Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-08-29
GOVERNOR OF OREGON.

GOVERNOR OF OREGON.
Gen. Joe Lane, the slanderer of a por-
ton of volunteers from Indiana who it is
said retreated from their posts in the battle
of Buena Vista. has been recalled from
Oregon. and JOSEPH c. MARSHALL.
it is said. has been designated as his sue
cessor. We were informed a few DAYS
since by MIR. Marshal that he would not
accept the place if it were rendered TO
him. \ successor of Gen. Lane will be
appointed, when we trust he will return 10
Indiana, and retract his declaration that
"disgrace must forever hang around the
to RETURN
We commend the following article from
the Cincinnati Chronicle to such of our
loco!oco friends who feel SO much sympa-
thy for the slanderer Joe Lane.
The removal of Gen. Lane from the
post of governor Of Oregon has been
seized on by the opposition press as "a
theme of denunciation against the Adj
ministraiion. Ry tho use of artificial
catchwords and contrivances. which they
imagine exert powerful effect upon the
public mind. but which have none at all
with sober minds, they fancy they can
create a prodigious amount of odIum
against Gen. Taylor and an cxtraorolina-
ry quantity of sympathy for the persecu-
ted Lane! They speak of this great
modern hero glorious 10 Lane Mar
ion of the Mexican war; &c. &c, as if
the mere after thought invention of new
designations could invest the object OF
them. with the qualities they imply. But
men OF sense estimate these tricks of
tricksters at their value. and men oftaste
disdan TO use them at all. They are the
mere appliance of demagoguery. en-
ployed for two reasons; first because the
authors have SO low an opinion of the
mass of the people as 10 think they are
more potent with them than better rea-
sous. and second. because they have no
legitimate weapons Of political warfare
with which, they dare 20 a-fieid.
Now we have nothing at all to saw in
regard TO Joe Lanes military abilities or
services. They have just nothing at all
to DO with the question of his removal
from the office of Governor Of Oregon
We shall say nothing against his military
reputation: nor do we care farthing how
highly it be exalted bv the Democratic
press. nor how many Democrats choose
to delude themselves with the belief that
he Is the greatest warrior of ancient or
modern times. There is plenty of such
regulations TO be got now a-davs. 1t NAV
be had for the mere asking-especiallv If
the party have need to manufacture little
extra capital 10 stand upon instead Of sol
Id merit or honest political principles
When the commodity of military renown
IS SO cheapened that every township cleo
ton serves to bring out some mighty war
rior. no one ought TO envy Joe Lane
whatever laurels he may have gathered
on the fields of MEXICO. We leave his
military fame. therefore to the Judgment
OF his country and TO the records Of his
tory; and proceed to remark upon tue re-
al subject under notice
tits charged that President TAYLOR was
guilty Of very diSgracetul act in reno
wing his distinguished comrade in arms
from civil office: and it is alleged that
this was done purely from political con-
siderations-only because Lane was a
Democrat And this is held up as an act
of the foulest. rankesi prescription for
opinions sake, and the more detestable
because Lane was an officer in the same
wal with Gen. TAYLOR. But all this is
sheer Cannon. We undertake to say
that Lanes removal was not made in ref
erence either to his political sentiments or
his merits or dement's as a soldier II was
ordered on much higher ground, namely.
that the President had good reason to dis
trust his integrity OF moral character
Having good reason ID doubt the person.
al honesty Of the incumbent of any office.
is al once an imperative requirement and
an ample Justification for his removal
Such. it seems 10 US. clearly, was the
ground on which the President ordered
the removal OF Lane from office Ia sup
port of this view. let few plain facts be
considered
i; IS a historic truth that the second In
diana regiment. overpowered by over
whclming numbers, fed the field of bat
tie in the terrible conflict of Buena Vista.
| This is a fact undenied and undeniabie.
But the fact has never been asserted to
the dIsParagement of the bravery Of the