The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-03-25
The Documents.

The President in compliance with the call OF the House
of Representatives, has sent in large of documents
connected with the military movements of Gen. Scott
and the negotiations of MIR. Trist They consist of pa
pcrs drawn partly from the State Department and partly
from the War Department We hasten to lay the former
before readers The other portion of the dispatches
very voluminous and may up to near 200 printed
pages We shall give abstract of them, with some
the original papers themselves SO soon as we can obtain
the copies. or find room for their publication
The wings in the House, with Mr. Clngman at Their
head, are. attempting to supersede their own movement
and cancel their own resolution for printing extra
number OF copies! They affect to say that these docu
mens have been gabed and that they are made 10 bea
unfairly upon the Commanding General This is gross
Misrepresentation of the fact The documents have moi
oeen garbled at all None have been withheld which the
Puoc interest would at this time permit to be published
come few papers only have been kept back because they
'ouch interesting relations to the enemy the midst of
important negotiation, or because they relate to the pend
proceedings OF the court of inquiry and on this last
Pon may as well say at once that the charge of send
sueh scott to court OF inquiry, and of exemptng Gen
worm from similar investigation until the court has
reported IN the previous of Gen. Scott is not justi
hed by the fact of the order of the transactions or bv the
principles applicable to the 1t is nothing more than
al ac Oh justice to the Secretary to hear him before he
condemned His letter addressed to the commanding
and pointing out the grounds of his proceeding
WIN soon be laid before the country
"erepea that there has been no garblng of the docu
menus. But the wings affecting to raise this plea
unoer the hope Of escaping from the smoke which they
nave raised. They had INDUCED the idle hone of ey
uacng materials of attack against the administration from
''en call Tor papers, and since they have dipped into
'en' 'hey hnd that they unable to raise any capaI
NUN 'he'f productions that the course of the admnstrn
'' o.e" ~ha' 1t ought to have been; and that, in
80 III vulgar parlance' they have caught Tartar.
,hey are wiling therefore, to withhold these docume,
rom the public eye far as thew can ven,re n,
the experiment '~'
That portion of the budget which we now ,.v h.sor,
ou' readers, relates to the negotiations of Mr. Ts,
'''' eh''rely from the Department of State II prc
Jun our commissioner and our commander in n en-
'.ou' point OF view There surely never was +, MAJ,
singular contrast presented in the tone of the o,sn;,
correspondence and the close of il, than "a >, !,
i'uha IN the trst and final relations Of Mes.r. r..
anu oeou There were strange errors on both sd.
WI irtt should have seen General Scott n, on.. =.
SHOWN MN his instructions Th. omission, rv.. -.
ms errors. General SCOTS error was in ,,k;no g..
MIC imaginary slight which he supposed hms.lf n b,v
'usAined-n the unreasonable jealousy which h. con
e'e'-and IN the violence of the first language which h,
employed towards the commissioner. and hi. ~,
delivery Of the dispatches, which !, i. d;fs.,
T;..! o'ner lisht than disobedence Of orders Mr.
second error was in the imprisoned retort to