The North-Carolina standard., 1848-08-02

by which he was surrounded on the occasion to which
allude That letter id not give the language used
by the orator, but believe me, It IN keeping 4Uih
the banner achich foated a6OveA Little did then
dream that the South would be insuted by the pre-
sentation of that orators name on Presidential
ticket Were his associate angel Of light, he could
not reeUe, my opinion, the ticket sOich the name
Of MiAard Fillmore found a place :"
We Invite the attention of the Register and of the
Wings of North Carolina, to the above extract Mr.
McAister is gentleman achose testimony respec
table man in this country aoiH call IN question What
he has said in relation to Mr.. Fillmore, doubt
true. Let the Wings ponder on these things.
GEN. TAYLOR AND THE VOLUNTEERS.
For several weeks past we have been in possess
ion of information to the effect, that General Taylor
told Lieutenant Pender some occasion in Mexico,
soon after or about the time of the alleged mutiny
in the North Carolina Regiment that GH the officers
in the Regiment ought to have been dishonorably dis
charged, and the priuates shot! The New Orleans
Bulletin, perceive notices this matter follows:
sour readers may probably recolect difficulty
that occurred in the North Carolina Regiment during
the operations the line of the Rio Grande, prey
ious to the return of Gen. Taylor the United States
Since this regiment has arrived in New Orleans, a
report has been actively circulated in it, that General
Taylor had asserted, that in consequence of the
above affair all the officers should have been shot,
and the reg iment sent home in disgrace. Both Col.
Bliss and Col. Bragg at once gave pointed denial
the SANDER but not content with this mention
ed it to Gen. Taylor himself, who denied it in the
most emphatic manner, and said it entirely des-
titute of the least foundation In truth" ata.- 1as
Here, it will be seen, according to the Bulletin,
Gen. Taylor denies that he uttered any such Ian
guage; but we understand that Lieutenant Pender
made oath before the Court of Inquiry that he did.
In the last Petersburg Republican we find the fol-
lowing communication, written in all probability, by
Lieut. Pender, over the signature OF Truth: ~.
{" GEN. TAYLOR AND THE N. G. REGIMENT. I'm
der this head astonished to find conversation
alluded to which took flace at the Walnut Springs,
Mexico, between Gen. Taylor and officer of the
North Carolina Regiment; and though regret and
cannot conceive by whom or in what manner it came
to be published (beng the officer before alluded to-
having but rarely mentioned this conversation. But
it having been published and conradicted, consider
it proper that should give the exact language used
on that occasion by Gen. Taylor to me-'sThat he
Gen. Taylor) had found any difficulty in man.
aging volunteers before the present volunteers, and
he had had nothing but trouble with those" And
speaking more particularly in reference to the diff
Guilty in the North Carolina Regiment used the fol-
lowing language: g That all the officers of the North
Carolina Regiment ought to haze been rdishonorubty
discharged, and the pripates shot,. This conversation
happened about the last of August, 1S47.
But if Gen. Taylor used this language about the
officers and soldiers of the North Carolina Regiment,
mas also expressed nlHSeI very strongly IN VIII
ting, to the detriment of the Texan troops. In a
speech delivered in Marshall, Texas, by Gen. Hen
derson, who has been Governor of that State, and
who was in the battle of Monterey, that gentleman
says: ..5 ...
"Gen. Taylor distinguished soldier, and a,
brave man; had rendered important services to his
country in the late Mexican The speaker said
he had often defended the reputation of Gen. Taylor
when 1t had been improperly assailed in his pres
ence, and would do it again when necessary. He
had defended the old Hero against the false charges
of some, who had since become Taylor men. Still
Gen. Tayiof'was Wing, and, in principle, opposed
to the annexation of Texas, and to the war. He had
marched reluctantly to the Rio Grande, from
of military duty, and bravey fought the battles of
his country but the people of Texas could not
slstently sustain him, as their nominee.
Cen. Henderson Pr0O-eard to say, IN substance,
that General Taylor had committed one act, which
the people of Texas and especially the Texan troops,
were bound to resent. When Gen. Henderson first
heard the statement, he had contradcted it, believing
that Cen Taylor was incapable of perpetrating such
an offence; but the charge has since been established
beyond doubt and it was due to truth, and to the
people of Texas to make it public. When Gen. Tay-
lor had discharged the last company of the Texan
troops, he wrote officially to the Secretary of War,
substantially follows I" IhGnk God, haze this
morning got rid Of the last TrGn soldier, and hope
therefore TO haze something like order in the cGmp''
This declaration Gen. I. ]. Rusk in the Office
of the Secretary of War over Gen. Tayloris own
will the Texan people submit to this wanton outrage,
and cast their vote for the who has committed t
In connection with the above extracts, we invite
public attention to article in paper of to-day,
copied from the Pittsburg Post. ID
P. S. Since the above was put in type, we have
received the Wilmington Journal, containing the fol-
lowing certificate from Lieut.. Pender: |
"PETERsBURG, July oath, 1913.
do hereby certify that the language attributed to
Gen. Taylor in Communication that appeared In !
the Wilmington N. G. Journal on the 2lst instant,
towt: " that the officers of the North Carolina Reg
ment ought to be dishonorably discharged and the |
privates shot,, &C., uttered by him in my pres
ence, and in fact addressed to myself. !
(Signed) 10. S. PENDER.
of the Edgecombe Company, N. C. Volunteers"
: ANOTHER RoORBACK BLOWN UP! !
The Register of the 22d July publishes article
headed ''indignation of the returned Volunteers, i
the evident design of which is to affect the Admins
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