New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-31
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GENERALS SHERIDAN AND oRrEeA,

General Ortega seems as little disposed to
be thought " factionist" as Maximilian
probably would desire to be regarded an
& imperial buccaneer." He does not seem to
appreciate the high courtesies of official inter
course as practiced by some of the dignitaries
of the model republic The letter of instruc-
tions sent by General Sheridan to the COM
mander at Brownsville has elected q commu-
nication from General Ortega to General
Sheridan. which, though many times the
| length of General Sheridan's letter, does not
apply an offensive epithet to any one of the
So called authorities in Mexico or the bona Jfde
authorities in the United States He denies,
however, that he represents "faction," and
repels Indignantly the insinuation Of any
purpose on, his part to violate the neutrality
of this country. He asseverates that he is
''the true and only representative of the con
shtutional law of Mexico, to which nation,
he adds, fbelongs the right to decide its in
ternal affairs !" and he clinches the PROPOSE
tion thus advanced by actually signing him
self constitutional President of the Repub-
lie of Mexico"
After repelling the attack which was so sud
denly and unexpectedly made in an indirect
manner upon him and his partisans, Senior
Ortega, assumes the offensive, carries the war
boldly into Africa, and charges Gen. Sheridan
with having himself violated the neutrality
laws from the moment he promises ''the
Isheartiest support to the adherents Of Senor
Juarez and denominates as faction the up
holders Of the legitimate government Of Mex
/ leo. This, sir, he adds, "although indi-
reetly, is an attempt to impose on that nation
a government against its Will and against its
constitutional laws; it is also an attempt to
intervene in the internal questions of the Re
public Of Mexico which she alone has the
right to decide"
Senor Ortega states that sat first" he
+" could not understand" General Sheridan's
g communication, but mature reflection con
vinced me at last that it did not concern me.
Yesterday, however, two officers Of your staff
handed me a copy Of the above mentioned
document, without any communication for
me, and with only my name written on the
envelope as an indication that it was ad-
i dressed to me- I once more read its contents,
and could not be persuaded that it concerned
me at all, nor what you meant by transmitting
Il it to me in such a manner"
Il We would gladly come to the relief Of Seno1
Ortega in aiding him to interpret this novel
action Of General Sheridan, if it were in our
power to do so. We would suggest for his
relief, however, that it would be well for him
to learn, before returning to his native coun-
try, that the "pleasantries practiced by
many military and other authorities in the
model republic, though sometimes charm
less often appear in novel and unexpected
forms; and that it is proper that distinguished
foreigners who may be the subjects oi
them should be moved at once to admi-
ration. It may not be in accordance with
his ideas Of courtesy to be the recipient
4 Of a, copy of an official communication
addressed by one official of our government to
4 another without some letter to himselfin ex-
PLANTATION of what is stmeant by transmitting
it in such manner" But Senor Ortega
i should remember that he is only benighted
foreigner, and that he should come to this
country to learn and not with any expectation
of imposing his antiquated notions of official
courtesy upon those who have made such pro
gressive strides in this age of progress. Be
sides, he should remember that the ap-
pearance Of /" two staff officers" as bearers Of
the communication in question, answered
every purpose of letter, and should be con
sidered as forcible logic as the sword of Bren,
nus, when thrown into the scale Of con
troversy.
AS Gen. sheridan's letter seems to have
complicated our relations somewhat with one
Of the constitutional presidents Of the re
public of Mexico, we think he owes it to him
lfand the government to repel in another
Communication the charge brought by Senior
Ortega of his having violated the strictly neu-
tral policy of the government. In this ex-
pected official Communication, we may con
fdently congratulate senor Ortega, in advance,
Of his being the recipient of a lesson in the
proper use Of adjectives as applied to OBJ
noxious adversaries careful study of which
may. rebound greatly to his benefit in the
future political complications of his own
country.