The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-09-30

who knew the power orrho L'gllt Arlll'erY
and had seen II play that duy'l'Au eo''Hus''r
,hnt IL could clear II way for The army hntN
IN F,rt Brown. 'Olh XucE--Ior that Is ne
unrnc we call him, replied, nicr lIe consul,
'1ntion had broken mp, we ipW d2c3Nce ~ W-
ter,l plinuies' aud forward they marched 70
Rcsucn dc In Palma, the result ofWhch you
nil know. Old ZncIi Kept his word to Ai"I;
Brown, bur, ulus tho brave aud lnment'd
Major had received his death wound'
So ut BucuA VISTA, tho personal character
of Gan Taylor bad a IlIio influence o" 'hT
army. Wien the War Department deemed
IL necessary, in order To form 0colunu TO H.
wade Mpyico via VeW Cruz, 10 take Iis reg
MARS from him. he was sure that SAM" Nh,
ma would nttarl; him. Il am the Weak POM,
he often said, 'and know he will attack me-
But he delcrnued TO defend MS poSli"h,hhH
ia order the best way 20 defend Ito nu vance,
Gen. TAYLOR, kept well informed o. inc "p-
proach nrlhc enemy hY Gen. WuoIs scn"F'
showed on 10 SulUilo, then on to Aqua nue.
W.. fl was proposed AT ono limc 10 meet
tbc enemy Ia advance Of Aqua NueNn, Hul
,,scer;ainng by his Engineers that Ihc'r posi-
,ion cDuld he turned, lle resolved % iHll bNch
10 Bucna Vien,Ns tho enemy approached hIuh
Buona Vista j. military position lhH Any
soldiers eve would sclsct for defence o
no particular person Is Tie credit OF It's S'Io'-
zion duc,-.0r il lrog been s0id NM even
Homnu picked it Quito rcpuIac an enemy
v r,uu5 Officers lave had INC crrdit % ''ie
selection bul wutGycr particular crcdi -
dino. Is certainly due TO the Commnuhrr III
CHIEF who fought the battle. The MeNIcnns
themselves had fought bUttlu there.
Santa Anna knew the ground 80 we'll liiai
lIc ordered his General (N!moW To laN2 an"
,iieep possession Of it in order To attack our
gear Gen. Miuon got into our rcNr us or
Glered; hat when he reached BuGma iS'n, ne
Sound us in possession OF II. Inc S<u OF
February, $500 mon, mostly raw troops, op-
.posed to 10000 of the enemy, was cerI"lnly
1,o, n very encouraging day. We did not feel
unite so hnppy or so well as over lIis noun
,ifil table tonight. We thought Of home,
and of families aud friends; and onr rInnco
of death was much better, wo thought, Ihnn
ofcver seeing them again. For several days
sprevious Con. Taylor was constantly engage"
il making his arrangements ana ~ M'".lg
home. Il is said also, that llo m1ac h'S c'"'
but he never shruHk from his duiy' ma!
perish' was his thought, but VIII PERISH W
maintaining tho honor of my country |
dave to run IL terrible risk in assuming tie
responsibility ofmoking this onward march
hut il is the only course lhnt viii saNo my
army To stay in Monterey was TO !e sac
uificed by the Overwhelming force Of the enc
any. To save all must risk ALL
The battle was fought, you Know Iile re-
.sull; but you never can know tie influence
that the presence Of Gen. Ihylor h"u "Po"
The army. lie alone, SO 1t las seemed 10 me-
could have inspired, hy his presence, every
soldier ia the army, MS the volunteers were
inspired. The confidence in lEn was com
pIete, lie had commanded volunteers be-
fore, and had been successful win lheh. 60
lie had never surrendered. lie had never
been whipped, and the idea got abroad Ina
he never could he. When manGaverlng m!
pieces athwart the gulles,-l cite Ibis MS a.
example ofthat confdence,--i saw clouds OF
dust about two miles from me. was pam
fully anxious. | thought Gen. Mlndh hH
fallen upon our rear, aud attacked our &c
,pots. and to meet him was my hIst th""9H
"A man came galloping mp through uhe aus
iiAto sight, screaming, 'OW Zdch IS coming
Every soldier gave involuntary utterance |
Alis feelings. Old lack came, and III tlLee
minutes the tide Of battle turned. Fou
thousand five hundred men rcpulsed tweni
thousand-und to the influence Of that pres
sance, under God, think ] am alive here I
dine with you this day.
A Gentlcman.--Ilow oGen did YOU q!
charge your pieces that day
Col. Bragg.--hbout two hundred and fiji
rounds to each gun.
Another CONTAMINATION near WINS Il
enemy TO YOUR pieces, at any one time!
Gil Bragg.-WithiE fifty yards ut OF
slime, when we moved them down.
Nno,her.--Where was Gen. Tny Tor?
Col Bragg-Nilhin forty yards,
Col Bragg closed hsrelnorks with soyin
=" Understand me, gentlemen, am soldit
and no politician. | know Gen. Iay Tor on
MS soldier and man. speak OF INN on
as the COMMANDMENTS Chief of our army
Mexico. have nothing TO do with his p'
ilics, or yours 1t is the duty ola solIi
cheerfully to obey whomsoevcr you put in
power / could not help speaking Of :
commander when thus toasted,us have be
hy you, for services under him. have not
Jug to do with politics.