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

upon no presumption. By becoming m aecuser.
you ma not place yourself beyond the reach IT
being accused and unless ,on s,e clothed with
The immunity OF despolie power. and can clam
the benefit ol the maxim, 'that the King can a.,
no wrong" ! know MT Why your conduct when
made the subject OF charges may no, be in.esti.
gated.h by court oi injury; nor can perceive
what other or better right you have to complain
OF and arraign the Government. than the other
officers whom you have accused, and whose cas.
es, with yours, were referred To the same court
Ii yours Is hard case, theirs n not less NJ. II
YOU can righ'fully complain Of persecution by the
Government, 40 can they, with equal justice, aud
an equal claim to public sympathy.
The charges against you did not emanste from
the government, nor did they relate to u matter
IN which 1t could feel any peculiar interest. No
believing it impossible for You to do wong, or
that You were exempt from all responsibility Tor
whatever you might have done, the government
deemed it proper, when charges were preferred
against you coming from source entitled to re.
spect, tc cause them to be investigated As tho
usual and mlldest mode Of proceeding. they were
referred to court Of inquiry. Until You cnn
show that you Enjoy the transcends ntal privileges
to have your official conduct exempt from all ex-
animation in any form whatever, you have no Z.
cause to complain Of the course taken in regard
to the charges against you.
Ifyour extraordinary pretensions are to derive
any support from your distinguished services in
the Held, you ought to be mndfal that the three
accused officers put under arrest 10y you have like
claims for distinguished services. On the pages
OF impartial history their names and their alant
deeds must appear with yours; and no monopo-
llzng claims. seeking malignant exclusions" ut
the expense Of the truth of history" will be per-
mitied to rob them of their far share af the glory
won by our gallant army while under your cou,.
mand.
With your assault upon the character of your
"erratc brother | shall not nrermeddle; but I
must repel Your charge that he has been favored
Tor beng poiica! deserer to the trw faith"
for "signalizng lis apostacy by acceptable de,
nunciatiOns of one to whom he had formerly pro-
iessed land not without causc) the highest obli
cations" The reasons for not sending your
charges against Breyet Major General Worth 10
the court ofinqury, are set forth in ny letter Of
the 18th OF January. regret that they aro 80.
entirely unsatisfactory to you, but am cousoled
with the assurance that they in other quarters
more fvorably received The errors Of your
commentary on my letter have arisen from your
msarprehension of the text. The principle there
laid down is Of vital importance TO subordinate
officers, and IN no respect mpars the rights or the
authority Of those in chief command. As the.
principles which oNarraign are the creation Of
your own fancy. and haze no countenance or sup.
port from my letter, ! am no way implicated by
the fat al conseo nences YOU deduce from them
Whether legitimate or ftnciiul, ,bev do not dis.
turb the positions laid down in my letter
cannot, however, but regard your solici,ude
for the suppor, of discipline 20 be more ostenta.
tious than profound When , General AZ IN.
head of an army of freemen. who do mot lose
their rights M citizens by becoming soldiers SETS
up pretensious to dictatorial power-wben be
conlemns the authority of his government. and
is much more ready to oensure than to executs
its orders and nstructions-when he denounces
as an outrage and punishment the atte-,nt ,o
submit hi. acts charged to be an offence against
a subordinate officer, TO an ;nyestigotion in the
mildest form-wbep he administers an INDIGNANT
reproof to bis superior for unfolding the right 10
appeal, gpon which depend the security aud pro.
lection of all under his command-sucb gene.
raj sets an example of insubordinate conduct Of
wide and wi.hering influence upon sound militia.
ry discipline.
Bv extending nv comments upon your letter
| might multiply proofs to show that vour aeon.
sations against the head of the War DEPARTMENT.
are uniu-t-tha, your COMPLAINTS are unfounded
that the designs imputed by YOU to the Gov.
ernment TO embarrass your operations, impui-
your rightiul authority as commander, and to Of
Ter outrage and insult to your feelings. are all
the mere creations Of distempcred fancy but
to do more than have done would, in my iude.
men, be 4 work of superesoraton.
In conclusion NAV bc nero,;,,sd ., ,,r ,b,,
as one Of the Presidents rdyisers had. r.V
share in the reseonDiblitv % Of ,bp act 'nI whrb