The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-06-11
Federal Con sIstency.

Federal Consistency.
The federal press very fond of charging that the ad
minstraton, in determining not to obsruct Santa Annals
return to Mexico, afforded aid and comfort" to oui
public enemy The reasons OF the adopted by the
administration in relation the Mexican leader, have
been frankly laid before the people by the President in
his last annual message; and having any compe
knowledge of the state of things in Mexico, has at
tempted to assign any reasonable grounds for believing
that government, that matter, Judged enormously
While power remained in the hands of Paredes almos,
any change was desirable.
But while thus clamoring with very ridiculous peril
nacity about the said and comfort thus alleged to be
rendered by government to Mexico the federal press
very careful omit all mention of another some
what celebrated case of alleged ad and comfort which
all the federal organs not long since thought extremely
censurablewe aude to the terms of the Captulation Of
Monterey, accepted by Gen. Taylor 1t is pur-
pose to say anything against Gen Taylors course upon
that occasion. 1t may have been justified by circum-
sancesat least they then appeared But the federal
organs certainly did not then think there any such
justification for it. Here is what the United States Ga
zette prominent federal journal, (Which now presents
General Taylor its nominee for the Presidency said
of the captulaton of Monterey at the time when it
Cured We copy from the United States Gazette of the
18th of Octoberlast
al singular that after Triumphant cause General
Taylor should bring 1MPOTENT AND UNSATISFAC-
TORY A CONCLUSION TO HIS OPERATIONS, and
should be inclined to CENSURE CONDUCT O phih
permitted large army ci its leader, TO depart IN safety
uM supplied Nth and cannon ,ciihout the eracton
of promise not fight again. not made certain
by circumstances and the abope semi-ocai announcement
that General Taylor acted to has judg
ent but in accordance with the orders of the cabinet at
Washington which, being alarmed by the frghtfu
penses OF the war 1t heedey and wckedy entered upon,
seeking to purchase peace upon almost ANY TERMS.
is erden that General Taylor could haze captured the
army of A,npudia. and deprived of the opportunity
being aTayed again in opposition TO arms and ii is
absurd to suppose he would have made such conditions
have been mentioned, and added thereto armstice Of
eight weeks in DURATION after much hard fighting and
the loss Of so many ualuabe officers and men.
"Ampudia himself proposed captnla,on and the gov
eminent in its extreme desire peace has ham
pered General Taylor obge him leave advantage
wih the enemy Should The Mjudged mercy of the cabinet
fail Of ITS intended effect, ii most probably w, General
Taylor wiH be obliged 10 encounter the army Luis
Potosi, chither it ,rM co."
The condemnation of Gen. Tayors course in the above
passage distinct and emphatic. The only excuse sug-
gested for him is, that he must have acted not
codance with his judgment, but in accordance with
the orders of the cabinet at Washington" The fact
well known TO be exactly the reverse The act was
wholly and exclusively the act OF Gen Taylor done en-
trely upon I" his judgment" and certainly not in
pursuance of orders from the cabinet at Washington"
And the Gazette and its kindred prints which are
willing absolutely to charge the President and his cabinet
with raHorous purpose in aiding and comforting" the
Mexcans, by permitting the return Of Santa Anna have
not single word to say about the :" aid and comfort"
thus afforded by General Taylor in permitting large
army with its leader depart safety, well supplied
with arms and cannon, without the exaction even of
promise not to fight again. ~
We repeat that in these remarks have no design to
call in question the popriety Of General Tayors course
at Monterey, at all to endorse the harsh language
used by the Gazette in October last, in reference to its
present candidate for the presidency We speak merely
of the consistency of the federal journals their doctrine
of " aid and comfort"