The Port-Gibson correspondent., 1847-03-13

sacrificing general2 What next? Why
when that declaration of war was pass,
ed 10 which the gentleman had refer,
ed, resolution was passed providing
Tor the creation Of an additional major
general in the army; and il devolved, ol
course, upon the President under the
constitution, to select and nominate thai
major general? Who was selected Did
the President select the highest in com>
mand2 The highest officer was Gener-
al Gaines-neXt 10 General Scott, " he
was major general. Did the Presi-
dent select General Gainesl Not at all.
He passed over General Gaines. Next
he would come to General Wool. Did
he select General Wool? No. He pass
ed over General Wool. Did he select
General Jsssup, the next highest in the
army2 No. lie passed over him and
several others, till be got down 10 col.
onel Of the line, with a brevet general
ship only and took Taylor and raised
him above NIL Of his brother officers,
placed him over their heads and made
full mapI general or the army over
men who nad commanded him for forty
years. Yet, in the face Of that act, done
by the President ofthe UniiedStales with
the concurrence Of his cabinet, and ap>
proved and sanctioned by the democrats
ic party, the gentleman had the hardl>
hood TO charge the base design on the
part OF The President, previously formed,
Of sacrificing General Taylor-sacrifi-
cling him-a conspiracy to sacrifice him!
He (Mr..D. J wondered il the gentleman
would not like TO be sacrificed in the
same way! He asked il the military
men in the army would not like 10 be
sacrificed in the same way? Take col
Onei and make him a major general
take an inferior officer and put him. over
his superiors and brother officers heads
was that The evidence Of a design on the
part Of the administration and the demo
cratic party 10 sacrifice Gen. Taylor?
But things had gone on, and Gen. Fay
lor retained the command Of the army
The administration had given him their
unlimited confidence. There had been
no act Of hostility-no act Of unklndneSs
nothing, he ayerred, Up TO that hour,
10 Justify the charge. But the gentle>
man stated another evidence Of this hos
tiIity. Ii was because he found in the
Intelligencer Of that morning, or the u
Mon for it was both papers-an old ar
my order revived, prohibiting the publ
cation of private letters, and reports,an
SO forth from the army. It seemed It
was an army order adopted in 1925, and
had always been in existence since, but
by some cause omitted in the Publica
tion of 1871. Because that was now re-
published, and sent forth 10 the world,
the gentleman discovered a conspiracy
or rather the evidence Of former consPl>
racy. 10 sacrifice Gen. Taylor. And
how did he connect it with General Iay
Ior? Why, he said il was undoubtedly
intended for him. Where was the evIs
dence? What evidence was there that
that army order was intended to apply
to General Taylor? Why, because, be
said, a letter ofGeneTal Taylor had been
recently published which was violation
of that order.-Well, if General Taylor
had published letter in violation OF a
standing army order, was i not time
that his attention was called to the fact,
and that he was required 70 conform 10
The regulations of the army? All! but
he said General Taylor did not publish
the letter. That was the very point 70
which he (Mr. d. wished 10 bring him,
TMr.A.1 IfGeneral Taylor did not pub
/ Iish the letter, by what right did ne say
that the order was intended for him?
The order was intended solely for the
man who violated it. If Taylor did not
violate il. bv what right did they say i
was intended 10 apply to him2 Il be
did violate ii, was i! not right that his
attention should be called to i? And Il
he had violated tiff he had violated the
orders Of lis superiors--which supPoSi>
,ion would be that be had violated MS
oath-a supposition that he (Mr. ID res
oelIed and denied-yet if he had, he (Mr
= * asked If the administration had moi
dealt kindly with him-merely drawing
tho attention Of the world 10 the order
;nstead Of dismissing him from the ser
vice. as a violation Of that order "ou'o
require? There was no attempt 10 as
miss him! There was no enforcement
Of the rigid order-no allusion to Gen
TaylorEand he (Mr. D.) adopted the
ex6Ianatiop Of the gentleman from Ten
nessee, [Air. Ewing, that there osll was n'
evidence vet come 10 light that Genera
Taylor published, or intended that le''el
. Mr. NJ Ewing here said he wished i ID I
make remark in explanation. ~"
Taylor had SO incaatiously written s.ls.5 loI
he he Gid G'1 not in in.ond it for publication yo
IN IN that case he had violated the orde s
as as much rl as If Ke had written il for pub
T lication. - o;,
that If Gen. Taylor had written ,os'S ~,
so incautousIy that i had come I;9oo' j. j"
r he had QIGGCL