The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-08-11

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YA A.4 vtsA yoa. - ssst.s, 70 your orders
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: ls..k ~ the War Department, but 4, your
eels, F,s dirvc;icna and il MAS your duty, ana
IA wine, 10 Ne that var frquircmcn.s were
eo,nnlieA With. That they were -. 10 he Ut.
mat praetissbse extent, have NJ reason d
aoabs; but II they were sni, the lAl.t, If any. il
nos with he War Department TIA also gave
The distractions in rrlation 20 providine Tho
nseass Of hnd transportation, and th,. ,,lkcrrs
e.ars 4 9th that duty were under yeur imme.
date control andif there ID hlam~ auywh. Il
fse Any .te6cescy in this resp c., II cannot be
,upu.rd tn the War Department. YaM wI,.s,
er.r.sp ,nsl.nce With me, md the staff olIcer.
with yo,,, sh Tvs that you very properly took
upon yoursrlf N. whole charge Of giving dir.c-
oons in his matter In letter q, C,piuir
Hetz /. .nir~ Qasrt-r.Aas'ar at the Bfaz a.
.neakiny on this sal.ject IT :h. land ,rao.porta.
nan which may b. needed after III. descent
on H.. cneny's e"a., near Vera Cruz. Won say
at hs,e ALREADY discussed and arranged with
vn, the detail of the early land transportation
irain,"Nc. On the 18th OF March, ycu furnish.
"a Gsueral l.ssup with your estimates a. d di.
r-c,ions on this subjrct The rtaff officers being
w;,a YOU, aud under your orders, nothing far her
Wa, or prnpcri, could be, required or expected
4, e,nan1,e fr,m " ash,ngton, be ond the sup.
pay Of funds. ani this being done, IL you we're
dis,Dpo;n,ed in not r-aiiz; ny your expectations,
Vim h,v. not a colorado. pr.,ence for input.ng
blame to 1.-THE head Of the War D, p,r,.ncnt :"
As jus, ground of complaint, and matter
&c accusation, you refer I" you. deficiency OF
m. ana to make the descent, and {" capture the
city If vera Cruz and The castle OF San Juan
A.l,li,a. and assume that tn. ex.eat If that de-
S..rc , waa tn, d. # renee between what you
,..-ived and what ron required. /. woald b,
r,ise An correct reasoning 10 say, that what yau
Nd having proved snfhcien, for the pnrp.ssr,
,h., A, # renee showed ts. extent Of the err RS
tn ,onr estima,. The ,ruh lies, perhaps, he.
tween the two ex,rem.s. You had less, pro.
h,biy, than ynu >, ,uli have hs i,ani yen rrquir
ed much more than WINS necessary. That ynu
did M, have more, ard, indeed. nil you ask-d
E,r. I have already shown wis not the fault Of
che War Department.
Gs.n. Jesup was with vou at Vera Csuz, saw
vour means, and is capable ut forming an es'i-
mate Ut ,h..ir .uificiency. He is. AZ his letter
Aerevith shows, dsp ard I" be just, and even
aenprous 10 your tame. To his opinion mn The
subject. M veil e Judd exception can b. tax
en- He says. in reference & yoar COMPLAIN
on aec"aa' af q deficient supply Of anrf bats,
.s.gs. train, aud ordnance stores The result
'shsws that ne {Gen. Sc"'t) bad surf boats and
stor.s -nongh!'' And OF the delay Of which
YOU co:.plain. he fully exonerates the War De-
partment, and ascribrs the whole I" Yourself,
and "a unavoidable accidents. The inpntation
that you were dssignedIy crippled in your
means, is q chsrse Is prep s'erous al his un-
founded. - ~
ain aware tina, the execution of some If the
suany arrangements for the v eraCruz exsediti"n
was obs'ruct~d and delayed by accidents: but
shry were such "A human saIacity could nh
farcs-e, or human agency control they were
not, however ns"r- than chnslderat- mlnd,
brins, into view all the vast dthcuit'es o. the
case. " ,uld have expected. When y"ui e"n.
pi.ints On this suhiec, were FIRST received here.
~vincing. a. they die, that you Intended :" hold
the pertinent r-sponss he for every "ntoward
event, the heads Of the several bur-asa WERE
called on by m~ to show how they had exrcut-
ed the dniies which had been confded I" them.
particularly in regard 10 matters referred tn BY
You The evidence they pres' n ed Of having done
all that Was required, or csu'd have been rxPrc'
ted. .nvinced N and venture to say that
on full examination. it will satisfy any mind
cP-n {, conv;cti,n-shat all you complaints, ."
Tar 40 they imputed blame to the War Depart
meLt, az any. Gifts branches, are untoundrd
It will do much more--it will show that great
industry, pro.nntness, uncommon capacity, ano
extraordinary ~xrrtions in relation - every. |
thing connected with the war, have eharactcr-
lied the action Of each IF these subordinate De |
partments. As cpmmendation justly mrrited
by these several branches Of the d'P1rt,nrn'
asssiled - they are indirectly BY you, 8 no
good re,s,n f,r with ldins my opinion, tha' an
instance canno, b. found where '" much has
been d me, and vigil done. in 50 short t'mr,
By any SIMILAR bpdy Of officers under similar
circnnsfances.
Az van have, by implication, laid henvyn
hand upon the bureau which 10 charged wa |
the onerrus duties Of execu'ing the laws ana
orders for raising aud sending fnrwar, the r. |
cru,s and lrvi-s, l tr-l hound 1" atfir.n that
you have done To- that branch at the pnhlic ser |
vice the greatest ,njn ice. n, industry ha>
been spared, p IS bl. Ell ,r omitted, " RAISE
the forces n hich were authorized, and I" send
them sa their destination within the br'-tcs' |
practicable period The numerous orders issu
I'd from thu Adjutant Generals oihc",
aud its vcluminons correspondence On that sub |
jrc,, will sustain this assertion.
You have pressed with un Y ,nt.'d z'ai the |
ehsrs- in relation 10 d,vert'n. the drtsch nrntI
Of the new re- gim-nts under Gen, t,adwa ader . |
command 10 the Br,zss, and have INDUCED in
the wildcat specuiatians "a to the ssd cons
uaences which attended this imputed error
Assn ming that NV orders diverted th".c tr 'ops
,.r any other, Tan assertion which ! shall G n. |
.fovert her-a,t,.r,) the circumstances justified
the measure. The critical condition ut G.n.
Taylor, according all ace uuts received here
Il that time, i. stated IN NV letter to you of 22j
Of NJ wch. To show that the department acted
pr,p-rly, though il incurred your rrpronf ii j.
necessary Ia recall the facts they then sp.
peared here. They presented in the follow
ane extract from Tint letter:
aTh. inforrna alton which las jnst reached ~ |
in tb- sh ,pc ri rum,rs, as t. the situation OF
General Taylor, aud the forces under his com
mand, has excited the most painful appreh"n
sinns fnr their SAT o.. Il Is almost certain thai
Santa Anna has prrcipi,a,ed the large army he
nd collected At San Lms de- Potos, upon Gen
eral Taylor; and i, may BE- that tn. general
has MT been able 10 ms,n'an the advanced po
si,ion he had seen fit n take at Agna Nucva
bot has been obi ;ed to fall back on Monterey |
II u .alally certain that Mexican force his
been insrrp"srd between Monterey and the Ri"
Grandr, and that i, has interrupted tine line Of
communication between tho two places, and
se,s d larx.. supplies which, wcr. the way I"
Gen. Tayl,rs army.
"lf the ssilc f,.ce between the Rio Grand-
and Gen Tayi"r's army is as large rrpor,
represents il, cur troops now on that RIVER may
mt b. able 10 ablisd the line, nor will
Il, perhaps. BE- possible to place force there
sufficient E,r the purpose, in time u prevent
l.sas:r ,us ,nse quences 70 our army, uaicss aid
can be afforded from the troops under ar i'm.
mediate command.
(caErsNrEp)
SEEarE-wAsnIscrox, July %, 1854