The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-10-13
r..,: HEAD QuARrEs, LIST Div ARNY, j.
Mexico, Nov. Is, l547. !
To the Hon. the Secretary Of War, Washing

< = tne non. tue 0eCIetary ot war, WasWHS
ton.
SIR: From the arbitrary and illegal conduct
1.-The malice and gross injustice practiced by
the general officer, commanding IN chief this
army Major General Winfield Scott-l ap-
peal, as is my right and privilege to the consti
tutionni commander. in chief--the President Of
the United States. I accuse Major General
Winfield Scott of having acted in manner
unbeeoming an officer and a Gentleman. He
has avaied himself Of his p stion, 10 publish,
by authority, TO The army which he commands,
and Of the influence Of his station, 70 give the
highest effect to an order, bearing date Nov. IL,
le47, and Numbered 349 (offcial printed copy
herewith) calculated and designed to east odium
and bring disgrace upon Brevet Major General
Worh, TO bring that general officer into disrepute
with the army and to lessen, if not destroy,
his just influence and proper authority with
those officers and soldiers over VIII IN he 10
placed IN command-that he has without inquiry
or estiga'ion, in the SAID order falsely charg-
I'd Brevet Major General Worth with having
written, or connived at the writing certain
e,ter published in the United States, and to
which he has been pleased to apply the epi,hets
OF "scandalous, malignant &c That he has
made these statements to the world, giving them
the sanction Of his high authority and The influ-
encr OF his position, while he has acknowledge
ed that he had no information as tn the author
ship Of the letter in questions and when respect
fully and pr ,perly addressed on the subject, by
the undersigned appellant, he has decline d to
reply we,her or not he intended t"impute to
Brevet Major General Worth, conduct which
he had characterized as .sscandalous. malig-
nant,' &c (be pleased 10 refer to the corres-
pondence herewith, marked A TO E.) e3
do not urge present action on these aceusa.
tons brcanse Of the inconvenie nee tn the service
withdrawing 50 many officers from their
duties ; but do humbly and respectfully in
woke the Presidents examination into the case,
and such notice thereof, and protection from the
arbitrary conduct Of the said general, as he may
deem suitable. 40 a. sao4fsa 3. -5l r
9 have the honor to be, very respectfully, your
obedicnt servant,
. - WI WORTH,
Brevst Maj General, U. s. Army.
THE above appeal was written on the 10th Of
November, but not handed in n General Scott
10 be forwafded--a~cording to the rules Of
the serv,ce--unil the 24ih, eight days after
wards; Gen Worth retaining it with the vain
hope that reflection and returning sense
Of Justice wbuld induce his commander in
chief to abandon the unfortunate position which
he had taken and TO make him some reparatou
for the grievous wrong he had done him. On
the same day Of the date OF this appeal, and
consequently eight days before General Scot,
"a W II. Lieutrnans- Colonel Duncan published IN
h. North American an American newspaper
published in the capital, the foIlwing letter: sa
- Mexico, Nov. I3 h, 1s47.
To the Eeitor Of the North Auerican:
SIR: / herewith present copy of the "Tam.
pico letter. characterized as "scandalous,
'.despic able" 's,nalignant,'' &c, in Genera
Orders, No. 349, published in the American
Star ranother ne wspaper--the government pa
per. il may SO call it-which had accompa.
MED the head quarters of Gen, Scott in allshi'
movements, and received the patronage Of the
public printing! Of this morning. To the enc
! that the true character OF this letter may be
known, 1 desire that you re publish it in youl
paper (the reader has already seen 90 much o
il as was mater al to my purpcse), and that none
Of my brother officers may inn"c.nt'y' suf
for public alton SO obnoxious l. hcrchy pub
licly acknowledge myself to be its author. The
substance oft communicated from Tacubay,
soon after the battles, in private letter to
friend in Pittsburgh. The statements in th'
J letter are known by very many officers In THU
army to be true and can but think that thu
publication ot truth is less likely to do violenc.
! to individuals, or the service. than the snrprcs
sion or preverson oflt.a Justice to Gen. Worth
(who is evidently one Of the 'heroes" pointst
at in order No. 3l9) requires me 10 state, tina
he knew nothing Whatever Of my purpose 4
write the letter in question, nor thatit had beer
written until well on its way 10 its destination
he never saw, nor did he kaow, directly or ind
reclly even the purp"rt Of one line. word. "l
syllable Of it, until he saw in print; and lac IL
equally ignorant IF my design to make this DE-
claration, which d., as | wro'e the letter, un-
pro,npt-d. and or my own responsibility.
| - Very respectfully. your ob,t scry'
JAMES DUNCAN,
| r7adnI teeer 49,. EasT5 q s793H
! La@ wAraDxraxr~xSt, Jan l3, I54S.
Sir :sSince addressed y"u on the l4ih "
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