Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-07-13
We re.publi.h without CONNER, the following


We re-publish without comment the following
Article from The Union. In 4 few words, il
brushes away The false rumols and absurd and
un.oun!ed deductions of Wing letter writers and
journals. 1t also proves, that upon this, as upon
every other subject, the Administration is ready
and willing to submit lis acts 10 The scrutiny OF
public opinion
The ADMINISTRATION AND GENENaL ScoTT.--
Several of The more violent OF The Wing journals,
taking their cue from the New York "Courier and
Enquirer which PROCESSES 10 have received spe-
cial information on The subject from lis Southern
correspondents" are charging that MIR. TrisI has
been sent TO Mexico on mission interfering
with the military authority OF General Scott.
They allege that Mr.. Trisl has assumed for him
self right TO order an armislice, and otherwise
10 interfere with and even direct The operations
Of the army, under General SCOTS command.
They express 4 warm sympathy with General
SCOTS indignation atlhus finding himself, as they
allege, placed BY the administration in the posi-
ton OF "a subordinate 10 leik in The Stale De-
psrmcni;" and they profess TO see IN tins alleged
movement oil the administration ad1iliohal eVi-
dence OF hostility Oh The part OF lhe. Government
towards its commanding general in The field.
The "Courier and Enquirer" indeed, goes so Tar
as TO assert that MIR. TTis has not only been
guilty OF such interference with General Scotts
| command, but that he has shown "a eiler either
| from the Department Of Stale, or IRON The De-
pallmenl Of War" ially authorizing such
couIsc on his part.
Since The disappointment Of the editor OF The
tCourer and Enquirer" in reference TO the OBJECT
of his visit tu Washington last winter, the motive
OF his virlnous Indignation against The government
| is so well known as 10 render any charges against
itqnile harmless, so long as they are confined 10
lis own columns though put forth in terms IN,
tended to create The impression that The material
Of them may have been furnished 10 him, duly
exaggerated aud discolored, "by private advices
from the scene OF our military operations. Inc re-
petition Of these charges in other journals, how
ever, has led rs 10 make careful inquiry INTO The
matter; and We now STATE positively, that all these
accusations agains, The Administration, OF giving
MIR. Ffisi any authority 10 interfere IN any form,
or in The slightest degree, with Gen. SCOTS mill
,ary command, arc absolutely and totally with
out foundation.
Having made these statements thus positively,
we deem II proper 10 suggest To those Federal
journals which persist in charging upon the Adj
minisralion IN attempt 10 do injustice to Gen
Scott in this matter, that The intercourse and The
relations between The Government and General
Scott are matter Of record. In due time, that re-
cord can he made 10 speak for itself. Meantime
il will be no more than prudent for those Jour
nails which now seek 10 put the Administration
in the wrong as againsl Gen. Scott, TO remember
lie fate OF similar ilIjudged attempt by the
protessed friends of that officer which led 10 The
publication on their call, OF l.e we![knuwr
correspondence between him and The War Depart.
ment al previous period OF The war. II The sue.
cess Of that experiment warrants, in the judg.
men, Of General SCOTS friends, another cal
for the record, We undertake 10 say, on the ral
Of The administration, that such call
when made in due season, and by due au,hoI
", will be chcerlully and al once complied with
we say this, not only without the slightest feeling
OF unkindness towards Gen Scott, bu on the con.
trary, with full sense of the distinguished servi'
ces which he has rendered to his country in The
field.