Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-06-17
Gen. Taylor and his Defamers.

We have been somewhat amused, as well as a little
indignant at the newborn zeal professed by the Mex
lean wings of the Indiana Journal, in behalf Of Gen
Taylor, well at their random, unauthorized and
unfounded limitations relative what they call ''tht
locOfocO abuse" of Gen Taylor. This pretended
sabuse exists nowhere but in the s'false aginings
Of the Journalist least so far as loco focos
concerned. The Journal dares not attempt to specify
single instance of such pretended abuse. II knows
full well that not democratic paper can be mentioned
in the whole United States which has said harsh
much less untrue slanderous word against Gen.
Taylor. On the other hand, it knows full well that
, we could fill columns. by quotations from Mexican
wing papers, imputing to him the basest and most
unprincpled motives by which he is they say, in
fiuenced to lcpd himself to the prosecution of an
"unhOly, unjust and ungody war against innocent
and unoffending People,-a war Of plumber and con-
quest,-of robbery and rapine against relgion,--oi
slavery against liberty,"-and all that.
Two reasons operate the minds of the managers
Of the Journal in this matter. In the first place they
believe that Gen. Taylor did all that he could do to
keeP.the Indiana volunteers in the back ground,-to
make them the guards of " the bread and meat" on
the sand of Ponsabei, while their more fortuna
compeers were reaping laures the battle fields oil
the Rio Grande,-and finally to wink at the damning
imPutation of cowardice against whole regiment Of
those volunteers, for the purpose of screening In
competent officer from merited oboquy. All this af,
fords infinite qualification to the Journal WRITER'S
well as to all Mexican wings, here and in Mexico
They would have reoiced had every Colonel Buena
Vista ordered premature retreat, and thus ensured
the defeat instead of the triumph of the American
my. 1t would have been carrying out the doctrine o.
Tom Corwin by a summary process; while at the
same time it would have afforded them the long cove
ted opportunity of rejoicing over the disgrace OF the
country and of the Administration upon whose shoul
ders they would have saddled the whole of the blame
That victory having been gained however, the mex
best thing to enable them to obtain the sinecS" is
to claim it affair of wing ''political capital
alone! The credit of it therefore, must be giver
wholly to Gen. Taylor; not another officer private
must be permitted 10 partake of the smallest possible
share of the glory He must have all the praise fol
the planning, and all the credit for the fighting of tha
battle! Not only this, but must be disgraced by
the regiment and States dishonored through their dis
grace, for the sake of magnying the ecdt of the
MAN whom whiggery just at this moment thinks car
be elected to the Presidency, and thus to s
hungry hounds the bones of office. Nay more: tn,
press must be gagged: the truth relative TO the
principal incidents of the battle must not be told tC
the people, for fear it may detract" from the glory
claimed for the only hero of the day! This last es
pecially is the attitude which has been assumed by
the Indiana Journal. And it has misrepresented US
and attempted to deceive the people into the belle
that we have abused and slandered Gen. Taylor, be-
cause we gave to readers true statements, ant
statements which it has not dared attempt to contro
VERT though it has endeavored to misrepresent ant
falsfy.
The object kthe Journal is very transpaient-in
deed it is I'M declared 6y itself to be a repetition
of the Hard O mics of $40. 1t datters itsel
that similar vlanies will be equally successful.
is possible it may Judge correctly, though, for thu
sake of the country We hope not Whether this b.
the case not. however, it will not affect cours
in the least. We shall endeavor to convey correc
information to the people, let the consequences b
what they may.