizenship
than wha; arose from his having married a cast.
off mistress OF a late Minister 10 Mexico; be this
as II may, he regularly furnished his friend Santa
Anna, in cypher, with all the information he
could gather IN the family of the General-in-
Chief.
The political action Of the General in. Chief
was concentrated upon single object: "to
conquer peace" His counsellors persuaded
him that Santa Anna was omnipotent in the
country, and that through his influence alone
would that desirable object be attained He re-
fused 10 avail himself Of other and moro correct
channels Of information offered to be opened to
him, which would have been the leaders of tho
great republican party, from which source alone
positively useful information could bavo been
derived. They would have informed him frankly
that no propositions for peace could or would be
entertained until that host of cowardly yaea bonds
called the army of Mexico, was DESTROYED They
would have said TO him, "We know that SANTA
Anna and the army are desirous TO make peace
OF any terms. They supported in that object
by the church and the aristocracy. no, from
patriotic or humane views; but the sole object of
retaining IN their hands the reins of government
winch Will inevitably escape their grasp, when
they are without bayonets 10 sustain their despo,.
ISM We, the organs of the republican pa rtv.
have the power TO prevent any peace being made,
and are determined to exercise that power until
tho military power of our country is annhated,
and the government thereby restored 10 the peo-
pie. When that is effected, and tho people ena-
oeu 10 speak tnrougn the repreScntatlv OF their
will, then gratitude will dispose them 70 code TO
your government, our benefactors, oven moro
than II has asked al our hands. Again: If YOU
entertain hope or expectation of patching up n
peace with Santa Anna and his satellites, we tell
you, IN all candor, that your hopes are fallacous
There will DO no peace! We, tho sovereign peo-
pIe must be delivered from our oppressors and
placed in tho enjoyment of n republican govern
ment, before We will or can consent to make q
peace Out of the evils OF our wo, we, the people.
must must and viii extract the blessings Of liberty
The power of the republican party to carry out
this purpose, would have been fully and salts
factorily demonstrated TO the General-in. Chief,
whilst in the city of Puoba, if he had not with
scorn and contempt refused TO hold any commu-
nicaton with, or derive any information from.
the person recommended to him by the Secretary
of War: and if he had acted upon that nforma-
ton, which would cheerfulIy have been given 20
him, he would have been saved from the ignominy
OF having made armis,ice before the gatos Of
Mexico, which, in its disastrous effects cost us
some thousands Of valuable lives. AZTEC