The daily union., 1852-10-07

adherence the elafatoy resort i'm posed on ns ca,
respondent number OF BRUSH officers prisoners Of war h
our hands. were immediately put close confinement
70 abide the fate OF those confined by the enemy hs
British government has been apprized Of the determna
top oil this government reaiae any other proceeding
against us eon.fary 70 The leg imae modes OF warfare
Is as fortunate for the United States hat they have
In telf power TO meet the enemy In this de poable
test as is honorable 10 them that they do join bu
under the most imperious obligations with The
name purpose of eiectuatiog 10 established
usages OF war"
With these facts before the reader let him examn,
Gen scotrs pretenson OF having been the man who pu
his retaiatory system into operation. Observe what
heroic demonstration he makes OF himself in setting VI
his own championship on this great national question: ia
regard to which he would leave the reader 10 The
President and government had been entirely remss no
AFRAID 10 take stand N .s,.et
"Among the prisoners taken by the BRUSH at Queens.
large portion OF whom lrishmen The British autho
ties claimed the right and expressed the natiou
board vessel with Scott and the Of the
bound TO Boston 70 be exchanged The British officers
tended to send home TO grace the gaows Ths officers
had Of detecting the Irish but by brogue
or their confession Scott, who below hearing what
WAS going immed ateiy rushed deck and told his
afflicted men TO hold their peace Then, turning the
British officers he boldly denounced their and
threatened like retaliation upon British prisoners il they
dared Tt to sTeea.e single man amo"g his comrades,
sell prisoner, and ordered him into the cabin He was
not man 10 be innsisd and refused go and again
called upon his Irish soldiers more que sons
high quarrel ensued but the result was that no more
o % Inc prisoners could DC identified as rshnen. for they
already selected tweny.hree before Scot, made hi. an
pearance These separated from their fellow. prison
ers and put board gae and despatched 10 England
to be hung But they did go unit Scott soeinnly
avenge the death every man they dared 10 lay violent
hands upon, by terrible retribuon upon first English
liberated '"' ~ '""a' amer ms 'n0aa DC
"ssou was soon exchsnged How faithfully he KEEP, his
promise we shall lie proceeded at ashDg
ton, and obtained the passage by Congress law 10
reaate upon British prisoners any such outrage as wa
de had prisoners in oeny lie forthwith ssiecsd
three of genuine English descent, (to he declared he
for the doomed lrshmen taken home 10 be
executed He then communicated to the British autbor
ties what he had done, and informed them il they
dared to execute their the twenty ri.hmen
the twentythIee Engshmen should pay the penalty by
promptly sharing The same fate. The consequence was
that the lives THE Ishmen spared and al the close
OF the war they embarked from England, ard shortly
What tremendous threat (Scou himself being pris
oner at Quebec) when - he solemny warned the British
authorities that he would surely avenge the death of every
ton upon the first English prisoners that should fall into
his hands alter he should be berated" Is il not won
deriu that they dared TO liberae him The President
had some time before ordered for one to be ncarce.
rated as hostages Tor every adopted citizen whose life was
threatened and The officers of army and navy had
duly executed the order But what the actual exc
cuon OF the threat by such Lpuians as Madison
and Brown and Decatur, and the of commanders
6y the land and comparison with the bare
ol Caplaln Lemuel Gulllver when he prisoner
board British ship That dread word spoken by the
ierfhc Scott was more potent than the Presidents,
backed By the army and navy. The consequence was
that the lives Of the Ishmen were spared" II
II is pity 10 spoil this heroic DRAMA so beautifully
gotten up by General Scotrs fancy the eve OF the
presidential election 10 reconcile our adopted citizens
support him. after having boas,ed that he The founder
OF lhe party whose object to prevent them from
being adopted citizens at all But il must be done
r Madsons message proves that what Scott pretends
he started in 1913 was executed as national law from
the threshold OF the in 1912 and the statute of
1913, tof which Scott assumes the paternity in relation
70 Ieiaaion proves That the very particulars which he
gives 10 color his fabrication must be false The act
was not passed TO empower the President to do what he
had already done, but to give the authority of Cong ress
TO more stringent measue-tha OF relala,iug the death
OF any adopted citizen executed for treason as being
TAX IN arms by that OF any British subject whether
taken IN arms or not, and wherever found A bill had
been introduced by Mr.. Wright to authorize retail.
mton, but II had been laid aside as unnecessary the
President having the power and having exercised it At
The close OF the session Mr. Campbell of Tennessee OBJ
aned The passage OF bill designating the mode OF retail
alton, as well authorizing and prescribing how
should be brought TO bear upon The enemyhe sufferers
10 be selected follows; II desgnates in the first in.
stance, prisoner who having been in the United States
ana having been citizen thereof shall have been taken
whilst voluntarily bearing arms in the service OF Great
Britain against the United States"
The second class composed OF those native OF
one oil the British colonies, now the United States, as
may not have been citizen of the United States
And thlrd, on failure find sufficient number Of either
class among the prisoners taken from the enemy, the
President mght cause retaliation be executed on any
BRUSH subject wherever found, and whether taken in
arms or not against the United Staes-(See the act in
81 vol OF Nles's Register, n. 359
lhis record defeats, therefore, the circumsiantiaes on
which The General relied TO give the appearance OF very
exact truth 10 the story fabricated TO propate the Irish
ana other adopted citizens TO his support Notwithstanding
his warfare against them He tells Us in detail that alter
The law passed. " he again fought and conquered he had
prisoners IN peny he forthwith selected twenty three of
genuine English descent ior he declared he would not
offset ish by rsh,) and held them for The doomed
ty,ihree lrishmen laken home 10 be executed"
Now, II appears from the very act of Congress which
scott pe'onds he had caused 10 be passed that prison.
eTs OF genuine English descent could not be selected
IN The htst or the second instance The law makes the
might include irlshmea uaturalzed, who had gone
to canada and joined the British standard II any such
there were Inc second class specified Tor the
purpose OF making the tory refugees born in our coun
Uy who had taken up against IT, furnish the
next victims. And, in the last place. the law allowed
any British subject wherever found, and whether taken
IN arms or not, 10 be put TO death retaliation for the
execution oil any American citizen, but did not allow
Scott forthwith" TO make the selection or to make IL
at all But the President OF The United States and un.
luckily for his long memory il appears ha, the very
case OF the tweniytbrse prisoners he Tor his
ihe President did no. depue him TO act IN the matter al
all, but did depu,e General Dearborn-a fact shown BY
that careful collector of during the war Miles, who
quotes Ia the 4tb volume of his Register page 23s the
following passage from General Desrborn's letter 'l
have taken measures in relation to the twsptyhree PMS.
oners who are 10 be put in close confinement"
Hence appears that SCOTS attempt to take himself
The functions OF the President of Congress- and OF Gen
Dearborn, with respect the reaa,ory measures proves
to be failure from the beginning TO the end. The
whole drama must pass Tor fiction, unless he bring
forward Of the spectators of that able hea
rca scene OF which have in the autobiography such
an interesting wooa.cut-ihe twenty three Irish prison.