Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-09-30
THE BUFFALO HUNT. !"

The official gazette has way OF mixing up its
party projects and conceis with the acts of the Ad
ministration which it communicates to the People,
SO as to oblge to winnow its articles and sepa-
rate its facts from its fallaces and fancies, in order
to place them fairly before our readers.
Nothing, for instance, can be further from any
proper connexion with the contest between Gen.
TAYLOR and Gen. CAss for the Presidency than
the project OF an unlawful armed invasion of the
Mexican territories by citizens of the United States
with which rumor has lately been busy, and, as it
is now known, not without very sufficient reason.
Yet, replying to a complaint OF the levity with
which this subject has been suffered to be treated
in its columns, the I" Union," though acknowledge
ing inadyertence on its part, turns round and asks
us to settle the matter with Gen. TAYLOR, because,
forsooth, he has just been assigned to the command
of the Military Division which includes the Rio
Grande; if he, who was, by an order issued from
the War Department seven and twenty days ago,
placed in that command, could have prevented
the movements which the Administration itself has
been conniving at for months-from the moment,
at latest when the first Military Officers reached
this city after the conclusion of the Treaty Of Peace
with Mexico!
We must, however, we suppose, take the infor-
nation of the acts of the Executive as the govern
ment paper chooses to give it, and be thankful for
what we get in any way.
We therefore extract from an article in yester-
days Union" on that subject, for the information
Of our readers, the following statements
Son the 30th August last, the Secretary of State
issued circular instructions in detail to all the
district attorneys of the Southwestern States, d-
recting them to enforce the provisions of the act
to this subject. On the same day the Secretary
Of War issued an order to Maj u General ZACHARY
: TAYLOR, now in command of the southern militia
ry division of the United States, from which the
following is an extract:
You directed by the President vigilance to
be observed along the Mexican frontier within the geogra-
phca division under your command Should you discover
any attempt by any portion Of citizens to invade Mexico
you will employ the military force to prevent it. you
should receive any information of such movement as
have alluded to, you will mot only take prompt to
it, but give early notice the Department of all you
may learn the subject"
The Secretary of War refers General TAYLOR
W Tic OIL ScCIOH Vi VIC dCt VI %ull April, 1910,
for his authority, which, far the would
be applicable to the present case, follows THAT in
every CASE in which any military expedition enterprise
shall be begun set foot contrary to the provisions
and prohibitions Of this act shall be lawful for the
President Of the United States such other person be
shall have empowered for that purpose employ such part
of the land and naval forces Of the United States of the
militia thereof for the purpose of preventing the carrying
of any such expedition enterprise from the territories
jurisdiction Of the United States, against the territories
dominions Of any foreign Prince State Of any
colony, district, people with whom the United States
at peace"
On the 3Oth of August last Better late than
never. But the President is entitled to the credit
of having, even at so late an hour, interfered to
discourage enterprise fatal, if successful, to
the Reputation of the country, yet more to be
cherished than its Peace. Such credit, to that
extent, we willingly accord to him.