The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1847-02-19
T.effep froTIa gen. Tavlor.

II
publishes portions o. long letter from Gen.
TAYLOR to q friend ID thatcily. Itcontains
nothing new, but parts Of i have interest Is
show inc the Generals motives he has put.
sued. He complains much Of an entire
want &c means 81 transportation, By which \
Ihe has been exceedingly crippled. The Ex.
nress saws that the friend 10 whom ii was
addressed would not have taken the liberty /
Of making itpublic, had not the recent man
lifestations Of malignity Of the Administers
llfon towards Gen. demanded this step. /
We have, adds the Express, more Of this
sort 10 communicate, and shall soon be able |
to show, that, il.his defence against his own
lpegsonal enemies and selfish detTaCtors, -
well as against the armed enemies Of bis
1conntry, the old hero Of the RIO GTande is
Eeyei sRouph and Ready
MONTEREY, Mexico, Nov. Q, 1916.
-
do not believe the authoritiesat Wash>
lington are at all satisfied with my conduct
lin regard 10 the terms Of the capitulation
enteled into with the Mexican commander,
which you no doubt hare seen, as they have
been made public through the official organ,
land copied into various other newspapers.
II have this moment received an answer Ito
: my despatch announcing the surrender Of
Monterey, aad the circumstances attending
!. the same from the Secretary Of War, stating
that cit was regretted BY the President that
J it was not deemed advisablelo insist on the
terms had proposed in my FIRST commune
cation to the Mexican commander Ia regard
to giving up the city, adding that ''the cir
cumstances which dictated, no doubt justi-
/. fed the change" Although the terms Of
;. capitulation may be considered too liberal
on our part By the President and his advi.
Esera. as well as by many others at distance,
/. particularly BY thoaa who do not understand
the position which We occupied, otherwise
they might come to a different conclusion
in regard to the matter yet, on due rehec'
: ton, see nothing TO induce me TO regret
the course pursued.
The proposition on the paEtol Gen. Am
pudia, which had much 70 dom deteTmin
ing my course lu the matter, was based OF
the ground that our Government had pro-
posed to his 10 settle the existing dificultle
by Degotiation, which | knew was the case
without knowing the result, which Wast the
.. undeI consideration BY the proper authoti
ties, and which he (Gen. Ampudia) had =
doubt would result faVoFably, as the Who'll
. Of his people we're in favor Of peace. II 81
considered the further efusion Of bloc
not only unnecessary, hut ianproper. 1he
force was also considerably larger than our
er. and from the size and position of the plac'
er, we could not completely invest IT; so th'
7, the greater portion OF their troops, ifnct u
~ whole, had they been disposed 70 do 8
+. Icould, any night, have abandoned the CIT
,er. at once entered the mountain passes, q
ib'r effected their TetEeat--dp what We could!
Z, Had we been put to the altsFnatlve Of |
III king the place by storm (which there is
5er. doubt we should have succeeded in doing
r, we should, in all probability, have lost fl
lb'r or one hudred men in killed, besides q
= wouded-which / wished TO avoid, as the
!. appeared to be. prospect Of peace, even
ob,r distant one. also wished 10 avoid
nb'r destruction Of women and children, viii
nb'r must have been very great, bad the STORM
nor process been resorted TO. Besides, they
der. a very large and strong fertilization, sh
der, distance from the city, which if carried
Sep, the bayonet, must have been taken "
sr. great sacrifice Of life; and with our limi
In train Of artillery, it would have requi
er' twenty or twenty-five days to take it by 7
nber. ular approaches.
aber, That they should have surrendered pl
els nearly as strong as Qnebec, well FORTH
Imb,r under the direction of skillful engineer
tmb'r their works garnished with forty.two pie
tmb'r of artillery, abundantly supplied with am
"oo'' milton, gaTrisoned BY 7 900 regular and 2,
oc'' irregular troops, in addition to some the
Oct, and citizens capable Of, and no doubt q
emb'r ally bearing arms, and aiding IN ITS
emb'r fence-tO an opposing force Of half
emOT number, scantily supplied with proVlsi
= = SeP and with light train Of artillery-is am
{ Sch the unaccountable circumstances OF
,tmb'r times.
4ug,'s; am decidedly opposed to carrying
y MO no. war beyond Saltillo in this direction, W
,tmb,r place has been entirely abandoned by
& Sen Mexican forces, all Of whom have been
ember cent5ated at San Luis Potosi; and !
ptmb'r lose no time in taking possession Of the
ptmpp ,r mer as soon as the cessation of hostll
p ptnb referred to expires-which ! have not
s. Sep the Mexican authorities will be the cas-
& Sep the 18th inst, By direction Of the Presl
of the United States.
kiy' II We are Tin the language Of Mr.,
l. and Gen. Scott) under the necessity Of :
quering peace" and that by taking
capital Of the country, we must 60 70
per. Cruz, take that place, and then march
par the city Of Mexico. To do so in any
P Par direction, consider out Of the questic
par. But, admitting that We conquer a peac
par. doing so--say at the end Of the next y
monIhs-will the amountof blood and
ure which must be expended in doiT
- aol Be compensated By the samel ! thinl
do. especially If the county We subdue i
do. given up; and imagine there are By