The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-09-09
COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1852

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the notion of converting the army, "like
Cortez," "into selEsustaining machine
and, to make the resemblance between your
self and the Spanish hero more complete,
you INDUCED dream of fancy, until you
seem to have adopted it as a matter of be-
lief, that you were "doomed at Washing
TOM" and you became, 'Elike him, always
afraid that the next ship or messenger might
recall or further cripple" you. It should
not be forgotten, that the design of this I'M
accountable military movement was first
communicated to Mr.. Trist, before you had
given any intimation of it to your govern
ment, and while under the perturbation of
mind which his unwelcome presence in Mex
leo had produced. Had you confded this
extraordinary plan of campaign to him
after the ''happy change in your relations
after you had digested his F'farrago of in
science, conceit, and arrogance and after
: he, too, installing notoriety for fame, had
sought to win it by disObeying the orders of
his government, defying its authority, and
assailing its conduct-this distinguishing
t mark of your confidence in him would have
caused much less surprise. This novel coll
ception, so suddenly adopted, was as sudden
3 " carried out; your army was, indeed, con-
, verted ''into self-sustaining machine you
: discharged the twelve months volunteers,
and broke up your posts at Jalapa, and on
the way to your main depot, "Resolved,"
you announced, ono longer to depend on
Vera Cruz or home" you put yourself be-
D yond the reach of the supplies which had
been provided by the government, and rem
t dered yourself, in great measure, inaccesi-
BILE to the recruits and levies Except in strong
0 parties) which had been raised to augment
e your command In this way, you rendered
: unavailing, for time at least, all that had
: been or could be done by the assiduous and
i incessant labors of the War Department in
: all its branches; and then you recklessly put
!, forth the groundless complaint of &C total
e want of support and sympathy from it.
: Your letter of the 25th july. which was
= not received at Washington until the Both
= of December last, abounds with complaints
It against the department, and refers in strong
d terms to the wants and suferings of the ar
e my at that time. Before you ventured to
o make it's then destitute condition a ground
; of charge against the War Department, you
: ought to have recollected that these attic.
It tons fell upon it in the midst of your exper.
d imcnt of making it ga self-sustaining ma
20 chin" were the legitimate fruits Of
= that experiment These suffcrings came up
e on it before your estimated period of isola
t, ton from "Vera Cruz and home" had hall
n expired When you had designedly and un
n necessarily abandoned both, and entered up
y on your selfsustaining position, ''cut of
'e from all supplies and reinforcements from
j. home, until perhaps late in November, by
re what pretence of justice do you complain o.
g the War Department for the distresses you
IS thus voluntarily inflicted upon yourself anC
T. the gallant army under your command
he Something very different from censure anc
OF reproof is due for the extraordinary efforts
ID which were successfully made to reach you
s with recruits and supplies in your sequester
It, ed situation, and to rescue you from the EN-
es barrassments in which your i'll judged meas
~ ures had involved you. | have brought in
e. to view this unaccountable movement O
OF yours, with no purpose to make any com
I'd ment upon it as a military measure, but sole
~ y to show that the evils resulting from i
r. are not just grounds of accusation agains
OF the War Department, and that the laborct
attempt to pervert them to such a purpos
a discloses the manner and spirit with whicl
to you have executed the assumed task of it
pc accuscr.
~, AZ As you have INDUCED in the widest rang
- of speculation in regard to the alleged SIMS
y ter motives and covert designs of others,
~ feel less reluctant to present my views as
= the main object of your last communication
Y Throughout the whole of it, and particular
u ! ly in the concluding part, you manifest tn
u = utmost solicitude to place yourself in the pc
u sition of an injured and prosecuted man.
- With all the aid you can derive from dez
! ferrous strategy, you will be likely to fail i
~ your attempt unless you can have the flu
benefit of yoEr high coloring of some facts
~ and your forgetfulness of others, togethe
= with all your fanciful coDjectures and surm
~ ses. Your recall is, you assert, the long SUI
=. NC pended elbow of power" which you had tn
.e sagacity clearly to predict. 1t is somewh;
~ remarkable, that your predictions precede
~ the events which you imagine provoked thu
~ blow. As early as the 18th of July, 500
"a after 'the happy change in my [your] rel
81 80 tions, both official and private, with NJ
~ Trist," you looked, you say, "to be dimisse
~ from the service of my [your country
II Ii yOuE EeCdl1 cdu Nc EeSdFu0Q DIS QlSLllSSj
~ you are entitled to all the credit of the flu
~ ~ flment of your own early prediction.
to In presenting in its true light the Pres
;tb dents compliance with your own request [
as be recalled, which you now denominate you
rs dismissal, may be obliged to strip it of tt
embellishments you have ingeniously throw
~ around it; though, in doing this, you ma
Of be deprived of much upon which you
,m- pend to sustain your claim to be considere
en- a prosecuted man.
ire As early as June you begged to be reca
on led. You allege that this application wi
oil 'rebukingy declined" This is not sayin
ice the exact thing. The reply to your reque
pa, was, chat it would be decided with excl
ar sive reference to the public good. Whe
ing that shall render it proper in bis 1.-THE Pres
bic dent's] opinion to withdraw you FROM yoV
the present command, his determination to q
- so will be made known to you" This vi
to not denial but suspension of present a
EN- ton, accompanied with an assurance of f
eW ture action on the subject Your reque
zee, was still pending; regard to the publ
en- good then stood in the way of the immed
de- ate qualification of your wishes; but Il
on President promised to act definitely on Il
emit question when that obstacle should be I
sti- moved. Judging from the state of things
the the headquarters of the army in Janual
ich be concluded that it was removed, and th
ind he ought no longer, to require Of you relu