Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-04-29

tempted TO refute his charges by bringing four letters and
attempting TO palm them off the letters referred TO- Every
body would see that if these letters were mol included IN the
call for the correspondence would have been very easy Tor
The Secretary Of War say And he might nave said
that he speeches delivered here that were made
against him Of Withholding Gen Scott plan OF the campaign,
but that in the call The gentleman irom Indiana,
,oo might have here and stated that TACT ut the
Secretary said such thing He well knew ne mad said
this House there would have been another call him
for those letters and that plan Of ampasn ana hat nose
documents would have been drawn from hm
Mr. HENLEY interposed to say that he thought he did
make such statement 10 the House To the best Of his
collection he made such statement that Gen scos plan OF
the campaign was not called for he believed ne hau sa
in reply TO the gentleman from Georgia, Mr SrEPHEss
and be said il now.
| Mr. CLINGMAN said he was infinitely obliged 10 the
gentleman from Indiana for the interruption and explanati1n
but be again repeated that when the question was put 10 the
gentleman from Indiana the occasion referred TO- that gen.
teman made such statement He dd-some time after he
had taken his seasome half hour after The discussion had
taken paceae the yeas and nays had been called Tor ana
ake and other business had been transacted and the
gentleman from Georgia Mr. STEPHESs) had occupied the
hocse from his and insist that these letters had not
been called for The gentleman at that time had had an OPP
pouny TO the Secretary OF War; or to have aconieence
with of his associates But the statement was not made
at the time. II was the gentleman from Maryland lMr.
McLASE who and contended that the resolution did not
call for these letters Thereupon he (M read the reso
luton making the call show that did embrace these very
letters and the gentleman from Maryland seemed to have
abandoned his objection.
Mr.. HENLEY said if at the time alluded to, he did not
though his impression that he ddhe asserted that
the letters mentioned by the gentleman from North Ca
rona Mr CLIsGaAN)) not called for, and he could
imagine how the gentleman could suppose they were
Mr.. CLINGMAN was asonshed at the declaration of the
gentleman from Indiana He would call to the attention OF
the House the which the gentleman had read from his
(Mr. q. 81 own speech
The Administration while apparently undertaking fur
nh all the correspondence of Gen. Scott knew well that it
important send in Gen. Scotts plan of the
paign Gen. Scott accordingly elaborated plan of
campaign which the Administration has not thought pro-
per to give to the public"
And with these extracts before him. which be read to the
House, the gentleman did not know that he Mr c. alluded
to Gen. SCOTS plan Of campaign Why the gentlemans
intellect must have been wonderfully obtuse. He repeated
the gentleman had exhibited obtusy of intellect of which
be had not supposed human being capable The gentle
man. doubt had been mised by the false of the
Secretary He had thereby been nducedt put his objection
the wrong ground The Secretary supposed easier
induce the gentleman from Indiana to state sehood,
with view Of misleading the House and the country than
his justification the ground assumed by the
gentleman from Indiana Il obvious, from all that had
occurred that the Secretary had deliberate purpose pac
tse fraud by inducing the genemsn from Indiana to make
statement the House which the Secretary knew himself
be false But this point necessary that he
should longer detain the House.
There WERE however, one other points which he
desired say word two The gentleman from Indiana,
the of his remarks he learned from the published
repor-and he really thought he had 10 complain of
him well Of the Secreary-made other remarks
which required passing notice When he (Mr e. spoke
that subject before would be recoeced that he
declared that he desired these documents for the purpose
establishing facts FIRST be desired acquit Gen. Scott
Of the charge leaving Gen. Taylor with small and INSULT
cen force to meet the Mexican army under Gen. Santa Anna
When looked these documents yesterday he struck
with remarkable fact This call made the 18th
April but the Secretary Of War; instead OF answering prompt
N and sending those letters this House. kept them waiting
from to twelve days and he found that the 2lst Of
April four days after the call made by the adoption OF his
resolution the Secretary indes letter TO Gen. Scott which
fills foynne pages of manuscript and is full OF invec
tive against the Commander chief and that letter, written
with much labor after the call made, he sends this
House part Of the correspondence contemplated by the
resolution He really gave the Secretary credit for his in
dusty -Four days, be remarked after the call made,
the Secretary began TRADE Of abuse against Gen Scott
which, from hasty peusa appeared to throw out mputa
tons the courage and honor Of Gen Scott and all that
soldier holds dear Yes the Secretary finding that the facts
would thought proper thus TO prepare defence for
himself and the Administration and al the time TO assa
Gen. Scott But Gen. SCOTS character would yet stand
clear before the country The whole correspondence when
could be brought before the country would make that a
pear Il would appear that Gen. Scott responsible
for the position in which Gen. Taylor placed. II would
appear from the reports Of The Department that Cen Taylor
had thousand regulars and thirteen thousand five hun
ded volunteers and that five thousand Of the regulars
drawn from him for Gen. SCOTS column, leaving two thou
sand regulars and heavy volunteer force and the Govern
undertook call out nine regiments that Gen Tay
or might DO amply sustained Gen. Taylor then UNDER
stoodto be at Monterey and il the Administration had kept
Il
Secretary Of War attempted to throw the blame Gen. Scott
i but the facts would not bear him out
Another point which he had called the attention Of the
House was that the Department had supplied Gen. Scott
with adequate after the capture Of Vera Cruz and to
this the gentleman from Indiana (Mr HEsLEr replied and
attempted sustain himself by high authority. To quota
ton from the remarks Of the gentleman from Indiana he call
ed the especial attention OF the House The gentleman
dertook himself by reading from the
pondence Of Gen. Scott from Of whose letters he read the
/ following
"The Quartermaster General (brevet Major Gen. Jeup)
At New Orleans has find, taken all proper measures with
judgment and prompude 70 provide every thing depending
his Department for the dispatch and Of my exped
II ton
Now understand the fairness Of the gentemans quota
ions he begged the House listen the OF
the letter, which the gentleman from Indiana did not
read
"Transports casks filed with water &c are accordingly
expected to arrive here and Oft Tsmpeo before the 9TH Of
the next month"
50, them il appeared that Gen. Scott literally gave the
Quarernsster credit not for what he had done but for
be bad promised do and for supplies expected the
coure Of the month Now he had in this right
plain Of the gentleman from Indiana for d,ing what he
call ssrbng letter. Here taken toge-
ther II which only given by the gentleman from In
diana, though the ser intimately connected with the
former The gentleman from Indiana quoted the first only,
which was well calculated to msead the country. This
was unfair 10 Gen. Scott for there hundreds in the
country who would read the speech the honorable gentleman
from Indiana who would the document from which
be protested to quote
Bot to pass TO another point. The gentleman from In