Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-07-11


eoast@-or II d general, 6t tbs head Of j great
paff Of the army of the United 5tales upon
tho frontier Of d neigbbafiug State near me,
should ask hsstsiahte, would 1t be ny duty 10
refuse all aid uatii | should hayB received IT.
dBfs rom Washington 7 buBtLiy conceive
That the latter case has existed wttlin tho
! last mouth and II / have erred tn declining
General Taylor and his army IN a situation
so hazardous as to demand immediate sttcc6r,
it is af efrpr under which the country, the
Congress, aud Tho War department, have @.
qualIy laborsd. Had assistance been Delayed
by me-, and had Gen. Taylor and his artny
been cut off, ! would hayd regarded II rs indr.
Ffble stigma upon my 1ltn6. Lam am aware
th1t ths exercise Of such Il discretion must
ever he at the peril Of tho officer exercising
II. That peril | ran never hesitate 10 incur
| whenever The welfare Of The country demands
it.. II exercise it tnwisslg, ! am willing
that my commission shall be- forfeited. or If !
exercise 1t yaiHiy, or for dislouDfablg puD6.
sos, am willing to be shot. | am am more
than willing 10 abide the consequences NJ my
conduct IN this mlttsr, confident rs | am tint
! bays not trunseHndsd my duty. Or acted
with greater zeal than The emergency rsquir.
ed, IF tb8 tatilns Of The 9Th sud oh If lt5y.
so we'll contested, q, they were for Il time,
On both sides, had resulted in The loss Of
Faylof's army, it would bavo plunged the
whole Union IN deep monrniHg-and into that
most poignant If oil human grtgfs-an abb
ding sense Of salf-feproaeh for ths settled
aud cold indifference with which his want Of
competent force an supplies had been for
months Witnessed.
Tie talented and gallant Con, DeBuga, who
for a long time commanded Tho finest division
81 volunteers / have over hggn since tie war
Of 1914, and 10, and "bo, | am sure, has no
superior for the command Of This description Of
force, with l. Tgzada, Esq. orc RI the most
promising Young members of tba Legislature,
aad The talented Judge Bryce, were not, rs
ygh seem 10 oppose, private citizens. They
were Louisiana volunteers, hnd gantlemen of
high Responsibility, and were appointed by
me To MI ~ off ers Of The general staf-up-
ppzthg same principle that the distinguished
Edv ard Livingston, A l. Duncan, and John
II Grimes, all first rate lawyers, were ap- |
pointed by Jackson 10 art a. staF aGicers,
Jark#on'a object was. as my object has
arof boon upon such occasions, 10 maintain
the great principle upon which tbs defence
and tho iadepeBdsaes Of our beloved Union
must forever depend that 10 he q pfibate
fgiuateer Is 10 hod n station NJ high h0l0r.
whence an acting generab staff Bay with
strict pFopriety be tabgn and put on duty N
the. absence nj tho regular staff Of tho army.
Tbtsa appointments, and aII The measures
taken by ms 70 which you object, were Deem
ed by ne as essential dutieF, and discharged
by NE upon principles sanctioned b. The
greatest and best Of mon ever known 10 me,
ono Of whom took their degrees IN military
political science in the scItnoi Of our be-.
loved Washington, Green and Knox {; and in
The more civic schools OF Jefferson, and Dear.
born and GalIntin aud. though last, not
least IN the school Of Madison, EDBtis, Dali
las and Armstrong, Monroe and Calhoun, tho
master spirits Of The war Of 1919 to 1914 and
1916,
30 assured, Sir, that / will obey with
much pleasure tho orders Of The President, Of
the United States, according to my oath Of
As 10 The fsbrjmInds with which you
have bo1ored me IN The last and ptcsent
month, although they strike me rs novelties,
not being warranted by The seBteuee Of 4
c"DGft-nartjal, yet ! eateiessIy sub.
10 them, ~ they seem IN be a g1ureg Of
to the War apartment, and cor.
atJIy iHfigt HG injury dnfne. can conceive
o1g motive for their frequent occurrence,
nd that is, that ray name shall be so bandied
the country, that the pgblIG may bo
prepared IN FeH with ind ference my name
Iasaed ~ IN silence if uofe distinguished Of.
ieers are created ia fhe army, il this Is 10,
he labor Is Useless, as | may very ooa be in.
t. discharge the active d1fte Of my pro.
]eaeio1, Though long IN the enjoyment Of cx~
elicit bellth tDf | al a'fe4ig old, oia
'uHleUtgd di8fas liuu, and have to- GiBs3 fuf. (