The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-11-01

events dating from the act of Congress OF the 9th of May
and proceeding Taylors investment of Monterey;
and then for comparison taking up the operations of the
Allies in the East from the moment when they entered upon
preparations for down TO the day when they found
themselves in the Crmea for the United States entertained
no idea or purpose Of with Mexcoatany rate of
invasion of the Mexican republcunl the 18th of May
Then we commenced in earnest 10 raise troops collect
nitions war and Of transportation and make
force felt by Mexico Accordingly troops arrived the
line of operations Taylor advanced from Matamoros to
Reynosa and Camargo and organized his command to at
tack Monterey which the main strategic position of
the enemy on this side of the Sierra Thus appears that
il cost the United States Just four months make all the
preliminary preparations of war; even to evyng the troops
themselves and creating il were the army push that
army forward Monterey and there to attack and carry
fortified city of great strength by natural situation and by
military works. compel the equalization of Ampuda and
acquire the complete and peaecabe possession of the
whole region of country this side of the mountains To
achieve corresponding result the allies should, in the
space of four months after they began arm have attacked
and carried the city of Sebastopol.
Next the Courier proceeds as follows;
"Aer the capture of Monterey (24th September)
halt took place which was prolonged in fact until the
month of February oowng for cannot regard as an
operation OF war the occupation without striking bloW
of the village OF Saltilo."
Here again. is entire peversion, at least misconcep
ton of all the intervening between the capture of
Monterey in September and the battle of Buena Vista in
February.
In the first place the American government having had
from the outset no thought purpose of making conques
in Mexico had each of the successive stages its cto
re first at Matamoros May and afterwards at Monte
| hon tbaf Tho
would abandon its thought of trial of strength with the
United States Therefore it that did not in the
early period of the war; attempt any blow the enemy
of strength military and political During that
early period had gained three great victories under
Taylor and he all practical results had military posses
sion of the Mexican departments States of Tamaupas
and Nuevo Leon having driven the Mexcans beyond the
Sierra Finding however after the capture of Monterey
that the Mexican persisted in its purpose Of
war; the American government then beook itself to the
task of operations the line from Vera Cruz through the
central and populons region of the eaemys country the
city of Mexico.
In the second place during this PERIOD from September
to February, which the Courier summary disposes of
lift blank in history, the American govern
had by of separate bodies of troops raised
that purpose entered upon the occupation of New Mexico
Coahua and California and pfpered for that of Chua
hua and the coasts Of Sonoa and Snaloa I'll these
Of present Importance and Of immense future
nitude, and they not brought about without many
combat honorable to the officers tsoops engaged in
them and adding usre the of the United States
Finally it is either wiu ignorant depreciation of the
facts the part of the Courier to speak slightngy of the
occupation of what it calls the rage of Sato Between
the city if Monterey and that of Sao great range of
mountains which diyiaes the valley of the Rio Grande
from the vast Internal table land of New Spain That
Gierra plays the part in northeastern Mexico which
the Balkans DO in northern Turkey. Sato is village,
but considerable manufacturing and commercial city
standing at one outlet ofe main road the Sierra
Monterey does the opposite What Taylor did in cap
turing Monterey in September and occupying ato in No
yember would have parallel Turkey If foreign
army invading Turkey from the line of the Danube should
capture Slisa in September and then the Balkans
and oecusy Adrianople in November; for such in
vadng force in Tuy woA!a then have carried the enc
mys defensive frontier monnins aHa bare plain road
before it Consantinope SO, also i was with ua when
we after taking Monterey bad occupied Sato and thus
cleared away the chief mountain obstacle to an advance in
that direction upon the city of Mexico SO manifest was
this fact that Santa Anna, wholly dsregarding the move
ment of Scott Vera Cruz finding Taylor at Saltllo
hastee 70 get together the largest force he could muster
and marched in person TO tte encounter of Taylor.
The Courier then proceeds
At last on the 22d Of February the battle Buena
Vista was fought which closed the operations this line
and the only result of which to maintain the American
army in its POSITIONS for, Notwithstanding his victory
Gen Taylor abandoned his intention Of advancing upon
San Luis Potos"
1t is true Taylor renqushed the idea of advancing upon
San Luis Potos but 1t is quite ridiculous TO say that the
only of the battle of Bnena Vista 70 leave
troops their positions or at any RATE the leaving onr
troops in their positions of itself result Of immense
magnitude for it was surrender the five States or
departments of Tamaupas Nuevo Leon Coahua, Chihua
hua and New Mexico To have reached the point in
results had done when operations ceased Tayors
line the Allies must have sbdned and occupied the Rus
nia the Baltic and the Russian provinces Of the Crmea
Bessaaba Kherson Tauria Kiev, Podoia Poltava, and
Kharkov the side of the Black To accomplish all
this it will take them many years it took months
to gain the possession control of California Sonora
Sinaloa New Mexico Chihuahua Coahula Nucvo Leon and
Tamaulipas,
The Courier then proceeds TO present the following per-
interpretation of all operatona in the north
eastern and northwestern provinces of the Mexican
public
"Thus then, nine months and twenty-five days after
the opening Of hosties there had been advance of
scented serious resistance except single point the
route Monterey y with great dcpy there hal been led to