Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-04-10

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TO attack the body of Spanish royal
lists nearest TO that frontier, it the cap
tain obeys, you arrests him--but in COM
piiance with your prohibition, he sets the
commands of the president at naught, he
would find himself in direct conflict with
the highest military authority, under the
Constitution, and thus would have to main
tain against that fearful odds,," the dam
gerous position laid down in your order
Surely this consequence could not have
been foreseen By you, when you penned
that orders
must pray you to believe, sir, that !
have expressed my opinion on this great
question, without theleas! hostility to your
self, personally, and without any view Of
making'my court in another quarter, as is
insinuated by your anonymous correspon-
dent. have nothing 10 fear or hope from
either party. 1t is not likely that the ex-
ecutive will be offended at the opinion, that
it has committed an irregularity in the
transmission its orders; and as your
self, although | cheerfully admit that you
are my superior, | deny that you are my
commanding officer, within the meaning Of
the 9th article Of the rules and articles Of
war. Even if | belonged to your division,
should not hesitate to repeat 10 you all
that have said, at any time, on your sub
ject, if proper occasion ofcred--and
what's more, lsbould expect your appro-
baton, as in my humble judgment, refu-
tation is impossible.
As you do not adopt the impu!atiohs con-
tanned in the anonymous letter, a copy of
which you enclosed me, | shall not de-
grade myself by any further notice of it.
have just shewn the article from ''The
Columbian to some military gentleman
oIthis place, from whom learn II was pro-
baby intended to be applied 10 case
which has recently occurred at Vest Point.
The writer is supposed 10 proceed upon
report (Which is nevertheless believed to
be erroneous) that brigadeer Gen. Swift
had orders from the war department more
than twelve months since, TO remove, capt.
Partridge, from the Military Academy, and
that he suppressed those orders, &c. The
author is believed to be a young man the
army, and was, at the time of publication,
in this city; but not under my command,
ard wi III whom have never had the small
est intimacy. forbsar to a,ention his name
because it is only known by conjecture.
! have the honor to be, sc.
Signed w. SCOTT.
To Ncior Gen. .andseu Jackson Sc. &c. SC.
LETTER III.
GENERAL JACKSON TO GENERAL ScoTr.
Head Quarters, Divis.on of he South,
.Nashosile. Dec. 3rd, 1917.
SIR,
| have been absent from tits place
considerable time, rendering the last friend
Iy ofnce could, to particular friend,
whose eyes closed on the Goth ult. Owing
to this, your letter Of the 4th Of October,
was not received until the first instant.
Upon The receip; OF the anonymous COM
munica,ica. made me from n York, has
tened to lay it before you; that course was
suggested TO me, by the respect ! ie!t for
you as ran and solder, and that you
might have ii IN your power to answer how
faryou had bceI, guilty of SO base, and in
excusable conduct Independent 0! the SER
vices you had rendered your country; the
circumstance OF your wearing the badge
and insignia OF a soldier, led ne 10 the con-
clusion, that, was addressing gentleman.
With these feelings you We're written TO
and had an idea been for moment enter
tained. that you could have descended from
the high and digniGed character of Major
General of the United States, and used Ian
guage, so oPproLious and insoent, as you
have done rest assured, | should have
viewed you, as rather too contt mptible to
have held any converse with you Oh the
subject, If you have lived in the world
thus long, in entire ignorance Of the obliga-
items and duties which honor impose, you
are indeed, past the time of learning and
surely he must lie ignorant OF them, who
seems so little under their influence.
Pray, sir, does your recollection serve,
in what school Of philosophy you were
n Let il be remembered, that this illus
trative statement was strictly in reply; gen.
Jackson had said, if my order has been
the subject OF your animadyersions, il is |