Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-04-15
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1t my duty to pursue, it's my misfortune
that course was the dictate of my own heart
Its propriety confirmed by my own judg-
ment.
shall say nothing in relation TO the ap-
peal of Major General Scott TO sympathy, or
the attitude of defiance he has thought pro-
per TO assume before this Court-,his is, at
all times, matter of taste, and is alike the
resort of the innocent and the guilty
Nor shall remark upon the violent de-
nuciatious he has been pleased TO level a
gainst his Government, whose commission
he bears, and whose lawful decisions he is
bound in my duty and in honor to respect
neither shall allude TO the origin OF the
difficulty between General Scott and myself
the facts of the case are before the public
and am willing to abide the impartial judg-
ment of my countrymen.
| merely propose TO set Major General
Scott right in few errors of fact, into which
an excess of feelings, or malign influences,
seem to have hurried him.
General Scott says have caused him Ito
be prejudged and punished at home, and
then TO be brought forward to be tried again
which he, (meaning General WORTHY my
junior, has bccu pre-acqui,ted and reward
ed"
''If General Scott means to say that his
Government has ''prcjudged' and punished"
him, he either mislates or misunderstands
its action.
II will be seen by reference TO the facts al
ready before the public, that the General-in
chief attempted to stiile my accusations, by
shifting himself, by an exercise of power,
from the position of all accused, TO that of a
prosecutor. which if permitted. would be to
establish precedent Of service most fatal TO
the rights of every member of the profession
as guaranteed to the humbles,, by the rules
and articles of war.
Iappealed TO the Government for protcc-
ton against what conceived TO be injustice
on the part Of Major General Scott towards
| had an unques,ionabe right TO do
and for that was arrested This Court has
been ordered to investigate as to the matter
of my appeal The usages and interests of
the service, as well as the rights of the par
ties concerned, required that Major General
Scott should be suspended from command,
pending the investigation.
Where, then, is TO be found the "pre-judg-
ment' and ''punishment" so bitterly conf
planned of! Certainly not in the action oi
the Govemmcn nt-and even if found there'
wherein am responsible for it But, if Cen
Scott means that public opinion has 'prc-
Judged and punished" him, still less can
be held accountable Cor the decision of that
tribunal--it judges men according to their
acts. Public opinion is severe, but upright
Judge, before whom 'the innocent have no.
thing 10 fear-the guilty nothing to hope"
AS regards my own case, have not been
''preacquit,ed,' nor have been ''rewarded.n
The charges of Major General Scott against
me have not been dismissed, nor do | desire
that they should be. am prepared to meet
not only the specific charge preferred against
me, but also that 'o,her probable matter"
wherewith have been menaced. But, as
the charge preferred against me by Major
General Scott was based upon my appeal to
the Government against the injustice OF that
officer towards myself, the Government, in
accordance with law and justice, has suspen-
previously preferred by me shall have been
disposed Of
In reference 10 the "rcward" spoken of by
Major General Scott, he can only mean my
assignment to command according to my
brevet of Major-General, by the President of
the United States Ii correct in this conlcc-
much as the President, by this act, only did,
in accordance with law, what Gen. Scott had
done, in violation of it nearly one year be-
fore-the propriety of which act on the part
of General Scott, J, at the time, repudiated
General Scott has been pleased publicly to
announce that at the end of this Court he
shall ''be done with him (me) forever" Be
it so, have the consolation of knowing that
the ties of friendship formed from intimate
personal and professional association, and
strengthened, for thirty five years, by many
reciprocities of kindness and obligation have
not been broken asnuder by any act OF mine
Very respectfully submitted,
w. J. WORTH,
Bvt. Maj. Gen. U. S. A.
Mexico, March II, 1913.
Subsequently, in consequence of Gen. Pill
low desiring TO meet the charges, they Were
presented by General Scott, and occupy sew
eral columns of the Delta. They are known
to the public, however, to arise out of the au-
thorship Of the Leonidas letter
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excellent transmitter Of the wave Of vibration
and hence if the nerve OF hearing is not des-
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