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


abusing somewhat-that Of thunderbolts But yet one
ought reflect that before thunder bursts forth the
electricity slowly accumulated in the atmosphere
last and very simple comparison OF dates The war
with Mexico commenced in May, 1886, and reached It's de-
cisve events in the month of August is47.
"The Eastern opened in May, 1854 Let the I'M
comments wait for the month of August 1855 to see where
it then will be- The very least that should accord 10
the adyersares of formidable Russia is the period when
the United States with all their power and all their good
fortune required to conquer Mexican weakness
"And any will agree that we are making concessions
in consentng to draw parallel between the suggie Vi
giants and of chance which was TO sum up all put
the encounter of the earthen vessel with the vessel OF
ironn
In Justice the subject we have given at length the
above article in which the Courier, while, with amiable
it seeks to the people of the United
States from losing their in consequence of their vic
in Mexico then proceeds to the graver task OF extern
uatng and apoogzng the long inacon of the Anglo
French forces in the Black and the ngorious result OF
their campaign in the Baltic and propose briefly to
run the pretended parallel of the Courier between
the events and stages of with Mexico and the
present in Eastern Europe.
The Courier begins by saying;
The opening of hostiltes between the United States
and Mexico may be dated from the LIST of May 1876, al
though in strict calculation of dates it would not be
unreasonable back the preliminares to several
months earlier"
IneSe statements are qultc A>otuihB oNo''"
which will bear to he called preliminary of "hostites,
until the 9Th of March, ls46, when Taylor broke up his
camp at Corpus Christi late day prior to that
the 10th of February preceding Taylor in an official
letter to the government expressed his disbelief hot
ties and refused call the governors of the neghbor
ing States for additional troops and Arsta, the general
nhef of the Mexican army Of the North did not assume
command until the cath of April
IA
incidents or preparations looking war; still that period
| of imminent war bore comparison in point of time
with s period of correspondent character preliminary to
the actual ,soycmen of the British and French forces
against Russia.
So, then assuming the very premises of the Courier
of a military movement side NJ March 9Th, we
have in the Mexican war period OF only 0 Wontps be-
fore the battles of Paio Alto and Resaca de Guerrero
Now it is doing all justice to the Allies and more too, if
we throw out of the case their favor all the time
pied transporting troops from Great Britain and France
to Turkey and start with them at GalipoG They
menced the march from Galpo and Constantinope early
in MAY; aud during sayera months which subsequently
elapsed they so the actual scene Of almost
daily eombats between the Turks aud Russians that it
difficult TO keep their individual officers from in
the fight and yet they isava Omar Pasha to struggle
ing with their sick and their baggage out of the Dobrud-
scha through Waachia and Modava into BeSsarabia and
after all that when the Russians protected by Austria in
rear eye thus got into the best possible
ston in Bessaraa sa in the Crimea and four months a
ter their movement from Gapa then only it is that the
Allies early September have reached the point not of
winning two decisive battles Taylor did n sixty aayg
after his commencing march but OF setting out only for
the purpose OF attacking SebastopS
To have acted with Tayiors decision and psomptitnde
have enjoyed the success Marshal deSt Arnana
should have encountered the Russians June july and
have gained somewhere between Varna and siiistra
pitched battle decisive to compel the Russian forces
10 break p il complete disorder and fly to some remote
stronghold like that is what happened to the
Mescas after battles Of Poo and Resacs de Guer-
zero.
The Courier continues as follows;
aThc battles of Palo Alto and of the Resaca de la Palma
took place on the 9Th and 9th of May On the 18th of the
month the American occupied Matamoros with
out resistance
OF course they occupied it phom resistance because
they had destroyed Arsas army in the recent battles
1t would haze aen quite convenient if the Queen,
addressing Parliament instead of merely congraulatng
Omer Pasha for what he had aope apd Lord Raglan had
not done, could have said: any troops encoan.cred
the enemy such day, and after gaining decisive
victory entered Bucharest few days afterwards without
resistance the Russian army, under Prince Goschako
having been completely routed and its broken remnants
compelled to take seiage in Isma"
That she would have hGea able 10 say if the movements
the allies towards the Danube had been characterized by
the celebrity and the triumphant of the movements
of Taylor on the Rio Grandc
The Courier proceeds to say
"Then for example, it thc American army found itself
detained for than three months for want of organza
ton of Transports of provisions and Of munitions and
until the 10th of September that it arrived before
Monterey six thousand strong the remaining force had
not been able to follow
In this paragraph there is complete suppression of all
of the events which transpred between the battles
of Pao Alto and of Monterey.
In the first place Taylor did not advance from the Nue.
ces the Bio Grandc with army with transporta-
ton aud munitions calculated intended for the invasion
of Mexico. His orders and his object in that movement
defend and maintain the portion of the territory of
the United States situated between those two rivers In
the defensive position assumed by him he attacked by
Arsta who crossed the Rio Grande for that purpose War
did moi then exist between the United States and Mexico
it commenced IN fact with the battle of kalo Alto itself
II the 18th of May that Congress passed the
act indispensable lawful under the constitution of
the United States it until that date that the Pres
dent of the United States had authority to begin to raise