The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-09-14
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
FRIDAY MORNING., SEPT. IA, Is4s.


ored to influence the Maryland congressional election BY
an assault upon r. M. McLane. esq, the democratic
candidate in the fourth district The Republics article
was in the following words;
IN aeeouat stated.
How does tho stand with the candidates for
Congress in the fourth district Of Maryland composed OF
the first fifteen wards Of the city OF Baltimore
Major Henley, the wing candidate, Is selfeducated
man. of the people. opposed to the but Of
first TO raise company and proceed with the Baltimore
battalion to Mexico where he led his the capture
of Monterey.
Mr. McLane, the locoioco candidate, educated al
West Point the expense OF the government but e the
army soon his education was finished, and com
menced the practice Of law Being elected to Congress- he
prominent among those who voted General
Taylor who for humaniys sake had entered into the
pnaton by which thousands OF valuable lives saved
Which is the patrio, the who, although opposed to
the war; risked his life in defence Of national honor
the who educated the public charge, wthhods his
services in the army for which he had been intended and
congressman wishes dshonor the hero Of the
RIO Grande r#~
We pass over the effort which is here made to use the
services Of Major Henley in the Mexican war; in order to
gain strength for party which denounced that as
nquitous and those engaged in robbers and pi-
rates II harmonises well with the hypocritical cant
about peace, and the lovely arts Of peace which
from the wing press since the wing party has elevated
invite attention to the two distinct assertions made by
the Republic in the article which we quote above They
are
1. That Mr.. McLane was educated at West Point at
the public expense. and left the army as his edu
cation was finished; and
q That as member Of Congress, he voted to censure
General Taylor for the captulation of Monterey
These two assertions are distinctly made the GEN.
which is mentioned in the second assertion being
the proviso attached, on motion Of Mr. Thompson of
Mississippi, to the resolutions of thanks General Tay-
o his officers and soldiers, for their conduct at Monte
rey introduced by Mr. Cooke during the last session of
the Twenty ninth Congress. The allegations Of the Re-
public were met as soon as they made by the Bat
more Argus, which stated:
l. That Mr. McLane did not leave the army as soon as
his education finished but that he served six or
years. and in 1887 volunteered for service in Fo
da, where he remained two years. and
?. That Mr.. McLane, not being a member OF the
Twenty ninth Congress- did not and could not vote for
or against Mr. Thonpsons proyso but that he defended
the captu'aion of Monterey military necessity, and
had received letter of thanks therefor from General
Taylor himself.
These facts being established by the public records il
the imperative duty Of the Republic to reract its as
sertions, and to explain for its sake, the manner in
which il was led into error in order to escape conviction
of wlful and deliberate falsehood Manly candor as
well decent seTespec urged that but other
feelings prevailed, and succeeded in producing an expa
nation which gave surer evidence OF party malice and
unscrupulousness than the original charges That
explanation, it can be properly called says that the
time at which Mr. McLane left the army was mmateria
II thus holds the following language:
II appears that in the judgment of his friends Mr. Nc
Lanes education f~shsd West Point We were OF
the opinion that soldiers education only "com.
nenced" there, and that years subseq uent
etvce was indispensable to its completion II this be so,
our allegation was literally uue-that Mr.. McLane left the
army soon as his education completed
We profess have some experience in party warfare
but we have never seen unworthy attempt to per.
ss in false charge afer its asehood was detected and
exposed The same dsrepu,able shutting is resorted to
defence OF the second allegation On that point the
Republic holds the following language:
But there is another point of alleged error We stated
hat Mr McLane was prominent among those who voted
General Taylor The opposition journals pre-
end TO interpret this allegation that Mr. Mcane as
member Of Congress- joined in the Of censure upon
General Taylor passed. by the House Of Representatives at
the second session Of the twenty ninth Congress The
Argus and the Union represent as saying that Mr.
icLane personally joined In that disgraceul vote We
lid not desire to be understood. Mo McLane was not
MEMBER we believe, Of that Congress. and therefore could
not well have voted upon that particular resolution But IL
4 not trne that he prominent among the who did
pin IN that vote Of censure Was he active and nu.
entali and dad he not-doo he not-hearty cooperate
With the WIN voted fer Jacob Thompsons miserable
oovso, designed put record the opinion of the loco
foco members, that there something the terms of
General Tayors captuation Monterey which his coun
ny did not approve
We say, in all seriousness, that political effrontery
and low quibhlng was never more fully illustrated
The Republic, in its first article distinctly asserts OF Mr.
MeLane, that "being elected Congress- he was prom
nent among those who voted censure General Taylor
and yet il says that did not desire TO be understood as
saying that Mr. McGane personally joined in that vote
L admits that Mr.. McLane not a member of Con.
when the resolutions relative to the captulaon of
Monterey were passed, yet il endeayors to sustain It's
allegation that he was prominent among those who voted
o censure General Taylor, and pshed as Congressman
o cast dishonor the hero Of the Rio Grande" And
his, too, when il had been distinctly informed that Mr.
McLane had in his possession letter written by Gen
Taylor thanking him for defending the cspituation Of
Monterey. The Republic continued this line OF defence
Until yesterday when seemed TO become ashamed OF its
ase charges, and Of its unmany efforts to sustain them
Then Tor the first time endeavors to shield itself by
trbutng the paragraph containing the assertions rea
i've TO Mr. McIane to person who sent il TO the
ditors Of the Republic for publication. That may be
rue yet il is late for the editors Of the Republic TO
hied themselves by throwing the responsibility Of that