Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-02-09


" Ep ~ 4 sEBR uARY s. 1919.
q * va ssafn Sheet. Eaironcr aad door
ADORE ne Bank.
81 AZ
GEN SCOTT SUSPENDED FROM
COMMAND.
Thissubject IS occupying, ii The pres
ctt sirne, much space ID the Whig ior -.
~ q The country. and calling dow /, upon
the devoted head Of the President J
u'ountain st contumely. Certain i Is
shas this announcement strikes the roader
with no little interest and as,on;shment
1nd may, without due reflection, seem
novel and extraordinary. There can be
no doubt az 70 the powerof,he President.
e suspend, o. recall him, as in his opin-
ION sae exigencies Of the public service
and the country may require; but i, be-
comes question Of expediency and JUS
( s'ce, whether the exercise Of this power
would be proper, unless there should
prove 70 have existed necessity for I'M
mediate consultation with Gen. Scott. or
palpable deielic.ion, or violation Of du-
lyon hispart. 1.-THE former, the poll
teal shunder' Of Wing journals has been
expended for nought; il the latter, they
have only alargc and pleasant field Of la
Dor before them, 10 endeayor TO screen
the guilty from justice.
Thus far, We know nothing or the eau
ses which led 10 this step, and therefore
i i not only unwise, bu, absolutely I'M
Just, in tho Wing journals, to anticipate
wrong done Gen. Scott, and to endeayor
10 prejudice the public mind in his favor.
BY denouncing the Executive and the act
= highly offensive TO the country. Char
ges have been preferred against him by
IN officer occupying high place in the
ranks Of the army and in public .esiima-
tion, az an intelligent, brave and patriot
ic man. VIVA. those charges arc, we
know not. They may involve the honor,
ihe pride, and the safety fshe nation, or
the sequel may prove them 10 have found
their being in . jealous disrespcc. for the
capacities Of superior, or reckless de-.
sire and determination 10 carve out road
20 promotion, BY yilifying the character
Of that superior. We do not proclaim
that Gen. Scott has been guilty Of ia
grant outrage, but We ask, in all candor,
lit IS not as fair 10 presume tina, he has,
a. that the President and Cabine, should
descend 70 tho low purpose Of entering
into Q sscret scheme Of chicanery with
Gen. Worth, by which to destroy the
character o! q successful General, and
defoat the ends Of justice, when they
must know that their object will be detect
ed, and their conduc, denounced by the
country and the world. Be ISSUED there
is loo much intelligence III the Executive
and Cabinet Of the country, TO assume
this responsibility without ample cause; !.
Il ssdt r. I
and that however much the Wing party
may desire 10 foment discord in the Dc Dc;
0ocratic ranks, and amass capital for the
approaching Presidential strife, BY en-
deavoring.to spring trap upon the ad.
rninissration, the history Of the case will
show ihem, in this affair, as in all o,hc rs,
z a unprincipled disregard Of the honor
and Interests Of tbs nation, and IN I'M
acrupulous determination to secure the
reigns Of goyernmen. in the next cam
laign. whether BY fair means, or foul.
II has been proclaimed by le,ter-writers
il Mexico, that Mr.. Triss and Gen Scot,
hare entered, o. proposed to enter, into
treaty Of pescs with Mexico, wi,hou. any
authority from the government, and in
direct contfavention motifs instructions. j,
has also been stated, through the public
journals of the east, that Mr.. Tlist has
been discharged from the S.ats DDs,,art-
mens, for this abuse Of his Office. How
= So :
snnc hconfidence may be placed in these
reports, we know not. But should they
turn out 70 be rue, the reason for the &c,
of me President, is no doubt before the
country, and must find ready response
n every patriotic heart. Al all events,
4 would be much bctterif our Wing jour
; ~
nalists would wait until they get the facts,
leioss they PREJUDICE the case, BY pub
lishing their opinions TO the world. III
H. the boast q. the civilized world, and
pAssleula,ly does i apply 10 the inssitu-
lions q this country ",hat every man is
supposed 70 Be innocent, Until proved 10
81 gritty. !"
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