Arkansas intelligencer., 1848-09-09
Gen. TaylOfs dislike of Volunteers.

The Little Rock Gazette Of the 31st ult., con-
tains letter from Gen. Taylor. which in the opin-
ion of the editor no doubt, proves that old Rough
and Ready never entertained a dislike OF Yolun-
teers, as has been charged upon him.
Gen. Taylors dislike ID volunteers date back to
times previous to the Mexican war. Ills report
of the battle Okechobee, contaned charges against
the Missouri volunteers, which called from the
Legislature of that State, string of resolutions
in vindication of the volunteers, and which pro-
nounced his report "A ISLANDER UPON CITIZEN SOL
DIERs GENERALLY. " He manifested his dislike OF
volunteers when he wrote officially to the War
Depart ment, the following compliment of the
brave Texas volunteers: Thank God hare
this morning got ria of the last Team soldier,
and hope hsrs 0re TO hqUs somsitjng like order in
the camp"
number of Ohio volunteers published their
s1corn statement, short time since, that Gen.
Taylor said oft the Ohio volunteers were "a Cd
ID set Of there's, acio only soent TO MericO 10
steal"
The following from the Nashville Union Of the
IN ut.. with letter from officer Of the North
Carolina volunteers, exhibited his feeling towards
the old North State, " and the result of the eoc-
ton in that State shows that the hardy people OF
North Carolina know how to reciprocnte his feel
ings. They have dshonorably discharged a
largo number of his political officers, ana have
" shot - Tay yorism, right through the centre.
From the Nashville Union.
Why should the volunteers he expected to vote
for Gen. Taylor, who, prior to his NOMINATION
never showed them any respect! SQcn was ms
contempt for volunteers at the opening OF me war
that his most earnest appeals to the " a. lJePaTI-
ment were, that none night be sent him. MS de-
caration that the volunteers were not worth their
rations only one evidence Of this feeling OF
contempt. and his denuncialion Of the Ohioans
that they were ga Cd id set of thieves. who
only went to Mexico to steal,' was only q single
one of thousand instances of hostility.
We find another evidence of the unfavorablo
opinion of Gen. Taylor of tho volunteers in the
Raleigh Standard. That paper publishes a state
ment from 1t. Pender, of the n. G. Regiment as
follows
Gen. TAYLOR AND THE n. c. REGIMENT. -
Under this head was astonished to find CONVEX
saton alluded to which took r.iace at the Walnut
Springs Mexico. between Gen. Tia ylor aud Of
fcer of the North Carolina Regiment and though
| regret and cannot conceive by whom. or In
what manner it came TO be published, (being the
officer before alluded to,) having bat rarely mon
uOhed lnIS cpnFcrSll'On--Out IL having been PUB
IIshed and contra dcted. consider it proper that |
should give the exact language used on the occa-
sion by Gen. Taylor TO me-" That he (Gcn.
Tay1or) had never found any difficulty in man.
aging volunteers, before the present volunteers.
and he had nothing but trouble with those. - And
speaking more particular riy IN reference to the diff
fcuIy in the North Carolina Regiment used the
following language - Ihqt The officers of the
North Carolina Regiment ought 10 kars been dis
H01O' u6Iy ~5ioohH'gea, ann IRE Erirnles SHOT -
This conversation happened about the last of Au-
gust, lS47.