Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-04-26
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
GEN TAYLOR AND TIE ADMINISTRATIONS

Or TAYLOR AND TIE ADMINISTRATION
men IL was discovered that Nj Fok IefIa ned alto
gr'heI lr"n mont9nng the nam. u Gen Taylor III I'M
annna message, hefe natural and ANXIOUS enquiry
ihuhgitui lie country lor tie Tossan lac ruLlc
iefoiie at such AN emission Three battles hrd Dccf
won against nnheadoi odds. The enemy had been div
en- if.n The valley iihe Rio Grande and here
" a Mexican IN AIMS this side Of San Luis Pousi. Ey
cry thing had been done thai could possibly have beer
expected and yet he by whose ndollabe cuuraee wis,
dispositions, and mastery conduct all had been accom-
pilshed, was not Eeld worthy Of an approving wort
from the Pr, scn the REPRESENTATIVES n
the people The publication Of the correspondence be
tween Gen Taylor and War Department reveal the rea
son oi ms silence Congress me, the first Monday
In Decemlef II was IN the latter part Of No,embel
mat Gen iayl"s protest against Mr. Secretary Marcy
'n 10 regulate his and. hy direct ordcs To his
sub9fdlnaes. was received in Wash ngtan Il vas al
TINS Time thai Zen. Scott, against The precious determine
ton y The Government was suddenly ordered 10 Mexi
CO. II was at this tine that tho ad Illustration resny
to oFefsl Gen lay ur. His achievements had been
TOO brilliant Tor coHori The people had begun IL dis
cover that he only as brave as Achilles but as
wise as Ulysses. lie would not tolerate the Mexcans
on the field allow Marcy To take unwarantable lib
ertes IN the CABINET II resolved to reduce hun to
a state of 'nactIyity," aud Gen. Scott who naturally
longed for an opportunity 10 retrieve great error,
allowed ogoo out To tie Brazs. chief in command, aud
with pienary powers to transfer the Of warke OPP
craons to another quarter whilst Gen Taylo- was lie
lolt IN command 81 garrison high and dry among the
huIS VI ira haute, untl SItIc teal al
other field should divide and divert the nation
gratitude and adnralion. 4 # less lufy nature
than the hncotqueIed hero would have resigned in IN
dgaaton aud chagrln.
But he kre" how 10 command, and he knew how 10
obey. And destiny wrought out her perfect Warh A
Mexican hosemaa. nfo had been dapginp the sfeIs #
the bearer Of Gen SCOTS dispatches watching his OPP
portuny. cast lasso around the neck OF the unfortunate
,cer hr 81 spear thol oh his hoau and possessing
himself Of his packet sI,d upon the wings of tie wind Ia
A Ann .,r1,,, a.
CAM algu revealed 10 him He learns that the ronu-
lar d'rs, who had dhed every disparity ofnumbrs Al
Palo Al'o r sea Monterey ordered upon auohorand
distant expedition. lie learns thai the passes through
the mountains. heh Iaylor bad determined to puaId.
are 10 be eiiopen Tor the free Ingnss of any NeNcan
force tat might chdse 10 hang upan his lnhs aud in
tctere wi us communications. HIS resolution was
speady taken. Nithou1a moments delay he collects
hs whole army around him and less than twenty days
passes with two6ty thousand men. Of all arms
over a dry and track desert, nearly hrcc hundred
miles and falls, Ike thund srbot upon the weak ned
forces Of lay lor. The measures that II supposed
would reduce Taylor to "Inac>'iy" We're the very
ca'seo making hm tho ST conspicuous object Of the
emy's whole operations But, as soua NIGH, 1t have
been expected that the Sierra Ma lie itself should
from lis eternal base that this descendant If revru-
onary stock should give back inch before ANY rec
however Upurlionate' He was c,uuscl,d ii is true
to shut himself mp behind the def neos ot MantcrfY--
prcgnatc 10 any yalor his uWn and 10 await
the shock Of san'a Annals alny refreshed by the cool
ing sitams. The rich gra-scs the abHndan provisions ii
orded by the ncighhourhood If Saao. Wills his MeNi-
can lcgons should pour down INTO the valley and enrich
themselves with tie millions Of treasure which were
scattered along the Rio Gmnde But 1t was not by re-
treats or falling back that Fay lo had been used to pro-
ptaie the diynes who preside over the field If fame
On the banks oithe Rio Gfanje h. had twice encountered
an enemy OF superior fce VIII. had OF posed his march
me fought him. aud he conquered. Again Monterey
he encountered vastly superior zee again he upi
I al his f,rtID Il, -, Ia.