The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-07-26
To tho Editors.

The Republic OF the 1sth instant adds another to the
number OF long and labored articles which it has put
forth in endeavoring TO- justify the California and New
Mexico appointments II has labofed hard to make the
country believe that they necessary to "carry out
our obligations 70 Mexico" and to collect the in
for ana that Rsy were made % these
will be hard TO conyinte the people that there were
other motives 10 making those appointments than 1.-THE
Of the public service and TO "carry out our
Obligations to Mexico" now endeavors to avoid the
true issue, and in its article Of Monday stoops 10 low
abuse of the Union Bad indeed, must be the cause that
cannot be otherwise defended.
The Republic also endeavors to take shelter under
the pretence that troops and wagon loads of have
been sent out by General Taylor for "he salvation of our
GTS h migrating to the Pacific side Of the Sierra
true Question It's mere preence and time will prove
il doubt not, to be without the least foundation in
AS another means Of getting the Indian appointments
out 81 view the Republic haps upon the Necessity Of
sending a"eoleetor and assistants to California that
the revenues there may be secured TO the
mat was proper and right that the necessary
efhcers shoald have been sent to California, all will
concede. !" The requirements of the public service
demanded hlsIreqaired thai they should have been
not Colonel Collier and his thirty assistants 60 by the
sthm,is route The Colonel could have been al his post
with his thirty followers by the middle Of May at far
thest aud the government would have been saved the
expense OF sending them there Who before heard
OF revenue officer having his expenses paid by the gov
eminent from his place OF residence 10 that Of his APP
eminent in sending out the collector and his thirty assist
ants Is all the loss she susains Instead Of arriving
in California, as they might have done in May, those
revenue officers will not probably reach their posts before
November or December Meantime, the Republic says,
they the only possible hope of executing the
nue. laws in that tertoy Is this honesty, economy,
and devotion to the public interests The people will
determine
Honest actions always best and most successfully
sustained by simple and truthful statement of facts
Ours intelligent truth loving and Just people, and
no honest need do than lay facts before them
to be judged fairly. But the Reptlbfic conscious that
there was dishonesty making those appointments and
that facts would condemn instead OF Justify them, is
resorting TO all sorts of shifts and prevarcatons
cover up and hide the truth.
quoted last week from the Republic what purported
to be an extract from speech OF Governor Wood OF Tex
as, in which he is represented having said that she
had made frequent representations TO the War Depart.
ment, but without success In relation TO Indian depre-
daons upon the frontier OF Texas, and inquired by this
was so. In yesterdays Repubi,e "a Texan" answers
this inquiry by stating that he had been permitted to ex
anime the letters Of Gov Wood TO the War Department,
and that Gov. Wood has not made frequent representa-.
tons to the War Department, but has entirely neglected
to give the government here the proper information"
With this have nothing more at present to do There
being "a Texan here who to have TO the
correspondence in the departments and seems TO be in
erested in the safety and welfare OF the frontier OF his
State, shall leave him to look after her interests but
will in the tine keep eye abnk, to see the re-
suits OF what "has been done, and is assured will con.
nue 10 be done since correct information has been fur
nished for the protection OF the lone star State agains,
savage nroad, rapne, and massacre. JUSTICE.
July 10, 1s4q.