Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-06-22
THE ENQUIRER.
RICH MOND, VA.
Saturday Morning, June 10, 1917.
THE pRoCLAMATIONS.


diiy lis expressions materially, Tor al 10 NV.
aimed q! the President must iall upon Geh' ooO''
That paper Of yesterday says
alt reonires no effort OF The imagination 20 &C.
licve.ihai The late proclamation OF Gen. Scol'i III
lis substance, if no III lis woIcs, was M
embodied in instructions from washington. ~ y
administration, indeed, has tacitly confessed y.
SELF responsible for the document, by hol ouly
ss;l;nc IN signify disapprobaiion VI lis features,
hu ac,ua,ly adopting and enforcing, through the
Union. lis grand new pIclext in luslIilcalion o!
The war-tac necessity Of Protecting 1ierteo Prom
me,barcAy."
Now The facts, as set forth by the Union, super
sede all necessity Tor 'qhe imagination" II says
that "lhe proclamation was written 81 ueneiai
Scott. withou, ara instructions from The Admins
ua,ion-wihou, any suggestions OF theirs with
oul their knowledge" Under the belief that Gen
Scott was in no ways responsible for the docu-
n.enl. the Wings have kept up constant assault
upon it, and, through it, ufon the administration,
Now, lhey will be forced 10 see their beautiful
spor, foiled. Since this proclamation turns out
10 be the production Of one OF their Distinguished
"Whs Generals" what theme will thcy no" Sc
lee; for assai.ne The administration?
While some OF The Wings may be forced 10 eat
W their words in regard TO Ibis proclamalloh,
Gen. Scot! may lock Tor continued "hfe in the
rear" from others Of his own party. The Boston
Pes, has The iollowin: hard HIT
arhe attack OF the Wings on General Scot, on
accoun, oi his proclamation, is mucn more gene
~, han were their complaints of his winning q
hattie over Santa Anna on Sunday. The Lowell
Conricr-owned by the Editor OF The Boston
| Allas-shows lis open contempt TOT inc nero OF
I,undy's Lane AMI Cerro Gordo, by sllgmalZInS
tho pfoclamation as 'humbug' and stun, written
in a miserable Style 'sneaking and disnoAesi,
mn, true and charging that the author knows
hr,,er and that II he wrote thus 10 Americans he
would be 'hootcd into silence This is now the
Spurious tone Of presses which whilom accused
the administration of trying 10 inJure General
Scolt by keeping hin, away from the amy from
mean jealousy OF his popularity as Presiden-
lial candidate. Since the world began, there
never was Il more facious crew in opposition 10
any Government than that with which we have
10 contend here. General Scott al home was be-
PRAISED by these wrctched erumblers, but at The
head of The army, conducting the war with
visor, and exhibiting patriotic conduct, he subjects
himself to their oblcquy-a sufficient proof that
he is now in he right"
Some of The Wings, however, are disposed 10
do Justice 10 the wisdom OF Gen. SCOTS procla-
ma,ion-among them is the Washington cores
ponden, Of the N. y. Courier, whose letter we
find in Inc National IstcNissaccr. He employs
the following language, which must prove gall
and wormwood 10 the Wing assai!ants Of The
"monsirous" doctrines OF SCOTS procla nation
As 10 his corfden, spccula,ons upon speedy
treaty OF peace, We give Them for what they are
worth:
"Now tina, proclamation is much more dipo-
malc than military in is character il is in truth
an argument in favor OF negotiation and peace,
adore ssed by Gen. Scott 10 the Mexican ration.
And now say 10 you, on uDquesiicnable aulho-
rity from New Orleans. that u IS producing most
trirao,dinory eGeeis IN faror Of pace among Mc
lMc1ican pcoplc.
"You will have seen The denunciaiion Of il by
Santa Anna, but YOU are probably not aware that
the most extraordinary efforts were made BY him
10 proven, lis reaching the capital. He succeed
Cd with the first edition. but second was issued
in Spanish hy Gen. Scott, and the sensation pro-
duccd ia our favor both in Pucbla and Inc city
oe Mexico, surpassed eren the aiOs sanguiac crpcc-
t,sti0n.
THE prospect is now brighter than a, any Pc
Rod since The war commenced tina, The Mexican
people will compel their military rulers 10 agree
10 peace. The project OF the treaty. which vas
taken out b. Mr.. Trst, has been shown ccn;:cn-
italy 10 several persons {, Ja!apa, ana Is Ia con-
formity with what heretofore slated 10 you; and
even again assert most positively upon evidence
from Jaapa and New Orleans which admits Of
no mistake that The treaty prepared TO be signed
by Mr.. TIisi, as Commissioner, has been seen al
Jalana ard Ina, Mr. Trisl is clothed with The full
les, diplomatic powers 10 conclude definite trea-
ly o. reace upon The terms and articles sci forth
in The project at Ja.aps; anil that he need not wait
Tor any further instruction from Washington, but
can have the treaty as il is signed by him and
ratified a, once by The Government OF Mexico"
a few days ago the National lneligencer We
nv sratuously asserted that an article in our pa
per "secms 10 have been intended by that paper 10
sustain the position, now given up BY the admin
istraion itself that the proclamation OF Gen. Scott
10 the Mexicans was issued upon his own respoI-
sibiliy and moi by instruction from the Execu-
tive" To this The Union thus positively replies:
So far from having 'given itup," we repeat, in
the most positive manner, that il was ISSUED By
his own responsibility, and notify instruction (or
ann sugses,ionl from he Executive" In TACT, TO
use The words Of the National Intellgencer in re-
la,ion 10 Gen. Taylors proclamation, the E1ecu-
tive chad no more 10 do with lis contents, or lis
composition, than lhe babe that is unborn" Let
the Whies abuse and misrcpresent ii as much as
they will, i, bears upon lis face patriotic char.
sc.er, and therefore it is not surprising that it
should be abused by some Of their presses As the
! "Adfian (Mich) Walchlower" says:
"This document will be read with more than
ordinary Interest By all who uphold their own
country in the present contest with Mexico. The
views which are taken OF the war, contrast Strong
| " with those Ct many OF General SCOTS poli!i-
cal friends: so much so that the malignant re-
vileIs OF The administration will find II hard TO
persist in their noisy abuse, without opening The
| fire in The rear Of which The General complained
in his letter twelve months ago. Every luc-
hearted American mnst admire The manly inde-
rendence with which Gen. Scou yindica,es The
honor II MS country, in the very teeth Of those
efforts 10 disgrace her, so strcnuously put forth
by leading politicians and presses Of his own par
Il. Ito such, he sentiments Of tie prccama-
lion appear like hcrcsy, there are thousands in the
Wing ranks who will respond 10 them most hear
lily"
| No wcnier that Santa Anna frs, attempted 10
suppress IT, and then 10 abuse it, FIe and his ally
in Washington harmonic wonderfully in their
opposition 10 lis contents.