The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-16
General Tay Ier and General Wool.


General Taylor and General Wool.
A short time since we noticed an attempt on the
,art of the Courier and Enquirer, OF this city, to
create ILL., feeling between General Taylor and Ge-
neral Wool, and the respective friends OF those
two distinguished men, and 10 produce contro.
veisy between them to what occurred on the
battle. field of Buena Vista which could result in
no possible benefit, but which might have the Ell
feet of estrsngiDg those gallant officers. 1t was
done avowedly for the purpose of indicating Ge-
neral Taylor; but the hero Of Bueha Vista never
needed vndicatioa by any man.
We are glad 10 perceive that General Wool has
not been induced to take part in this proceeding,
Notwithstanding the haunting manner In which he
was provoked by our contemporary. In acting thus,
he has done what was proper In the premises, and
Just what we would have expected from him.
The relations OF friendship and brotherhood which
have for long time existed between him and &C.
neral Taylor, cemented and strengthened as they
are by the terrible scenes which both witnessed
on the bloody field OF Buena Vista, cannot be
disturbed on any plea whatever; and he who
would wish to disturb them, Notwithstanding any
pretensicns he may make OF desiring to vindlcate
one or the other, cannot but be looked upon the
light Of disturber- a fomenter OF diseord.
But the silence with which General Wool has
treated the assertions and charges OF the Courier
AND E~ Js,rer does not please that Journal and in
the funets of Its mortificauon and humiliation at
not being noticed, 1t turns around and makes a
distinct charge against General Wool, that he lost
the battle OF Buena Vista, and that army would
have been defeated but for the opoortune arrival
and presence of General Taylor. Now, this
cho he hos
that appeared In the same journal few weeks
since, and which we have above referred
to. We hope General Wool will treat It with the
same contempt as he did them 1t Is made with
q view OF provoking General Wool into news
paper controversy. under the plea OF vind:catng
General Taylor and with the object, We are conf
dent on the part of the writer, OF commencing
himself to the favor of General Taylor, and uti-
mately procuring titoit IN the distribution OF
Offices, when the new administration comes into
power. General Wool, no doubt, understands the
movement, and the best method he can adopt is
to let the Cosr1er go unnoticed. The writer very
much over shoots the mark, If he thinks he can
procure favor from General Taylor by making
newspaper attacks on General Wool The most
cordial and friendly relations exist between them,
and il would take more than the assertions Of the
organ of petty clique of Office seekers to shake
them.
Let General Wool, therefore, persevere IN the
course which he mas adopted towards the Journal
in question. 1t is the n ost effective means he
cculI employ TO show contempt OF the person who
would breed dissensiGn, il he could, between two
gallant and highly distinguished men, who deserve
we'll OF their country, and whose names will be
inseparably connected with some of the most
brilliant military achievements that mark the
page Of history
We are glad to perceive that one Of eotem-
poraries. the Express, has come forth nobly in OPP
position to this mlscheveus effort. II traces the
origin of such purpose to certain articles which
appeared In the democratic ReuieD during last
summer and which were intended to operate
against the success of General Taylor the cleo
ton then ensuing. That Revisw, it appears by
some 2evtlepements In an evening paper, is the
property and under the control OF person by the
name Of Henry Wickoff, well known as the eide
rent manager Of the affairs and business Of the
celebrated danseXN, Fanny Elssler, while she was
In this country. Ii is melancholy to think, there
FORE that our respectable contemporary the Courier,
should, from any motives whatever, follow in the
wake and attempt to carry out purposes originating
IN such a discr. dnable source as q journal which
is the properly and under the control Of the agent
OF donsuen Indeed, so discreditable was the at
tempt made in the Democratic Reutew, that public
opinion forced the proprietor to make an apology
and excuse for those articles recently published IN
che Eren,rg Mirror OF this ci,y-an apology and ex-
tuse, however, which cane too late in the day.
md were too ridiculous and too silly to take away
the ori. iIal Gin of the project.
We trust that the respectable portion OF the wing
press, which molly sustained the cause of General
Taylor, as well as the heroisn displa, ed by all o
the battle field of Buena Vista, will me forth
and epdeavor TO put stop to such patry species
OF tactics as that OF creating quarres between two
Distinguished friends, relative to their respective
merits In that brilliant battle.