The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-10-31
GEN. rayIor,s Financiering.

A friend, for whom we have come regard,
has recently called upon US for our private
opinion as to Gen. Taylors system Of finance
for carrying on the Mexican war. Denying
the right Of every and any man to call upon
the Editor of paper for his private opinions,
we willing to throw out few hints from
which, perhaps, he and others may be able to
guess at opinion. In the first place we do
not see in the ConstitSt ton or Acts of Congress
that any person in or connected with the Army
has been or can be appointed to the high and
responsible station of selling Muslins to the
Mexicans at 81 so per yard. The suffers Of
the army are not authorized to do this; the
duties of their office confines them to the sell
ling of ''bald facs' at fifty cents pint and
swindling the privates out of their pay. This,
we think, is enough to occupy their whole
time. The Qua,termasiers' and Commssaries'
duties are to starve the soldiers and cheat the
government-as there are but few of these
officers, and Uncle Sam is rich, we think they
could not spare time, without neglecting their
paramount duties, to cheat the silly Mexican
women. OF course then new officers must be
appointed for this special purpose or General
TAYLOR himself must attend TO it; and as he
has very little to do, perhaps he would be the
best man to carry out his own plan.
Another difficulty which suggests itself to
us is this: by the sub-Treasury Law all mo-
mics received for the United States must be
Immediately paid over in gold and silver to a
receiver or some such thing, who must depo-
site the same in-hls pocket Suppose then |
General Taylr should sell this Muslin to a
Mexican lassie on tick, how and where should
he make his deposit? Suppose that he was
appointed receiver or sub-treasurer, in making
change might he not mix the receipts with the
depostes, and thus suffer, himself, which would
be hard, or make the country suffer, which
would be very easy?
Other considerations of great weight present
themselves. Has Congress the power to estab-
lsh branch of the sub Treasury in foreign
country, or is all Mexico annexed by the proc
lamaton of Gov. Kearney! Has Gen. Kear-
ney right to annex Central Mexico without
the consent of General Taylor! We give
these hints for the benefit Of State Rights and
Military men, being perfectly ignorant in those
matters oursef. We hope that we have now
satisfied our friend as to our private opinion.
P. S. Since writing the above, we have seen
what purports to be copy of letter from 2.
Taylor to the Adjutant General. Its brevity
satisfies US that it is genuine. Thus it reads
81 forgot to say in my last that if the Sscre-
tary of War sends those MusIins to me, will
see that they are sold and the money paid into
my hands"
Short and sweet We think the General
makes good point there, il lie never did be-
fore-we mean the period. He does mt say
word about paying the proceeds over to Uncle
Sam-not he--he is rather too smart for that
And what do you suppose he intends to do
with the money! Just listen while we whis-
per it. If the Democrats should succeed in
nominating him as the Wing candidate for the
Presidency, as they are using their best endea-
vors to do, and he should be elected, he in
tends to divide this money among them, and
then being himself the Government, Santa
Anna like, 1--WE intend to charge Buchanan
with that extra n that we have put into Santa
Ana,) he will just give himself receipt in
full and abolish his sub-Treasury.
We have no doubt that some smpleton will
ask why Taylor cannot give the Democrats
Offices instead of money; our answer to such a
green one is, that the Democrats go for princ-
pie, not Office, and if be has read, or will read,
Walkers letter to childress he will find his
question answered.
Our private opinion now lie, that .Mtrlins
iront do. .0aii