The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-10-06


gallant counrymen, which above all price, in the
experience we have obtained, the glory have won
in the confidence we have acquired in ourselves, in the
reputation we have extended through the world, and in
the moral force which will avail us in any future
test with the powers OF Europe They ind that we are
no contemplate and nconsiderabe enemy TO deal with
and that ii is far better TO remain friends with us thah
offer insults wage upon us. AS the fhlladephm
Bulletin says so great is the name we have acquired
abroad 81" is probable that the Mexican war VIII pre-
serve this republic from many sangulnay contest INTO
which otherwise it might have been plunged by the ag
gressions or insolence of Europe"
But the whole article in the Bulletin is so well calcu-
lated to paint the achievements OF our troops that we
lay it before our readers For various reasons we prefer
to copy rather than present an article OF our own Lei
the people read it, and then let them ask, Shall supplies
be now refused and troops be compeledo retire from
the theatre of glory disgrace Shall we steal out OF
the territory which they have conquered and not only
surrender all that they have gained without the slightest
but yield up much OF the sovereign State
of Texas as lies to the west of the Nueces, TO pro-
pitate the Mexcans and to please the Mexican
whigs' Shall we, by this pusanmous and disgraeetul
retreat sacrifice all the honors have arnish our
national escutcheon and thus, by the apparent violence
of factions and the instability in public councils pro-
woke the contempt of the world and tempt Mexico to
additional aggressons and future wars, and not only
Mexico, but the powers of Europe viii the people of the
United States consent to this and take to their bosoms the
very men who have justified Mexico, opposed the war, and
attacked the administration who have dared to stand for
their country VIII the people submit to this and will
they permit ain administration to be put down which has
stood glorousy up for that country, and provided all
the means and selected all the generals which have
rbuled TO these brilliant laurels around their
countrys brow ?" We will not-cannot believe it, The
people will desert their countrys honor, the
men who risk everything for its preservation.
We should like to hear what Baron Humboldt would
say on learning the splendid achievements of the other
column of our armywha he would say OF the capture
OF San Juan de Uiloa-of the glorious battles of Cerro
Gordo and Contreras, and Churbusco-of the capture
of the palace and the m-and last of all :" in this
evenu history, the taking of the capital amid all the
dangers which assaled them How far superior TO the
unfortunate attack by the British army under Whtock
and Crawford Buenos Ayres in 1907. 1t equals, if ii
does not supass, the celebrated siege of Saragossa
From Philadelphia Bulletin
Our army IN Mer,co-The campaigns Of old-Corte@,
Napoleon, Waiington-Ihe american and me Span
TdKor in EuTOpe-fnterest manifesto IN the Wer,cGn
asdr by the court of Prussia
We cannot look back the career Of our army in Mex
leo without thrill of honest pride Such prodiges o!
valor such heroic endurance of suffering, such indom
spirit of perseverance, has been surpassed in
history and only been equaed by the tabled deeds of the
Paadns of old. Future annas will tell the story of the
war; with reservation against much credulity Pos
terty will scarcely believe the That
lively small body men should penetrate in the heart of
mighty empire and defeat, in dozen pitched battles,
enemy always food their number in the field, is
OF those which approach nearly the
lous sagger the belief of mankind. The of Ma
poeon regarded wonderful but they cannot rival
the in Mexico The prodgies performed by the Old
Guard nothing 10 those exhibited by our little army
Napoleon often battles against thrice his number
Taylor and Scott have conquered against fouriod odds
victories Napoleon achieved by veteran troops
our successes have been gained chiefly by volunteers
The French emperor had generally Notifications to
carry Monterey Cerro Gordo, and Mexico our troops
stored the enemy in his entertainments From the battle
Of Pao Alto that of Buena VISTA from expedition Of
Doniplan the Of Scott into the capital this wa
has presented series of whose spen
doris carry the imagination back the days of the Round
Table the fight Roncesyalles, the memorable
Of Bannockburn!
Hitherto the enterprise of Cortez, by which the Aztec
monarchy ovehrown, has been considered the
wonderful recorded in authentic history But Cor
ez marched Mexico with army clad in mall and
posse ssed of fire. ans while the Indians had weapon.
but arrows and osdan achets Hence the Spanish soldier
especially the mounted one, could fight with comparatively
little peril until he actually fell from exhaustion. The
Der of killed and wounded in the battles Of Corez gene
rally dozen, while the slaughter the side
Azecs The victories of the conqueror
miraculous at first supposed compact body OF
mailed soldiers may be assaed by fifty times their
ber but yaN at ocs If the assaled present front
oive hundred men, only five hundred men attack al
the time. Defeat these five hundred, and five hun
lred may rush to the assault But these, too,
soon fall for if the party is defended by armor rem
dering them mpervious the shafts of the foe, the
test apparent all side and the chances are
the assalants will be wearied first. The battles
Corez of this description. When attacked by
wheming numbers, he always seized some dele where
the Azec5 could only attack in front Hence thou
times his number were in the field against him, he
engaged at any one moment with more than an
equal force. Moreover, he generally had from five ten
thousand Tascalan allies haass the wings of the foe
But battles in Mexico have been very different affairs
The enemy is partly of Spanish blood is in comparatively
high of civilization possesses fire like ourselves
has able and experienced generals is in country full of i'm
pregnabe POSITIONS and avas himself of all the aids
military discipline and straegetc science in the formation
and management OF his army. The is not contes
between European veterans and savages it is be-
tween volunteers and well-dried army. 1t is wal
against the very troops which drove the Spanish infantry
of Mexico But the blood of the american has tri
nmphed that OF the Spanard the of the Norman
of snacl Our little army has assaulted the foe
on the open field has stormed him in his streets and has
carried entertainments defended by artillery The French
were defeated at Saragosa, but Taylor conquered Mon
,erev Wellington was repused from Badajoz his frs
attack but Scott stormed Cerro Gordo in hour. The
allies were kept bay Paris until treachery opened the
gates; the garita gallant troops swept everything