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eMy. 1,'nder lh" supposition that such may he

in- views ni me nepariuum, i s! an mane no ,e Government paper, with its " e trust that movement from this point, except for the pur-! ... . ,, ,. pose of examining the country, until further in- OMr "1'1'- rR 8i,r". '"' " Ins.d.nus attempts struclinnsare received. " " , l east censure ou Geueral Taylor for not havThis reached Washington fully a month he- I inJT onnPT """'h"1 f,,r volunteers to r inforce fore Hie order or January 11, lS tfl. for the ad- j him wo,,11 not have appeased the popular invanreof the armv, and. as will he seen, com- I he: (See Washington Union, May, 9th pl. telv changed the opinion he had expressed iu ; ,P ,fi "What mean you l.y oallinsj for uolunhis despatch of the 4th of Octoher. When that ,",irs?" """''I have been the searching question, was forwarded he had un knowledge of pending What were your orders? What authority did negotiations, nor had we a minister in Mexico. """ Piv "m"1 Taylor besides that of calling

At this later date he bad heard that Mexico had ; consented to receive a Commissioner. He, there- 1 fore, modified his views, and. lest his silence on ; that might be misconceive.!, expressly declared that while negotiations were pending he should make no forward movement, "except for the purpose of examining the country, until further instructions were received." Negotiations were for aught the Department knew, in progress when the "further instructions" of January 13, 1 S Jf, were issued. At all events, the fact of the refusal by Herrera's administration to receive : Mr. Slid.ll, was not known at Washington unM the 23d of the month-ten days subsequent to the date of the order. This is the official ac- ; knowledgement of Mr. Ruchanan, the Secre- ; . . tary ot Mate, lint again: the actton of llerrera , was not regarded as a final rejection of Mr. Slidell,aud he was, consiqueiitly, instructed to renew the ofTer for negotiation. As soon as the power of Parei'es was established, he did so; nor was it until the I -Mb of March that all hopes vanished, when he demanded bis passports. Thr is nothing, therefore, in the of th act, to sustain or justify the tion that the order to march into disputed terrilory was .iilier itrgd or approved -.1 by t:neral . . layior; nor yet thai me rejection ot mt. lidelt nfMr.Slidell was in any degree therewith connected. The unit Olli of .Tloj. tSIA. We sh -ill pass over the intermenji.te events between th 1 1th of March. l- l(i, when General Tavlorset out for the Rio Grande, and the -th . of the same mon'h, when he arrived on the East k.nk ..r th v .1) bmk or the r.ver, where tort Rrown now. stands. On the 1 2th or April, two weeks after, he was snnvoon-d hy Ampudia, the command-er-in-chiefof the Mexican forces, to breakup . 4.i i .i t his camp and retire beyond the Neuces. To this summons h- replied, on the same day, that . his instructions would not nermit him to retro-! grade from the position he then occupied. The crl-is bad nowrome. smi a collision between the two armies was ravo.ia.ile. l..l..r..iatina ; . -i r..i .... ... . ...... was re.-. ive.i on hi- v .m-uenerat Arista hav- . . . ... ing suj erseile.: t.eneral Ampipiia in the coin- .,.., l-that twenty-five hundred Mexicans had cross-d the river, with a view In cnt ..fTsll r...... muuication between Fort Brown ad Paint I,a- ! bcl. where General Tavlor had established a military depot. Th- next day, Thorntan and i Hardee's command, which hJ Wn .i nm '.

reconnoiter, was surprised ami Captured. On M ,,a!""i comparative inactivity until '. Peop'e, not to provoke the jealousy and distrust the 1st of May. Gen. Taylor left his entrench- i t'" f AuKUst nearly three months after ( of the political intriguers eutrnsled with the desments opposite Matamoras. to open the commu- lhe resuIls at r,la Alt0 Bn'1 Resaca- tiuiea of the nation. Something was, therefore, nication and procure supplies. He arrived at waltin for reinforcements. By the end of June j to he done to check his rl.ing fortunes. Accor-, Point Isabel the next day, and b f t on the 7th to ' h" ,, ,d '"""P" e"0"lh. but no effective means of j !ig!y, on the 25th of December, l-lfi, when relieve Fort Brown, which was assailed with a i ,r,nsPort",io- He finally m-.rch-d from Mat- j Congress was scarcely three weeks in session, heavy and destructive eaiinoni.liug i his ab ; "'"' "Ui of September, and arrived i j the President sent in his message requiring the seuce. The spirit and determination with ,W'"'Ve d,ys af""r al Wa,,,ut Springs, here he , appointment of "a General Officer to take comwbich he began that march U to le githere,! i e"r-amM u the morning of the l!th. The j m!lnd of a11 pnr military forces in the field." : from his despatch to the Secretary of WV. '""y 'f Monterey was now in full view before j The special object in view, as subs -quent derelTben it was he said. "If the enemy 'oppose my i h'm' n tl,rw, sU1 il was "'"rounded by lof- I opments disclosed, was to lift over his head into ! march, in whatever force, I shall tight him." J ty n,oaul'li"s, whi'e an 0en va'ley spreads out j the chief command of the army a mere civilian, ! Never wis resolution better kept. At noon, on j " U'" ,1,''r" T,lirk 5,on wills, comhiningall j whose whole military experience had been ac- j

the S;h. trie Mexicn troops were discovered oc- i enpying the road at Palo Alto. Gen. Tavlor i miineciaieiy nauec io fetresn ins men, and form I a line of battle. When all was ready, about 2 o'clock, bis column advanced in the direction of the enemy. They were soon opened upon by the Mexican batteries, when they halted and ; deployed into line, while the fire was returned : by the whole of the artillery. The action then i became general, and was maintained for five' hours, with unabeted vigor on both sides, when ' the enemy were driven from the field. Such! was the result of the battle. Th.i l;u

nf scarce twenty-two hundred men, had beaten ,''e" thous,n'1 ,n"n- ' this description of three time, its number. But its work w.,s not yet tho r,,v anl the immense disadvantages pf bis over. It had fresh perils to encounter, and'bi- roniii,ion some impression may lie had of the vonacked on the field at night, to march to fiercer - ",P"t f Tirtr' " Moi'erey. battle and win richer laurels on the morrow. I " the morning of the 20th the siege was oThesuperior strength of the Mexicans, and the P"r"'d Wesl en i of the , i,-v ''' th" 9on,i boldness with which thev disputed the road ! divts,'nn of 'he ".iy under Gen. Worth, and on

gaveevery reason for alarm. A Council of war was held, and conflicting opinions expressed. While some were for filling back on Point Isabel, and others for intrenching on the spot, a third party with Gen. Taylor, preferred to advance. He remembered that be 1m, 1 ,.rnn.;u.t succor to his camp, and therefore resolved to push onward, fight the enemy in whatever force he might appear, and thus redeem bis pledge. About .1 o'clock on the 9:h, the enemy were met within three miles of F ort Brown, at Resaca de la Palma. The position was well hosen, and nothing but the desneration of Amprion valor, and unshaken resolution and eminent, fficlencvof its General, could have saved our army from total destruction. The battle was long and bloody, and signalized by achievments as boU as any recorded of modern warfare. The Mexicans fought with extraordinary bravery to retrieve their reverses of the previous dav. but ' fortune was (.gainst them. The iron hail f rem our artillery, the impetuous charge of lh invi n--ible drjgoons, and th steady, onward tread of the iufantry. were too much for human flesh

sind blood long to endure. And, chivalrous "rm Providence, moved unharmed through- : nnpamonable in itself, should not, perhaps, exveterane iney were, the Mexicans although out ,,iat tr''n!- scrne. w "hich witnessed tint last . r'l "urh wonder, but thai Geu. Lewis Cass,

they stood as six thousand to wlm..,, lion- '"nr cf so nun v of the dauntless and brave. I 'ho assumes to be a military man, and whom Cre,l, were fimliy conipelled to yi.-IJ before the- , 1l",,'"r'liiiioii ' lr.rie. ibis friends so stoutly proclaim tlie Hero of( superior discipline of the American soldiery. ! "ir!" p" th- morning -f the Vil. of SepJeni- ' Hull's surrender;" that lie should be guilty of They fl-d, leaving all their bagg-tge aud camp i"sl as preparations were umking for a rr- such violent wrong, is indeed a melancholy proof equipage behind, in the utmost disorder, to the n'w"h' f the assault, a f! ig of truce announced ' of human fatuity and meanness. That single river, in which many were drowned in tlieir cf- Colonel Moreno, the bearer of a message from vote, trifling as he may have thought it, will be -ferts to cross to Matamoras. Ampudia to the "General-in-Chief of the Amer- '. the funeral knell of his nmbition. i The news of the victories spread with on-'"" "''" The proposition was, that the j I' ntil the Still of February, nothing more' hounded enthusiasm throughout tho Republic. M,,''';n tSeneral should be permitted to evacu- ; Wil, June, wheu Mr. Boyd, from the Committee Palo Alto and Resaca deli Plma linked with " the city and its foil, "takiu g with him the on Military Affairs in the. House of Represents- i the name of their hero, were on the lip and in rKRS,Nf:I- an1 M tTrEirt." of wsr which remained. tiv.-8, reported a bill (rn. No. 100) "making ! the hearts of the people. And well they might ':''n,'ra, Ti,,or immediately t his unwil- ' provi.ion for an additional number of General ! be. N.v.r were victories more complete, won ''ngness to accede to his wishes, and proposed officeis. 5.C.," with an amendment, authoririnr; i at greater riis ..IvauHge. or less anticipated. ott"'r t""'- to which h- r.qnire.l an answer by Presi-ie.,. to n,...ini ...... r.,f ft,. ,i.

The latest tidings from liie ,rmy were sad, and ominous of rioter. General Taylor was reported to be hemmed iu by a force seven times greater than bis own, with only a few days pro- . visions, and no hope f Mim.r. Tublic anxiety . was intense; sorrow in every countenance; and f.-w dared to hope for saf.-tj-. Su-qene was agonizing, and the stern inquiry, "Who has thus exposed brave men to such perilous odds? who hassaeraticej them ?" stirred the bln.nl of millions, eveu as the blast of the war trump. Well was it so, too, those evil foreboding were not realized; well was it, for the men in power, lint Geueral Taylor beat back the battle storm which howled around him. Iu auother eeut, theirs would have been a fearful reckoning. The blood of the siiughlered would have stained , i- 1 . , their skirts, aud crie.1 to Heaven (or vengeance; , , , , , ' and the tears or the widow, the orphan, have 1 ii, na.e - ,. , For all this correspondence, s vol. VI. Executive nr,,S firet ses,ou ,?th Conf r- IV. 1J6.

been their heritage. Sm:li iihw kery as that of !

on certain States for reinforcements when Mes- I ""''ould declare war or commence hostilities h-v "osslng the Rio Grande?" That was the extent of l,is authority, and that authority to be l"-omptIy exercised the moment circumstances j"s,i(ied Such, then, was the condition of things when the President's war message of the 111,1 of M:, ,f4, was Pomniu uicated to Con gress. 1 hat body shared the general excitement, and alarm was visible in all its actions. There was one ma.:, however, who seemed no1 .to have caught the popular infection. He "PORe wows 01 ctieermg; nay, more, he spoke l,roI,h''tic;1"'- He said: "I have great conn - ''e'" in general Taylor, the officer commanding ,he " t,", Rio """hs a' ' fUy per- . !. ;.t f.trtx .. r . - ."". ' " "aw ! of the last advices, ilwdl lie fonnd that he whip- j ped the Mexicans, drove them acrass the river, I and was then in Matamoras. I may be wrong, I but that is my speculation. "f TI. . ! 1 . I i. 1 '""I'11" "w "" anew b was . equal to any crisis. Hence his confidence.

hutorv, ,Id'1 the whole country known him as well. ,""r' riforous t-rmt. than those granted, the re- - ii-. .j ,i . t ' suit would have been the escape of the body of sser- Pxhli". conhdence would have been q.,,,e as ,(, Mexican force, with the destruction of uLr- -

s,rn"tr- He has that confidence now, and the ""''"u may wfely lan on him in the hour of , .u.i. . .i i e . "4". " -T'"g irom mm- " rl -( won- . me hi ar, or uu-rnie ano iKiirpanon ill peace. j ue Mornilin of Tloniriry. Had (Jen. General Talorr-en timely fur'nishedwith a ponto,, train, the Rio Gralllld ,, , , . navP D"en croS!W-". the successes or ! 8"' a"(i n'h f Ma-V r"""wed by the Instant capture of Matamoras. He was, however, com'l ' ':o!""' W'", k Mnr" ' r,,u!d ' Mt-mP- i ''' in the meantime General Arista had e- j re ant of his forces. With J the aid of such s.na boats as could be collected 1 - c n ,,e co tected, , ' , mr WaS crwBrd on lh" 1 "' Bnd t''" Clty i "'" ' '" """" " fn. i'y i i, . . . I surrender. Here again were delays, because of ""roops, siipp ies, and the means ol .1 ii v firiitnn I iin.. ..I.., ; " r ".-... ....... ,.- pro llli the a; Vantairoa nlrpailv 11 A u...l " ' " "' l ie .M.-i,,iili titn Irt r.pnnl ....... o....... a.uiy .o , a,"m hl" furt,"r Pr,Br- it been pos- j M for ,,im 10 have marched immediately to. Mon-"y ,ln', hi!e the garrison and j """"i"' were yet stiiptn-a 'n-m the alarm of Mnt"' h" wou,d Pro''ahly have t.ken it W,lh ,,u,? or " resistance. Rut he was held j u,p ""E"" e Spanish style, wiih ditches . ,,asion;"' rung with cannon, formed i its fortifications. Every Ftreet was baricaded. auu every House a ciiailel, tieaice t, alh was to welcome the advancing foe,' The Bishop's Talace, an extremely strong and well fortified place, was on one side, on the other heavy redoubts, en I in the rear a river. It was garrisoned by ten thousand mn, and its population supplied some three thousand efficient volunteers. The strength of Gen. Taylor was less than seven thousand, when with such an under i . . lading helore him, it should have been full f,ftaking before him, it should have been me ii ine ursi anil volunteer rtivisjon, under the immeciate command of Gen. Ta. tn, t..v i "" silion on Ihe east. For three days it was pos maintained with appalling slaughter to both lie- ' sieged and besiegers, the advantages U the : while steadily increasing to the latter. All in 1 th:,t Pa"aut Hrmv r-' and officers, volunteers j eu; an snowed they w ; souuers and knew their duly. One man among them, and he their coniminder-in-chief, was, ; however, most conspicuous. He felt his respon- ....... ' labilities to them and to bis country and heed- ! i f,i,a ., ,. e.. ,- ', less of the e..treat,es of his .tuff, he stood al-! I., f .. . .1 i t . i. .. . . : Wa!' front' ,hrt b:lIIs whistling over his : Plrt"?h,!1C the earth around him- j n.it.nli.t. r .1, i.... ir- . r, rdI"s f the ..anger. H,s presence acted 1 ea ci-arm; every one Mt his intluence, and ver' was excited to greater energy ami dari"P" Tl,-ir Gr ' heir midst, and that w a!' enonKh to steady faltering columns, and ru?h on shattered regiments and brokeu rOI"!,a"i,'8. The dying and the dead were ,IVW"n mani:'"l heaps around him, but he, t!,:'1 I,0,'le Old Hero, shielded by the mighty . l'''ck ll,e ,il, ' R' for- tht hour arri ve.1, ' Jt"pu,.ia Informed General Worth, at whose -Tlers he was to meet General Tajlor, if he 'lu'd. ,hat he was ready for the interview Tit' mft a,,d he adhered to the terms he had proposed, which General Taylor again declined, remarking, among other things, "he f, h he h.ni the city in his hands." A commission or three from each side was subsequently named In A. Just the terms. This, after much complaint and equivocation on the part of the Mexicaus, resulted iu a capitulation, the particulars of which, as they are generally known, it is unnecessary to state. Honorable in the highest acceptation, it reneciea creuu on me nation, and spoke columes in commendation of those enged io its

r,rle,1K"- " 'esenei1, certainly, the exasper- , " ' '. ... ation of defeit to th.. 1 . , . character to the country, it is proper 111 tins con- : a"" 01 eat to the enemy; and clothed the .- . , , .. .- . .u u nection to bespeak public attention to the snb1 Min., '.Uii.r , , . , ' , , ... . t.H,. -viircv s letter to Ceneral Tajlor. ar toiued extracta rrom the speeches of the most ;2:id, 1315, vol. VI. F.xecutue Documents. Ut1' Sess. 2!'th Con., doc. I'M. : .r . 1 ,. . . . T.vln,'. , tCritteudcn's speech on the M ! I 2 ' Zl - ae, p. g'fc Cong. Globe, lstSWSHthO.ongrew. : iv! Eec. DocV 1

conquest of arms with the beautiful and morn

potent charm of im.gnanimity. It did more: it stayed the march of destruction and carnage, and prevented the horrors incident to the assault and sacking of a city, over which the heart of humanity has too often mourned, even in this advanced age of civilization. It acknowledged the rights and obligations of Christian nature, which had been otherwise outraged, and put our soldiers in possession of Monterey, imbu d with j human feelings, mid not brutalized with passion, ! and eagr for booty and revenge. j Notwithstanding these high consl.lerations-in its favor, the Administration t Washington did not approve of it, and on the 13th of October, j Mr. Marcy, the Secretary of War, wrote to General Taylor, "to give the requisite notice that ; the armistice is to cease at once, and that each ' party is at liberty to resume and prosecute hos- ' tilities without restriction." In vindication of 1 his couduct, General Taylor replied to Mr. Mar- ! cy, on the 8th of November. His reply was a clear exposition of the whole transaction, and placed it high above doubt or cavil; I he force (s-,ld General Taylor) with which I advanced on Monterey, was limited, by causes beyond my control, to ahout 6,000 men. With : mis tore-, as every military man must admit who ha seen the r,ro,,.,.t s.. ".:":" " . s,ble , invest Monterey so Vhl V U? prevent 'e escape of the garrison. Although the main ""lmuiiicnlion with the interior was in our pos 'sj-ssion, yet one route was open to the Mexicans Mhrongh the operations, and could not be c.os-d, I as were also other minor tracks and passes thro' the mountains. Had we, therefore, insisted on i tillery and magarines; our only advantage heiug 1 ,P H,,',rn ' pr.soneni of war at the et- : I"""-" ." "ves. and much damaire to the ;citv. The consideration of huWi.itv w-as i.resc.tv , he consideration of hu.nauitv whs ore. ent in my mind, during the conference which led to tlie convention, ani outweighed, in my j i"'ff-nieiit, the doubtful advantage to be gained , ;y'he ""'l-tion of the attack upon the town. T his conclusion has been continued by insnection of the enemv's position and meanssince the snrreuder." "At the date of the surrender of Monterey, our force had not more than ten days' rations, and even now, with all our endeavors we have not more than twenty-five Til E TASK OF FIGHTING AND HEATING THE KKV V ,'MONG F IJAST UI r r IC L LT THAT I. ENCOl NTER thp great question of supplies necessarily controls all the operations in a country like this." These views were fully endorsed bv the . . . ' . me a merican Commissioners, Col. Jefferson Davis and G-n. Worth; and, whatever objections they m npt h M h - ' w .pi.c of the country has J i since unequivocally approvThr l.irutcnunt-ficnrml. The letter of Mr. Marcy. to l.ic.h we have was me premie 10 noiiier ati.ii Ks on the reputation of General Taylor. He h lo f-'st and too strong In the afivttio had growu ' cttions of the 1'rcu as an omeer ot a recruiting service in the last war with Great Britain. Monstrous as this 1 proposition was in infamy and injustice, altho' ; the President's supporters in the House of Rep- , resentatives treated it in the beginning with open j contempt, they were finally brought, by the force of parly drill and Executive patronage, to regard it as of singular merit and necessity. On j the 9lh of January, 1'4T, after three abortive j attempts on the part of Mr. Jacob Thompson, of j Miss., to engraft it on the bill to raise an addi- j tional military force, it was put down by a de- ! cided majority. The end, however, had not' come; the darling project of the President was I not to be abandoned without further struggle for j supreinecy. Two dayn after, It foundaspon-j sor in the Senate, in Mr. Dix, of New York, I who reported a bill from the Committee on Mil- j itary Affairs "to appoint a Lieutenant-General to command the military forcrs of the United I States during the war with Mexico." But, j thanks to the independence of that body, sub- I servieney to the Presidential will was not there ) considered a virtue, and it fell once more dead on the hands of its projectors. On the 15th, a motion was made to lay the bill on the table I which prevailed. To test the sense of the Sen- j mr, ,ur .t. m.u naj. uaueu.auu rmunea as lol'ows: Yr.s Messrs. Archer, B nlger, Berrien. Rut't, Calhoun, Cilley, Thomas Clayton, John M n . ... ... i .. . - , rx . ,-, r,i'to,, Crittenden, Corwin, Davis, Dayton, Evans, Greene, Huntington, Jarnngin, Johnson, j f Louisiana, Johnson, of Maryland, Mangum ..... .. . , ... . - e t Miller. Morehead. Tearce, Pheips. Simmous. Up"am. eiter. U oodhn.ige . ami i ulee -2. Nays .Messrs. Allen, Ashley, Atchison, Baghy llrw,t h CASS VUi;u , rlrK j Dix, Fairfield, Hannegan, Houston. Niles, Rush, I 'vier. Sturgeon. Turney. aud Westcott 21 . j , e"iUe JoUr,,aI' SeM' 21'lh Congress, p. 10 1. , There is one feature in this vote which, at this '; ! juncture, deserves a special notice. That ordi- j nary men, unskilled in the arts of war, should j . have consented to supersede a victorious chief-j tain with one of their own number, although j of M .ir General, whether of the rcgnlir armv : or volunteers, to the chief command." This i amendment was the Lieutenant Generalship un- 1 ,i)?r a n,w Ila,e Bml , 8llc!l it , revailed in the Hou pv a Totrt 0f 1 Vi veas to S7 nays. Cong. ' nays. Cong Globe, 2d sess. 20th Cong , psge 527. The Senate defeated it again, and on the .1.1 i of March the second Committee of Conference ! ou the disagreeing votes between the two Houses performed the last solemn rites of its inter- i ment. (Senate Journal, page 26-7.) The i motive for this foul, shameless, and persevering attempt to dismiss, humiliate, and disgrace Geu. 1 Taylor, makes a chapter in the history of the 1 OQ.l. . - . .. ... 1 i- .. . ""gress 100 uueresung to ne ugimy pas-

forward in behalf of the President's recoiniueii-

duiinn: "It does not follow said Mr. Jacob Thompson that because he Gen. Taylor is entitled to rank as 'the bravest of the brave, because when he meets the enemy three to oue he Cin put him to flight, that, therefore, he is the best fitted for the command. "Most of Napoleon's Marshals were pre-eminent in the field, yet none of them was a Napoleon. Iu more than two hundred battles did the prowess and unrivalled chivalry of Murat urat ver avshine forth most conspicuously. Vet he never was capable of conducting a campaign, and jndg ing from results, such do I repard General Tav lor." Speech Ho of Reps Jan. 9. 1 (-47, Cong. vjinoe, u sesMou v;m Vong., p. l,o. This summary disposition of his military qual ifications, by one whose promotion, surely, has never extended very far, was heartily concurred

in by a still more experienced judge cf the re- j Department that the letter copied in that slip, infancy; and I glory that an American General ; 1 re anu r,0Pe raier than of pam or cenquisite fitness to command, Mr. Ficklin. of Illi- which was addressed by myself to Major Geuer- has shown himself thus nlive to the best feelings , s"re. Let us, then, see.

nois. That witness, before the Congressional court martial. v, i. hi. S-V.K., " s.v...u. that "he had not prosecuted the war with vigor, pursued "into the river," after their flight at Resaca de la Pdlma. And when informed that men, who had gone without food for thirty hours, were in no condition for such work, he gravely inquired "why they did not eat before the battle!"-Speech Ho. of Reps. Jan. 9, 1S17, Cong. GlolJdLh Con,. 1.154. It was reserved for others, however, to give the finishing touch to these well-digested and valuable essays on the science of war. and hapoily, most hanoilv. was ,he .;,sW ,A To place a Democrat at the head of the armv" J was regarded bv Mr Wick as ofvit 1 " ., ,. '. a tmportance to the successful prosecutieu of the war, while Mr. RriukerboiT. looking. h. iJ,,i far into the future, as tiositivelv insist-l !.,. ii was unfair and unjust to the Executive to mukii Ii 1 . w.. Id. ...1 . I

I.... .... l .: r ..i. .1 . i the revival ol h n.irmrri.li in rum, li:. ..r "c " T" " i canaiJate: hilt nr. c,;l .l T :r.n-i:

not eight weeks sooner at Monterey." Ponton j i' TS l,u!.,lic,in ,,f P"vate letters . ; but not an ultra Whig," let him come into the . ... ' -concerning operations lit me held. 1 am not ner- V

, auu .un. ik wnn iiiw ii v ii i i LiitiL lie whs i i f-- -r v ' t .... vui. v. ; i , u nun x. ii a n

trams, with htm.were trifling Inventions at best j milled to doubt that I have become the .abject n n, Culler, Calhoun, Cha'me.Cilley, Thomas ,, u 0r W'th the '' the Mexicans should have been, pell-inell, j of Kx-cutive msapprobation. T any expres- J Clayton, John M. Clayton, Corwin, Crittenden,! " ,,ar'-ly e possible that you wished to

" uopouriiis ins HiJenis. when tion, Mf . Holmes, of South Carolina, expressed himself iu the House of Representatives on the IU of March IvjT. a rllnc ' " "An 1 because General Taylor, who had never thought of the Presidency", or of rnnniiiir the e to ohtoin it, but whose' whole life had been .. .. . .. . . . . . snent in caiiins and in the field, who bad won victory after victory, and added more to the national glory than any other man now livinir. liMio.eiii-t n iif.,ri ii it ut.t. . 1... r.i. u;,l, ti.. ....-'v ... ... ........ ... ...... ., , ... uv v. . . nun in- , name cr "Whig." he must lie superseded, and publicly nisitoNORKii and iuscracko." Cong. ; Glolie, -M ses. 2!th Cong. p. 570. j Iltf r t t.rn.tininn thrOM rniT Ordrr. i ...... , , , .1 W h.le the partisans of the Administration ( were thus busy in pressing Congress to create the office of Lieutenant General, the Adminis- j tration itself was no, idle. The wily Secretary o H ar Mr. Marcy was quite as industriously playing his part ii the game of censnre and cir- ....... ,, , : cumvention. A private letter from General . . . , Taylor to his old friend and companion in arms, , C'Sir'TT; ? . ODteP ' "mWr j th.lr,. bad found ,ta way into the newspapers. That letter was a plain, stra.ght-forward , statement of events at Monterey and the clrcumstances which led to and justified the capituiai.uu e AuiiiiiiiMrauou nau coiiuemiied. That, however, was no its sole offence. It differed with the Administration as to the prop er plans to be observed in the war, and question-

1 , . .... ' ... , J . iinr (cr, aiuoun, uiev, 1 nomas L-layton, Jonn .1. the nower of the bid the iscrn...il,..iJ in iK he had ho many and such loyal frionds, ready to I communication. I see nothing in it which, . ! Clayton. Corwin," Crittenden. Davis, Dayton, ! P " ' fcrupulous m thsecond his policy, and to rank General Tavlor ' .lh circ"itancet I would not write Kva'ns, Greene. Huntington, J.irnagin, Johuscu Pw of the unscrupulous-the.ust in the po--also. Such seiit'imenu as these iu view of their i "e,"" i 'nnn U,", il, w U1 Eive the e"el,,y of Maryland, Johnson, of Louisiana, Maugun, " the unjust. First, then, as to men. Tav--..Piioation. c ot beZ 1 X Ztj ' It" 7 ,f ' , yet, it must be confessed, on the whole, they ' of h Mexican sources ,f information, or of ; Nuvs.l Messes !!en Asldey tchi-on th- pIavel,oMer Pollt'cally hy ca.cnlation. W hich is are rather calculated to excite merriment than their extraordinary sagacity and facility of keep- erton; riagby, Benton, Rreese.'liriH.t. CASS, lbe bl,W lnan? 1 sa' Talor. How do they unger. We shall not, therefore, undertake to j ." . ,:ru,i f .Ur n.'OT- iChaliners, D,x, Fairfield, Hannegan, Houston, ud committed ? Taj lor say nothing upon speak of them, in this place, as they may seem "I" conclusion. I would say that it has given j 'J"'-?:'?,' Sou1le' ght. burgeon, j the subject of Slavery, but claims Washington to deserve. It will answer the purpose quite as ! J r""'"" l.id se.'onhh ConglTge "C"- hi nd of W well to introduce tlie opposite remarks of a gen- ! Department o I War and the Government, hi The resolution in this form was subsequently macy of Congre . Cass holds that Congress tleman, who, though differing in politics with has not been of my ow seekiug. To the ex- Ps1' unanimously, ien. Lewis Cass and his , CiUnot legislate against the admission of SlaveGeneral Taylor, yet had the maulincss to sus- : ,ent "fmT ahility.and :he means placed at my coadjutors lieiug either ashamed or afraid to ' rv '"to new territories, and of course must retfv tain him from the invidious, not to say cruel, ! f""!'01; 1 ,,HVe '.'C'11 faithfully to serve the st,ow their hands further. Aud on the 1st of prohibitii'2 its introduction. As men. ' ' ' country, bv carrying out the wishes and in- , .inTi-rii.. assaults of his enemies. Speaking to this ques- , structions of the Executive. But it cannot be Marc,, after l"K several times amended in its ; l,,en' 1 !l ,,,r 13 preleraole to Cuss. Now as to

ed the expediency of conquering a peace, with j jCy, to escape any wound which malevolence a view to territorial acquisition, lt could not, could inflict. A Lieutenant-General, to distherefore, lie tolerated by the high dignitaries. ! place him, did not seem likely to succeed , and

who were intern on any thing less than "giving up the country" which was or might be subdued. The presumption of General Taylor had now reached its climax, and required a prompt and decided reprimand. Wherefore the follow - ing letter was forthwith despatched to him from the War Department: "War Department, Washington, i :, nr jHnu.a,r' S!, 18.4,

(taken from a newspaper) which first appeared i WRS " . r cn"idertion in the House of Repi .1.- ..v.- v.w vLL. r- ii resentatives:

sine, as a matter of course, been transferred to many other journals. I learn from Ceiier:.! (Jaines that the letter is genuine. This infor - nation, I am assured, be had previously given toother 4atl .. .. ...... ......i, 1 1..,.. fidential." he a.l,ud,reH that r Z Z L ted which justified the publication of some part of it, though he expresses au opinion that it was uot written with such a view. "It will in a short time be in possession of our enemy, and coming, as it does, from the Gencral to whom the conduct of Ihe war, ou our part, was connded, it will convey most valuable information to the Mexican Commander, not only ; I ... . . iu reiauou io our present line ol operations, out as to the new one, which alone, in your opinion, can lie taken with a prospect of success, if an attempt is to be made on the city of Mexico. "Ihe disclosure of your views as to the future operations of our forces, accompanied, as it is, with your opinion that the fruits of the war, if completely successful, will be of little worth tons, will, it is greatly to be feared, not only embarrass our subsequent nnvements, but disincline the enemy lo enter into negotiations for peace, ice. ith particular reference to these efts, the publication is most deeply to be regret-; lect ted. ..'I'v. . - -.11. . i. r . i i . 1 i ne ...nun paraern i.i oi me i .enern iirL'tliHons of the Armv, published March 1, 125, i.i lares that .-Private letter, or reports relative fo military marches aud operations are frequently mischievous in design, and always disgraceful j to the army. They are therefore atrictly forbidden, and any officer found guilty of making such renort for nuhhcation. without sneci.l nLi.. sion, or of placing the writing beyond his con- ! V. ; ' ., . - . 1 V? w,l",n one month after the termination of the campaign to uhich it relates, shall be dismissed from; "Seraph was not included in tl, com- I !::' ,"t? state of war, and the President has directed it to be renublished. and the observance of it strictlv , enjoined upon all officer, "I have the honor to be, very respectfully your obedient servant, W. L. MARCY. Secretary of War. "Major General Z. Taylor. U. S. Army, in leX,C0Doubtless it was considered a clever perform1 The following is the paragraph in the letter to General Gaines, which especially galled the Ai7f'"-the i.m., of Mr. Poiw ..... Geueral Scott)

. . , ... v - r-. ..4 . ...-.v... ..iiv....- I r I IT LT It II 1 . f .

) under the necessity of'conouering the peace," and that by taking the capital of - ,e country, we mus go .0 era v.rux, uaKe it.al ace. and then march on to the city of Mexico, place o do so in any other direction I consider out of the Question. Rut. admitting that we connuer a peace oy aoing so say ai me enu 01 ine next twelvemonths will the amount of blood aud .... ... ... 1 . . . . treasurt. which must be expended in doing so be compeiited by the same? 1 think notlespeciallyir the country we subdue is to be given up; and 1 imagine there are hut few individuals I in our country who think of annexins Mexico' to the United States."

ance of the Secretary to rebuke Geieral Tay lor !

for ''disinclining the enemy to ente into negotiations for pace," and the renewal f au old order, the very existence of which ws compare- .. , , , , r tlVelV Unknown lo till. BorvinA tn tk.paitld.lTA ' , w ......... ..s.... . his conduct as "mischievous and Graceful." ! must have struck him as a mastepiece of tacvdid not knhim,n .1.I; ti. ,,....... . .. . iiv ',ii.tni u m iiiil h iiiiw'fiih iiim n . i un his temerity would not have la-enso great, nor . .. .. . j - ' w " "" " yet so fatal. He received an aimviw, which, if it did not, should have mantled hischeeks with shame. It is inserted here, because in this bu1 1 -a"s, in 1111s dusiness, (;neral Taylor should speal for himself: "Headquarters Army of Ortnpation, Agua Nueva, Marh 3, 1?47. "IR: I have bad the honor to receive voiir rimirniiiii'itinn T 1 ci . . I Z, V "" .... 1 .Vi'iT' "'i'0"'11 '' b"''" Pu,,li,h,'d- ' .lKrI '"',ve neoi- . reel censure ol the lenartment orol the Fresi- ' dent, yet, wheu it is taken in connexion with j ,a,'t admission of the grounds a:id conclusions I , , r communication, I deem it a i iilltv which I rvi t iiii' fi., -..u...:. e

sion ot it, coming with the authority of the ; Davis. Dayton, Evans, Frairfield, Greene, Ilous- ; bru,g us '"to counsel to destry us! Tersona' I resident. I am bound by my duty, and by my i ton. Huntington, Jamagin, Johnson, of Mary- ; honor, then, requires you to supnort Tavlor respect for bis h,gh ol bee patieiKly to submit, land, Johnson, of Louisiana, Mangum, Miller, i ess the PennhL . f , ?T, 5 but, lest my silence should be construed into a 1 Mor-henri tvar l!...t ..,..' ! lebS ll,e -Pblic mamfesily would receive great

,4, , J i V V T" 1 . 1 . ', ,.' Am"e'- Atchison. HagUZ' 'ie V!

, 1 , a,"!'Dce r Proof that the publication !m"T pen..M ! 2 CZr " Z .t. hi 1. ' f, '"u"" ! of the superseded regulations of 15. in' which me --iniscuievons and "disgracelul employed to characterize certain letters or i reports, convevs, though not openly, a measure ' of rebuke, which, to sv ll, l.n.t s. i..,.i. mliich th 'misliuun..." r an ..!.:..!. .1 . ; i: ,, . : a,ui mil "'y think not warranted bv the TT'T'' Aain:, 1 hav; "l'y examined ... . .. . ' . ."' "u "" aniim mai . II is Oliuoxious to l ie nl.i.i,.a ...,j : . concealed that since the capitulation of monte- ; re' V' cor"'i'1"rr,, of :l' Department, and 1 too i ril I nil I n w nf tl.u T'suL:.lu.i 1 1 . :.).! ."" .. """- -. wnnorawn, nn,i my consirteration and usefuluesscorrespondj "(:'' diminished. Tile apparent determination i f 'he Department to place me in an attitude I antagonistical to the Government has an apt :n ... ni ... i illustration ion in uie wen Known la Me of r.sop ASK NO FAVOR. AM) I SHRINK i ? I FROM NO RESPONSIBILITY. W bile en- ' trusted with the com ma in) in I his nn.rtu, I ui...ii " - ... iri i nunil continue to devote all my energies to the public '. od, looking for my reward to the conscious- i uess of pure motives and tho final verdt"t of im- ! .'J' ' J.""'0-" . . , ,. i "I am, ir, very respectfully, ymi- obedient wrviint ' Z.' TAYLOR. ', Maj. Gen. IT. S. A. Commanding. ' on'' ' "" f War' ThJM correspondence, the SecretaJ - reta - . 3 .""if on me, subject to one who "asked no favors, and shrank ! f, J """"'-1 suraim from no responsibility." ., hr Vo of CrnHu Self-respect, if not a decent regard for public 1 opinion lt miRht BUppon wouU h . counseled the administration, especially as their arlifices had, in every instance, recoiled on them- ! .dves to desist from further attempts to destroy General Taylor in the estimation of the coun try. But no, he had too deeply offended their self conceit; and too plainly exposed iheir bung ling, ill-assorted conceptions of war and its pol ; hence it was determined to censure him bv a formal vote of Congress. Here, too, the con spirators failed: a factious Sonata stood iu their way, and for the third time hade them hm-U-. , How ,his wa8 undertaken will presently be J seen. On the 30lh of January, IS 17, the following joiut resolution of thanks, introduceed on the preceding day, by Mr. Cocke, of Tennessee, ' "Resolved unanimously by the Senate and House of Retireseutalives of the I'nile.i States i ' America iu Congress assembled, That the ; thanks of Congress are due, and are hereby ten- '. dereil. to M through him. to the brave officers ami sol.iiers i ''"th of the regular army and volu Jteers.under ! h's command, for their courage, sk ill, fortitude and good conduct in storming Monterey, de- ! fenriWI, as it was, by a force more than double their number, and protected by the strongest ; fortifications, which resulted in a most brilliant , T" lor" to our army, and reflected imperishable ! honor upon our arms. Il I? ...1 TL. .1.. n -j , . ' ... ...r.., .limine i micfni ne requested ! to cause to be struck a gold medal, with devices : emblematical of this splendid achievement, to j he presented to Gen. Taylor, as a testimony of emblematical of this splencad achievement, to! Presented to Gen. Tavlor, as a testimony of; the high senseentertained by Congress of hi.iudi- : u,e '"Cn senseentertained by Congress of hisjudirious and distinguished condnct on that memo- ' ral,e occasion ; h-esolved, That the Presiieut of the United , !s,a,,'s he requested to cause the foregoing reso - ; lutions to be communicated to General Taylor al,, through him, to the array under his com"""'d. Cong. Globe, 2d session iWth Congress, l,aFr 2 , . ...... .r-..nniiMi was unexceptionable, nnu opnosltioii t.i lis ..... . ...j .. :, . ....:.,:. ki. t.i j i .. ! " .nnJul,fi Mf' U h"PI. however, that ; l",rllaau violence as l aser than il was accred- : i'ed; and while there was one man so st-eped in prejudice as to offer, there were more than 1 - h,.n,ir. ,,. , , , " """or vote for the amendment to which - we are "hout to refer. That amendment was the ".J,";lorK. 01 J.1C0" t hompson of Mississippi, iu these wonfe: ! "Provided. That nolhinir herein ilrms congress, u resolution, a? amended, was a resolntion of censure, ami not nf lh and not a comnlii, ent. ; On 1!.. t.t r r- 1 . .t . .- i 1 . C 01 1 ebr,lar the resolution was ta- ( ! keu "P '"the Senate, when Mr. Speight moved to strike out the Proviso. A debate ensued, 1 : wh,ch. if characterized, as it certainly was, by i the honorable ft:.. . a t .- i'" "OJorah!e reeling and sense or justice of, : Sm et "'ore Tully developed the deep-root-1 J "ostilay 0f the dominant party towards Vt?C - TU-V.Iorl Mhe rival B,ld pPP"eut." ; .1 0 II f Ik T ' II ... 1 . . ..1 tuuuuci was. nevert it ess. hl v , " ., ana tne cap.tul.iion defended mainly on the trrn,i r 1 mL . . nf at. T J ' -v. 1 in iiuniaiiii v. 1 ne riimt i John M. Clayton was so beautiful .. .. ..otii. ana or ri uaeiu 10 me occasion, that a ! Dritf extract is alioireiher nrnn,i i... i especial! v . r, r? 1 j . . ' 8e ntin, ' Z g V "" th a'roCioU9 I " 1 ll,at "We had uolhi"g d with 01 loreign women and children, and that it Was n ,,. I OF IT W AS S111.1-, -V " , , '-'iwi. Niles Register, vol.

71, page 3.")7.) Mr. CSaytou used this lan-

guage "Neither General Taylor.'nnr any other that Gf"er that ever lived.'could control an enarged and unbnulen soldiery in the storming of a .... . ti . " gucKert city. All numnn experience proves, that in such a time of blood. Tillage and conMigration inevitably attend the fate of a lity th,, ,akpn: both P;irlie9 are alike disgraced tuns ianen; Dom paru 1 .... . . 1 , IB"J dishonored liy the accuiniilaica horrors of .,! . .chonAro Uvr op titnttlul rl hr.rpi.po r.F i the scene. I sav. therefore, that from tho bolI say, therefore, thut from tho bol - i torn of my soul, I thank the brave, generous, !alia nierciful commander of the American i Y00 1 UljJZ hU ga' j 1 , j skill, his eouraire and bravery laniry and skill, his courage and bravery but, eminently, and above all other considerations, as au American Senator, I thank him for his humanity ! I honor him because he thought of, and spared, feeble and unonenmng women, in that hour of her utmost peril. I honor I '. .. !... nr V. . . . 11 1 mn.-t 1 1 r i I T liAtin. .Zk " J "Tw i .',! lJ U I ,f t,,e heart." Cong. Globe, 2d session 29l! , vo..grW, pn;e ... . The vote on the adoption of Mr Speight's Speight, Upham, Webster, and Woodbridge . .U. x- n ... ... I Cong. Globe, 2d session Con-ress, page 1 318. A su,-,ilQ( ih resolution was then moved bv Mr. Webster. It was: "That the thanks of Congress are due, and are 1. 1 . I I ..0 :.i- i'j i ......

j ""euy irnuereu, 10 .riajor ttenerai z-acnary mi-jii iwi as auu 10 me injury 01 laylcr. ' lor, his officers and men, fur the fortitude, kil!, y howTever much denouueed I am for tie enterprise, and courage which distinguished th, " ' mucn aeI10"Uce .' 1 am tor li 6 ' late brilliant military oi.erat:..s up6u the Rio; 'esser evil. I know no morality based upon

Grande i It was adered by the following vote: Ve-- .iessrs. Archer, tuntrer. Herrien. tSut- . n .. . r,. ... . x . ' transit between the two Houses, it passed Cou- . gress minus the disgraceful proviso. J CONCLUSION NEXT WEEK. Konx for Hie l his. Tune "Old Dan Tucker.' Once on a time upon the Lake, The British made poor Hull to fi'iakeWho stuck his sword ii.to a stump . 11 . . . . 'rove'1 '""-self a genuine trump? Why it was Cass if I remember, But Zach was not at Hull's surreudcr. The V.,i,.n, ;,. ult l,..;r 'orv 1 e Urxu alls" dll their g.orj , Crossed over into our territory, But on the 8th and .lli of May They turned their tails aud streaked away, 'd Zach -ith fearless band, To 8Catter when he took those far famed towels, And stood the storm of fire for hours, ()Vr ditc m G'd Zacl. pushed on aud led the ball. All1 whe was un,!ral Cas8 tllilt day . 8lrl Why he was not at Monterey, sir. ,VilIl '.... ,., , Iinlra He'd scare us and take all our flags Who led a few but brave defenders? Why 'iwas Old Zach who never surrenders And where was Cass, I ask you Mr. Why he was not at Bueua Vista. We'd hung our harps upon the willow, If the Mexican had met poor pillow; And big men would have fell that dav. That is, if they could'nt have got away. But if Cass in command had been, sir, Heaven only knows what we'd have seen, sir. ' Our noble J. Iv. P., so bland, Says he I'll go to the Rio Grande; But Mrs. P. . he would'nt let him. For fear the Mexicans might get him. But Gen. Cass at glory's call, sir, Never thought of going at all, sir. Marcy thought that Scott's big gun Would shade the laurels Taylor won; -'ott. his boss soon got afraid, i Aud a batch of carpet Majors made, ! IT LaS WOUl'1 UU " "dVe ",ade ' F Like some of these glory seeking fellows. Iu prudence Cass's way abounds To hold with the bare and run with the hounds; Soft soap the North vote in the South, And blow hot .t cold with the same old mouth. Like a weather wane, no will of iti ou-n. It turns whichever way 'tis blown. The White House w il! be cleared of l.L ! UrlnnMl,.,..,, ... . i i ' , " ?" te,,ant SU befTl'k nd another ten-.nt s V ? !t , ! U"Mt ' A,ld L ude t?a,n ,s ll : l ucie cam is ininsing mighty, ! He'll find a stable for old Whitey 1Jut w,,ere wi Cap. ,)e on I t c; u n- . , i '' ' ,ur awa'' 61 at day sir? sir. j The nation now the man is picked ! The man that never ) . i i:. i i , , - ,. ' j .. ' l's in ain his inarch to clog, , ucningngut. He beais aloft a conquering banner, in spite of Cass or Santa Anna. I'r l Ipl. . or Q. Are j-ou in favor of protection? A. That depends upon "circumstances!" Q. V hat is your opinion concerning the Fublic Lands? " j A. I shall write no more political letters? ite no more political letters? Q Are you for or against the Wilmot Tro "1 Q. See my letters ou both sides. Are harbor aud river improvements coustitutional? i. 1 ne "noise and confusion ' nrevent .nv . ... , ... . 1,1 T'" n . U- t inally, are you iu favor of anything in particular? A. I'll answer no more at present r.T-T ""h I,m.Brniiw. Four Wtfall,iy Norwfgiaiw throu New York city on Friday. The Sun says..They WeW lhe proprieto ofa yin ear R-rgeu- who intend to found a colonvT,. Wis. t - ... ...w consin, and have brought with them IGO per- ... " - " .... 1 , J BUllP. Will lW" IIH KK; (TO 1110V rial 'I ha onnnlA pay. The siecie brou hl b these wori,- ,,-.-' and i b ' un propneiors, is immense, and : ID J I J v I'lv"- . . i ... ... 1 lllclr people are an in comtort their people are all in comrorUble circumstances m everw emiirrant hrin;..- r,. unn ..mm! J e - .ivi.a c J J iu i.ui'y ; pounds of lu-rgaire ; frB b The Iutell igencer confirms tiie renorl that the Court Martial will , , " , CUrt .t'il 800,1 as8cmble )u ; New Jersey to try General Scott. O" Your enemy is superior to vour fiiend I w"'n h tells ou f faults which vour friend c-onccaU.

Correspomlonct i.rtlie X. Y Tribune. The Question Ix-jtt-r from !H. C l:iy. White Hall, P. O .Ky., June 2?, Dear Greeley: As ;ou have bad some iime t

cool as wtll as myself, and seem yet hesitating u.i.,v.A, ,,, , , ' T "0t 10 S for the reeular U ll S nonv ,uation Jon will allow me to eiig-st a few , thoughts for your consideration. We are both l I : - . f --.,-. . ;f, '. , L.,7..i 1 Ins from youth un to th .,rOCo v '. ""e t0 i '"V m . n 1 J " ouuuiu irmiK pro;.. r at snv change our party alliances, c:-.ni.ot Im ; reproached with deserting our first lov- f,.r ; other motive than because the Whigs case to b ; .(,rti. . r t ... ... ., 6 3 j " rthy f fdrlher 1 hat you should "esitate what to do in the present emergency, j "eu me subject of Slavery Extension com" ; Up for immediate . 1;..., . 1 r ! " ' "T ,mme,Iate RU''' to me a source of In the first place, fairness requires Northern ' IT-I . i IllgS tO go lor t ie Nomination Ti. ,... ,- ; of Taylor wjsheJ tQ n)n him a, an ...., dc,r"ne"t by j our fidelity to pledges. I 'see. Cau we beat Taylor r With a frar. T . . soil candidate? " we can, i imuK the great requires u, to iusu, a cerllX'ali an" 1,01 trust an uncertainty. Vhi,-s , should elect the man who will Ve i--Vt j Extex..ox. I ifm.k you will believe, with me, that "the time has not yet come." Any cefec- . ton, llieii, on our part whl enure to the benefit ;.fT - f . - rvm . . au oinei principle, man io iook around you ! and make tile best of all the circu mstaiices which '. A .l. . . I .1 . . ucuur. nny oiuer principle puis me food in . P r,le- " " w 111 De ,,,0!it apt to stand lor Lib erf y, the H bigs or their opnonetits? Let Texas .speak! Let the Mexican War speak! r.tt.'ie ! ultras of the South speak ! I - i"se who openj ly avow in Conventiou "All of Mexico and Cu- : ba" speak! Again, suppose Lewis Cass Tresi- ; dent, and a b'U comes up for the admission of j New Mexico into the Union or its constituJ tion into a Territorial Government and a maIjority of Congress put in it the Wilmot proviso, will they stand out against the Executive Veto j and claim "Free Soil or no Soil?" Let the vote ' on Texas answer! Suppose Taylor Fresident, i and such a bill up, will not the whole Whig parly of the North and some large portie" of the i South say "Free Soil or no Soil!" Let the past j answer also. From Gen. Taylor's pledges, I ! Iielieve that he could not interfere by the Veto: i for unless the law lie unconstitutional he couM j not interfere. But with all the acts of this Gov. j eminent iu favor of Slavery Restriction, as ably j set forth in the Utica Address, with the lead of Washington and Jefferson, I think there is a. j moral certainty that he could not veto such a ! bill. But suppose he did: would not the triumph j of the Whig party with its Free Soil Prestige be j more likely to summon true men enough to lock ! the wheels of pro-slavery action, than the same j result would be likely to occur under the party i who claim Texas as nn "Extension of the area j of Freedom?" Such at least are my com:! a -sions, honestly and maturely arrived at. t'n ! "the qui stiou" of Slavery, which to im- is tho j most vital of all, however much I muv be de- ! nounced for incousistencj', Taylor ihe slavelioi- ! der is infinitelv nreferalile to P.:is. Sim:i!v ni ' ., . ... .. ,. ... liiemlier of a Republic, I m oth r respects desire ; that the Constitution should be restored the i faith of the nation vindicated its magnanimity I and honor reestablished its lead in the van ol : natious regained. In our domestic policy, I dei sire to see economy brought back into the disi bursement of taxes fidelity to public trust re- ' warded partisan feeling moderated industry i and improvement revived in a word, I long for a paternal instead of a destructive ruler ! Tlmt ! Zachary Taylor is the man for the times 1 honestly believe. I trust j-ou and the people will finally al.-o so conclude. Respectfully your ob't serv't. C.M.CLAY. P. S. The pledges made never again to vot for a slaveholder, I r gird as short-sight-d. Why trammel ourselves that the enemy may coiiqner us? The only pledge, if indeed pledges are at all useful in any cause, hh.'tild be faithfully and honorably to caary out U fin's. C. M. C Democratic opinion of ii. Taylor. : Immediately after the battle of Buena Vista, ' before General Taj-lor's political principlos were generally known, the Leinocrats, of La1 fayette, New Jersey, adopted an address of ' which the following is an extract: j "We have the highest assurances that, whatever new questions may arise, Gen. Taylor, if . elected President, will always consult the good j of the people; that his habits, his mode of living, land ins miNciPi.F.s uttach him to the masses; , and that lie is insiduously connected with the i great rv of the country. His firmness his ! decision of chai. . r his successful manage - UICUI Ul nieu ins Eipieiium au... .. ,1,-. -lentg on the field of battle his brief and finished despot.. ill indicate intellectual faculties of the high- ' est order and seem to point him out as a person i well fitted to take the helm of State. We : THEREFORE RAISE THE BANNER CF RoUGII ANI Reaiiy, AND TRESENT TO THE jyDEMOCRACv!! v r . 11 . . . a . c. . 1 ' .,.....1 11 - 8 Tavlor as o,r FAVORITE CANDIDATE . 1 for the President. I Well Said. Ur. uaify the editor of the National Era, the leading anti-slavery paper of the Union, trulvsaviruiysaj.. "The interesU and honor of tho country, and j even freedom itself, would be safer in the hands 1 of Tavlor the Slaveholder Uian Cass the servile.' ! c'The -New Orleans National, welcoming ! len- Buller home sajs: ".May Ins enjoyment 01 me peaceiui repose 01 I private life, which he so much needs, be long , f 0 1 a"d perfectly uninterrupted. ILF The icksburg Sentinel quotes a paraj . . ,.. graph stating mai -.uuiaru ruiinoreisa Yankee, that would sell the hido of his graud-moth-i ' "' I bee Surely the name of Fillmore must have been inadvertently substituted for Cass in the ! above description, as ih-i former is a New Yorkj er, and by no means as celebrated for his love of I tho dimes as the "platform" candidate.