The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-08-13

ed with orders To take the command. THE so..
ond arrival proved To be Sir Hugh Dalrvmn,e
who however followed the example of Sir IT,
| and sent an Aid to Welding ton, TO notify him y;
the arrival o this additional commander. but ma
titled Wellington that he was expected Ia po n,
with the battle. according To his own plan of ope
rations. But finding the enemy retreatny rapid
ly. and Wellington in pursuit. and experimenting
| that he would be drawn into cut de sac, changed
his mind and ordered him to re,race his stems.
The victory was, however, won by yelling ton.
| and Sir Hugh Darymple censured for calling
him from the pursuit. Had General Brooke ar
rived at Mobile, while was completing the or
ganz,,ion Of that gallant Brigade of Volunteers,
am sure ha would not have made any effuri To
prevent my doing SD, il he had been senior to me
But General Brooke, To whom il was nv duty To-
turn over the command of the Western Divisinn.
was at ST. Louis. nearly 700 miles from me. |,
~ true--that i'm the course of my Journey from
Mobile to Washington city. l met first, the ac.
count OF the attacks-the alleged fricndiu attacks
ot the honorable, the Senator CIss-and some
other equally distinguished friends, such as had
kindly desired to kill me off for nay supposed pre-
mature movement against the Florida Indians
RI was delighted To see these attacks. ioasmucb
as they had the effect Of bringing my real fend,
who proved themselves Ia he &C friends indeed -
MY journey. though advised that | was Ia he cen
snred. was a delightful one, because l learned
upnn this rapid journey that the u. S. Senate.
with the concurrence of the President had Ia ken
measures to settle, amicahly and honorably. the
Oregon question:, relieving us from the pruspect
%, a war, Ior which we were not Is ,rcU preDar.
ed as 4 could haze desired, and war is an awful
evil, whr0 brought on without preparation (See
my Memorial of December 81, 1880 to C6ngress
embracing the elements Of my system of National
Defence, by Railroads and Floating Batteries. to
CO operate with nur Forts)
will here close my Defence. with sinole
additional quotation from the Maxims Of Napo
leon-premising that sumo Of the Bureau officers
ot the War Department, appear to have mistake
the meaning of this Maxim and in place of an
plying IT To the MeXicans. or to our late Indian
enemies, they seem'tO haze considered me as The
enemy alluded to in this important Maxm-as
they appear most carefully to have resolved not
to do any thing which, | wish them to do--or
any thing which wish TO do myself-and for the
single reason, that ! do so ,cish
Z" "A well established Maxim Of War is, no, TO
=" do any thing which your enemy wshes-and
g TOR the single reason, that he does so wish -
Maxim XVIII
am sure that il the President of the United
States and the Department, had the benefit of
more prudent military advisers, Than they have
had during the last year or two they would
have been spared the trouble of reading this rough
sketch of my Defence, and MANY other documents.
which, have no doubt, will be considered by
them unnecessarily veXaiions--but such as we
may expect to be compelled TO read. as long as
the present Major General at the Head of that
Bureau, is allowed To remain there, and TO make
endorsements upon the official dispatches of com
mandeTS, such as he has, upon his oath, made
npnn my letters, denouncing me "t,sentu Times"
insane. and regardless of all law Let him take
command of a Division
EDMUND p. GAINES,
Major General II. s. .4rnv.