Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1847-07-01

knowledges its debt Of gratitude to the gal
liant volunteers.
, Welcome, then, thrice welcome, victors
of Monterey!
But the fortune of the war determined
6 that your conduct and valor should be test.
ed upon yet bloodier field. At Buen;
Vista you met, face to face, the geuius o.
the battle, even as he appeared to the War
) rior Bard
, Lo! where the giant on the mountain stands
His blood-red tresses deep'ning in the sun,
With death-shot glowing in his fiery hands
And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon
, Restless it rolls-now fixed and now anon
Flashing affair; and at his iron feet
Destruction covers, to mark what deeds are done
Under that hot gaze, in the fierce conflict
where desperate courage was put to its ut
most proof, all fame mites in saying that
you covered yourselves with immortal hon
or. In pitched battle against brave and
veteran troops, out-numbering you four to
one, during two days you made successful
con,est-you stood living dyke, and again
and again poured upon you in vain the fiery
tollCHt. "CiC w vi III tCll Cdlo vi f)tdCC-
full life'' to have witnessed you repusng
the audacious squadrons Of the enemy, as,
with pennons flying and serried lances, they
came laundering upon your unhinching
ranks. Often in the changing currents of
the moody fight, when the fortune of the
day: rent from our standard, futtered like
torn canvass in the gale, you seized and
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we should do injustice did we not remem-
Der on this occasion those glorious COM
rades without whose cooperation your val
or would have proved in vain-I mean the
artillery, those true sons of thunder, who on
that day seemed to scorn to use Jove's
counterleits, and hurled his genuine bolts !!
Never were cannon served with greater
GOODNESS or more fatal precision. At each
discharge whole columns were cut down
''Evcn as they fell, in files they lay,
Like the mowers grass at the close of day,
! When his work is done the level pain.'
Honor, then, TO your brave comrades! We
wish they were here to share your welcome,
heroes of Buena Vista!
But>you have still another claim upon our
regard-,he love and confidence of your
General. TO have your names associated
with his is tselfrenown. He has achieved a
worldwide fame. The whole nation looks
upon him with admiration and affection, and
twenty millions of people love and confde
in him, and right well does the brave old
man deserve these great honors. true
patriot, he has never obtruded himself upon
the country; when his services were need
ed, then he rendered them. The nation
knew not the treasure it possessed until the
emergencies of the last year developed it.
Now we know we have that gift of a cen
tury-a general cool, spacious, prudent,
brave and humane; capacious in resources,
simple in habits, modest in manners, and,
above all, possessed of the rare capacity Of
infusing into those around him his lndomi-
table courage and determination. These
are the qualities which have rendered Gen.
Taylor and his armies invincible They
are of the true old Roman sort-such as
might have belonged to consul in the best
days of the Ancient Republic. 1t is no
small honor to have fought under the eye
and received the commentator of such a
a soldier. Welcome, then, thrice welcome!
companies OF the great captain in those Won
derful engagements whose rapidity and bril-
liancy have astomshed the world Gentle
men, you have before you proud and hap
Ply destiny. Yours have been no mercenary
services. Prompted by patriotism alone
you went forth to fight the battles of your
country.-You now voluntarily return to
the pursuits of civil life. Presently you
will be engaged in your ancient occupation
But you will not be without the meet re-
ward of patriotic service. Your neighbors
will regard you with respect and affection.
Your children will feel proud whenever
they hear mention made of Monterey and
Buena Vista; and a grateful nation has al
ready inscribed your names upon its annals.
Indeed, it is a noble sight, worthy of the
genius of this great Republic, to behold at
the call of the country, whole armies
leap forth in battle array and then, when
their services are no longer needed, fall
quietly back and commngle again with the
communities from whence they came. Thus
the dark thunder-cloud, or natures sum-
mons, marshals its black battalions and
lowers in the horizon; but at length, It's
lightning spent, its dread artillery silenced
its mission finished, disbanding its frowning
ranks, it melts away into the blue ether, and
the next morning you will find it glittering
in the dew-drops among the flowers, or
assisting with its kindly moisture the growth
of the young and tender plants.
Great and happy country, where every
citizen can be at once turned into an affec-
tive soldier; every soldier converted, forth
with, into peaceful citizen.
Our regular troops are unsurpassed Tor
skill and courage. Led by their gallant
and accomplished officers, they are invinci-
BILE. All that science and valor can do they
have achieved AT Vera Cruz and Cerro
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