Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-03-26
TIE MEXICAN WAR

Til. connry is in utter ignorance Of The events
which have ,ransciie.i 10 Gen. Tayo's army,
aud which, ,nseni6-d hV run,ors, have swept over
The lani. Sill the Wing press. with lind pr
~ zeal, profess 10 see Clearly he whole ground
and lavish their abuse nrnn ne Adminsrra ion
for leaving Gen Tavior WITHOUT lhe means Of re-
sis,ins Mexican assaults and ,Teachery. The n.
Yors Express even gee So lar as 10 say, "es
are a, times lenped IN think and exclain Mr..
Polk infen<s 10 soer fee he ho7'y Traded ueieyan
,cio is 10 Iced M f"rora hp', ruh at he s"'ders
undc, Aim: and Ai,s, mcretu N ,oaharo,ohe public
cue fran him, and 10 MIKE Himposs,5Le aatAs be a
ean4.aa's for nc frcsdencr"
The Express and oihsr Wing prints assume II
Ia he q certain pr'p,-i ion, that The Adm'n's'is-
ton gave The order Ia Gen. Taylofto advance 10
San Luis Potr>i. and are therefore criminaliy re-
spoasblr ior ary d.aser which NAV ensue.-
We shall not now enter into an examination OF
this point, We deem j, proper, however 10 e1'
press our decided conviction that his Assumption
is entirely eraiuiious The ficial correspond
cnce now heing published in The Union SHOWS
clearly that The Administration, While anxious lot
the collection If a sufficient force TO Storm Vera
Crny expressly declared TO Gen. Taylor that ne
should by no means weaken himself"s asio ex-
pose tn army under your (his, command TO The
probable hsz ,rd of di>as'sr" Even Tho Wings
quotation oi G ~ Ma,cy's letter goes 10 justify,
instead of 10 condemn the Administrator. as il
was designed BY the Wing | further appears,
,ha, Gen Scuhl was armed with the fullest discrc.
lion in The cnnduc oi The campaign, and thar The
Government by no nears nroposeo I" control his
operations by drhni'e AMI positive Instructions.
Invested With his iull auIhniy, Gen. Scott called
upon Gen. Tayhr f'r a lng number Of regulars
10 march az inst Vera Cruz. |, II nol, then,
s,rang., under all these circumstances, hat 'hs
blame Of any disa>sr 10 Tayvr sh,uid tall upon
the Administration
So far from Taylor being ordered BY the On.
vernmeni 10 San Luis, We understand that they
were su-prs al To hear vi his movement, towards
that place-ard that his march WAS undertaken,
contrary 10 The ADVICE oil Gen. Scott himself. and
upon his IT'D own responsibility and in a mo-
ment of impotence. Bur We d., MT vouch lor
these tacls-n nor d. we cas-. any blame upon Gen.
TAYLOR, Tor whom we feel hish esteem an ao,n.
ration This impprlan, snbrci will. Of course,
BE- fully examined, and We prefer o.ee he whole
truth laid before he world, betora we Condemn
any one prem,tu,e!y. There can. however, be
no doub, as 10 one p,irt. viz: tha, the diaory
aud faclinus course II he Last Congress in delay.
Ing The passage Of The Ten Regiment Bill has
led to the present excl ing and alarming appre-
tensions for the tate OF our e,liaut army. Had
Congress done its duiy, as Was so plainly pointed
out by The President. and promptly passed the
bill, the regiments might long since have been
sent 10 he Fl I'd; Seal, would no. have withdrawn
the regulars from he Rio Grand.-Taylor could
not have been surrounded nor his communica.
lions cut off-and even SCOTS army strengthened
II necessary But, above all, The aciious oppo.
siion Of pauy leaders 10 vigorous prosecution
OF the year. would not have given encourage
nenl to the Mexican hopes, and Santa Anna and
his myrrnidnns would not have dared TO leave
their recssses and aim blow al The American
troops.
There is one point which we have heard
pressed with some Y, hemence |, is commended
III / The succession of small disasters and The an
ticipaIinn of auaer ones 10 come, point out III,
value OF The propositions 10 take defensive lin,
il The snemys country. The conclusion W,
draw from recenr events is exactly The teverse.-
How easy would il bs, in thai case, for The Mex,
ems to conceI tale their tnrce and cut up III,
small earri>ons VIII Oh would be scattered alons
the inc! Bu' This point is so eloqusnlly and abb,
argued by The N. o. Atlas, and The whole ar
tel s, iul'y mse's our views, that We repubi.l
irwin The s'rurg.>t commentator. I, points on
I've trne and rnly p"licy Tor wise and erea, M
ton 10 pnrsur-a policy which is jnsfed BY IL,
rules oi ri,ilzaiiun aud humanity Itself:
1.-THE insurrection OF Taos is bu, another OF III
hundred proofs which have been given Of tn
ljRls dspsadanss whieh can BE- placed uPon Mex