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Tns GrssR,Lsur or T.yLoR.-Speak.
ing oi the four great victories Of Gen. lay.
ior, tie \ o. pieayune states that At least
two oil them would no, have been achieved
had Gen. Taylor been ssayed by the in.
fluenee Of bis leading officers who were
opposed 10 risk battle AT such odds as was
against ihem both AT Resaca Palma aud
Buena Vista. The paper remarks:


II may seem to somc 10 have been rash
determination in Gen. Taylor to give battle
with such unequal numbefs-so il seemed
when he encountered the enemy al Pslo
Alto, Resaca and al Monterey; but results
test tho merit of military operations, and
luck cannot account for four successive
victories. IL We may take the opinions Of
military men as guide in forming an
opinion in the premises. lew generals would
have hazarded the action Of Buena Vista.
In the last battle as in the former. we un.
dersiand thai the determination OF the gen.
eral was not seconded by the officers nett
h.m in command; and that but for the wiss
and determined courage Of their chief there
had been two less victories won by the
gallanlry Of the American troops. Had
no. the battle Of Resaea been fought, Fort
Brown had fallen into the hands or tho
enemy, and had Gen. Taylor retired upon
Monterey the MeIicans would have re.
covered portion Of the country wresiled
from them and threatened the valley Of tho
Rio Grande with rceaplure. Tho results
would have been Of incalculable mischief
TO the country, as well In tho loss Of tho
morale Of the troops as in tho relinquish.
mrni fihe fruits of an expensive campaign.
These have all been saved. and tho I'm.
mensc military preparations Of Santa Anna
have melted away before the skill OF one
American general and the prowess Of his
small bu, devoted army.