The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-11-19

We we're not disposed % attach any
credii 10 the rUmoIs that some days sgs
were rife ID ngard 10 the want Of nerve
exhibited BY Geo. Butler IN the bsule 81
!. Nun efey-IuDors thai haze cess, d 70 be
repeated. and which have besB follow ed
BY oIhe of IN opposite ehsrscIrr, &C.
preaching Grn. u. wmh rsshnsss. rather
Ihsn roSsrJice. We publish to-day .
letter from Gen. D. in whIch he incijen.
tally defends himssll from the lsrsr I'm.
pu aiion--w III how much success ouI
meagTe official de,a 10 DO pol ju,lily US 70
expressing sn opinion. Politically or.
posed 10 Geo. Butler. and b l,eE,ng % We
do. thai he Vas sent to Mexico BY tie
Accumulation wuh tie les % Of super.
eeding Gen. Tas Tor, We neys lhelrss car
not Consent 10 say word y hIch stall de.
trsrI from his hard earned fame ss . gal.
laa' soldier and an accomplished officer.
Hi. deed, Of herOism in lhs war Of 1879
wac alone sufficient with Us ID repel the
charge Of limijiIy IN his severe and bl ody
charge Uron The Mexican Iorees, aud VI.
hope Ghst the official dispatches will ex.
onsrsts bin from esnsurs for unnecessary
'isking The lives Of The troop. under bis
, command.
/ Il will be seen that Gen. Bvilsr entire.
I ly approves OF the terms Of Tie cspiluls.
lion agreed upon by ihs commissioners
appointed IL arrange then, and sUbss-
quenlly confirmed by Gsp. Taylor aud
Ampudls. We bef les.s 10 sugeesI that
the spprobBuon. tbus expressed, Of this
arrangement, the leading provisions Of
VIII Gu have been SO Lafshty criticised and
eQndenued b. certain B." carpet knights,
necessarily ignorsnt Of tue circumstances
which 10 the opinion OF our gallant and
sagacious commander IS well IS oil bis
ledu w umSrs. .--I---l 49, -----I:--.
if not necessary, 10 more than suite enl
TO vindIcats lie propristy, particularly in
the absence of sBy impeachment Of lis
wisdom from persons enutled 10 respect.
Some oil. the writer's from The camp. il is
true, express themselves in ,efus Of strong
dissatisfaction; but the subaltsrns Of an
army are rarely qualified 10 judge Of the
propneiy pf the course pgr,ued by Ihe
eo0msnders. Al ell evepts. Gen. T-y-
Tor and The off ers by whom he was
coan.eled, are entitled 10 The benefit OF
silence until they can be heard in th,ir
own behalf: aud We Isel we'll assured, that,
when lhey shall have fully reported 10 ibe
Government tue reasons BY which they
were Influenced. there ~tl be but one
opinion as 10 the wisdom of their course.
We hope that the intelligent Washing
ton core. ponden, of the n. Y. Express
is no. mistaken 10 The opinion that the
Executive is "beeoming convinced that
General Tsy lor did we'll IN making the
terms with The enemy which was the re-
sul, Of The cspuul,tion OF Ampud,a. TIE
loss Of life (ho saw. would have bsen
unqueslionsblv double what :; was if The
battles had bsen farther prosecuted. The
Mexicsns would have suffered most; but
sUch Wholesale carnage as would have
ensued l.om . continuance Of The fight
would have been the poorest possible ss.
tisisclron. Gen. Taylor would nave found
more prisoners in and sbou, his camp Than
be had SOLDIERS in his own army. These,
tor, wonld have o be led, and he had no,
the provisions to ired :hem with. Thev
would also lave to be pl.c, d under secure
! quad, and he had not he numerical Iorce
to guard Them. Then. SIS row. he could
only have found himself 10 secure pos
session OF the CITY, which was The great
o1jsel of the baIile.
Richmond Hhig.