The Nevada journal., 1852-12-17
The Offer TO Gen. scott.


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"Bennctt finds fault with General Scott
because he did not accept the tempting Of
fcrs Of influential citizens Of Mexico, to be.
stow upon him the rulership of Mexico, with
aiarge pecuniary consideration. The State
Journal re-echoes the accusation. ."-Nerada
Journal.
The above is one Of the great many other
falsehoods which that apology for public
journal, the Nevada organ, is in the habit oil
perpetrating about our paper. 1t is false
that Bennett finds fault with Gen. Scott,
because he did not accept the tempting Of
fers of influential citizens of Mexico, 10 be-
stow upon him the rulership of Mexico, with
large pecuniary consideration" and il is
doubly false that I" the State Journal re-ech-
oes the accusation"
With reference to the falsehood" we
throw it back into the teeth of that paper, and
will prove before we are done, we place the
lie where it belongs
With reference to "thc apology" &C., the
fact that in its issue Of the 18th the State
Journal deemed it essential to the interest OF
its columns to select from ours FIVE articles
ahu itCho vi news, W., oCoiucS tuc Ouc VIC
quote, is sufficient answer. fit always gave
us credit for the news it steals from us, its
readers would have more truthful criterion
by which to judge us than its assertions.
As to our "habit Of perpetrating abou.
that paper" &c, it is sufficient to remark
that on the very first appearance Of our pa
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snaring at US, and has made liberal dis-
play Of its teeth ever since. Most Of our re-
marks concerning it have been made in re.
pelling its attacks. With the exception Of
that paper, we have had no difficulty with
any other in the State from our first issue.
On the contrary there is scarcely paper in
the State, not even excepting its confrere, the
Transcript, that has not been slandercd,
abused and had the lie direct from the State
Journal
1t is false that Bennett" &c. Let us see:
sit has also been discloscd-and in a late
electioneering speech by Gen. Scott-that
the Mexican people at that day desired and
actually made overtures to him, looking to
the speedy accomplishment of annexation" :"
~ Y. Herald.
Again: ~
"Thus the voluntary offering of an empire
was arrogantly and ignorantly thrown away,
by subordinate Of the government, in the
assumption of power which only belonged to
the President and to Congress- Ibid.
Gen. Scott in his speech at Sandusky
Oct. lth, which is the 'clectioneering speech
referred to by Bennett, says:
"They offered me one million of dollars as
q bonus, with a salary of $250,OOO per an
mum, and five responsible individuals to be-
come security in any bank in New York
which might name. 1t would be SO ar
ranged that might get it in five days. They
expected that annexation would be brought
about in few years, or if not, that l could
organize the finances, and straighten the
complex affairs of that Government"
To identify the electioneerng speech,"i'
is the one in which Scott states his objection
to mixing the Mexican race with ours.
There is the tempting offer" of the "ru
lership of Mexico" with the "large pccuni-
ary consideration" The Herald, as we
quote, " finds fault" with Gen. Scott, for hay
ing "ignerantly and arroganty thrown a.
way an empire" l. c. the "rulership of Mex
ico" The State Journal, as we stated, incor-
porated the remarks into its leader, leading
them, sign of adoption, well understood
by printers, and by its expressed and i'm
piled approval, "re-echoed," at the very least,
rspublished the accusation" In the same
speech Scott says:
"The overture was made to me by private
citi1ens-men of wealth and prominence"
Now il we have not proved all that the
State Journal denies, in general and detail,
We are willing to stand corrected. In our
remarks on this subject VIC showed how Gen.
Scott could not have taken up with this offer
without enacting treason, and placing himself
hostile in interest and position to the repub-
lie in whose service he had won so much re-
nown. The offer certainly contemplated the
"rulership" by Scott of Mexico, for ga few
years." even if annexation did ultimately en-
sue. Else what is the meaning of salary
per annum? That annexation was the ul-
innate object we have not donied. But we
attempted to show that annexation never
would have been consummated if Scott had
accepted the "rulership of Mexico" We
said,
"Whcn he had taken such STEP his in
terests and those of the United States would
have been twain. Like Santa Anna he would
have been compelled by position to struggle
for the integrity of his territory-his new
empire Instead Of forwarding annexation,
the opposite would have been the result =
With the transcendent military and sxecu.
tive abilities Of Gen. Scott, backed by an army
that loved him, and of invincible bravery
with the adhesion of all Mexico, the bound.
ary of Mexico would now be the Sabine and
Oregon"
The State Journal finally asks: