Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-04-10
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with the city liz Vera Cruz md the eas.
tta Of Ban Juan % tlna IN the possession
If Gen. scott. and the valley Of The Rio
Gtnnds and the passes 8fths Sierra Mhdrs
In the hands ofEep. Taylor, the rich prov.
inte Of San Louis pDlnai, QuerpterB, Pne.
l'n. Hatatefas, and even The capital Of
Mexico itsbif are 70 exposed IN the Amer
lean columns advancing, either Ifotn the
sen toaat OF Con hula TINT any other than .
stubborn aud benighted people would stis
ff pence. That it ii IN The scope Of Gen.
Beutt's plans 10 advance Upon the city Of
Mexico, by either the fefut6 OF Orastba
toute, we know beyond question: and there
II slight room 70 doubt That Gen. Taylor II
expected tn descend upon Elan Louis AZ
soon as lis column ID sufficiently rrihitf=
rod and his means Of transportation arc
deemed sufficient for The campaign. Troop 6
are arriving at The Rrazos daily, aud a.
bo It thirteen hundred men, recruited Title
der the ten regiment bill, and hourly ca
pptted here from above, will he imnadia=
tely dispatched IN The Rio Granda, II II
supposed TINT Gen. Taylor will sbortlt be
reinforced so M 10 enable him h. advance
with a column Of len thousand effective
men, tfall artna. leaving a a~atris0h be=
hind him sufficient t. protect Tanaulipae
md thosa portions Of New Leon and Goa.
huiIa already our own.
Tamneo II already ours, and III the g.
vent that Gen. Taylor succeeds IN taking
San Lt,is, his column my I've more readi-
" supplied ttop tltpots Upon tho PahheO
than by tbs moro ~te,liotia and expensive
channel Of the Rio Grand and The paasts
Of the Sierra Madfe, IN The direction Of
lula or Salttllo. With San Lula In our
pu=sea=inn the investment Of Tho city Of
Mexico would seem I'd b. al Oh w matter.
Indeed II ID now cut ofFlom all t0Hmunt-
cat Oh with the Atlantic, and will then be
separated from a yHel sottree 1T supply. III
"~proseeuting the war with vigot" II IL
probable the Government intend push
my both armies upon The capital, AMI II
may be hat they will form n junction bes
fore reaching Tie city. II whs supposed
aane months hgo, That Gen, Taylor would
lie IL readiness to move from Aqua Nueya
about the beginning Of this mntihs but from
tauars which t,iy no have been II The
ROVER ot The Government to control, he
can scarcely take up he line Of march for
a1tne weeks 10 come. Reinforcemehls
aro now being thrown upon The Rio
Grande with tHpiltty,
n H. recent ~leHHana received Al our
hands 10 tot trueh Mexico more discretion
than Hhe has heretofore evincad. tho Amer.
iean armies viii shortly ravage tho vitals
oftbe country. Gen SCOTS army cannot
, await In the lowlanIs the approach Of the
yellow fever. nor will II be wise to keep
Gen. I~hYlor's column In barracks along
tlFe slopes Of the Sierra Hadre. The pol.
ley Of the Government will he to keep h
straight direction to the centre If the Re-
public, overrun tho fertile digtrirt and re=
eunT the rich cities of the central provin=
oea. 1t In not unreasonable, therefore, H.
imagine that unless terms NJ peace arc
speedily proposed, the enauing summer ant
fall will he prolific ofmiIhhry enterprises
upon IA grand seale. The basis Of OPer-
attnns ofan imposing character are alrea=
dY formed, and neither policy nor n%ationa
honor cum be satisfied with lcss Than tht
most porsevering aud vigorous measures,
unless arrested by ovorttlres of adjustment
Of u character to satisfy tho great body o
tho American people.-PitaVune,
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