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The Daily Dispatch: January 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], Message of the President. (search)
but he had a military genius by nature, and the iron will which enabled him to control a free soldiery. No regular officer, except "Old Rough and Ready," ever had such confidence and respect as Jackson commanded from volunteers and militia. Gen. Taylor was perfection in that respect. He combined military science and common sense in a higher degree than any other officer in the American service. We owe the military glories of Mexico chiefly to "Old Rough and Ready," whose battles on the Riohe head of a large body of regulars a matter of comparatively little difficulty. It required old Zack to teach volunteers to fight as well as regulars, and even after Gen. Scott had withdrawn from the brave old man nearly all his regular troops, Taylor, with five thousand volunteers, fought the battle and achieved the victory of Buena Vista, crushing the grand army of twenty thousand Mexican regular soldiers, which, otherwise, would have disputed the march of Gen. Scott, and indefinitely protra
The Daily Dispatch: January 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], Excitement. (search)
ich he might have been the author, was discharged from detention, on motion of Mr. Hopkins, of Washington county. Mr. Staats wore a blue cockade, and applauded vociferously when the intelligence was received of the Star of the West having been fired into by the parties now in Fort Moultrie. The resolutions of Mr. Robertson, after further debate, were finally referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Robertson, Yerby, Bass, Christian, Anderson, Magrader of Albemarle, Smith of Taylor, Witten and Newton, with power to sit immediately. On motion of Mr. Kemper, the House then proceeded to the consideration of the Convention bill; the first section of which was variously amended and debated. Further debate on the Convention bill was postponed, to allow the reading of a report from the select committee. Mr. Robertson, the chairman, presented the following series of resolutions as the result of the deliberations of the committee: 1. Resolved, by the General Ass