Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-10-05

was the "Mgger Bill" We have moi now
time 10 discuss this matter; but il seems very
strange that with very large majority in
both houses of Congress, and all she Free
Soilers ready and anxious 10 aid them, the
Democrats should never make a single ef.
fort TO repeal this ONLY .Whig measure.
NoI only so, but that they should declare in
their platform that they are in favor Of this
Whig measure, and nominate candidate
for President, who gives this Whig measure
THE APPROVAL OF HIS JUDGMENT, and with
the principles OF which he declares, "no act
tof his life has been at variance." This,
we say, seems strange.
The assertion that the public lands were
formerly sold in tracts Of moi less than 200
acres--lhat The Democrats repealed ihallaw
that S. F. Vinton, Abbott Lawrence, ETC,
voted against its repeal, was hatched up, we
presume, expressly for this ''benighted dis.
tricl." We dare not insult the intelligence
of our readers by denying this, any more
than he dare make the assertion TO an au.
dence ihu. he deems respectable.
His abuse of Gen. Scott was 100 conlemp.
tible 10 merit refutalion. 1t was falsehood.
without, any mixture Of truth. If left 10 our
own judgment, we should not notice or con.
, tradcl single point. AT the solicitation Of
F. friends, however, we publish the following
y extract. found on pages 28o-'8l of "The
History of The Mexican War;" which shows
. that Gen. Scott did not "cruelly MURDER
. thirty-odd lrishmen" in Mexico; but that
e trenty.ntne were tried, found guilty, and
G SENTENCED, by a court.marliOl at which
. Gen. Scott was moi present, anl Gen. Scott
>. . only PARDONED NINE Of them. Read
the extract:
d "BeI6fe we proceed, however, TO narraie
!, events Of new and extraordinary interest in
y" The valley Of Mexico, we must turn aside 10
witness another and sadder rogedy-one
20 in which no rays of glory light up the dark
" ness Of death, but the gloomy curtains oi
\, despair and shame are drawn round the un'
- - piiied and unhonored CRIMINAL. Deser,or
y in the face Of an enemy, and during The ex'
e islence Of actual war, has been, among al
y nations and in all time punished with death
ID 1t is .reason-disloyally in its worst, ieas
.. excusable. and most dangerous form. O
- this crime, were the 'companies Of 81. Pat
is rick" papab y and undeniably guilty. They
a had fought in the ranks of the Mexican ar
he my, at the batteries of Churubusco; the J
q. had Tough, longest and hardest against thos,
% very colors which they had sworn 10 defend
- they were deserters, and many OF then
n were taken prisoners. Soon after The bat
Ir. Ties of the 2Olh, and while the negotiation
at were pending, taoenty-nine Of these men wer
,is tried by a general cour..marlial, Of whicl
Colonel Riley of The Cd infantry was. .presi
=" dent. The coun found these men guilty
ds (.wc-,hirds Of the whole cour concurring il
n each several case,) and sentenced each on
as of them 10 hang by the neck ill dead. In
ho general order, dated the 9th Of Seplembel
~ General Scott approved the sen.encesavii
IL the exception of three who had deserted pre-
vious 10 the commencement of the wal
Sc and Sc others who were recommended
-, favor by the court; and four. in whose Dal
- liulion there ::rrreared some mitigating Gil
III cumstances. The remainder were execute
,r- according TO the sentence. Sirteen wer
,se executed a, San Angel, on The 10Th Of Sci
bv lember.. Sir Of the whole number trie
- were dcserlers from the Sd infantry, thrt
"" from the 9th infantry, four liom The 7lh il
I'D fanlry, two from the Cd infantry, fue iroI
av- The Sd artillery, sir from the 4lh arliier,
B." one from the Isl artillery, and t0o from ii
o,o Cd dragons. Gen. Scott. in examining Il
,uo proceedings Of the court, appears TO hay
.'o released every imam from the penalty
lh' death, in whose favor any reason or mitg
be, lion could be pleaded. Among the .hr'
ds. whom he found were no. legally subject
do. the penalty Of death, because they had d'
serted previous 10 the commencement Of Il
u.s. war, was the notorious Riley, the comman
Be- er of the deserters' company. His senlen
N was commut1d, so that he was lashed al
no. branded. The lesson given oy this terrib
execution was undoubtedly severe one, b
so' one which war necessarily carries with
esl' and without which the discipline Of the a
Tort my could not be maintained"
huS His charges against Gen. Scott Of Natl
'he Americanism were of the same sort.
led quoted from letter which has long sin
"e been denounced as a base forgery, and
'ar' large reward offered 10 any one who W
on prove It's correctness, and which reward
me never been called for or the challenge ,
ac' copied, or the original letter produced,
de- any man, Whig or Democrat--the slo
ex'' abou, the villain Webb, 10 the contrary n
iull wilhstanding. No man has ever claim
IN tina, Gen. Scott has ever condeScended
me deny, or in any way to notice this, or a
Vor similar SANDER ''under his own hand" ="
'he This game Of betting and Dragging, and e
nles ding the direct issue, is all very well, WI
cen one is caught in trap. But it does
prove any Thing. Now, while on this S
nao ject, wi.hou. saying any thing more of G
now SCOTS Nativism, directly, we wish to say
fy' word about The ORIGIN Of the Native Am,
oP' can party. =
hey We charge the FORMATION of the Nat
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