The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-08-04

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: head of the movement force equal to any
: probable enemy. It may now depend upon
e the number of new troops that may arrive
!, fIom the Brazos in time, as also in some de-
/ gree upon the advance of Major General
: Taylor, whether | shall find this army in
S strength to leave the garrisons, and to oc-
: cupy the capital" .a..
Q | may add, that only aboutfifty individuals
of the old volunteers re-engaged under the
; provisions of the act of March 3; that the
remainder were discharged May 4; that Ma
jor Gen. Taylor made no movement in adj
: vance ofSaItillo, and that the new regulars,
including Cadwalader's brigade only began to
come up vita me at Puebla in July; but not
in sufficient numbers till August 6. The
. next day the army commenced its advance
upon the capital. with little more than 10,
!, 600 effective men.
4 1t is not extravagant to say that, if Briga-
, dier General Cadwalader's forces had not
been diverted from me to the Rio Grande,
where he was made to lose, without any ben
, eft to Major General Taylor, much precious
: time, | might easily have taken this city in
the month OF June, and at one-ffth of the
, less sustained in August and September
: The enemy ayailed himself of my forced de-
: lay at Pucbla, to collect, to treble, to organ
ize and discipline his forces, as also to erect
f numerous and powerful defences with bat
teres. Nearly all those extraordinary prepa-
rations for our reception were made after the
middle of June. And it is known that the
news of he victory of Buena Vista reached
f Washington in time to countermand Cadwala
der's orders for the Rio GIande, before bis
departure from New Orleans. Two rife
companies, with him, received the counter
mand there, and joined me early.
) | know that had the misfortune to give
offence to the department by expressing my
self to the same effect from Jalapa, May 6.
In report of that date l said;
"The subject of that order (No. 1885, old
volunteers) has given me long and deep
solicitude. 70 part with so large and so re-
spectacle portion of this army in the mid
die of a country which, though broken in its
power, is not yet disposed to sue for peace
to provide for the return home ofseven re-
giments from this interior position, at a time
when find tquite difficult to provide trans
Iportation and supplies for the operating for
Ices which rcmain-and all this without any
prospect of succor or reinforcements in,
i perhaps, the next seven months-beyond
some 800 army recruits-present novelties
utterly unknown to any invading army be-
fore. With the addition of ten or twelve
i thousand new levics in April or May--asked
for, and until very recently eXpected--or
even with the addition of two or three thous-
and new troops, destined for this army, but
suddenly, by the orders Of the War Depart-
ment, diverted to the Rio Grande frontier,
| might, notwithstanding the unavoidable
discharge of the old yolunteers--seven re-
giments and two independent companies ad
vance with confidence upon the enemy's
: Icapital | shall, nevertheless, advance; bnt
whether beyond Puebla, will depend on in
Intervening, information and reflection. The
general panic given to the enemy at Cerro
Gordo still remaining, think it probable
that we shall 60 to Mexico; or, if the enemy
recover from that, we must renew the con-
sternation by another blow"
Thus, like Cortez, finding myself isolated
and abandoned, and again, like him, always
!, afre id that the next ship or messenger might
recall or farther cripple me, resolved no
longer to.depend on Vera Cruz or home, but
to render my little army ga self sustaining
machine Uniformed everybody, inclu-
ding the head Of the War Department--and
advanced to PuebIa.
Fl 1t was in reference to the foregoing seri-
Gus causes oil complaint, and others, to be
found in my reports at large particularly in
| respect TO money for the disbursng staff
ofiiccrs, clothing. and Mr.. Trist, commission
. .er--that concluded my report from Puebla,
!, June 4, in these words;
considering the many cruel disappoint-
ments and notifications have been made
t to feel since left Washington, and the total
went of support or sympathy on the part oi
the War Department which have So long
experienced, beg to be recalled from this
t. army the moment it may be safe for any per.
son to embark at Vera Cruz-which. sup.
, pose will be early in Novembe-. Probably
, all field operations will be over long before
that time"
But my next report (July 25) from Puebla
, has, no doubt, in the end, been deemed more
objectionable by the department. In that
paper, after speaking fthe ''happy change
in my relations, both official and private
: with Mr.. Trist," | continued:
"Since about the Goth ultimo June oul
intercourse has been frequent and cordial
r and have found him Mr.. I. able, discreet
: courteous, and amiable. At home it Sc
chanced that we had but the slightest pos
: sible acquaintance with each other. Hence
: more or less Of reciprocal prejudice; and, o
the existence Of his feeling towards me,
:. krew (by private letters before we met tina
at least part of the cabinet had full in
: timaton. Still, the pronounced misunder
o standing between Mr.. Trist and myself could
l not have occurred but for other circumstan
b cesl l. His being obliged to send forward
/, your letter of April H. instead of delivering
e it in person, with the explanatory papers
! which he desired to communicate. 2. Hi.
! bad health in May and June, which / an
: happy to say has now become good; and 3
e The extreme justification into which YOU
j letter and particularly an 9interlineation
iunavcidably threw me. So far as,l am con
7 cerned, / am perfectly wiling that all ! have
heretofore written to the department abou
S Mr. Trst should be suppressed make
, this declaration as due to my present esteem
! for that gentleman, bat ask no favor, or de
lsire none, at the hands Of the department
. Justice to myself, however tardy, !, !. shall
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