Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-07-09
aGEN. TAYLOR sUpERcEDED."

When our eyes met this startling announcement
in Saturdays Petersburg Inlellisencer, we could
no; imagine what new "gorgon and chimera dire
the Wings had been able to evoke For moment
we supposed that il was 10 record the fact OF Gen.
T. being "superceded" as The Wing Presidential
candidate by the article in the Times. On look
ing into the body OF the piece, however, wefound
that it was his military and not his civil CON-
mand which was referred TO- We shall lei The
N. o. National which first started this ridiculous
story tell it in its own language:
awe have what we conceive 10 be undoubled
authority for stating that Gen. Taylor has been
superseded in his command. An express pass
ed through Matamoras some few weeks since
with the credit ofbearing such news 10 Gen. Tay-
| lor; in due course lime, the rumor comes from
Monterey that such is The iac and that Gen. Tay-
lor is hereafter. as Subordinate 10 report 10 Gen.
! Scott, and through him TO the War Department
| al Washington. This last account OF an unhap-
DIV administration will seal its fae with The Anne
| rican people Its conduct towards Gen. Taylor
| from the commencement Of actual hoslililes, has
been characterized by neglect, and not an oppor.
unity has been permitted 10 pass that could be
taken advantage OF, 10 annoy and harass him.
The intention has been to force Gen. Taylor into
some act OF indiscretion that would render him
unpopular before The people, and compel him TO
resign.
$50 far, the enemies OF The old hero have been
disappointed in their expectations, as they will
ever be; but Mr.. Polk has lost his Judgment, and
pursued precisely The course Of conduct he should
10 elevate the man he wished 10 destroy. We
cannot imagine more total ignorance OF The
feelings that govern the people oil This country,
than has been shown in the treatment Gen. Tay-
lor has received from the administration"
This silly humbug is generally copied into The
Wing papers, with swelling torrent OF affected
Indignation. To overturn this last efor, of Wing
gerry 10 make political capital, we shall draw our
ammunition from Wing source. The N. York
Commercial Advertiser, not perceivng the out
rage committed by the Administration, thus ca
valierly rebukes The ertraregan>a Of its Wing
associates:
THE National appends considerable qnanti-
iy OF Indignation, but we, possibly in our isno-
rance, do not see what call there is for IT. II is
the usual practice, We believe, in foreign war; 10
en,rust The chief command 10 some one officer =
and il seems 10 us wise arrangement that all the
movements in the invaded territory shall be I'M
der the control of a single mind. Two distinct
commands, with commanders acting independ-
emily of each other, might be attended with EN-.
barrassments and even disaster.
"Ths being the case, the making Gen. Taylor
subordinate TO Gen. Scout is surely more aprro-
pirate Than would be The opposite arrangement
Gen Scout being the senior officer nc Of he grade
bis Junior wond be an nS fs ipS%H lon o.
there is neither wrong nor insult III ie4@~- w.
Gen. Taylor 10 receive orders from ms senior,
Gen. Scot.
agu, as we have said, these are only our ideas
,,,y l,o Ill uronc Nc have no military
knowledge or experience
We canno, forego the pleasure OF recording IN
our columns the following just and beautiful III
butte 10 our country, and 10 lhe great event OF The
American Revolution, from The pen OF an en-
lehlcned foreigner. 1t is portion OF brilliant
article in the New York Courier des E!as Un's,
breathing poetry and eloquence. When natives
OF the Old World render homage 10 our Republic
can institutions, and our successful experiment
OF free government, does il not behooye The de-
sccndanls Of the sterling founders Of our Rerub'
lie TO guard vigilantly The precious inheritance,
| and. by yirtuous and assiduous devotion 10 lie
great truths of The Constitution, preserve intact
and pure that noble instrument and the glorious
Union2
Tomorrow will be the seventy-flrst anniver-
sary OF the Declaration oil American lIdepend.
ence. |, is great day, moi only for The United
States, but for The whole world. II is the first
page of the volume in which is written not alone
The destiny OF people or race, but OF all man
kind. The Declaration Of American lndepend-
ence is to the history Of civilization what 10 the
history OF earthly revolutions are those monr.
ments which, like the Pyramids ci Egypt, 60
vern space and Sc, lime al defiance. But The Py-
ramids are stationary Hopes and ambitions
translated in granite, they have rendered their
originals indes,rucible, but also immovahle-
while the edifce Of social equality, oil which the
independence Of The British Colonies was The first
stone, continues each day 10 extend its lounda-
tons and increase its height; and The day is mol
distant when this gigantic beacon, erected TO Il,
berry on the promonlory OF the New World, will
llumine two hemispheres with its respondent
light throwing its protecting beams over The reefs
where, for so many ages the hopes of humanity
have found shipwreck. These reefs themselves
win then be no longer errible-ior the darkness
which covered them ever constituted their chief.
esl danger"
Read The letter from HicksioId and see the