Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-06-12
THE, ENQUIRER.
wednesday Morning, june 10, 1876.
WIN. MILITARY TACTICS.
RICH MON d, Va.

wednesday Morning, June 10, ie8o'
WIG MILITARY TACTICS.
The Wings would appear 10 possess an me
knowledge of military tactics IN the country
Hitherto that party has been content 10 claim al
,he talents and all the decency; bu now the nave
become most marvellOusly proper military men
in addition. Ever since the American army ad-
ysoced from liz posi!ion at Corpus Christi, ana
pitched its tents upon the Rio Grande, The wing
press has teemed with The most elaborate ana pio-
found discussions upon generalship ana NC
true method OF conducting campaign. al one
time. i, was deemed by them wrong to send vol.
un,eers 10 ioin Gen Taylor, because tho expehdi-
ture caused thereby was not necessary. Nc
General advanced TO the Rio Grande, ana INC
WHO journals noted The fact, but not 10 lone Oh
censnre. Suddenly, our army is discovered 10 os
in imminent peril; American oficeTs aie muir
dered and detachmenls from our army are caP'u-
red and carried, p. isoners, into The Mexican Ter
r;,orv TIE maledictons Of an hundred presses
rino trrmpc,-lonsucd throughout Inc land. M
Polk is denounced for sending "a handful OF
troops into an enemy's country, where, enconi-
passed by numerous difficulties and shortened IN
their provisions. they must meet anopposns force
OF greatly superior numbers. Every exerlion IS
made 10 prepare the country for the reception OF
disastrous intelligence, and The responsibility, The
burden, the odium Of defeat is to be cast upon Inc
head OF The President. II was even asserted most
positively, by some Of The Wing papers at The
North that Gen. Scott disapprovcd OF the move
menls oi our army and was opposed 10 lis being
sen, beyond the Nneces Gaze was taken 10 ex-
empllhe Wing military chiettain and Presidential
asplanl from all connection with the operations
Of our army when il was supposed they might
result unsuccesslully.
But change comes over the aspect oil affairs.
The clouds in The South dispelled and the skies
brighten In the very midst of Wing croaking-
in The uproar other clamor again, MIR. Polk for
exposing Gen. Taylor and his brave army 10 The
danger OF defeat-whst disapprobalion is loudly
muttered al The South aud The nedrss; thing 10
treason proclaimed BY their anl-Texas allies at
The Nur,h---lhe echo OF victory IS heard
The speculation Of their journalists and the
mdHa1y cflt,gueS OF their statesmen in the
United States Senate are hu,hed BIZ the IL
dines from Palo Allo ard i;csaca de Ia Palma.
or course they unite inlhe general JOY over those
splendid victories; tu. in doing 80, they must
needs condemn The Administration. They say
that Gen. Taylor vanquished the McIicaEs in
spite OF the President They were prepared,
when they supposed disaster was coming, 10
hold The President responsible but when victory
kapn he ;ot how n
lie credit. II is seen that some glory and some
eclai can be acquired even in Mexico; and they
begin 10 look 10 that quarter and sigh Tor aurels
with which 10 grace The brow of their prominent
Presidential candida,c-iher Military Cheiiain
asPicant-Gen. Winfield Scot. Before the vic
tories no anxiety is manifested 10 have Gen.
Scot lead our armies in a Mexican campaign;
but when il is known that glory can be gained
there, The Wing press Immediately raise the cry
thai the leaders Of the Democratic party eGicr-
tain a Jealousy" of Gen. Scott II is said that
The Administration does no, send the General 10
Mexico, lest he should there 80 distinguish him
self as 10 win the Presidential chair from CRATE
iul people.
This is said, TOO, wihou, knowing the facts,
without having seen Inc correspondence between
Gen. Scout and he War Department, and with
out knowing whether Gen. SCOTS nc, taking the
commarid;is Ike result OF his own preference or
The policy OF The Administrator.
Nor has Mir Polk been more successful in
satisfying The military critics Of the Wing party,
with reference 10 Gen. Gaines. That officer
WHOSE patriotism and pure intentions are not
questioned, has been ordered 10 Washington, in
consequence Of his action in calling Out, al great
expense a large number OF volunteers, without
the sanction OF the paramount authorities OF The
country When he snail have arrived there, his
conduct will no doubt be fully and fairly nres'i-
gated. AS yet, neither the instructions from The
Department 10 him, or MS plea OF Justification,
has been made public. Still The Wing press has
,ijy and holly condemns the Administrator for
i,s course towards him. The Richmond Wing
OF Yesterday is earnest about The matter. Most
ardeniy does il commend The public career Of Gen.
Gaines, and vehsmeniy belabors MIR. Polk for
recalling him from command. But after all The
praise which 10 bestowed on the General, the
Whig winds up with The following paragraph:
awe repeat, that 1re do no. mean now 10 ex.
press de6ni,ive opinion, in regard the conduct
Of Gen Gaines farther than 10 say, tha, while |
re do not doubt he has exceeded the powers with
which he was clothed we have INST as lillle doubt
that he was actua,cd by patriotic impulses, and
". feel confident il will eventually turn out ;ia;
his unauthorized action was 10 great extent rem.
dcred necessary by the inefficient and inadequate
measures adopted By the authorities al Washing
ton 10 meet The emergency which they had crea-
ted"
He cannot express definitive opinion in re-
gard TO In. conduct OF Gen. Gaines; he cannot |
sanction his conduc;-bu; lei that be as i, may, |
he is coui.eD, tina: the Administration was al
fault! This j. he gisi Of Wing tacics-,his
the upshnl Of their military criticism: The Admit
nstraiion ma. created war, lnusl he held re- |
sponsible for all it. rnisaiven,ures mus receive
no credit ior is sncccsscsl
We ak aucniion 70 ne welldigt,led argn-
mems and powerful fsc's pfesen'cd IL Giles OF
Amelia %no proYss our unqucsuGDahIe lille 10
the Rio Grartc. lie shows The Aifnsy character
ot,he Wing objections ,o,hr course II Nh Polk in
moving lie army . HE ban1s q Tie RIO Granlc
| Had the President allowed the semi-bat barians
Of Mexico 10 oYrffuu Inc soil Of Texas, (for
Mexico claims an . tie Sabine, he would have
been unworthy Of hi.hiah posion, and fecrean.
to his duty. lie, howeYei. bar done nothing
more than he was impeed e 81 by The consdc-
rations OF right and u enlightened policy. II
will not be long bcfo,. lrr Wing become iho-
roughly sick Of Their charges q "'hc Presidents
war" his "usurpaiion." &c.
Per nc Enquirer.
THE RIO GRANDE THE WESTERN BOUNDARY
| or TEXAS.
The violence with which the Wing press and
the Opponents generally OF the Administration
denonnce the Mexican war, can only be airibu-
led to a party feeling, the most relentless and
vindic,ive. The origin Of The war has been as
cribed 10 Executive usurpation. The President
has been charged with the most outrageous az
erosion on the rights OF Mexico; with wanionly
and forcibly seizing her territory and expellins
its inhabitants at the point of the bayonel from
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