Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-03-25

from North Carolina totally msrepresened the fact in sayln
that Gen Scott had been down there fools eand
with small inferior force be up, and if cut up
the Administration would say, "Why, Gen. Scott wen
down there by his choice and he fails he fails thu
result of responsibility assumed by himself Not So Th
responsibility shared both by the Administration and Gen
Scott He believed could carry that strong castle with th
force furnished the Administration told him To go forward
he did go forward and succeeded the event Justified th
calculation Did the gentleman, or any body suppose tina
this Administration would have been satisfied 10 allow Gen
Scott go upon that expeditions unless they had been
WINGED likewise that he could succeed in It
The gentleman from North Carolina said there had been
disposition manifested the part Of the Administration
throughout TO war with Gen. Scott and Gen. Taylor HI
(Mr. said there had been such disposition that thu
whole correspondence showed the utmost Kindness the
part towards these individuals and this effort to get up OPP
position between the Administration and tho Generals
made Tor the express purpose of bene6ng the party those
who opposed to the being great friends of hos
who had fought in unjust cause by say that these
Generals had gained glorious aures for themselves and he
country, when the time the individuals who made tina
declaration said that they had been fighting in unjust
unhoy cause
This brought him the of the gentleman from North
Carolina himself who had been in perfect state of feveIis
anxiety get hold Of this correspondence Although had
been called for by resolution although the document
large the gentleman had for the last five or six days been
troubling the House with attempts to suspend the rules
upon every occasion when he could possibly introduce his
notion that he might submit and have passed resolution
nquirng why it had not been sent in As it
n-wilh portion whatever garbed, the gentleman
himself must be convincedthe gentleman had looked at
he (Mr had but he ventued the assertion that moi
single had been stricken but that which
related to the Of inquiry going he had not seen
the document talked with any Of the heads OF Departments
about but he venured that the fact so-bu now
that sent the gentleman continued 10 exhibit his
eversh anxiety know why the Administration had
in something more and 10, and behold he against the
printing; Or if printed he seemed want to have his
and comments out to the country as part and parcel
correspondence and to consider that they just
important any part oft Now he Mr had no doubt but
the people would be able TO digest these reports and that too
without the speech Of the honorable gentleman going along
with it.
He had been struck with the genlemans disposition this
morning On yesterday he could say nothing But since
he had looked through the correspondence he said there
gabled statements, that provisions had been stricken
and this morning the gentleman had moved TO reconsider
the printing enable him make his speech and
after he had finished he had withdrawn his motion thus in
dicang that he wanted his comments 10 to the
try that he wanted create suspicion the part OF the
people that there had been injustice doneha there had
been improperly committed by the Administration,
without allowing any word of explanation he made on the
| other side.
These remarks he had made unexpectedly but he thought
had shown there something extraordinary in the course OF
the gentleman that he should privately examine the documents
and then, fearing that they should out TO the country
without his comments, should roundy boldly declare that the
Administration bad grateful feelings but DESTROYS to
ruin the Generals who had conducted the campaign II
unworthy of the high and proper which should be
pursued the floor of Congress Let them do justice to all
let them deal fairly equally with all, and let the country
| decide.
Mr. HASKELL said he should favor the motion of the
gentleman from North Carolina reconsider, for the purpose
of having this document printed entire when circulated
in the country The best the authentic history of this
be found upon the public records and when those
records oil published and sent the county entire then
alone would this country he able Judge properly and
recty decide upon the conduct Of the Executive He
firmly convinced from what he had from what he had
heard and from what he had read in reference the conduct
nft had Inv af
ecuivc bunde from the very moment the order first
given Gen. Taylor march the Rio Grande up the
present and he firmly of the opinion that the proacted
character of this campaign had grown entirely out Of mscal
culaion Misrepresentation the part Of the Executive
ference to the character Of the foe with whom
| tending
Could any reasonable believe that the President of the
United States would have ordered Gen. Taylor to break
up his camp at Corpus Christi and 10 advance with his meager
force the banks Of the Rio Gnde, he had believed that
the enemy would have been there him promptly
and with such force From the time this commenced
the President had been aborng under the idea that
had to meet foe insignificant almost for American vaor
to contend WITH and had very evidently believed that he could
bully threaten nmidate Mexico peace any time he
desired 1t with this Misrepresentation that he had order
ed the advance Of the army to The banks of the Rio Grande
The President believed, Mr. Sdel had informed him in
OF his dispatches from Mexico that the appearance simply
Of formidable force the banks Of the Rio Gande would
be sufficient nimidate the enemy The President
had calculated without his host and had found that bra
vado, intimidation, Bullying and threats, not sufficient
people into subsection who had their resides and
their homes defend SO far from being inundated into
peace the enemy met forces crossed the river, and gave
them battle upon ground where the President had supposed
our army would undsurbed When the battles OF Palo
Alto and Resaca de Ia Palma occurred then believed by
the President and the party Of which he the head and
by the great body the people that peace would foowha
this manifestation Of American vao this proof OF American
prowess, would be sufficient bring about peace. But
here again the President without that Of forecast which
had characterized him from the commencement Of the cam
pagn prescn, moment had grevousy mscacuaed
His object show that the proacted character Of this
campaign had been the fault OF the Executive in his want OF
\ the country for it.
them peace II necessary invade the territory Of the
enemy still further TO peneac into the INTERIOR and endea
conquer peace, and at the time to west from
him his territory Now, when it became apparent that Gen
Taylor would have proceed into the interior of the country
and the battle Of Monterey be fought he charged upon
the Executive that he had totally failed supply the General
who headed his troops with transportation and the supplies
necessary for the successful prosecution Of the He M
H. was the banks OF the Rio Grande at that time He
knew that Gen. Taylor, when he marched from Canargo
Monterey IL he had had sufficient transportation, could have
taken with him troops, supplies, munitions
He compelled to from Canargo this crippled con
dition aud assal Monterey with force inadequate to Tho
work be performed The battle Of Monterey dear
bought victory which being one at all
and il Gen. Taylor had had with him artillery more
men, there would have been necessity Tor capituaon
and instead Of surrender Of the enemy and their marching
out with the hono Of he might have captured the whole