The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-08-16

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Il has bern repeatedly stated that Gen.
Taylor advised and approved lhis more
meni. and in The Executive !. Organ The
Uuloa of June 18Th. the saUe ugv9IT4ni-
able assertion was parsdes before the pub
&C with al The gravity Of history. The
basis on which . rests Is his despatch
from Corpus Christi Of October 9Th. ls45.
in which he said:
. Il Eill b recollscled thar he Instructions Of
Jane Is. issued By Nv. Bancroft. then Acting Sc
esrlsy o. Wa. discsing ne 10 selcrf and accu-
py o. on rrAR fAe RIO Gvands such q site a.
win cansist with he health Of the troops, and
viii be hest adapted 70 rspci invasion sc. Bra
saSsntiagO 70 the nearest entrance 10 the mouth
Of the Bic Gran5e. and Point Isabel. within that
eatrance. and t~enty-one miles from Matamoras,
would have klled more completely than any 9TH
e position the conditions imposed by the SeeTs-
tsiy. Bot We had no artillery, engineer force, or
appliances, and but moderate amount Of infan-
nv; aud the occupation Of Point Isabel. under
fRzse circlRsfgsnes. and with Il Ieas, the posi-
hiiiiy ofrcsistsnce from the Mexicans, nigh hare
oompremised The safely Of Tie command :.
think, been the bet possible; bui now that The
entire force wall soon br concentrated il will be
question xh1lher raE vIKws OF EoyERSMKsr
viii he best carried out BY remaining al this point
II IL with great Difference thar make any sug-
gestion on matters that nay become topics of De,
hcate negotiation bot IL eua GeyEHxNEsr, in
settling the question Of boundary, makes the line
Of the Rio Grande an ulimaf1,a. cannot doubt
th,i the settlement, viii he greatly fastened and
facilitated BY our taking possession at once Of
one Or two suitable points on or quite near that
river.
-MeSico having IS yet made No positive de-
claration Of war, or committed any oven scl cf
hostiliiies, do nat feel al liberty, undsr my IN
situations, PARTICULARLY those Of Jaly STA, TO
make JorrUd nsorcsseaf 10 tie RIO GrGnde
WITHOUT ArrHOHIrr from Tie Var DpGvf.
fseni."
n this advised The ADMINISTRATION al al.
il is somewhat singular The advice was
NOT accepted. The very policy, which
il is commended was positively urged, was,
IL seems, not determined on for more than
three months afterwards. Now, that ;te
intention always was TO occupy some site
on The Rio Grande. is apparent not only |
from the {. instructions" of June Is, the !
language Of which General Taylor quo
ted, bni from other s.iasiruetions," which
he had before him when he pelned This
despatch. On The 3o,h Of July, lsi5,
Mr.. Marcy, The Secretary Of War. wIoie
20 him in these words:
The Rio Grande Is claimed to be the boun-
dairy between the two countries. and up to this
boundary yoa are TO extend your protection, on
" excepting any posts in the actual occupation
Of Mexican forces. &c II Is expected that, in Sc
lecing the establishment for yonr troops, you iciN
approzch as near THE BOUNDARY tisE--khe RIO
Grusde-ss prudence viii dictate"
In view of these INSTRUCTIONS, succeed-
ing each other at intervals of month.
what was Gen. Taylor's pnsitionl He
had been distinctly told. FIRST. thai the
point Of his ultimate destination" was
the western frontier Of Texas. on or near
the Rio Grande del Norte y and serond.
~, thai he should approach IS near that
river as prudence would dictate" He
thought this meant something; and. ac-
eofdinglv, he deemed il proper ~ inform
the Depanmeni that he should have full
filled AL lis conditions but for the wan, Of
the necessary war material. and the fear.
unler those circumstances. Of c0mpro-
missing the safely Of The command" but.
said he, !. now that the entire force will
soon be concentrated" il you still intend
that shall select and occupy" a posi-
iion on The Rio Grande--if you intend to
make that your ullimatum ..in settling The
question d boundary" and wish me : 10
extend protection" TO that river-why,
then. il viii be for the Government 10 de-
tsrmine :. whether It's views can be best
carried OUT by our remaining at this point."
This was Al best Hypothetical proposl-
Ton. committing Gen. Taylor 10 no par.
sicular course, and Designed. II is most
probable. 10 learn precisely what the
views Of The Government were: and yet
il i seized on in viniicaiion of the con-
duct Of The Executive. TO prove yet
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