Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-05-17
ruenrLLAuEoUs READING.
r..n the National Intelligence. April d.
~ef that Gen. Taylor was not
asr clause" of the y:2r.


ssc ..Causc'' Of the war.
\. some Of the Democratic papers ap-
80 "a regard as Of much consequence |
s.exfract of letter ''fron gentleman
- s.spectable character" purportng to
give Cen TAYLoR's views Of public po-
Ter. which was published in the Union
os Tuesday Of last week, and quoted III
mis- paper "a Friday among the debates III
Congress, we ha - taken the pains to COM
pare, in the only Particular where the
means are at hand, the assertions thus
ANONYMOUSLY put forth with the recorded
sentiments of the brave officer whom the
Democrats seem 50 anxious TO disparac.
n the cstimariop>of his friends. The
mart of fine letter fAYhc"'U nion" 10 which
We refer is the following:
.Hc (Gcn. TAYLoEJ tninks that the
President was not TO blame about the war;
that he (Gen. TaYLoR) was the cause Of
the moving of tn army on to the frontier;
md gave as his reasons that Iargc furce
rss coliccfea al Ha,amoros. and. unless
here was an opposing force in the neigh
borhood, tia, the N~ricnas mieh, cross
crer and conH,i any amount Of depre-
dations nithom his bcing abr 10 arrest
their progress IN tire to sarc the iahaji-
fants''
Nov, as no one disputes the honesty
and sfraightlorwardncss Of Gen. TAYLOR,
in order TO be satisfied that the above, if
not purPosed Misrepresentation, is an
utter misapprehension Of his opinions, it
IS only necessary to contrast the above
with the existing state of facts at the fine
r,Ecrred to. as derived from the corrcspon-
dencs Of Gen. TAYLOR himself, and pu-
bulished by order Of Congress. From
that correspondence we make the s,boin
cd extracts, plainly showing that there was
not a large force Of Mcxicans collected at
Matamoros. and that Gen. TAYLOR never
unprecedented the least danger - the from
tier. from invasion bv the Ncxicans. while
he remained at Corpus Christi Writing
from, that place. the General says:
AuGusr 90. 18I5.-"caravan Of trad
ers arrive occasionally from the RIO
Grande, but bring no news of Importance
They represent that Mcrc IRE ~ rr9uiar
troops on that rircr. except at Matlmoros.
and do not seem - b. aware Of anv pre-
partitions for demonstration upon this
bank Of the river
AuGcsr 26-..I shall communicate with
President Jones and ascertain the number
Of volunteers that can Be called into ser
=. vice in case Of All invasion BY Mexico. and
shall take thc necessary steps II arm and
! employ that force, should tue safety Of tn
country require it, eel confident. how
ever. that such necessity VIII not arise
SEPTEMBER 6.-..i have the honor to re-
port that q confidential agent. dispatched
some days since 10 Aiatamoros. has r.
tuned. end reports that no extraordinary
preparations are going on there: that the
garrison docs not seem - have been in
crcasd: and that our Consul i OF opinion
there VIII be no declaration Of war. The
agent. who is intelligent, and upon whose
statement good deal Of reliance may, |
think. b. safely placed. SAYS that the mass
OF the people with whom he mingled is
opposed TO war with u.
SEarEMBEE li.-'.In view Of the large
reinlorccmcnts Of regular troops ordered
TO Join me, cannot believe that il will be-
come necessary. under any circumstances.
ioenploy volunteers from the lit1lStates
Ihavc directed two Of the three companies
from Red River to San Antonio, retaining"
one at Austin. With \ corPANy Of mount
ell rangers AZ each place Tho frontier wiz
be secure from insult. The commander
Of the rangers at san Antonio Major
lIavs) has reputation as partisan. an! 10
him have specially entfuscd the duty 0 /
keeping me advised of any movements on
the Rio Grandc. in the neighborhood Of
Loredo. We have no news Of interest
from the frontier. hris.a. at the last ac-
counts. was at Mier. but without any force:
nor is there as yet any concentration OF!
force on the river.
OCTOBER l l." Recent arrivals from the
Rio Grande bring no news or information
Of a different aspect from that which | re-
ported in nv last The views expressed
in my previous communication relative 10
the pacific disposition of the border people.
on both sides of the river. are continually
Confirmed
NOVEMBER I'll respectfully enclose
acopy of letter from Commodore Con-
ner. commanding the home squadron"
This letter is dated on board the ship
Falmouth. off Vera Cruz. on the eth De-
tober. In it the Commodore saws: No
troops have marched towards the frontier
Lr length of time: and am told bv Mr..
Parrott. who left Mexico few DAYS since
that many of Arsta's officers had returned
TO that city in state OF utter poverty
In the Same letter. Gen. TAYLOR. in
reference 10 suggestion of removing the
army to the Rio Grandc. says: The
position now occupied by the troops NAV
perhaps be the best while negotiations are
pending" and he knew negotiations to
be pending at the time he wrote
NOVEMBER l9.-..Should the present
PACING aspect Of our relation with Mexico
continue. II will not be necessary to CON
hnue this force the companies of Texan
rangers IN service. except possibly one
company as guides
The next despatch from Gen. TAYLOR is
dated on the 9Th of january. and. conse-
quently, the above are all that could have
reached Washington at the time the march
TO the Rio Grande. rhicI caused the ,-ar.
vas directed by an Order from Headquar-
ters in this city. That order bears date
on the 18th Of January: 1916 Is it pro-
bable. then. we would ask. in view of the
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