The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-06


Isabel set FIRE to his magazines there Asoertainiog
this, Gen Taylor to Point abel giving directions
70 Major Brown to apprise bin Of his position. He
was Informed of the peril OF the fort aud took up his
march directly back Prior to his return he writes to
the Secretary Of War at Washington, saying this Is
my condition: hut II meet the enemy, in Whatever
numbers, will fight him He does not issue his pro-
clamatiOD, and then run away as Gen Csss and Gen.
Hull did, but he tells you what he will do Well he
lsaves Peiut Isabel towards Fort Bre~n, and the
field Of Pao Alto he finds Mexcan army Of 600 men
to intercept him. and these he and defeated
on that bloody plain with his gallant vol%n r ssax
had the to meet him Afterwards except
when they numbered tsenty to four, under Santa
Anna He fights the battle, and what was the commu
nieation he made to the government? He merely
faid he found the enemy and dislodged him There
was nc Boosting about IT, and what next The night
after this great battle Gen Taylor had interview
with Captains Mccall and Smith, aud told them to
select two hu ndred men TO track the enemy so that
went their duty, and the officers assembled in
conclsve, and knowing that battle to be fought
next day, employed Col Twiggs to represent the
wearness CT the army and his apparent haste in
Timing the fight; but Gen Tsylor's mind made
up. He would not alter his determination, and
the battle OF the next day was fought aud won.
The speaker then referred to the action at Matamo
where the same success awaited the gallant hero
thu yours, q good deal daughter and cheers
Monterey the next battle in SUGGESTIONS where his
troops were withdrawn from him. at the instance of
the Cabinet at Washington. This however, did not
disbearten him; but with the bravery that character
lied him throughout his whole career, he calamity
stood his grou nd, and the enemy battle, knowing
that had he obeyed the orders from government to
fall back from his position such proceeding would
have been certain destruction to his army Cheers
Here the speaker alluded to a letter which General
Taylor wrote about this time to General Scott, and
which was not generally known to the public-in
which, though complying with the government orders
to surrender the flower Of his army to General Scott
he d.plores, in the most affecting language
such an extraordinary requisiton upon him.
He said, that had lower tank been assigned him.
had he been called upon to resign his command, he
should not have complained; but the course Of
duet that had been adopted, altogether unparal-
eled this side of the Atlantic, and was only
cilabe with the superstition that proceeded from
intention to sacrifice him Great sensaton) Instead
however, of falling back with his 500 men, he met
Santa with his army of 20 0oO and the glorious
victory that followed familiar to them house,
hold words cloud cheers) There was. however, an
occasion when General Taylor did surrender. 1t was
on the day the regiment Of women fell upon him In
New Orleans, his return home, and with the flying
artillery Of their eyes made him their captive He
weuld now conclude as there were other speakers to
which they had heard him Tremendous cheering,
amid which the speaker resumed mis- seat)
MI. CHARLES MlssIsc here sung song, which was
received with great applause
Ex Governor SEWARD, in compliance with the
wishes Of the meeting, was the next speaker and on
presenting himself received with loud cheers He
said:-Feliow citizens: am obliged to confess that
your summons to meet you here to night found me
vjoloting measure Of the wing candidate for your
Presd. Mt for it is his maxim copied from bis ustr
GUS prototype, George Washington, why should we
leave our own soil to stand upon foreign ground9"
having left my to go to the State of Pennsylva
MIA. Bat my apology s, that there Is no longera any
soil (Cheers) There is need however, for labor
and work in Pennsylvania And now since con-
fss.sd my truspsy will report to you what said
vania The honorable gentleman here recaptuls ed bis
address in this State and then proceeded to that
there incident to which he would refer,
which had net been alluded to by the last speaker All
the Generals who had taken part in the Mexican war,
had been called to Washington, to make their reports
on af wi he Of &c TIA
Tor He (Mr 81 thought, therefore, that it their
duty to supply that OMISSION and send him now there,
to make his report Cloud cheers He then referred to
the excessive importatons into this country which
brought about the state Of things occurred in
1887 to the ruin of the mechanic and the manufac-
turer 1t behooved them therefore, to resist the princi
pies of free trade, to put end to the tariff of l846
and with Willard Fmore at their head to have the
riff Of 1912 again made the law Of the land (cheers
With regard to the slave question: it their duty to
ask for the ordinance Of $780, and he believed this
would be accomplished by securing the election of &C.
neral Taylor, (cheers) He then alluded to the veto
question. This great crisis in the constitution
Of the government, and he believed the undertaking
Of General Taylor to leave the administration of the
country to the legislature and the judicial powers,
must be acceptable to every true Americanbe acted
upon by every President and thus bring back the
sItion to its pristine purity and perfection Cheers
There some who had left them, and had joined
guerilla party under the leadership Of Martin Van
buren,. Now IT, in ls44, they themselves had acted
similar part and had Joined the party Of Brney, the
abolitionst. what would have been the condemnation
which the pr, sent seceders would have poured out
against them for such conduct! lCheers) He appre-
hended there would be small comfort for those who
now deserted them after the election "a party
the outside here cried out Three cheers for
General Cassr' which responded to by few
outsiders but met inside, of course with hsses)
He thought the course now pursued by Mr.. Van Blu
bad ruined his party and the party of the abol
tionists Cheers) He called upon them not to dis
pue about their respective preferences, but to join in
the support Of their candidates, and more give
the whg party the ascendency in the councils of the
State. (Cheers.) Ii they only did their duty along
with New England and Pennsylvania, and if they
acted they ought to do at the prese crisis the
party who now and for so long period ruled the
country, would for long and indefinite period be
banished from the councils Of the common wealth.
(Treme ndous cheers amid which the honorable ene
The Fourth Ward Glee Club, in compliance with
loud cries for song, sang two Taylor and Fillmore
songs, to the great del ght of the assembly.
MIR. j. 8. THEyER then addressed the meeting He
believed that man in the country could be found
well adapted to meet the hopes and the feelings of
the people as Gen. Taylor. (Cheers) He was like
Martin Luther, like Oliver Cromwell, like O'Connel
like the poet Burns, and all the great spirits Of BY
gone days. who in their respective times and depart
ments up to the spirit Of the age which they
lived (Cheers.) He would not at that late hour take
mp their time with any heightened remarks, but con-
cude by impreesng upon them the necessity Of rally
ing with upanmity and energy to the support Of the
candidate Of their choice. loud cheers.)
The resolutions were then put to the meeting, and
unanimously adopted.
Loud cries were now given for Hoffman; but
OF the secretaries read letter from him. stating that
Taylor.
Another song having been sung, the meeting ad-
journed, amid loud cheering and applaudng, and
marched in procession, preceded by the band to the
house of Hamilton Fish.
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