Washington telegraph., 1847-02-24
From The Nc,e York Express.
LErTER IRON GEN. TAYLOR

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LETTER FROM GEN. TAYLOR.
We lay lrlafc our readers the following
letter, which tells is own story too well 10
need any comment. Ii is but Just, how.
eFef. 10 its heore writer, whose courage
and Judgment aIe equalled only By his hon.
osiy aud lnudesiy. Ia state that il was writ.
tenip near friend aud relative, now resi-.
dent in This city, enipafel lo him hy very
many years Of personal intimacy. 10 whBm
he unbosum' al his purposes, opinions and
feelings. without the least fssrrye. This
ifieud would nui have taken the liberty ol
milking public communication oi thi, M.
inIe, dIl not the recent manifestations Of
the enFious in4iauilY al ile administration.
andils servants aud ifiruls, towards the
mhn WIN alone In. saved them aud the
country tom tie consequences OF their
f5'hnrss, ignorance anl lneapaeily make
II necessary and iust that the ohleel oil their
base delnciion should, a, this efiiiea. III.
menf, ba heard in b.. own defence, by the
Nha.e p'oP.e, in his own simple and honest
Language.
We hafe more Of this SORT To eommun.
cate. anl shall spon be able lo show that.
- he drlenco agaius, his pwn secret psf.
soma enemies anl selfish deiraeinr,. a, well
L. against the armed enemies of his coun.
lr,, the nlI hero oi the Rio GranIt /, ever
Rough mi Rcliy."
liI Qu. Aaa1 oF OrrurAuos 90 INy,aoN,
Mpulgfry, Mraila, Nag. 2, l-ib.
No Dear
Your very kind and acceptable letter Of
tie 3lsi Of August, reached
ne ony short lmr since, Tor which beg
leave To tender you my sincere thanks.
4 few confidential remarks on certain
public Transactions arc hclo omitted.
After considerable apparent delay On the
part Of the Quancrmasier's Department, in
getting steamboats, into the Rio GIande,
adapted To iis navigation succeeded, To,
wards the lairrpiH Of August, in mthruwins
forward To Camafgn, "a town situated on
San Juan river, three miles lIom is June.
iiun with the Rio Gfanic on the west side,
nearly 500 miles from Biazos Island by
water and 900 by land. aud | 10 from this
place,l a considerable depot Of provisions.
ordnance, ammunition and forage, and ihcn'
having brought together an important por'
ton uiny command. determined on moy.
ing IN this place. Accordingly, after col.
lcc,ug 1900 pack mules, with their alIen.
danls aud conductors in the cnemy's coun.
try, (tho principal means Of transportation
for our provisions, baggage. etc., leil. on
the 5lli OF September, 10 join my advance,
which had preceded m few days to Ser.
Iaiyu. a small village 20 miles on the route,
which did un the oh, and, after waiting
there few days for some Of the corps 10
get up, moved on and reached here on the
tDh, with O 25O mcn-2iaO regulars, the
balance volunteers. For what lUuk place
afterwards, | must rcfr, You to my several
rcpnrs-paricu'ary To my detailed one OF
the oh alt. ! do not believe the authorities
al Washington are at all satisfied with my
conduct in regard 10 lhr terms o the capt..
ulaliun entered INTO with the Mexican com.
manlrr, which YOU no doubt haze seen, ~
they have been madn public through the
official organ, aud copied into various other
newspapers. have this moment received
mn answer (o my dispatches announcing
the surrender Of Monterey, and the circum.
stances attending the sUme) from the Sec.
relary Of War stating that Iii was regret.
ted by the President that il was not deemed
advisable to insist on the lrms had pro
posed in my frs, communication to the
Mexican commander, in rrgarl to giving
up the clly''--aliing that tho crcum
stances which dictated, no doubt justified
the change Although the terms Of frapilu.
lntion may be- considered too liberal Oh our
paft by the President and his advisers, as
well as by many others at a distance, par.
tcuafly by those who dn not understand
the position which we occupied, Otherwise
they nigh, come to different conclusion
in regard to the mallcr,) yci' on due re-
Election, see nothing 10 induce ne to re-
gret the course pursued
The proposition on the part ol General
Ampuda, which had much to do III dclcr.
mining my course in the maiter was based
on the ground that our government had
proposed TO settle the existing difficulties
Wy negotiation, (Which | knew was ihe
case, without knowing the ios1lt,) which
was then under consideration by The proper
authorities, and which no Cen Ampudial