The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-08-23

- s18&ssA So Aez4. 80 SO
TIE rrsUluiion IN this form Was suhse-
gnsnily Passed unanimously. Gen. Lrsls
Cess and bio roadininrs baing rilhsT >,
Sllaned ~ afraid 10 show tlfiT hands faE'
theE. And On he IL u MaErh. sfsrE t'e'
ing several timss amrnded in Ils transit
between llie i~a Houses. Il passed Goa
gTess minus he dlsgrserfai PEoEif0.
Tks Hiliaaaal. Ia EsFh
Ahous he middle nf NosembeE. 1885.
an expedition against Yea cmE and Tic
Castle IL Szn Jnaa DIT Ira MAS SsieEnln'
ei an. whieis. il surres,lal. Vas In open
q new line II aperaliaIs On tie Capital u
Msxiro. The command Of his expedi'
lion Vas assignrd la General SroH. As
s..on A. his orders we're Iersised. thai dis.
linguished ailirer wrote 10 General Tay-
lur from tie riiy Of New York. nndrT dale
Of 23d Of November. Tie said:
lam not coming. my dear GencEal. 10 SUPER.
seie NOa in Ihe immediate command ca ihr ine
Of operations rendered iIluslsious b you and youI
gailaHi army. Ny proposed thss'E' Is diiis'sHi
~Bui. my dear General shall he obliged 10
fake IrBm gou nsost 81 tie gehani etfcgEs and
men srfgu.aEs and rghlHtstTsl IrLOnl yss hars
20 long and 20 molly commanded. ! AN afraid
that shall, By imperions necessiiy-the zPpnosrh
Of yellow fever on the gulf cOast-reduce you, for
time, 10 stand on the defensive. This will he
infinitely painful 10 YOU. and for that reason. dis
tFessing % me. But rrly upon your patriotism
10 submit To the Temporary sacrifice with cheer
falneSs. No man can hrtteT aiiaFd 10 do -. He
cent victories place you on the high emlnenes;
and even Cater myself that any tsRE;ii that
mar result 10 me. personally, from tie unequal
division Of troops alluded 10. Will sssen the pain
Of Your consequent inaciiyily."-I0L Eree.
Does. I'd Ssss. 29h Congress, Doe. ils, p. 81.
That was the first information. and that
not official. General Taylor had Oi The IN.
teniion To divest him of portion &c his
troops. On its fare il appears To have
been the voluntary act Of General Scott,
hut there is ample evidence al hand, rot
wilhstanding the discretionary powers
with which he had been clothed. that he
acted under instructions Of The War De-
paIimeni. The following extract run
n letter of Mr.. Secretary Marcy TO Gen.
Taylor. dated October 22d. 1916. il, there
fore. deemed perIinen, To this part Of our
narraiiTe:
II informed you, twroie the Secretary in my
last despatch, that in connection with an invasion
Of Tamsuiipas and attack on Tsmpico. an cape
liiiOn against Vera Cruz was then under advise
ment Upon a more full consideration Of the sub
ject. il is believed that Vera Cruz may I've taken,
and having possession Of that city. the castle Of
San Juan d'Ulua might probably be reduced or
compelled to surrender. II the expedition could
go forth without the object being known TO the
enemy, it is supposed that four thousand troops
would be sufficient FIR the enterprise, receiving as
they would the cooperation Of our naval force in
the gulf; but at least fifteen hundred or faro thou
sand Of them should Be Of the regular army, and
under the Command of officers best calculated for
s:Iei 0a undertaking. In looking at the dispose
ton Of the troops II appears 10 Be scarcely posi-
DE 10 ger the requisite Number Of rcgulo1s trfhh.
out drd,ring some Of those nou ,rifh you at Non
terey, or on the way to that place" En-
&c. Docs, ID Ssss. 29th Congress, Doe. liz, p,
IS.
On the Sd Of January. General Scott
addressed another letter to General Tay-
lor, ia which. after advising him that he
should consider himself continued in the
command he had so long and honorably
held" he stated that every Thing in his
undertaking depended on drawing about
5000 regulars and - volunteers" from
his command. a..- %-.s
The command of General Taylor, who
had already made a forward movement
towards Victoria, was Of course greatly
diminished, SO much, indeed, as Ia reduce
it, as was then believed, ITO The strict de-
fensive." His position was consequently
embarrassing. and even perllous. He had
received no order on the subject, nor yet
any intimaiion other than from the letters
of General Scott, that such a movement
was contemplated. He might, therefore,
have refused with great propriety to make
any detachment from his force without
positive authority from the proper De-
parimeni. Sill, he did not hesitate, and
all the requisitions Of General Scott, whom
he presumed to be secOnding the views
and wishes of the Government. were
promptly complied with. That he was
keenly sensitive, however, to the wrong
of which he was the victim, there can he
no question. for, in all us paris, il was
without palliation or par ilIel. The whole
Thing was unjust. unnecessary. and iude-
fensible and. with The ample means at
the disposition Of tn Department. should
never have been thought Of. murh less
countenanced. And yet. unjust TO him,
and hazardOus 10 his command. as il I'M
was. thus TO strip him Of his
troops. there are those who dare to assert
that il had, in every respect. Gen. Tay-
lor's sanction. more wilful mlsslate-
ment is seldom uttered. He never sane
toned il, NOR did he submit in silence; on
the contrary, he was justly indignant al
the ilI-lreatment and Indifference 10 which
he was subjected. His feelings had been
grossly outraged, and the cnurteses ofthe
service indecenily disregartled by his SUI
ppriors, who, instead Of notifying him Of
their wishes. made General Scott. indi-