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

CO We copy from the Louisville Journal
of Saturday the following to which we call the
attention of the reader:
"When, after the late ratification of the
treaty OF peace, our army were returning from
the city of Mexico they received information
a little before arriving at Vera Cruz, of Cass
aud Buffers nomination by the Locofoco CON
vention. Thereupon Gen. Lane and few 9th
er Locoforo officers of high grade called 20
Iitical meeting of the rank aud file of the arm,
Tor the ratification OF the nomination. AS il
conscious that they were guilty of an outrage
III thus calling partisan meeting of their sol
dIers whilst yet in the military service of theii
country upon foreign soil, they put forth a
manifesto, declaring that their time of service
had ended with the ratification of the tr aty.
and that officers and men were then private
citizens. They held their Meeting, and. Lane
acting as president, they passed thu most full
some resolutions In favor of Cass aud Butler
extQlling i'll the highest terms The military
characters of both, but had not the candor OF
the common decency to make the slightest al
fusion 10 the glorious services of General Tay
| lor, the immortal hero of the war from which
| they were returning. These Lorofoco officers
| By this whole proceeding. by this indet orou,
attempt in a foreign ,countrxto make partisan
capital for their candidates and for ihemselve
by the force # the military drill, disgracet
their epaulets, which should have been tori
unceremoniou,l IL from their shoulders
| Beyond Vera Cruz and upon Mexican sol
our brave soldiers, when their presence wa
wanted at political meeting. were told b
Lane and Others that their term of military ser
vice was at an end, and that they were privat
citizens with all the rights of such citizens
But when these soldiers; after arriving at New
Orleans and landing ON American soil elaine,
that their service was at an end, and that the
had right 10 have their discharge, they re-
ceived for answer from their Locoleco officer
that their term of service was not at an end
that if they left their posts they would be pun
ished as deserters, and that thew should b
packed oft whatever point and.in whateve
manner the Government pleased
In addition TO the above statement it is tru
also, as we are informed by several of the re
turned volunteers who were present at hi
meeting and who belong toour city, that whe
a wing officer rose in the meeting and attempt
ed TO vindicate his party and TO be heard in de
Tense of his candidate whom they were slight
ing, he was told that it was not politica
dlitl tiS was ICfuStQ ItdIllIS- III ldC
/, he was ordered by Gen Lane TO sit down, an
while he and hundreds of other Wings were
as the Journal expresses it, compelled ''by tn
force on military drill to be present, they wer
allowed no voice i'll the proceedings of tn
meeting and dared not vote against them
What do the free people of this country thin
of such proceedings as this. Would they llav
believed that Gen. Lane--who but short tim
before was in our midst eulogizing Gen. Tay
lor TO the skies, proclaiming him all that
man and an officer should be, and winning 70
himself the warm hearts of the Wings of thi
section by his apparent love for and devotion
TO the good old man, would they have believed
we say, that Gen. Lane could so soon have for
gotten all.this and Immediately on his return
to his command assisted in getting up meet
ing at which no friend of Gen. Taylor was per
mited to be heard notwithstanding it was s'nt
political nleeting"? Such are the facts, how
ever, as we have heard them again and agar
from those who were present. What do tn,
people think Of them.