The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-07-08
Gen Taylor The Administration
A Democratic Witness.

The Har. r. 2. MsG.hall. Of Ksalae-
rs. ~h,Ie in Nee Oslesn.. vas requested
q .dd.sss The people. .hash lie did 90
the sseains Of The 10Th Instant. A large
sudtnee wss present. and the OIslols
spssrh sss rsrsissd ~nh rspeslsd aid
Load hu,sss &c Applause. The lss' that
he speaker - a. approved dsm"eIsi. gives
10 hi. Msiimohy sg.Insi he aeminasir-taVn
. paurI and Iasrs that E0mmsRd u IN lie
roh,iisIslion ii he Hni' ll,grsI and O. asel-
Jig &C all psIus.. The nsll. SAFE: :. he
LsnGl,d Mr.. PHI aLt / j. Cshln, n IIh0uI
goes" lie s,id.n,ly rsse sUpsIioT 10
party usmmsls, ~ q u ole out lie iaee-
man and patriot. 10 TtIsIrRee 10 The polI-
ry pST.n.d by The n.osslng POLITICIANS
~ho DIR c. this 90. egnmsni, coward t:sn.
Ia. lnr. Surh o. nIimenls mttI warn
Is'pouse in the he.E1 of e,eIy man who
Cen elevate hImsrll sb0'e mtrs paruzan.
hip and take an impartial IrIrO.peeI VI
Tie past.
The suhj"ined sxirae's from . sketch
Of ,hs speech. which Appeared in the Pr
csynne, wall be Ieai with Inlers,I aud
pi06:
% r. Marshall. bel, ily abiding 10 tie
tmbaua.sIng pOsIiion IN which be 80
plarrd--hnnOIed On . sIsnge city with
lI.quehI rrquesis since his arrival 10 ad-
'.ress the riIlzsns. but without theme
berg rGlnI d osI Il l i'm, said he Was uI :
resssriIy forced To speak ol his osn expe.
iisncs IS CONNIE eted y ilh the var. lie had
been one OF the loudesi and most yoclle-
rous 10 adv. eating the annexation Of lex.
IS. ~hen the question was agms'ed: and
~hen he Was told By hi. eons,i uenIs and
lis old trends thai the result Of anpexa-
non would be war with Epgland. with
France. OF with Mexico. he yeniured TO
predict no vat would ensure. But var
did IolIow The act. and was now staring
Ill hi. prophriss in the iase.
lie would not discuss the question
whether III. war c"uld have b.en avoided
or not. nm would lie say whether the or
tenng oi he army Ia tie Rlu Gr nje was
tight or wIo g, but he believed that IN ihl.
war the county Sas Carrying out dss-
Tiny no human power could control.
Me-. Marsh.ll now passed TO his con.
nscnoa with the army. Having advoca-
ted The annex ion Of exss. he isll bound
10 stand by the consequences. lie vo.
lunteered IN the service OF the country,
and SION found himself at the sea, Of vat.
Gen. Taylor fought aud Won the battle
oil Monterey. lie advanced upon SaIiill".
and preparatory 70 . deseen, upon San
l.u,s Pososi, aud ultimately upon the cry
OF Mexico itself. he had matched 10 Vie.
tor'a, 10 discover u ,here was any Other
pass 10 the mountains but that Of the Rim.
c"nais through ah Gu he could advance
aud avoid the ws,sfless desert hey oud
Busna VISA, or through which The enemy
might enter the valley oi the RIO Grsude
aud TALL upon hrs tear. Whilst this &c.
cunnoisssn"e was being made. he MIR.
NJ MAS ordered To proceed To Gen. law
los camp with despsIrhes. These were
the dispatches ~hich announced TO Gen.
T-yIm lnss the aower oi hls army W 40 10
be .Aksn from him, {, operse on q new
base. and ordered hun merely 10 stan / on
Ihs defensive.
Mr.. Marshall sail, grea, an o, inion
IS he had FINED Of tie.. Taylor before
be mel him E, VIcioti., he was lot.lly
unprepared Tor the Ioltiness OF character
displayed BY HIM on receiving hose dss.
patches. lie. upon ahosr c, est VICTORY
had pe'ched. The lian VINO va. prep sr,np
inr anu her sprung up"n the ioe, saw with.
out muImnr thai hi. cIaxs we're 10 be
Torn IRON hun. that he va. 10 be eoiee-
bled. 10 The deit n.'ve. aud never. Mr.. Nj.
SAID. did he conceive hat gre i suldier,
iIe.h hom The fields Of las victories, could
submit III tie SIN. IL. unconpiaiu,ng man
ner Gen. Tay lm did TO orders de ,,r,v,ug
him "d his light arm. :
&" The besI of his troops we're with.
drawn iron him. Win such as we're left
undeI his immediate com manu- he retrsc.
ed b. seps to NJ ,n,erey, aud shortly al.
ter lnned Gen. Wool al S.luIlo. Dupl,
Gates OF the despal' h. $ had Ia;Ien ,n.o the
hands OF The enems. aud, acquainted with
the weakness OF Gea. T.y Im's furce, he
bon made demonstratihns indlrat,ng an
lnIehiloa 10 advance AMI give bat lie. .
u was nov, Mr.. NJ. sad, zen. Tay.
!pr displayed those qualities winch pra-
eis'm Tim the gtea tsi military chlei,a,n
of The aye. IL was knosn ,hs, The
e"emy was overwhelmingly superior 10
h""'b'rs and co nmsnded BY their mos,
Skull GeneI.I, end mill airy crinc. de-
rlafed the o"iy r"urss 10 pursue was 10
IaIl b ck upon Monterey. Gen. TsyLr,
WI u a perception oi all The conseaucnces
81 sueh step. thought. and seled other
wise. Fronting ntm was an enemy %, 900
tfoas; ~ b rear vas u r,a wit 1000
;asslr,: 10, line oi comm un cations ran
hr"ogh a county Containing hslts m Illion
Il populs''"n. !" ai.ing but the appearance
u success on their side tn I Ike up arms.
md knowing that even TO retrea, upon ,
Monterey woUli be claimed as a victory;
hs. then he would be b.Iesooered no an