Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-02-05

HON VA
Thursday Morning, February 4, ls47.


advised, naus picious publication. We have not
been chary Of our praise OF the gallant acts Of
General Taylor, and Tor This very reason We Ia
men, that ne il now placed in so unfortunate IN
attitude. Whether his complaints are wei or
ill-ioundcd. We shall mol pretend 10 decide, until
The whole correspondence shall be laid before The
world.
With very few exceptions, The Whole press DC
precae The publication u This letter, as tending %
encourage The hopes Of Mexico IS 10 dissensions
among ourselves, and ouf conscqucn, weakness
and inability 10 punish Mexico and bling the
war u successful termination. We - Mt
blame General Taylor Tor an act which Is clear
~ contrary 10 military etiquette and The pubic
good-hui we strongly censnre The agents III His
ysltiical movemen.-ur who can doubt, upon the
evidence before the country, that The object Of
The publication is not So much To vrdcate Gen.
T. from The assumed injustice 81 lie Govern
mcni as 10 vent political 'pilc npon me hdn''nis-
lTalon, or 10 bring forward a new Wing military
candidate lor he presiderc.l In Ibis aspect, lie
movement is GoubIy orusurahle He no ftiend
10 his country, who wou. cndeayor 10 turn TO
the political account ot any individual war,
into which We have been driven by The repeated
Insults AMI injuries II an infatuated nation. The
official documents will soon lie laid before the
country, aud psi opinion can then be formed
as 70 The merits vi The case.
Foresseins line mischief that might easuc from
the publication Of similar letters. The following
General Order has been published:
ARMY GENERAL ORDER.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
0kSKRAL ."D@hs' ddjufGM Gsmrags OGce,
NO. D. Washington, Jan. 2S, 1871.
The following regulation has been received
from Inc War Department:
WAR DEPARTMENT
Washington januaIyls 1877.
Tic President Of the United States directs thai
paraqraph ESQ OF the General Regulations .cr ilr
Ann; stahlshsd On thc Is, OF Mach i>2o, Ali
mol incu!r,l among those published January -,
1911, lie now repubisi,eI ard that lis obse!vanre
As rar, VI lhe general regulations be sric'lt e.
loinsd upon The army.
Nv order 81 the President
WM L. MARCY, Secretary = War.
Tie tolorisg IS Ms pQ,as,0ps u he Gcacs69
Rervla,nas Er ifc drmU cs,,tJAsisi an ira Is. "
.Ha,cf, iszo' f'J''''" % "ooee' ..,.,;. -;
coo riivae '.',e'> ~ n'lo,''' ,,.,,,,,
-, il H.. 10, and .,wars d..rac,.n! Il,
The ARM. Thy a:r, therefore, strictly forbid
den; and any officer ic"rt guilty. 81 ma"'ns sach
lcpult iur pu5cataa. wi'houl s?rciai PERMISSION,
- IT p'aciag He writing b 'y'ind his control -
that finds Il. way q The pgc>> "i'!i. on - ,ui
al,er he termination oi III. campaign 10 winch il
relates, shall he dismissed from Ihr service
liy "n'cf ". y; tnar-, ~ -
As's,'''' -''I ''a"' :.
NJ mus c'"ceee '''e I"'''e -" WIS.," :
shch ''s"'"'''t'' ""s ''"''''' ''''|'
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,;.,,,, rsas"a,.a ~, .,,s Na,;"na in,eliiy-nce,
NAT anino,i!y vas ch,r;sh,, by lhe Adminislrd-
ton tn"ard> Gen. Ia;lpr' Ami sc trny l'at
any TACT ms or'nrfed :" JUSTLY ne ne'"ah"e9
IT, -. lel -, a.i,,,,ni.,rs,,.n
arc ,ha vcry ,,.,.on, Who have ,n,prulrn.iy Oh
ginacd The chage Of III auimcslly o. III AZ.
minis RATION towards 'ha' "ihee''
bn', say The Wh's> 'his ie2nia'loh haS en
allowed I" >'umhet ;"I '~rnly wears, ana IS NJ"
btonshl forward 10 as'asl h'- ushci".
Inc ln'"h f'iulrs 'h:s position " s'o''''s '"e
RECORDS q "'''al' e'u'' - e'q''' - ~
ihiE0'e wal VI 1850, "htn, VI ''ie' '"''"'e' =
'nis 'eSu'a''oa Wa '''aue ''e oaS,' " Se''0'
lne p""'S"t a"enf' q ''e " "s' - p.o's
''' "o>'''"y - ''e : s'e''' - oe"e'"'
! %" i"s'aea ~ ''e 'ac'', ana wa '''' o'"1 -
NJ sfVuhi' hsh VI" u''i'eo'y 49,
MeSieo' uehe:ai ia}''' was oh'y ~o''''''
The line WIN pie'e' conln'ss'o" - ''Sa''s'
Gene al. me Fiesiaen' V"''"'a''iy ''s'o"ea
upon MN me h'sn a'o nono'ao'e .o''""'' =
the army Vi oc'uPa'oh ~ "es'e'n ''H"'
ter!he glorious oa''ies on me no o''""'' w..
raj 1. was nominated 10 ne ',.'a'e - '"e
dent as MAJOR uehela' ~ nv : - "''", -
vel-placing MN aooSe ''"e. ''''es'' WV" '''',
commissions. hes''u'i'ns u ''a"H' y N'e"e'' =
Taylor were men au"P'ea e.e's Ds'''r,'". 49,
made Gen. r. a fall Major General OF Ire Army
over men who had COMMANDED him for forty