The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-08-10
From the Chio Statesman. u
The N. v. Tribune and its Infamous att
tacks on Col. WcIler.

, infamous charges the New YORK lrlpuht
preferred against Col. Weller, first char
ging him with staying for months ip New
tina, falsehood was exposed, changing the
location to Chagfes, and charging him
with spending his time in that place with
a prostltute instead Of prosecuting his
journey TO San Diego, where the Uoited
States aud Mexican commissioners we're
to meet within given time 40 run, and
mark the boundary line be ween tbs two
countries as provided by the peace trea.
~.
The GIst charge, we gave to oSoar read
ers as preferred BY tue Tribans,. in its
own language, and by witnesses Which
the Tribune dare not impeaeh, we show.
ed The total falsity OF the charges, and
rect from New. Orleans upon whose au-
thorIty the Tribune editor said tie,
were made. This he refused 10 give and
in charging the location aud the crlme,
he promised if we would pnblish the ev'
ldence, verbatim, without seeing itann
III after the promise was made, he wou!J
furnish US with certified copy, To get,
at the bottom Of this affair, we cons tnted
the evidence was furnished aud from
BY his own witness, and in other respec
proved the witness totally unworthy of
5ellef-a base and reckless libelIer aud a
! Il t ms Fan ent to do the dirty work OF llor-
| ace Greedy.
As a matter of sheer Justice TO Col
Weller, we den anded that the Tribune
should publish his own evidence as fur d
nlshed TO MS, with our eylnence 10 prove
IT unworihy Of credit la reply 10 lhi.
demand the Tribune of Monday last has
lie following:
Well, Sir, you have demanded il; now
let rs see you get it.
We are frank to confess that we never
expected tho Tribune to publish either
its own evidence or our comments upon
it. Had that sheet been conducted BY
an honorable man, bath would have been
promptly published, but from one who
sinks himself and his paper SO low, as to
IN axe it the vehicle through which lie
Admnlslra assails private charac'er
as an excuse for itssremoval cf Denincf at,
from off ce, we could expect neither just
ice nor honorable conduct. The charges
against Col. Weller were the most seri
ons that could be made. He was ap
pointed to highly importaat service by
Mr, Polk, aud was charged. sfFst witp
neglecting his dustes uy isftug sfEfiuk iat +
weeks at New OrIeans, aud then by daI
lylpg with a prostitute at Chogrss, so as
torender il impossible that he could each
San Diego 10 time to perform ths duties
assigned him. And what would be the ef>
fe CT Of the dclayl The meeting of the
commissioner of Mexico and Of The Uni
ted States, to run and mark the boundary
line, WAS one of the conditions upon
which the Treaty of Peace was concluded
between the two countries.
10 its first attack on Col. Weller, the
Tribune put forward, most prominently,
that fact, stating at the same time tha
Mexico, finding the gold mines of Cali
foruia more prolific than they supposed
anxious TO recover them, and wnnlo
gladly avail themselves Of any excuse TO
annu! tho Peace Treaty. The ia lure of
Col. Weller, by bis neglect, To meet The
Mexican Commissioners, would have fur
nished the pre,ext, and indeed would
have vitiated the Treaty, and the two
again placed in state of war
a nd for the thousands who would hav,
bssn slaughtered, Col. Weller would have
been held res sponsible. The charges
then, Of the Tribune, were the most Sc
rious that could be made, for they not on
ly involved the private character of Col
Weller, but directly asserted that by his
own criminal negligence in the perform
ance Of duty, which he had taken an path
W ell and truly to perform, he was involv-
ing his country IN the horrors Of war If
sustained, they would have given John Is.
Weller a name aud fame as infamous
as that whick attaches to Benedict Ar
n old and made him being for scorn to
point its slew unerriog huger at.
After making such charges, knowing
them to be false, the Tribune editor adds
not TO his infamy by refusing TO publish
the statement Of lts swn witness. and the
evidence TO prove il false; for previous 10
that refusal, it had already struck the
deepest vein ever chronirled in the an.
nals Of ipfamy. Apart more base was
asyer-acted by man, than that which has
distinguished the editor Of the Tribune
throughout this whole affair; and with the
brand of slandsrer upon his forehead, We
dismiss Mr.. Horace Gretly to .he con