The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-08-07

should feel and manifest at the moment ofemhar
king to return To tlar families aud fiiend~. Con.
sldcring the manner in which the Presidents or
der ON this subject was attempted to be executed
1t Is not strange that among more than three
thousand patriotic volunteers, ent away by your
order Of the 4th Of Nav. only about fifty indivi
duals' were found willing to re- engage.
/ You seem to have suddenly conceived the no,
ton of converting the army, 'like Cortcz," into
a sslf NHtdiHinJ machine and to make the re.
sembhnce between yourself and the Spanish he
70 more complete, you INDUCED dream Of fan
cv until you seem to have adopted it as n matter
Of belief that YOU were "6oumed at Wa shington :
and YOU became. like hm. always afraid that
the next ship or messenger might recall OF rurth-
er cripple" YOU. 1t should not be forgotten, tnat
the design of this unaccountable military move
ment was frst communicated to Mr. Trist before
you had given any ntima,ion Of it to your gov,
eminent, and while under the perturbation of
mind which his unwelcome presence in Mexico
bad produced. Had yoh confded this exfraordi.
nary plan OF a cofnpaign to him after the happy
change in your relations-after you had digest.
ed hi. "farrago of insolence. conceit, ard AFRO.
gnnce and after he too. mis,akng notoriety
for fame had sought to win it by disubey ing the
orders Of lis government, defying its authority,
and assailing i's conduct-this distinguished mark
Of Your confidence in him would have caused
much less surprise This novel occupation, so
suddenly adopted was rs suddenly carried out :;
your army was, indeed converted "in'o selfeus.
tanning machine = you discharged the twelve
months volunteers, and broke up your posts at
Jaapa and on the way to your moin depot RE
solved" you announced, mo longer to depend on
Vera Cruz or home" you put yourself beyond
the reach Of the supplies which had been previ
ded by the government, and rendered yourself
III a great measure, inaccessible to the recruits
and levies Except in strong parties) which had
been raised to augment your command. In this
way, you rendered unayailng for time at Least
all that had been or could he done bv the assidi.
Gus and incessant labors of the War Department
in all ITS branches; and then you recklessly
put forth the groundess complaint Of "a total
wan, of support and sympathy" from IT,
Your letter of the 25th Of July, which was
not received at Washington until the Soth of De-
cember last, abounds with complaints against the
department, and refers in strong terms to the
want and sutierlngs of the army at that time
Before you then ventured to make ITS then desti.
tne condition a ground Of charge against the
War Department You ought TO have fecollected
that these Affections fell upon it in the midst Of
your experiment Of making it "a selfsustaning
machine and were the legitimate fruits of that
experiment. These suiferings came upon it he.
fore your estimated period Of isolation from "Ve
ra Cruz and home" had half expired When
YOU had designegly and unnecessarily Abandoned
both, and entered upon your sefsustang position
"cut off from all supplies and reinforcements from
home, until derhaps late in November" by what
TretenCe of justice do you complain Of the War
Department for ,he distresses you thus voluntari
| Iy Inflicted upon yourself and the gallont army
under your commando Something very differ
ent from consure and reproof Is due for the extra
ordinary efforts which were successfully made to
reach YOU with recruits and supples in your so.
qpestered situation. and to rescue YOU from the
the embarrassmeuts in which your iliudged
! measures had involved you have brought into
view this unacconntahle movement. of yours,
with no purpose TO make any comment upon il
a military measure, but solely to show that
the evils resulting from it not Just grounds Of
accusation against the War Department, and
| that the labored attempt to pervert thcm'o such
a purpose discloses tie manner and spirit with
| which you have executed the assumed task OF its
,ccuser
A. youshave INDUCED in the widest range Of
speculation in regard to the alleged sinister mo.
| tves and covert designs Of others feel less re-
uctant to present my views as to the main Oh
lect of your las, communication. Throughout
the whole of it, and particularly in the concu
ding part you manifest the utmost sSlicitute to
place yourself in the position Of an injured and
prosecuted man. With all the aid YOU can derive
from dexterous strategy, you will be likely to
fail in your attempt unless YOU can have the full
benefi Of your high coloring Of some facts, and
your forgetfuuess of others. together with all
your ianciful conjcctures and sulmises. Your re.
call Is, you assert, the long suspended blow of
power which you had the sagaciy clearly to
predict 1t is somewhat remarkable, that your
prediction precede the events which YOU imagine
provoked that blow. as early as the 25th Of Ju.
ly, soon after "the happy change in nay tyour
relations. both otfcial and private, with Mr..
Trst," you looked, you say, ito be dismissed from
the service Of my your country III your re-
call can be regarded as dismissal, you are entj
tied TO all the credit Of the fulhlmcnt Of yoat
own early prediction
In pre'enng to its true light the Presidents
compliance with your own request to he recalled,
winch You now denominate your dismissal, l may
be obliged TO sttipit OF the embellishments you
have ingenousy thrown around 1t though IN do
ing this, you may be deprived OF much upon
which you depend to sustain your claim to be con
sldered prosecuted man
As early as June 700 begged to be recalled.
You aege that this application was "rebukIngly
declined This is not saying the exact thing.
he reply 10 your request was, that 1t would be
decided with exclusive reference to the public
good, When thot shall render 1t proper IN his
the Presidents opinion to withdraw you from
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