The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-04-21
T Il L UNION.

tons here speced relate not 10 what the administration
had done bat what General Scott pleased TO say
and imagine to the intentions Of the administration
Judging Of those intentions be I'D. partly through Mr.
Trsrs conduct and altogether in the very heat and rage
of his violent personal quarrel with Mr. Tnst Now
to General Scots sayings and imagnngs in these prem
Uses, carefully abstsined from making any denial
whatever. We knew that be saying and imagining
very strange things; but that his affair What we
ddand all that didwas to deny positively above
that the administration had done the specifically and
falsely alleged by the Courier on the sth of July So
much for the second and third assertions which the Cou
rier dares to represent having denied.
And as to the first OF these allegations Of
thought of denying that Mr. Trist forwarded to
General Scott despatch from the Department OF War
We denied simply that the administration had given Mr.
Trist authority to interfere with SCOTS military
mand In this we meant to be understood, and
derstood. denying that Mr. Tnst had authority to
clude armisce, and direct General Scott to agree
it. Mr. Trst had no authority to conclude amistice.
His instructions, Gas they now known) and the
gotiations which he authorized TO upon con-
templaed armstice They contemplated only peace
peace to be made BY treaty, ratified by the Mexican
government Still less had Mr.. Trist any authority to
give Gen. Scott any drect on to agree 10 armsce
TO give him any other direction whatever. But he had
hority to give Gen Scott wriea notice of the ratification
Of treaty of peace by the Mexican government; which
treaty. in one OF IFS articles, provided that hostili-
ties should cease till they should arise again upon new
The draught OF this treaty, together with all Mr.
Trisrs Instructions the administration intended Gen
Scott to Most manifesty such cessation of hostil-
tiles was no armstce Still less was il an armstice TO
be concluded by Mr. Trst. On the contrary, it was
peace, made through treaty of peace drawn up by our
executive government its constitutional conduct of our
negotiations with foreign power. AS soon as Gen.
Scott had written notice from Mr. Trs that such treaty
of peace ratified by the Mexican government he as
the general in command, directed by the President
through the War Department, mot through Mr. Trss,)
to respect its provisions In this state of facts to say
that Mr.. Trist had authority to conclude an armis-
tce, and direct General Scott TO agree to it. is to
add folly to falsehood We did mean to deny then,
and we mean to deny now, that Mr. Trist sent
General Scott despatch from the War Department gy-
ing him (TrisD power to conclude armisce" So far
this from being the fact, that no despatch that we have
ever heard of, emanatng from the War Depart
ment, gaze Mr.. Irist any poper at ALL What power
Mr. Trst had he got through the State Department not
through the War Department 1t absurd to look ia
the dispatches of the War Department the sources Of
Mr. Trist's powers; and those powers however given,
did not reach Gas have said) the conclusion OF an
armistce.
In conclusion to settle this question of veacity be-
tween and the Courier, have only to repeat tina
of the assertions OF that journal denied just those and
only those, which unqualifedy false In this its
last article, the Courier has alleged that made de-
NAL which did make. This allegation also we
have now proved to be another falsehood We grudge
the space which give to this matter yet if the Courier
shall see fit to fasfy again the subject shall prob
ably again take the trouble to expose and brand its false
hood We do this for the good Of the press Such an
article as that in the Courier of Thursday OF last week
demands strict and exemplary measures of literary police