Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-08-26
INDIANAPOLIS, AUGUST FL, Is41.
The DISGRACE will Slick.

conquest, 1870, to the present time lS47 including
an account Of the War triih the United Stales, its
Causes and Military achievements By Philip Young,
NJ d." copy Of this book is in our State Library.
we have not even glanced the former portion of
IT. but we have had the curiosity examine cursorily
that part which pretends to give history Of the events
OF the present war; and pronounce it the verest
catch-Penny cap-trap, alike dsgracefu to author and
publishers. Without specifying other instances of
injustice imperfectiOn and falsehOod we content our
selves with the following extract from the account
given of the battle of Buena Vista, at page 45I-2 i:
Recognizing his broken masses Santa Anna again sent
them forward moving toward the left of the American line,
which extended upon large plateau; the enemy
met by the % Indiana and Illinois regiments and three
pieces Of cannon An effective fire was poured into the
Mexican columns but failed check their advance they
came, driving back the infantry which, exposed battery
posted 10 the left unable 10 support the artillery,
piece Of which captured by the enemy The ID Indiana
regiment seized rih panic ana turning ats
front fed disorder from the field The officers ATTEMPTED
but in Uain to arrest their Hight Ssrera Of those belonging
to the general staff daded among them the purpose
Of tehOm Selling the eOiOrs Of the regiment urgently
bssOught te not TO disgrace themselves By such daSardiy
conduct portion # their corps rallied around their stand
ard returned 10 their duty the greater part hoUeUer
continued their flight to the hacienda Of Bueaa Vista;
Of them fed 10 SdO reporting that the battle lost and
the army in full retreat.
The left wing Of the American having driven
back disorder, and the Mexican columns continuing
advance in overwhelming force against that flank the light
troops compelled 10 retire from their position The
mountain wing the former of the ground
Of the latter not rallied until they reached Buena Vista
mile IN the rear The Illinois regiment, supported by
SheTman' battery, made gallant effort hold position
great numbers Of the enemy down every dis
charge OF the guns but the destructive HE seemed 10 ia
unheedipg among the dusky masses, which pressing
with reeSS mpetuOsIty against the opposing line. Unable
TO sustain unequal conflict and being completely out
hanked this Of the army also way and forced
TO refine. the Mexicsns several thousands
ber winding along the base of the mountain which seemed
girdIed with belt Of STEEL their gterng sabes and
polished reflected the beams Of morning sun"
The enemy had now gained the of the American
left and the battle upon the point Of being lost when
Gen. aylor arrived upon the of action from Sao
where he had passed the night The Mississippi rfemeu
under Col DAVIS, who had been ordered the left immed
aey engaged The Mexican infantry aud conjunction with
BTagg battery aud the ID Kentucky regiment maintsned
desperate conflict with the attacking columns"
Passing over several minor errors in this account
we see here repeated in apparently the most author
tative and authentic FORM the base SANDER that the
Indianians at least the whole of the second regiment
fled like set of towards from the ield-a SANDER
that was set ahoat. have no doubt, for the sole
purpose of detracng from the credit richly due to
those of citizens, who bore the brun of that bat
tie, and did more to achieve the victory than any
similar number Of men upon the field. Thus will this
infamous imputation be perpetuated, TO greater
less exent, as long the book a knowledge of it
shall last IL ,ciU Stick-let do what we may to
Obllterate its remembrance-there will be some, for
such is the constitution Of the human mind, Cho oiH
continue 10 beliere it, And who the citizens of
Indiana, present and to come and that all to bear
part of the shame thus inflicted upon the State,-
who they chiefly to thank for this disgrace! More
than any or all others, Gen. TAYLOR himself: the
very whose fame has been indefinitely increased,
by the hard fighting of citizens; and who uspres
to make that glory his easy and speedy passport he
Presidential chair! He is the man who we may
mainly thank for the visitation of stigma which
hardly be fully wiped away. In the archives
of the General Government will remain his erroneous
official despatch, in which he stigmatized fellow
citizens 'fugitives and towards; there it Will
remain the authentic record of the events of
the battle endorsed by the sanction and signature of
the General Chief who, of course, will be supposed
to have been eye witness of the facts which he
relates. And while it remains, uncorrected by
himself it will be considered of the weight,
by the future and fair historian in settling the ques-
ton of Indiana bravery and patriotism, and Indiana
pusanimity and cowardice. If Taylor still believed
in the truth of his original statement, we should find
no fault with him for adhering to it. That would be
at least that he promised TO correct what he acknowl-
edged to be the and unjust imputations of his
Dispatch which the courts of enquiry had demonstra-
ted. He has failed do this, and more. He has, it
would seem by Col. Lanes report, refused to do us
the poor justice which he also promised him to do, OF
sending the report of that officer to Washington.
We hardly know how to characterize such conduct as
this in decorous We it to be outra-
geous and insulting TO this State, and every citizen OF
ii from the Oldest to the youngest, and all of every
degree. Under the circumstances, we have lcondered
at the disqualification of those who can talk of Gen
Taylor a candidate for the Presidency in this Slate
were it not for their roeakasss, we should say Of
their audacty also in proposing to our people ad
nit the truth of the charges which he refuses fails
to correct by voting for him for any Office whatever
How they can do except they believe that he was
right in his condemnation of our volunteers passes
comprehension They must believe that, or they are
in fact base in spirit as volunteers falsely
represented to be. They may continue this course i
Chey please, and may support and vote for Taylor
but zoe never shall do so, under any circumstance
whatever, until he endeavors in the first place to wip
away the damning reproach which he affixed W.
would sooner vote for Tom Corwin, who considers u
as robbers and murderers-but not, we hope, as cow
ARDS.
81 have seen many Of the returned volunteers win
fought with Gen. Taylor at Monterey and Buena Vista
and though they love the general general, they
not and they say the volunteers from the northwest
not, in favor Of him for the presidency
The above is clipped from letter in the Boston
Post. We will wager haddOck that its author hold
Office under Polk-ABany Journal.
Won will certainly lose your haddOck for the wri