The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-02-06
Affairs at Washington.
Correspondent orthc journal fCommcr

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WAsnINGTON, Saturday, .Iun ~
The Letter OF General Taylor, dated \.
yomber glh. tOa friend, giving an cXplmr,
lion of his conduct Of the war, and his op,
ious Ms 10 The course hereafter TO DC a,Io,n,
was received here this morning, in the Nr
York Express, and was read with de-
interest in the House 10y almost every mcr
Der. 1t appears to have produced much Sc.
sation among all parties. The letter is MOI
crate, iudicious, and candid, and was pcrm,
intended only tor the eye olthe friend 10
whom il was addressed. There is no view
presented in the letter which il new To III,
Government. Every fact and every opino
therein given, us well as many others, COIN.
TO show that General Taylor differed lrop
the Administration in his views as TO the con
duct of the war, and complained of the WAL
of proper Support,) have been stated in Gen
crul Tnylor's letters to the Secretary of War
| 1t has long been rumorcd here that the Al
ministratiun and its friends were dSsnliSiir.
with General Taylor, aud he Disguised will
them. Therefore, it was said, General Scor
was sent out To take the commando and there
! fore it is that the creation oithc office of LIEN
enant General was determined upon.
! The anti Taylor Democrats here expires,
the opinion freely that Taylor ought 10 hcrc
fculIcd. Others say, eve will now have Ihc
| Lieutenant General, hut keep Taylor ina
subordinate station TO do the fighting for u.s.
Some Oflhc Wings express the opinion
that the letter is a lorcrIuncr OfGcncr Im
Ior's voluntary retirement from command,
that he has taken means to viudc0tc hw>rN
before the country in expectation Ola recall
and, perhaps, intending 10 anticipate It,
Gen. Taylor now stands Oh imprcgnaIIc
ground Without efficient supplies, and
with small force, NE has gained viclorc,
the fame of which will endure as IOugns tIc
waters of the Rio Graudc flow into the Cult
His movement 10 Monterey was made win
50 little ofrcquiSite means, HAT had lie failed
in the enterprise, hc would, MS he Remarks in
his letter, have incurred n rcprnIund. Or
something more. He did it, he says, to "ScnC
the administration" They have met the ser.
vice with IL poor rcqutal.
The administration is placed by Gen. 'Im.
lor in II dilemma. They must either recaN
him. and thereby, To n certainty, make him
Commander in Chief ofthe Army and Ma
W." that is - President; or they must consent
to he represented, in the further conduct OF
the war, bv Il General whose opinions and
views. as 10 the conduct Oflhc war, differ en-
trcIy from theirs.
The plan of the war, or rather of dlscou.
tnuing hustiliics, and establishing and hold
ingu boundary, until Mexico shall he hroug''
to her senses, and have government static
enough To make peace, which Cen 1m"
recommends, is not that Ot'thc aduiiulsir"r
hut is that of the people. 1t may p,,M
vet happen that Gen. TayIor's views willie
carried out--hut hv another admiIislEaw.
ut the head of which he or his personal "a"
political friend. Justice Mclean, may happen
TO he.
WAsHINGToN, Jan. q. lSln
After long and tedious sitting, the Ser.
ate carried the Bill, nominaIly autIrorl2irs'
.oan or Treasury Notes olhe amount o'
twenty three millions, hut, in fact al i,r@.
eighi millions (tur trcncws the five mho'
ofTrcaSurV Notes granted at the last ScSSlol,'
to an cngrossmcnt, which is nearly equiv
lent TO its final passage, for no question
raised on the third reading. Mr. Walker has
been without dollar for days, ana the Treas.
urv has been living from hand To mouth u
anxious expectation of the last vote ON th>
Bill.
Senator Niles Aocoloco) made the follow
in" remarks upon the passage OF thiS lHII;
ale should probably vote for this hllI b-
cause he was unwilling To oppose what NcrH'-
ed to him to he the only resource ot the GOV
crument to sustain itsclfiu the present crl>>
Ii was not, however such measure rs they ad
II right to expect from the source rh0lcc cane
lie said these things with no satisfaction
but he was compelled TO say them; and II the
war should continue, how long would 1t m
before they would he called upon for anoIlW
hceniy eight millions loans? For let hIm IT,
mind them that this bill was not 10 rgl>
twenty three millions, simply: it wnnr""
act ofthe last session for rniS sag fUs mdl'0m,a al"
therefore. amounted to twenty eight mIII@,
lie never expected to have heard III u"
chamber that the treasury OF the United s|M
was within twenty four hours ofhankrupN
The crisis in which they were placed WE
They had no adequate rev.
cnuc, and were going on without providing
auy way of increasing it. He should sup
port this measure, therefore, from neccsSN
because they could do nothing else. ld@
feared that 1t IcaS tidugM tcih eUi 10 the canN'
en- of the country. They were not without 'W
lights of experience on this subject; and g''
ded by those lights, he predicted that II won"
occasion depression ofthe currency oiu'c
whole country to a most mischievous eNt'I,
In passing it, they were treasurimg up Wraln
against the day ofwrath; and that day OF Wra"
would come, and when it came he tcdred ~"
they iCould not be able TO stand"
MIR Niles was right in saying his parry
would "not he able to stand" under the 'ou,
of such measures-the fiat has already soI'
forth, and the administration is doollr
Its fate was sealed in the fall elections. nW
to stand until March lS49, we M"'
contrive that it shall also deIirer on that u"!'
WAsHrNGToN, Jan. 30, lo4I'
Another assault has been made upon "t"'
Taylor by the peculiar friends ottho Au'I,
A Resolution was called mp t"u"a'
which was introduced by Mr. Cooke, OF iennJ
,ssec yesterday, appropriatnga medal ,a'
he thanks of Congress for his gallant Se'''