Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1847-06-19
From the National Inteligencer.
THE ADMINISTRATION AND
CONGRESS.

CONGRESS.
In the article from "the Union" of Fri
day night, copied and commented upon in
our last, the government paper, not con-
tent with peremptorily exonorating the
President from the charge (Which we had
never preferred) of collision with Santa
Anna to procure the defeat of Gen. Taylor,
undertook to disprove it circumstantialIy;
and, in doing so, repeated accusations
against Congress which it has heretofore
made, but which we have not before taken
the trouble, as we now shall, to contro.
vert.
The statement of "the Union" to which
we refer must, for the better understand
ing of it, be here repeated, as follows:
1.-THE President did not undertake TO weaken
Gen. Taylor's force. The Secretary Of War
had submitted the military arrangement to the
discretion OF Gen. Scott for the withdrawal,
therefore, OF any portion Of Gen. Tayor's force,
the responsibility is not with the Administration,
but is, on the contrary, with Gen. Scott. The
intention OF that officer 10 withdraw part Of
Gen. Taylor's force from his command is stated
distinctly in Gen. SCOTS letter to Gen. Taylor,
under date OF the 25th Of November, 1876.
Gen. SCOTS language in that letter is as FOL-
lows:
"'I am not coming. my dear General, to ST.
persede you in the immediate command on the
line of operations rendered illustrious by you
and your gallant army. My proposed theatre is
different
"'Bm, my dear General, shall be obliged
to take from you most of the gallant officers and
men, (regulars and rolunteers) ,ohom you haze
so long and MOLLY commanded. I am afraid
that shall, by imperious ',ecessity--!he approach
| of gello,r terer ON the Gulf coast-reduce yoL,
for time, to stand on the defensive. This ,cill
be infinitely painful to you, and for that reason
distressing to me. But / rely upon your pa.
triotism to submit to the temporary sacrifice ,cith
cheerfulness.'
1.-THE Administration had, indeed, determined
as will be perceived from the above extract, tina
an expedition against the Mexican capitol should
be made under the command OF Gen. Scott and by
the way OF Vera Cruz. But, so far from intend
that the President and his Cabinet used the
most Jealous efforts, and made the most urgen
appeals to Congress to pass the ten regiment bill
in season for the troops so raised TO take part il
Gen. SCOTS operations"
The Union" in the extract here quoted
says that the Administration is in no wa.
responsible for the reduction of the fore
of Gen. Taylor. All that it did, the Union
argues, was to resolue upon an expedition
against the Mexican capitol, by way o
Vera Cruz, the execution of which wa
assigned to Gen. Scott, who, in the exercis
of the discretion given him, found that a
"imperious necessity" required him to us
part of Gen. Taylor's troops. Nor, it ar
pears, did the President and his Cabine
even intend to weaken Gen. Taylor.
their "nost jealous efforts" and "most urge'
appeals to Congress" had been duly heede'
the Ten Regiment Bill would have becom
law sufficiently early for the troop
; raised under it to have participated in Gel
SCOTS operations.
Such, in substance, is the argument {
the Union; that portion of it which relate
, to Gen. Scott being so ingeniously put Il
gether as to throw undue responsible,
upon him, and then, for perhaps the tive
tieth time, TO strike at Congress, large
composed ofthe Presidents political frien
. and supporters, for having hesitated m
ment in maturing the Ten Regiment b
and the important measures necessari
! connected with it.
/. In refutation, first, of that part of
ONIONS" defence of the administrati
= which is designed to relieve it from all p'
y ticipation in the withdrawal of troops fro
,e General Taylor's command. we have OF
to remark that reference to the corr
pondence of the War Department v
show that this measure was, from the
IN ginning, an essential part of the Erecat
scheme of invading the capitol city
Mex;co nv way of Vera Cruz This
= made evident by the first letter which v
written to Gen. Taylor by the Secret;
of War after it had been decided to fit
~ this expedition. In that letter, bear
date on the 22d Of las, October, the S
retary, after informing General Taylor
- the decisions of the government to att
ge Vera Cruz, appealed to him in terms
urgent for a part Of his force, as to pl