Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-04-09


10 prohibiiio all officers OF the division. am
obedience 10 ilie commands of. pr-si-
dent of ilie u. .. unless received ,lrougl,
DIVISION Head Quarters, il appears Ia me,
that nothing bat mu,inv aud defiance,
can be understood or intended.
There Is another view of this subject
which must have escaped YOU, AIS | alm
persuaded there is not d man IN America
less disposed 10 SHIT responsibility from
himself 10 weaker parry than Yourself
Suppose The War Department. by order
OF The President, sends instructions d.
rect 10 the commanding officer, perhaps
a Captain, al Natc.liioches Ca pps, within
your ,inislon) Ia attack tie budy oiSpan-
iSii roy aiisiS nearest 10 tiiaI iruulipr; II
tie Captain obrys, you arrest him bat, IL
IN compliance with Nour pro!ii.rtiou, be
sets The commands OF the President az
naugh', he wouii fla himself in a direct
conflict with the highest military au;h3n-
IS under the Constitution, and ti,Is wonlsi
have ~ MAINTAIN against that " feaiiul
odds" the dangerous position laid down
III Your order. Sur.ly This consequence
conld moi have been forescen by you,
When you pennrd that order"
must pray you to believe, sir, that
have expressed my opinion on this great
yourself, personally. and without any
view OF making my cour, III another quar-
ter, as is insinuated by Your anonymous
correspondent. have nothing TO fear
or hope, from either party. II is moi
likely thai the Executive " I'LL be off nded,
at the opinion that il has committed AN
lrreguiari'y IN The transmission OF one of
lis orders /; and, as 10 yourself, although
| cheeriully admit that you are my SIT
perior, deny THAI you are my commanding
offlcer, within the meaning of The 9th
Article of The Rules and Articles Of War.
Even il l belonged 10 Your Division,
should net hesitate 10 repeat 10 YOU all
that have SAID, al any lime, on your
subject, liza proper GccaSion offered and
what is more, should expect y cur appro-
baton, as in my humble judgment, refu-
talon Is impossible.
As YOU do not adopt the impulailon
contained III The amony letter, CO.
Ply OF which YOU enclosed me, | shall
not degrade my sell by any further notice
of il.
have just shown The article from
The Columbian" 10 some military gem
t!emen of this place, from whom learn,
that il Was probably intended 10 be ap-
| piled TO a case " hich has recently occur.
| posed 10 proceed upon report (Which
is nevertheless bell we'd TO be erroneous)
that Brlgadier GeReral Swift had orders
from the War Department, more Than
twelve months since io remove captain
Partridge from the military Academy ],
and that he suppressed those orders, &c.
| The author Is believed 10 bea young man
! OF The army, and was, at tile time of pub
!ication, III this City; but not under my
command, and with whom, have never
had the smallest intimacy. torbear TO
| mention his name, because ii is only
known by conjecture.
| have the honor to be, &c.
(SignedD w. SCOTT.
To Mqjor Gen. Indre,c Jackson SC. Sc.
LETTER III.
| GEN. JACKSON TO GEN. SCOTT.
| Head Quarters, Dipision of the South
NASHVILLE, Dec. Sd, 1917.
SIR have been abs"nt from this place
a considerable time, rendering the lasl
friendly Office | could, 10 q particular
friend, whose eyes closed or the Goth
uliino. Owing TO this, your letter ofthe
4ih OF Oct. was not received until the first
instant.
Upon the receipt OF The anonymous
communication, made me from N York,
fastened to lay il before YOU that
course was suggested To me, by the re-
| spect | felt for you as man and sol
der, and that You might have il IN your
| power 10 answer how far you had been
| guilty OF SO base, and inexcusable con
| duct. independent OF The services you
had rendered your country the circum-
stance Of your wearing the badge and IN
sigma of soldier, led me TO the conclI-
| ltat L
/ With these feelings YOU IS ere written
to; and had an idea been for moment
entertained, that you could have des-
cended from The high and dignified cha
racter OF Major General OF the United
States, and used language so opprobrious
and InsOlent, as YOU have done rest as
sured. should have viewed you, rs ra
Their too contemplate TO iIave held any
converse with YOU OIL the subject II
YOU have lived in the world thus long, i'm
entire ignorance OF the obligations and
duties which honor impose. YOU are III
deed, past the time of learning: and sure.
~ he must be ignorant of them, who seems
SO little under their influence.
Pray, Sir, does your recollection serve
III what school Of philosophy YOU were
taught that to letter enquiring into
the nature of supposed injury, and
clothed III language decorous and unex-
| cepfionable, an answer should be given
couched III pompous insolence and bui
lying expression had hoped that wha
was charged upon you by my anonymous
correspondent, was uniounded ! had
hoped SO, from a belief that Gen. Scott
was a soldier and a gentleman but
when see those statements doubly con
firmed by his own words, il becomes a
matter OF enquiry, how far man of bo.
nordble feelings can reconcile them ia
himself, or longer sci up a claim TO thai