New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-25

.ary Marcy. under orders, perhaps from his Master
Colonel James K Polka man " OF shreds ana
patches, whom party. turned lunstic, summoned
fnon protecting obscurty, elevated to the ridcule
Of high position and called President-ar' Sec'e-
tary Marcy with all the insoence and recklessness
of brief authority. presumes to condemn Ten ray
lor-who had already extorted from the exsggera'
Ted apurehensions Of the Mexicans those oonees-
sions that his own strength could not have obtained
for the easy terms he allowed them De would
have compelled him, with an unfed and exhausted
army, to storm Monterey without condition and al
terward without rest or supplies, push on 70 SAL
tilo, to San Luis, and, it may be, to the City oil
Mexico! Valiant Secretary Of War Had Ma
ture endowed voa with courage and energy hsd
education afforded yon knowledge Of the science
Of War, bad Fate made you anything but what
you are. how easily you could have conquered
Mexico Many brave glen lived before Aga
memnon !" their fame you might easily have
eclipsed, bat a for these vile guns which may
have prevented you taking the command OF the
Army Of Occupation :" The age Of Chiyairy IS
past but. thank God Secretaries OF War can be
appointed and discharge the functions Of their Oh
fee without pretensiOn to knowledge Oh military
tactics, without acquaintance OF antecedent rec.
ords without natural talent without acquired
ability! Mr. Secretary Marcy has solved mys-
terry more pulling than that Of the sphynx
AT the date Of the Convention also
Gen. Taylor-"I cou'd mol. u eoarse haze t0fe'
seen hat tie Department ieouid direct an important
detachment from my command tcithoW consulting
me, or aglouf rafting ne result Of The man opera
ton under me- orders We greatly fear that Gen.
Tavlor was not acquainted before his departure
for .he seat of war. with Mr. President Polk or Mr.
Secretary Marcy Had he been, no act OF theirs
could have surprised him, unless sensible ar Pr'r
ldeat one
The next letter-from Gen Tay Tor to the Adju'
tant General-announces tina. he ! ad notified the
Mexican Generalin Chief Of the ruptOre Of the ar
mistice
Then follow the orders for the march upon saltil-
10, sc.
Next in order is letter from Gen Taylor to the
Adiutant General in which he states his reasons for
the occupation Of salto Ofthe taking Of Vera
Cruz he says
In regard to the expedition against Vera Cruz after
GOOD deal of reflection upon the subject feel bound 10
exnress nv conviction that 1000 will be force
quite too small for the purpose contemplated In my
dispatch Of October -, stated 25OOO troops oil when
10000 to be regulars as the least force Iosi should
make descent 10 that quarter with the view OF march
inc on the capital consider that simply 10 invest
and take Vera Cruz and OF course hold the posinon
we should have 10000 troops OF which 1000 II possible
shoud be regulars IL 10 quite probable that anaiier
force even 900 might effect landing and carry the
town but could they sustain themselves until the Castle
of San Juan de Ullos should be reduced by famine -
The country living between Vera Cruz and the City oil
IL and al least pOTtlOn. lfutUhJ
understood to be very loysl Would not a force De
brought against before tho castle could be reduced
sufficiently strong TO endanger our safety out Ga a. We
should be from succora When TO these considerations
we add the uncertainty Of weather during the Winter
season rendering our communications WIN lne nee. ia
bic 10 interruption think It VIII be seen thst lhe loSe
shoud he lane enough only to land and invest the
rown hut slso 10 hold itself secure against any sitsck
from the Interior and for such purpose ! consloeI
10 600 men quite small force az should De VehtuTeu
force of 10 600 cannot be spared from me cc'
cunston of the line of the Sierra Madre 1000 may be
diverted from that object and TO these sOOO iresh
troops from the United States were added A. ne proper
time the expedition might be undertaken WIN pVnse
of success propose therefore, 10 proceed "ith the
n,ensrston for movement on 1empicO. and ateI nc
compsbng everything that IL 10 be done IN that quar-
ter viii il the Department approve hoid 4oVV fneh "i
which perhaps 5000 regulars ready 10 eWbsIh NJ some
nont on the coast and effect junction with the addl
lionel force from the States. The movement toward
'rarnpco win not produce any delay. II my views are
sdopted and consider it quite important TO occupy We
properly the line To be held in this quarter
conceive II all important having 10 view The Mex
can character that little should be le 10 accident as
possible and that should be careful A. lar as human
foresight can provide avoid the smallest liability 10
disaster. descent upon bosue coast VIGOROUSLY
dangerous and in Indictment season OF the year IS IN
operation requiring the most careful preparations ana
exact management and possessing. under the most Ia
yOrAble circumstances moro or less Clements OF imurc
II the part of prudence therefore 10 lake sui
hcent force 10 meet any contingency that may arise
The next communication is from Gen, Taylor to
the Adihtant General announcing the capture OF
Salto, accompanied with protest against the
measure by the Governor Of the State OF Coshnla.
In the next letter Gen Taylor informs the De
partment of the occupation OF Tampco by the
naval forces under Com. Perry-the Mexican forces
having been previously withdrawn.
| In later letter TO the Adju,ant eneral. Gen
Taylor speaks oil the necessity OF his taking md
occupying Victoria and Of his provisions for the
same. lie says that he Il has reason to believe
that corps OF observation is in that quarter under
| Gen. Urea
The next communication to the Adjutant. q ener
al, dateda Camp near Monterey, Dec. H. ls46,'
contains another sad and most emphatic protes
against the unwarrantable interference Of the Sc
cretary of War. and the direct and necessary tend
ency of such interference TO encourage insubordl
nation or responsibility among his officers. W.
must copy all on this point entire
In my communication of the 9Th inst | alluded 4
the upsiion of Tsmpco and the force which con
sdered sufficient to hold that place fully approved
the first taken by Mai Gen Patterson 10 CARR
son Tampco and after giving him instructions TO di'
patch thilher regiment Of volunteers in addition TO III
battalion Of artillery not little surprised 10 hea
from him that he had beside ordered the Illinois brigad
by water and proposed going there himself TO assum
the command This proceeding considered not onl
wholly unnecessary, but as direct and unwsrrsntsbl
interference with the plan which had already commu
nicated to Gen. Patterson for combined mOvemen
! upon Victoria for while the Illinois regiments were :
proceed by water 10 place where their services wer
not needed ths Tennessee regiment OF horse was to
compromised by marching unsupported by infantry
from Mstamoras to Victoria. BY special express sue
ceeded in arrestiug this fatal instruction, and hay
now hopes Of concentrating respectable force al VIZ
toTis, as first intended.
wish my report OF inierierences could stop here bu
smother Of the rsvest character has been brought 10
notice to which beg leave TO invite the earnest after
ton Of the Geners-in Chief and the Department G
War Ia official letter addressed under date Of Nov
| &C 70 the commanding officer at Point Isabel Com Pei
| ~ Of the Navy, writes thus
Since wrote YOU by Lieut. Anderson, have visle
EewOrlesus. conferred with Gov johnson and Genera