The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-08-23

Y give Ait Mhaehailg lnhffi 70 Nifse weld
; sesled and valuable essays on the seien.
n 81 war. and happily. most happily. ~
4 he task executed. . To place Demorrs
. a. The he'd IF Ike army" Nas rrgardep
= hy Mr. Wink - n vital importance 10 N
n snreesslnl pInserulinn cf lie rar. Will
n Mr.. Miekerhof. looking. as lie thought
y Tar into The future. as positively insisleG
= that 4 vas unfair and unjust 10 the Execu
= i've 40 make his rirah and orpoaaal
. hrs agents" when he had so many and
; such loyal friends, ready 10 second his n0li.
ry, and TO rank General Taylnr also. SnelI
, sentiments as these, in view of their IN.
. plicaii"n, cannot lie TOO loudly eensnred;
and YET. IL mnstbe confessed. on the while,
. they are rather calculated To excite Inerri.
! ment Than anger. We shall not. there.
fore, undertake Ia speak Of them, in hi.
place, as they may seem In deserve. II
will answer lie purpose quite as well Ia
introduce The opposite remarks Of n gen.
Ileman, who though differing in politics
with General Taylor. yet had the manli-
ness 10 sustain him from The insidinus. mol
10 ssy cruel. assaults Of his enemies.
Speaking 10 This question, Mr.. Holmes.
OF South Carolina, expressed himself in
The House Of R,pfsenIiEe on ne Sd Of
March, 1917, n follows:
And because Gen. Taylor, who had never
thought Of the Presidency. or Of running the race
10 ob'ain il. but whose whole life had been spent
in camps and in the field, who had won victory
after victory, and added more TO the national glo-
~ Than any man now living, happened. unfortu-
naiely, to be cursed with he name Of Wing he
must he superseded, and publicly DrsHoSoHED
Am acknowledgement Globe, I'd Sts-
sion. 29h Congress. p. $40.
The Ltittr 10 General Gainesville old army
Order.
While the partisans of the Administra-
ton were thus busy in pressing Congress
10 create the Office of Lieutenant General,
the Administration itself was not idle. The
willy Secretary Of War, Mr.. Marcy, was
quite as indnslriously playing his part in
the game of censure aud circumvenlion.
private letter from General Taylor 10
his old friend and companion in arms, Ge-
neral Gaines. dated al Monterey, Novem-
Der 9th. 1916, had found its way into the
newspapers. That letter was a plain.
straight forward statement OF events at
Monterey, and the circumstances which
led to and justified the capilulation which
the administration had condemned. THAT,
however, was MT its sole offence. Il
differed with the Administration as to the
proper plans 10 be observed in the war,
and questioned the expediency of con.
quering peace, with view 10 territorial
acquisition. II could not. therefore,, be
tolerated by the high digniiaries, who were
intention any thing else than giving up
the country" which was or might be sub
dued.s The presumption Of General Tay-
Tor had now reached its climax, and re-
quired prompt and decided reprimmd.
Wherefore the following letter was forth
with despatched to him from the War De. |
partment: .- " i
"War Department, Washington,
January 80, ls47.
"Sir: | deem il proper to send to you
letter taken from newspaper) which |
first appeared in the" New York Morning
Express" and has since, as a matter Of
been transferred 10 many other
journals. learn from General Gaines
that the letter is genuine. This inlorma-
lion. | am assured, he had previously CIV
en- to others. As the letter was not mark.
ed &" confidential" he adjudged that cir .
existed which justified the
publication Of some part OF it, though he
an opinion that twas not written
with such view.
at will i'll short time be in possession
# our enemy, and coming, as il does, from
he General TO whom the conduct of the ,
var, on our part, was confided, it will
onvey most valuable information to the ,
Mexican Commander, NOT only in relation
o our present line of operations, but as !
D the new one, which alone in your opin- :
m. can be taken with prospect Of sue
ess, il an attempt is to be made on the
ily of Mexico.
1.-THE disclosure of your views as TO
he future operations of our forces, accom- :
'anied, as il is. with your opinion tha, the r
Iuits Of the war, il completely successful, i
will be Of little worth 10 us, will, it's great !,
y to be feared, not only embarrass our SUBJ
equent movements, but disincline the ene- i
ny 10 enter into negotiations for peace.
Vlih particular reference 10 these effects, Z.
he publication is most deeply TO be re.
retted.
The 650,h paragraph Of the General :
seglations of the Army, published March ;,
-, 1925, declares that " Private letters or -
eports relative to military marches and HI
perations are frequently mischievous in
esign, and always disgracelul to the army.
they are therefore strictly forbidden, and
NY officer found guilty of making such p
eport lor. publication, without special per- "
Mission, or Of placing The writing beyond e
is control, so that it finds its way to the II
ress, within one month after the termi- Fl
alton of The campaien to which ID relates, i