Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1847-06-19
!, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, Is47.

UItIl W IuCuT Tic Ilbh VI SotbC
by complying with the wishes of the De-
partment, rather than assume the RESPONSE.
bility of delaying or defeating the all.im.
portant movement then in contemplation.
This appeal of the Secretary is in the fol-
lowing language:
ain looking at the present disposition Of the
troops, it appears to be scarcely possible to get
the requisite number Of regulars without drawing
some OF those now with you at Monterey, or on
the way to that place. Should you decide against
holding military possession Of any place in Goa.
hula or Chihuahua, and order the troops under
Gen. Wool to join you, 1t is presumed that the
requisite force for the expedition to Vera Cruz
could be detached without interfering with your
plans OF operation. Whilst the government; is
anxious that nothing should occur to prerent the
expedition 10 Vera Cruz, regarding it of great
importance, yet il, by Withdrawing from your
immediate command the force necessary for this
purpose, the army with you may be placed in
danger, this expedition must for the present be
deferred or abandoned-a result greatly to be
regretted"
Nothing more than the above can be
necessary, we presume, to satisfy every
candid mind that the withdrawal Of Gen.
Taylor's troops constituted part of the
plan Of attack on Vera Cruz, as resolved
upon by the President and his Cabinet,
leaving out Of the question the fact that
Gen. Scott was not appointed to the CON-
mand Of the expedition until the 18th of
November, nearly month after the letter
above cited was written.
The other charge of the "Union"-that
against Congress of having thwarted ",he
most jealous efforts" and disregarded "the
most urgent appeals" of the President in
relation to the Regiment Bill-has been so
often repeated by the official paper, and
other Administration prints as clearly to
establish the existence, in their opinion, of
such an emergency as should have called
forth from the Executive, jealous efforts"
and urgent appeals" such as those we now
hear of. All the changes have been rung
upon this charge; and, amongst many 9TH
ers of similar character, we recolect
lately to have seen an article in the New
Orleans Courier, (Which has been trans.
ferred to the columns Of many Of the Ad-
minstration papers,) wherein the editor
portrayed, in vivid colors, the mischiefs
springing from the delay in passing this
bill. Had it been passed, (said the Cour.
Ter, agreeably to the earnest recommends.
tons of the Executive, in fve or Sir days
after the opening of the session. the greater
part of the force would have been in Mex.
leo before the ad tournament on the 3rd of
March," And now the Union" knowing
that more than three months have elapsed
since the bill became law, and that there
is not yet in the fields Of Mexico either OF
the regiments which it authorized the Ex-
ecutive to organize, deals in assertion even
more extravagant than the Courier" by
saving, that if the zeal of the Executive
had been duly seconded by Congress, these
troops would have composed part of tht
, expedition against Vera Cruz, which de
parted from the vicinity of the Rio Grande
&c, early in January!
We shall endeavor briefly to show, no
only the necessity that existed for energy
t on the part of the Executive at the open
d ing of the late session of Congress, blu
y also, in view of the magnitude of the ope
J. rations resolved upon, the necessity tina
n previously existed; by which means thu
e reader will be better able to understand
t what amount of credit is due to the Admin
u istration for its Every earnest" efforts an
recommendations seasonably TO provid
the material of war necessary to carry on
j. its own purposes.
Turning to the correspondence of tn
e War Department, see the files either c
: the Union or the InteIgeacer of the latte
n part of last March,, we find that de-
II patch to Gen. Taylor, dated on the 9th Ju
IS ly, 1916, first presented 10 him, in the forI
re of suggestion and inquiry, the question {
n the expediency of changing the base of o
re fensve operations, so as to prosecute tn
D. invasion from Tampico or Vera Cruz. il
It stead of the Rio Grande. To this lette
It Gen. Taylor replied on the LIST of Angus
NJ expressing his opinion against the Praciic
d. biIity of an invasion of the capital fro
he the Rio Grande. To this letter Gen. Tia.
ps lor replied on the LIST of August, expressir
n. his opinion against the practicability of
invasion of the capitol from Tampico, al
OF declining to give any positive opinion
es regard to Vera Cruz, as he supposed q
o. Department TO be the best informed wi
ty respect to the condition of that place.
n this early period, however, Gen. Tayl
'ly embraced the opportunity to counsel I
ds War Department, that an expedition fro
To- the Gulf coast, such as seemed to be &C
i'll, templated, ought to be composed princip
lily ly of regular troops. ut may be W
questioned" he said, "whether force
The volunteers, without much more INSTRUCT
ion than those now here can receive in seas
ar for such an expedition, can prudently
ON allowed 10 form the bulk of an army d
My tined for so delicate an operation as d
es. cent upon foreign coast, where It
will have no proper base of operations or s.
be- plies"
the On the I'd Of September, another q