Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-08-17

20 lar into tue canvass mas fastened upon tudl
print character for mendacity which has no
,qual in this part of the country. No lie
seems to great for it, and no act too outrageous
or it to commit We do not trouble oursei
% notice one-tenth part of The ISLANDERS daily
put forth by it, and the reason is that they are
50 garing that every reader in the community |
IS as capable as we are of detecting them
the matter about which DR.. Lane
writes us, however, it is different Gen. Lane
in his speech here short time ago, quoted from
a certificate from DR.. Lane, (Which he did not
produce to the meeting and evidently desired
TO make the impression that the story, now told
by the Democrat that ''Gen. Taylor promised
to correct his report was borne out in tia
certificate. This was the impression Gen !
Lane wished to leave on the public mind and
because tn: Wings, knowing how well this was
met by Gen. Taylor in his letter TO Mr.. Dunn,
thought proper to let the matter go without
public denial, the Democrat was emboldened
TO make the same charge. without knowing and
lCithout caring whether it was false or not so
.ong'as the Wings permitted it 10 pass uncon
lradcted. But the public need not express
surprise at this act i'll the Democrat. 1t is ola
piece with every single statement made by that
print against Gen. Taylor-has just as much
truth in it as any that it can or lciH make
against him. We cannot believe after this that
The public will place the slightest confidence
in any statement made by the Democrat. The
following is the communication of Dr. Lane
and also the original certificate furnished by
him to Gen. Lane:
Mr.. EDIroR:-In the Democrat of the It'll.
the following paragraph is inserted-viz:
Dixon closed by abusing Gen. Lane, the ia
vourite of Indiana, and we care not how much
the Wing Orators DO this, the more they abuse
him, the better for Democracy. DIR. Lane an
Intelligent Wing of this city, certifits that
Gen. Taylor agreed to correct his report about
the lndianiaus and this is enough" -t
Now, have only to state that, the author of
that paragraph had no authority to use my name
at all and further, that have not certified
about the Indianians. Gen. Taylor never in
my presence, said so, nor did ever hear Gen.
Lane or any other other officer in the Army
say so. The fact is that, after the investiga
lions of the Courts of Enquiry. called by Gen.
Lane and Col. Bowles, as to the transactions
on the battle field of Buena Vista and from
conversations with Gen. Wool and Gen. Tay
lor the officers and troops Of Indiana, left Mex
h. hot Co,
Taylor would set their conduct in the right
light at the War Office at Washington accord
ing 10 the reports of those courts.
Iwish to say further, l am not mixed up
with the politics of any party. have made
these statements solely for the sake of truth,
and will thank editors and their correspon-
dents to omit my name in their electioneering
paragrap hs from this time FORTH.
D.S.LANE.
The following is copy of the certificate
of DR.. Lane, in which according TO the para
graphin the Democrat, Gen. Taylor is repre-
scented as having agreed to correct his report,
9c:
Gen. TAYLOR, after conversing some time
with Gen. Lane in company with Maj. Moony
and DR.. Lane. in his tent at his Encampment
at the Walnut Springs near Monterey, Mexico,
stated, after conversing Familiarity on the sub
ject of the retreat of the I'd Ind. Reg't. in the
battle of Buena Vista, and evincing full &C
quainance with all the facts in relation to it
as established by the courts OF Enquiry called
By Gen Lane and Cot Bowles to inquire in
TO their conduct respectirely-that he was very
sorry he had not left Col. Bowles at the mouth
of the Rio Grande, where he could have done
as we'll as any one, and brought Col. Drakeup
Had he done so he said had no doubt that all
the discredit that had fallen on the State Of
Indiana would have been avoided-tllat with
Col Drake instead of Col. Bowles the credit
of the Indiana troops would have been safe.
The following paragraphs taken from Gen.
Tayor's letter to Mr.. Damn are all that is ne
cessary to set the whole matter in its right
light:
On reference to the records of afficial papers
in the office of my Adjutant General, find no
evidence that the proceedings of the Court of
Inquiry, instituted at the request OF Gen. Lane,
were sent 10 me. To The best of my recolec-
ton, they certainly acre not In the absence
Of Major Bliss, my Adluant General, cannot
speak more positively. The order constituting
the Court was issued by Gen Wool, and as ii
originated at his Head Quarters, It's proceed
ngs, he probably conceived, not necessary to
be sent TO me. His course, however. in order
ing the Court, was approved By me-;
with the supplemental letter of General
Lane, of May 10, 1917. written as is stated, to
correct the disposition to do injustice to lndi
anal have nothing to do. 1t was not. and
could not be termed, Report, either supple
mental or otherwise; hence the reason why
you did not find it on record in the War Office.
1t first met ms eye in the columns of news
paper r4 4sas.lz faar
'.After the finding of facts by the Court of
Inquiry, had Gen. Lane conceived his own Of
fetal report demanded correction. he would.
1t seems fair 20 suppose, have rendered a.sup-
Elemental report. as in the cases of the Sd 9Th
and 24lh Of March, directly 10 General Wool
No such corrective statement was, so far as
know ever made. Without such a statement
either from him or Gen. Wool, there could be
no warrant for change in my own detailed
r'port.''
"No PRINCIPLES The principles of the
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