The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-08-30

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lrnsreFs. AMI ihus Shipped. and 81 me meres a.
he ioe. hsss hsen sAp<rled 81 my country %
rrsErai - resign- BIT I SHALL DO NEl.
TIER ] rAFe noa fns myseiL but irel ds<ply
ior lie noble salAiru Nk0 aEs ab0ut 20 be sacIi-
Eosd hy lhsir roantg. We ahtH Il. 80 sfsA end
gre fkta lpffit. rrlsiag o. . jssf Pf0rcsRet
Jcy rigkf nsslt."
Such Was tile spirit ihat swayed his
noble soul. and had lie IslleTrd ihen. had
he Teeedrd me step, ruin inevitable Monld
have heen he consequence. The SAFETY
Of his own command Mnuld. perhaps.
have heen compounded; the public sore.
aud war sPpl anees in the valley Of Tie
Rio Gfandr eaplured or destroyed; Gen.
Scouts landing II Ntra rruz frustrated.
and his advance on the capital IL Mexico
long postponed. il. indeed. IL had not hetn
rsisd.ted hopeless. lie saw Ibis a. a
gEanre. and his purpose Was fixed And
where was he On ihalhalilr field! Where
The banIe waxed hottest and the hl"ws
cell lhirkes,. there he was. glass in hand.
calmly surveying lie movements Of the
enemy. and weighing The chances Of The
day. AZ one lime The whole Mexican
battery seemed 10 open on The command
ing height where he had slalioned himself
Seeing lis exposed and perilous situation
his STAT inplored him 10 retire, but he
needed them not. Al another, when The
/ dealh-speh iron hailed around him, he
Gully remarked, /" these balls are becoming
excited" Again: when The I'd Kentucky
regiment. v lirh had been ordered 10 sup.
port harl-pressed column. was obliged
10 cross ra,ine. and in avoiding The gull
lies, presented al distance all The appear.
ance OF confusion and disorder. he cried
out, in the fnllness Of grief, " that will
not do that Is not the way for KeninckI-
ans 10 hehaye!" But in few moments
they had crossed the rugged places and
were ascending The slnpe Of the valley
with the measured tread of war worn vc
,erans. On they moved until they reach
ell the crest Of the hill, where they met tin
enemy and delivered their fire with sncl
deadly aim thai he was s"nn in preclpI
tate retreat. As they emerged from The
3. valley his coun,enance gradually relaxed
its bitterness Of expression. and hisieeimg'
were wrought higher and higher as the,
pushed along TO the work Of death. AM
'--whcn lie Mexicsns were seem flying be
fore them, his enthusiasm had reached Il:
iopmosl bound, and, unable longer to re-
strain il, he shouted again and again, "hur'
IA Tor old kentucky.' On another oc
casinn, when the crisis was mol less i'm
mineni, he rode up where Briggs battery
was planted, and said, IN tone as calm al
if he were making some casual remark
"A little more grape. Captain Bragg.
And once mora, when that gallant Off
Ger told him il would be impossible Ia
hid his position unless he was quickly
reinforced, he as calmly replied. /" ant
Major Bliss will reinforce you - Il was
by such conduct as this lie aroused thu
dropping spirits of his suldiers, and In
spi!ed them with confidence and hope
but for which the battle. which is said Il
have heen three times lost 10 him, coulC
never have been finally won.* ~
Here, as on the Rio Grande, the eye
Of the whole nation were fixed on him
; and every heart in the land iremble,l, il
gloomy expectation Of his defeat. Excite
menl and suspense were again al their ut
mos, verge. The withdrawal OF his troops
/ and his consequent exposure to defeat
stirred The populace with tumuli oil in
| dignatinn, and curses loud and deep struck
the ears, if not the hearts, OF their rulers
! News III Santa Annals advance came on
dav. while another rumored the total rou
, and destruction Of General Taylor's army
I he only consolation 10 he had was from
the /" Government organ, which. alihongl
il took good care 10 blame him, in anlici
! patinn of disaster, gave assurance iha
when next heard from, he would b
found safely posted with his command il
i, Monterey" This uncertainty did not Ion
, hang over the country. In a lew days III
: glad lidngs from Buena Vista relieved III
: dreadful suspense, and men once NOR
brea,hed freely. All were satisfied. then
| that i, was impossible ,osbeal him. and IN
+ reply of his aid. Mr.. criitenden, TO SAINT
Anna. that " Gen. Taylor nerer snrre"
/ ders," became national motto.
; A Soldier by Profession, and get a Man Of Peac'
/ We have now followed General. Tay
!, Tor through his battles, and have seen thai
!, from the rising Of his star a, Fort Harr
E son, Ia. its glorious elimination al Buen
4 Vista, the banner Of the Republic. unde
! his guidance, has always been borne i
|. triumph. In this respect, il in no othe'
/. his career as soldier may properly re
4 ceive the gra,ulations Of all his country
! men. Bot, although war-when pair,o!
S ism demanded, or his superiors willea
,-t-has been his trade, Peace has ever pee
!. the first wish of his heart lie Is empha
!. ically a man of peace, and there are none
/. whatever their preiudices, more aserse
e war. or more. anxious to hold N chez
T.. that lus, of dominion and love OF hnms
/ r. III