The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-08-04

Cu III StNtu uHNS III you Hau OStn IeQulIeu
to take the direct route. This solicited in
diligence, by which your arrival at New Or
leans was delayed nearly three weeks, is
incompatible with your allegation that you
were allowed ''only four days at Washington
where twenty might have been most advan-
Itageously employed" This complaint has
relation to facts within your own knowledge;
error, therefore, is hardly reconcilable with
ANY solicitude to be accurate. As this is
your opening charge against the War De-
partment, and may be regarded as indicative
OF those which follow, | shall make the refu-
tation of it still more complete, for the pnr-
pose of showing with what recklessness you
have performed the functions of an accuser,
and how little reliance, in the present sta.e
of your feelings, can be placed on your me-
mory. Gon are the witness by whom your
is to be disproved On the day of
your departure from Washington, you left
with me paper, in your own handwriting, da-
ted November %, 1916, with the following
heading:
"Notcs suggesting topics to be embraced
in the Secretart's Instructions to General S.
drawn up Gin haste) at tha request of the
former"
From that paper extract the following
paragraph:
81 the Secretary of War am pleased to
learn from you General Scott that you have
in avery few days already, through the gen
erai staff OF the army here, laid sufficient
basis for the purpose with which You are
oh, anil th,t +l,i Il. - h,.{
proceed at once to the southwest, in order
to organsEc the largest number of troops thai
can be obtained in time for the most lmpor-
tant expedition the expedition against
Vera Cruz.
Here is your own most explicit admission
that you represented to the Secretary Of War
before leaving Washington, that arrange
ments were ofar completed that yourhought
it best TO proceed at once to the army in Mex
ico and yet youmake it your opening charge
against the department, that YOU We're forced
away to Mexico before you had time for ne
ceSsary preparations, ....
Ipresent the next charge in your own
language:
Il handed to you written request tina
one of Uagee OF our accomplished captains,
therein namcd, might be appointed assistant
adjutant general, with the rank OF major,
fot duty With me in the field, and there was
vacancy at the time for one. Ny requ est
has never been attended to, and thus have
had no officer Of the Adjutan Generals S
Department with me in the campaign. Can
another instance be cited of denying to a
general-in-chiet, in The field at the head of
large army, or even IA small one, the Sc
lection Of his chief Of the staif--tEat is, the
chef in the department of orders and cor
respondenco?'
]. Were the case precisely asyou have stated
is to be, YOU have given too much promi-
nencc, as a matter Of complaint, to the Pres
ident's refusal to be controlled, i'll exercise
of the power. by Your wishes Had there
baen "A va@l"y such as you mention for Zone
Of the accomplished captains. you named,
no one knows better than YOU do that your
request could not have been accceded to
without departing from the uniform rule OF
selection for staff appointments, without vi
lating the ri, ,ht Of several officers tor ~ ar
promotion, and Offering an indignant TO all
thoSc "ilo lF'" wy ''9''o't "S''SIHa' ""Io-
ants general, WIN the RANK OF capt IN.
The rule ut ,"S"iaf promotion In the san
is rs ntiexibIe, an Il has been AS uniformly
oo3t' @ CO., a. im ''','. ~ ~ '',9 l."G, = .,
i'"1' "Pf ~ ,I..ila ''7 y'"' l1 ~
were 80 ueGtN '''''Neu .'''A u's'l 1sSeu "s
tr'e ''79'' '0't " "'''''o' y, ;,
oo's'Gss' n; ,,"1'" He";,'o ,.;.h ,ou "4""i IT,
VI 'eSt,N9 Wv 'sJ' 1 g ~ .i WIN p0"o' " GV
'o'N' Inc ,*Ii',''au VI Iiio a. ~? =" q IL W,
genera wI'.'": 'e'"i ~ Pt.otl'y !" c'ae ~
oi MS codil"',S'!on' ~''.''''' !" o''' "i'I
quest amer .t'' ~ 'o.!i,'''i1' 'sN
the lfcS'uc''' 70 U'''c5'lu t,'e i's'''' y, ~
le"S' loaF o,l I1'I as n,'I,'2'iou, :,, a, WIG
unree accohPll'Ae" ''P''lAs A''l'eu W o"'
/ ne lfeSldInC N.e"' Oh 'n'S Sq'Jcc' VII,
aouo'eu'y o'llcr a. rom lou's' il,S .oe'I'u ~
l'F the fiSh'S ,r %. on'e'S IS no: s'nlu''e' ~
! ''e'r '"'ih' l'oHe u '"o''','.' ''i. ~ 'J''
generals ''"Tc cl VA. '%Ue IN ms es'''n a|on' @
anu an eq T." cla''h 10 ms Pl"seg''o,' t e"a- m
MOI "on4| '''"' u IS "s' S'o"'u g. e0l,W'o w :
ana reoV'"e ',hS' ',e ~: ~. " 'e at, ..
DePertn'ehV 'n"' '"e I f''''ue"c s u'U No'
see l'!' ii ollcI !" 9r"'e'y !o"t l'o'n7> %
,"'"ilaSh'' !" o,'rv5aru inc c,a''ii' 'l,!i ''o-
ia'e thS HSn'S OF AZ 'se aS.iS,a"l "ul'y'''lS
general u 'he t'hN o' cSIis~'i'h '''s~ III o''"-
MISSION
But, SO far asst is made aground OF com
jplalnt and reprooi thls,lS nos the worS' as
ipcct of the case. lou are entirely mistaken
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