The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-10-20

Aefsss yss, that yeM may kaDs il in your posce,
T. aay AsU far they Be correctly stated
0eneral Scott replied in an elaborate srgu-
meut % support biz charge before the pubic
Ger HE letter VA afterwards circulated IN pam
Phles.) h~ could 10, deny By, that II cQ."-
'nantinx Ceneral had bis oshsers. aud portions
sf bis army Oh special rvic- und r him, ord =
ed els .wh~.s. With .at his In wi .d.-, ,h,t il
m;sht b. alike E, al 10 him and to the pubic
interest e,,sR nitte& g. his caarg" NvF heless
BY way It Boarding General Jackson, and inn
pressin4 tn charge AGAINST him OF being
hlsrssEss. Sc.rr adds twhl- ad.ni Il Z the
s,ond s-as N Of Jacks,n's ord-r,) thu "a pri-
s>Ass aad respectful remoxstranee, therefore,
appears 70 haps 8sea the oaty mode Of redress
seAiek circumstances admitted If IN appe"f
60 tks army, Or tie pubic, before or .ftsr such
ysm31straaee, ssesns to h4rs been greater Y
ss.xfarisy ihaa tks Measure complained Oft"
.sproSate that msssxrs pmbi.efy as the &irtssoa
order does, soas to moant still higher in the scs'e
of saasrcorxm, bxt scAsn the order goes far as
10 yrskisst t. all eFeers i. the diotsioa, an obee
~i;saes 70 the co.'s xsads Of IKE President ofthm
Ea.isd &ctes, HR e recsieed through dto'stoc
Head Quarters. It appears to rae that SorHiS
sur x0riSv AND DEFIANCE cAS De UxuERsrooD
OR lSfkxDED.'
Ia thus throwing down the gaun,i'.t to Gen.
jacks n, the champion hrgot that he was not
it ~, resolved to bring i, T. . decisive arbiira
men j, or, at least, 20 give q new scho ling to
Scost IN his military department and moral prin-
eiphs.
lie asks Scott, IN reply
.Pray, sir, does your recollection serve. IN
what school Of PhiL,sopy were you talght that
20 letter inq,sir:ng into the nature of q sup
posed injury. clp,hed in language aeeorous and
one1eepsio nable, an answer should be given,
eouched in pc mp ,us insolence and bullying
,exppessions had hoped that what WAS charged
Upon y,u BY IN anonymous correspnnd Mt was
unfou ided: I hapcd 80, from the belief that
Oenerh Scott WAS q soldier AID gentlem,a,
Ant when I see thes. statements directly con-
6<,ned By his own words, il becomes q m,tter It
inq,iry h,w Car man oil .n,rable feelings can
rceoacils them I, h:msrlf longer to sci up q
elsi,n sa th,t Character. Are you ignorant, sir.
that had my order, =, which y'ur rr6aed Jud G.
n,~nt 10 so extremely touched, been mad the
subiect Of ,nq iiry, yol might, from your stand
ou2 mot your character, have been constitut d
ins Of my Judges. How very proper then was
It. thus situated, and without sny knowledge Of
any e the Attendant circutnstan noes, far ynu to
have prejud sed the whole matter: This at dit
ferent times, and in the circle Of yOur friends
yoa could d. , and yet had been arranged. and
you detailed as one Of my judges, with the de-.
0tyuS OF All aSSoSSiu tutAmS Oupt set - ~
ior, YOU would have approached the holy sane
s,ary sf justice. /, conduct like this, c"ngenial
with that high sense Of dignity that should be
seated in Z soldier boson. Is It due from .
Asnther officer to ass,il in he dark The reput. !.
ton uf another, aud stub him at a moment when
he cannot expect il? ] might insult an hon =.
able man BY questions such as these, 5u, shall
not expect that they will harrow up one, VIII"
must be dead to all those feelings that are the
eaaracteris.,cs Of gentleman"
And after presenting in still stronger lights
s.sks abominab's crime Of de,raction-of sian-
.isriny bekia3 his back a brother officer, the
letter concludes thus -
"My notions, sir. are MT those now taught in
inodrrn schools and in fashionable high hic
rley were imbibcd in ancient days, aud hi,her-
To have, AMI yet bear me IN the conc usl ~,
that he that can wantonly outrage the feelings
o. ano,her-can intend injury where none Is due
--is capable Of anv crime however detachable IN
its IA ure, aud will mt fail to Commit Il, when
ever Il may be imp ,s~d by necessity.
IL shalt n. sts,p, sir. ~ Justification Of my
-,.ler before vou, CT TO notice The weakness and
absuriiiy at your ns.'i rhetoric it m,y be
quite conclusive with yourself, and have no
isp ssiti"n 10 ate apt c'nvin:iny you, Tint your
Ingenuity i nnt rs profound as ~ have ina :
rinrd it to be. To my Government, Whenever
aud 70 prove thu reasons which pr"mp'sd me t.
: the course took; and tn the in,er'neddl'ng
pissps and spies # the War Dcp,r,n,en', who
. in ih. garb Of gcnlem. h'ti IN self
responsible for any grievance thy may labor
under I'm my account, with wh M y"a have my
aaetm; ss;rn 10 numb yourself For what haze
sud "fFer no ap,lasy; y"u hare deserved !,
all and more, were il nee. ssary I" say more.
will barely remark, in conclusion, that if you
trei yourself aggr-ved at what 10 here said any
communication from you w:ll reach NC safely at
this place.
have the honor to bc,
very respectfully,
vnnr ob-dient servant.
ANDREW JACKSON
On this letter, Scott pamphlet (Which is re-
published in Niles's Register, page l26, Vol
XVI thus rrmarks:
ssTne fnregoin, extraordinary litter was laid
aside until almost fargott,.n. When certain OF
his feelings Gen. Sc",t sat down to reply I" it
lie thought OF New Orl. ans and same other af-
fairs in which the parties had been respectively
rnga red, aud il appeared TO him that brace OF
pistols would ADJ nothing In the character "f
either. lie { nc. i~ed that at the age he ha
thea attained, some little reputation for temper
ID moderation began to be an object worthy OF
his consideration, how yer they might BIZ dsse-
garded by his opponent.
The Pamphlet argues this moral theme ia
some extent, and then changes the t"pic thus
sBa, the tnregoing letter has been represented
as challenge, and the reply Tit, nm acc-p.
lance on the gr.,und Of rtli.i scrupies. The
double fa!srh0od will not escape the reader
although il 70 T. be true that Grn. Sc I in poy
fxt kxmor chose to treat the letter as chal'
lenge."
He thea gives the letter, which he would hav.
the reader consider one 81 - ayfat A1mor, in
reply % Gen. Jacksnn's received 22d Dce-mbe
and which was laid aside and almost rg ,tten IL
10 dsys..
.HrAD QuAarrss. ist AID Sd Mrl'rAs,
DEPrs.
NEw YoRx, June 2, 1918.
aSsH: Your letter of Sd ult. was handed me
about 22d uit and has not been read, nigh
say. thought IF since.
..These circumstances will show that It il my
wish TO reply to you dis2a ssiona,ely.
regret that c,nnot accept the challen =
you offer. Perhaps may be restrained from
wishing TO level pistol at the breast of fellow
being in private CO .nbat BY . sense Of religion
but lest this motive should excite the ridicule o
gentlemen ofliberal habits Of thinking and act
ing beg leave 10 add that decline the honor o
your inviation from patrioticserupies. N yambi,i
Oh is not that "fErostratus.t should hinkt wou.t
be easy to consnle yourself BY the application o
. few epithets a. coward, &c TO the object o
your resentment, and here | promise to leav,
you until the next war to persuade yoursel
of their truth.
.Your famous order bears date'-Hrre G-n
6entt runs Of into discussion Of that which
Gen'i jackson refused to discuss with hin. II,
touches the topic with much mere Tenderness
than leiore, and varity Of personal compli
nDenss concluding thus
cannot ci,se this letter wiihon. ex2r ssng
belief that IN the return Of your w"n,ed mag
nanlmiiy, shat be requested t. bun the on
which has elected it by way 81 apology for tn,
injury 1t does ms--accordinsly it has been ser,
bu, BY on individual, (of my stsf,) and shall
be held IN reserve, until ccr;a,n time ass clap
4 sed attending ,hatjust expcc alton.
s'ln the mean time
hare the honor 4 remain,
Sir, very rosPectfu'ly.
your nbcdient,
w. SCOTT"
it's evident tia, Gcneral Jackson did mt in
trnd his letie. f.r challenge; he intended it fn
a snsult. Gen Scott had right tn charg
him With mu'iny it b. pleased-to have hl,'
al d for il without atfrd,ng Genl Jackson