The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-01-30

the enemy" was in this spirit which these opposition
papers breathe (and they do not state one OF the strong
es objections the publications. that we have no doubt
the late general order has been published,
The National ntelhgencer," indeed denounces that
order in the most violent terms-as infammatory, as
they untrue and unjust Where is the luminosity
cherished by the administration towards General lay
or" OF which it to consider this general order
as the sign and the confirmation This administration
has not hesitaed all proper occasions to do honor to
Gen. Taylor; evidence of which, may we not re-
speculy suggest that from the Office of colonel of the
line and brevet brigader general il placed him in
mand of the "amy of occupation and INVASION over
the heads of his superior officers, and afterwards nomna
ted him to the honorable commissions first of breret
major general, and next of majer general in full
The administration certainly cannotapprove of this late
letter of General Taylor But why mistake prospective
order against such publications. for determined hostility
against its author'
The National Integencer is still more unfortunate in
conioundng what it calls 'many hundreds of unofficial
letters from officers of the army of every grade" with
this remarkable document from the pen OF the command
ing general. Most of these letters were anonymous
Their authors were generally unknown, and being I'M
known could not stamp their statements with any aN-
thorty weight These letters, too, could not author-
tavey officially develop the plans OF the campaign
to the knowledge of the enemy. But here we have
letter from the commanding general not addressed to his
government, but published in newspaper appearing I'M
der his signaur he, too, trusted with the plans
of the campaignpur porting to explain certain plans Oh
the campaigns with which he must be supposed to be &C
quainted, and calculated to throw cold water upon the
spirit of our operations and the results of the war.
The .organ of foreign influences" is pleased to de-
poupce this general order can post facto regua-
ton. There never was grosser misnomer, or more
violent abuse of legal language. To make law Tor the
purpose of furnishing past transgresson, is one thing
to make it after the fact has been committed for the
purpose of preventing future acts, is another This
der was intended to the last purpose Its object
was after this first fragrant instance which had occur
red Occurred too probably, without the knowledge
under the instructions of General TayorD prevent
similar nds creons for the future The National Intel
gencer itself does not deny il to be "a proper one" Nor
is it las the Inteligencer says "waked up from sleep
of more than t,eenty years.
This regulation was framed under the administration of
Mr. Monroe under the sanction of Mr.. Calhoun then
Secretary of War, the 1st of March, 1926, and pub
shed By authority (as) general regulations for the
army revised by Major General Scott y This among
the general regulations distributed from IFS date in 1926,
to the army, until in 1886, when republication Of
general rules, emitting it, made.
1t is dle therefore, to say, that the general order, just
issued has been obsolete and asleep for twenty years
much less to say that er post tacto proceeding,
and is directly against the spirit OF liberty 1t has been
now repubshed and its observance enoned with the
u;a ~ hut
an existing abuse The OF this abuse, and the
necessity of preventing it for the future, admitted
even in the article of the National ntelgencer itself Its
editors cannot, therefore, properly complain of the
der" because the Intelligencer says, I'VE do say
that the regulation, &c, may not be in itself, general
rule proper one" but they miseaby bubble about the
time of issuing it. as if the government must wait suit
able time please the asdous of the editors OF
the National lnelligencer
We repeat, that we emphaticay deny the charge,
peated by the National ntellgencer that luminosity
cherished by the administration towards Gen. Taylor"
And deny that any fact has occurred to justify the
unfounded charge Nay, the very persons who
using Gener al Taylors letter assa the administration,
are the very persons who have imprudenty originated
the charge of the luminosity of the administration to-
wards that officer.
III gives us no pleasure 10 continue thiS ulScuSsioh'
But he must be poorly read in the signs OF the times
who does not see in the violent language of the Foreign
Organ" OF this morning, and in the spirit of the article in
the ''New DIRK Courier and Enquirer" desperate de-
termination TO fight political battle over the letter; and
now the general order We shall be prepared to
take up the gage when they are pleased TO throw
down, because satisfied that the administration
will be able to show that there is foundation for the
complaints made against them in this publication OF Gen.
Taylor's letter.
COMMEDNTAT