The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-10-18
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ISLANDER TPON GEN. TAYLOR.

Buena Visa. IN uhleh the writer sllegrs.
lhsl il Was bought without generalship.
and gained BY lhe hrarery ofIhe troops in
spite IL the plumbers n Ihe commander"
This impndeaf assertion was doubtless
made by some leaT'less Political hack.
who never SAW ; battlefield. y hn is with
0nl The espaeiiy n muster a rorp0ral's
guard, and iheFef.Ee. Incompetent ~ SPEAK
npnn the geneIaiship displayed upon the
field of Buena visa. That our salun-
leers, and the Few regulars Who were there.
behaved hrsvsly. nav. with inirepi.Iily Of
courage. al truthful hearts acknowledge !;
The disparity nf The forces. the fearful odds
against which our gallant liiile army had
81 ronIend. and the glorious result Of the
battle. speak IN = language which none
can misiake. as 10 the praise whieh is due
20 the soldiers as well As 10 |" Old Rough
AMI Ready" who maTshallrd them Ia VIC
tory. To the soldiers the need Of indO-
milable rourage is due. hut that courage
WIS rendered available By The presence
aud skill Of Gen. Taylur. In him every
soldier had the Innsi unbranded conf
denre-fur him. and fnT their country.
they were ready 10 do OT die-ihey felt.
that. whist he was nj their head. all that
could be done b. human courage and hu.
man skill. would he achieved. and thus
feeling, they received the ofi-repealed
charges Of Santa Anna, and his cohorts.
with unainching heart.. unbIanching
cheeks, and under The lead Of their palri-
otic Old Chief" won for their country
one Of the mos, brilliant victories record,
ell on the pages Of hisiory-tnrned hack
the current Of the war-and laid the ground
work Of ih'se succeeding det j in arms
that produced the peace.
Had Gen. TayInr followed the craven
advice given him BY Mr.. Polk and the
Secretary Of War. and reirealed. Santa
Anna would have swept every thing he
fore him from Saliillo TO Matamoras. The
advice 10 retire was given the brave old
man, when Polk Withdrew The 1000 re.
guitars from the command Of General Tay,
l0r and lell him 10 the mercy of Santa An.
IA and his $4,000 veterans. with about
1000 volunteers and less Than 500 regu-
lars. Thus reduced in force. and ahan,
doned TO his laIe by the President, Gene
patriotic Rpsf fiet lai PIe f. ahd Marcy c
had conspired to destroy him, aud through
his fall, disgrace The country, that he
would still do his whole duty to his roun-
: ,ry,--tlIat, let Santa Auna's numbers he
what they might, he would fight-figh,
he lid-and arhieved for our arms vic
tory which will be the theme of praise Of
every tongue, save that of the rerkles.
srrihbler who penned the criIique in the
Democratic Review, while gallant acts are
appreciated by men, or patriotism esteem
ed as virtue.
Let every man with an honest heart re-
fleet upon two ac,s nf Mr.. Polk, in con
nertion with the hattie of Buena Vista
and il he is not blinded 10 the injunc ion:
Of truth, he must draw conclusions very
unf,vorable TO The sagacily Of that gentle
man, iG he does not question his patriot
ism. We allude 10 the fact, first. Of Jane
X. Folks prevailing upon Santa Anna Il
quit his exile in Havana, and enter Mex
leo, with his, Po.k's permission; and sec
oadly, te-tha. still more startling fact, tina
when Santa Anna had come thilher ant
marshalled an army of $4,000 veterans Il
operate against Gen. Taylor, that james
X. Polk deprived Gen. Taylor of 40Ot
regular troops, at the very time whe,
Santa Anna was about To attack HIM
These facts should never be forgotten; 70
they speak home 10 every American heart
and tell that Polk and his Administration
were mnre anxious IN crush Gen. Tavlo
than they were 10 defeat their pet, SAM,
Anna.
There is scarcely another man Twin
who would not have retired from con-
mand, after being treated with such iniu:
tee by his government but Gen. TaylC
was MT to be driven from his noble pur
pose of defending The flag of his believe
country by the wrongs Of the Administer
ton al home--for his country he riske
all. and that country owes him debt {
gratitude which should last throughout a
time-for he saved the honor Of his cour
try against the coalition Of Polk, Marc
and Santa Anna.