The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-06-13
BY THE MAILS.
WASHINGTON, june IL, lS46

WASHINGTON, june AZ, lSa0
The Var Of the Roses The Savage Democracy.
The public curiosity is every morning gratihed
with an instalment of the correspondence be-
tween Gov. Marcy and Gen. Gaines. This 10
much more volumnous than that between Gen.
Scott and the War Department, But at any rate
the effort to place both Generals under the ban
of condemnation, has been eminently successful.
and unintentionally the administration has
ted Gen. Taylor ''the bright particular star" Of
the army. So soon as the law passes Congress.
the President will have great pleasure in trans
hitting to "old Zach a full commission as Major
General He will then, by this commission, play
at leap frog and take rank and place on The army
list next to Gen. Sou Scott; this last named be-
ing now the only Major General in commission.
Long may General Taylor live TO wear the honor
he has so nobly won. The Herald has the credit
of first making mention Of the old hero, in con.
nexion with the placenow occupied by Mr.. Polk.
We cannot tell what may lie perdu in the capa-
cious storehouse of future time. You cannot but
be taken by the peculiar style and matter of Gen.
Gaines dispatches. He is very cool, reasonable,
and sensible, save when thought OF Gen. Scott
comes across his brain. Then he seems to be fax
and fire. Touch him, too, upon his system OF ma
tional defence, floating batteries aad all that
of thing, and he nj once becomes MAGNIFICENT
In years gone by, Generals Gaines and Scott were
as Brothers But the iniolerable subject Of Breves
rank came between them, and they have been,
since, the most bitter and implacabe
mics. What will come of bringing them together
in Washington cannot now be known, though
a shrewd surmise as to the result might possibly
be hazardcd. General Gaines is real soldier,
though Gen. Scott holds to the opinion that he 10
either in his dotage partially insane; and to this
opinion he has gwen harbor for some years. But
if it be so, certainly, in some of his movements,
Gen. Gaines shows to the people that there is at
least measure of 'smethod in his madness.''--
Perhaps the majority of the people in the South
and South West, may be looked upon as insane
o, Iosh n sstan on.
wrong, and acted without law or authority, land
he has,) then are the people participants Of the
blame. But the idea coming from Gen. Scott,
that General Gaines is foolish or crazy, in view of
recent events, seems to be not u little ludicrous
If Gen. Gaines may be Justly considered a fit and
proper candidate for lunatc asylum, or can in.
think of the General-in- Chief Of the army May
vexaton Of spirit asR-aWhere shall go e
Quite war of words took place in the House.
between Messrs. Rathbun and Douglass, which
ended thus-"I can hardly be surprised at any
thing the gentleman from Illinois can say" and,
cannot be astonshed at any thing the gentle
Trough and ready from Ohio,) also came down
Hercules. He told the truth in the plainest posi-
language, the secretaries and heads Of bureaux
seemed now to know nothing OF such tritiing mat
tiers as the appointment Of clerks and subord-
nate employees in Washington, the time would
come when they would be made to know The
subject of debate was the bill 10 provide for the
apportionment of clerks, &c, reported from the
Judiciary Committee. Would you employ in tho
Herald establishment any man who, openly and
unblushingly, made use of every occasion to mis-
represent and villify your private or public cha
racrer Would you not rather confer favors upon
those who had all along evinced desire and a
willingness to advance your interests ? Would
not any man serve his friends, if he could do so
with tile same ease that he served his foes? II
would at any rate, seem to be n very natural and
reasonable course to be pursued both in private
and public affairs. But here in Washington this
has not been done.