The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-10-13

The dinieulty betvvee en- Gems. Scott and
.., Worth In Mexico. AT
Prior to the close Of the Mexican war aud fol
some time after our army had retired from the
coun try, all who were at all familiar with the
newspapers Of the coun.ry., will remember, that
a s4rious difficulty arose between Gen Scot,
and Gen. Worth The facts are briefly, thai
two letters were written from Mexico--on
known as the !" Leonidas'' letter, and another
written by Lieut.. Col. Duncan, compIimenting
Gen, Wortl and certain her officers, for their
bravery in battle, which. Gen, Scott took stron
Lexcepiions to. in General order NJ 349, issued
at the City Of Mexico, and which he charac
terized as "sca andalous, = 'sdespicsbIc' and "ma.
ignant" and by iinucndo imputed to General
Worth. This elected letterffo,n Gen. Worth
to Gen. Scott, asking whetherit was the in.
tention OF the Commander -chief, to impli
cate him in the said General Order. The com
mander.in-chief returned him anevasive an
swer Gen Worth made second and third
request, to which he could extract from the
fCommander-in chief no satisfaction. He then
addressed an open letter, through the Comman
der-in-c chief, to the Secretary Of War, com
planning Of the treatment he had received at the
hands Of the Commander in. chief, and request
ing that an examination might be had into hi'
conduct, as soon as the exigencies Of the public
service would justify it. Upon the receipt o
this letter. Cen Scott Immediately forwarded
charges against Gen. Worth, Gen. Pillow and
Lieut.. Col Duncan, demanding an order TO-
a court of Inquiry into their conduct. Th'
Secretary refused to comply with this demand
Of the Commander in Chief on the ground tina
it would not be treating Gen. Worth, subor
dnate, but brave and meritorious officer, with
proper respect, as the charges against th'
Commander-in chief, bore date prior to those OF
Gen Scott. Here is a brief statement of the case
which will be found in detail below, and which
certainly reflects no credit upon the sagacity
and dignity Of Gen. Scott. The history o
Gen Scntt from his earliest appearance in pub.
lie life, EXHIBITS him in the character Of vair
jealous, and exceedingly petulent man. To ,ht
control Of such man, forever let the Execu-
tive department ofthis government be delivered
More Of Gen. SCOTS, civil Life.
GENERAL ORDERS. No 349.
HEAD QUARTERS or THE ARMY !
Mexico, Nov. u, 1917:
The attention Of certain officers of this arm,
is recalled TO the foregoing regulations, IA regu
lation preh biting officers Of the army from de-
| failing in private letters or reports, the move
ments Of The urmy,) which the genera-n chic
/ Is detcrminedto enforce SO far as it may be il
ais power As yet ou:: twn echoes. firm HON;
of the brilliant operations If our arms have rea
ched us--the are, in a New Orleans, and tn.
second through Tampico newspaper.
| 1t requires not little charity TO believe tha
the principal heroes of these two scandalous let
ters alluded to, did not rite them or specially
procure them to be written; and the inteligen
can be at no loss in conjrcturing the authors
chiefs, partizans, and pet familiars. To tn.
honor OF the service, the d,sease-prnriency o
fame not earned-cannot have seized upon hal
dozen officers [present] all Of whom, it is be
lieved belong to the same two coter:es. Falls,
credit may, no doubt, be obtained at home BY
such despicabe selt-pufhngs, and a malignan
exclusion of others hut at the expense Of tn
| lust esteem and consideration of all honorable
officers who love their country, their profession
and the truth Of history. The Indignation q
the great number of the latter class cannot fail
in the enI, TO bring down the cenccited and en-
vious TO their praper level Ha
By command OF General Scott
II. l. SCOTT, a. A. A. G.