Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-08-29

Iobliged to yindicate, in another great point the
Judgment of General ScoTT. The one thought
that The militia already called out for short service
could not be used for this invasion: the other in
sisted that The main Increment itself should be re-
gttlated to time, IN sGbordinafion 10 the tern,
Of service oftheSe troops: and the War Department
itself has dismissed the very troops in question
Nor must we here omit to cite another document,
amusingly enough furnished by the Union itself, a
few days since, to PROVE in combination of the letter
which we had copied from the Baltimore .Argus,
that General TAYLOR had little or no resistance to
expect, and looked upon his triumphant advance TO
" the halls of the Montezumas with an eve the
most sanguine. That journal introduces and vaunts
as follows another letter:
'sThe Columbus Times, Of Georgia gives long and in
eresng from Maiamoros Of the 3Is July the yev
date Of this letter from Camargo The Georgia letter is writ
ten by Adutan Forsyth of the Georgia regiment He de-
scrbes the Of the battles and his Matamoos
with such graphic vvacy that if we find room for the
whole letter. shall lay before readers We content
ourselves, for the present with following extract (The
reader will how lightly old Rough and Ready speaks
OF encontre with the enemy Instead Of expecting Parede
with his advancing egons and Gen. T. appehends
that the Mexcans will not give him opportunity of
ing them at all. " Union
Then follows the Adjutants letter, and in this we
beg the readers particular attention to what Is re-
peated as the conversation of Gen. Taylor
" In the morning we found Gen. Twiggss wagon waiting
for and having donned best military harness call
the Generan-chief, enjoyed General Twiggss capital
breakfast and thence proceeded to General Tayos camp
The regular army is mseraby supplied with Some
companies have not rag protect them from the weather
We approached of the shabbest saw and were told
that General Taylors The old gentleman sitting
outside, under scrub of tree block bench corverng
with and the roftba
received us politely but without the least ceremony fuss,
and fell straight talking. Now although the General
chief does not possess remarkable cooqua powers
pleasant to hear him. He seemed to have
talked of his plans and prospects said should all 20 ahead
very he moving the regulars Camago the vol
unteers should follow should go himself DAYS want
ed To end the war speedily spoke of the nadequacy of the
transportation to his force said should whip the enemy
every where met him the difficulty was he afraid we
couldn't find him thought if he could get San Luis Poto-
81 be could end the didn't know whether he could 90
far he had yet explore the country, and learn its capab
for feeding an army; that army could only march
tain distance from the communication aiIordng sup
plies thought that Vera Cruz and Tampico points
Of attack and that the only prospect Of terminating the war
without the compulsory process Of whipping the Mexcans
through the mediation of France or England"
Now, what does the plain-spoken, straightfor-
ward old soldier really say That he means TO
advance, and wants to end the war that his means
of transportation were bad; that we should whip
the enemy-if we could find him that he'd end
the war-if he could get to San Luis Potosi; that
he did know if he could; that he was stranger
to the country; that he couldn't go far from the
stream furnishing his supplies that Vera Cruz and
Tampico were the points to attack, mot Monterey y
and that if we didn't whip" Mexico, we should
have TO make peace with her!
Such is the encouraging prospect put forth by
the Government organ to justify the disregard OF
Gen. ScoTT's counsel, and the Executive impa-
tience at his not marching against Mexico before an
army could be got ready.