The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1847-05-04


THE HoSoRED DEAD.-The recent bat
ties in Mexico add largely 10 the number
of the dead who have fallen victims to
tie war and the thirst for dominion. 1t
is painful to read how many have fallen
by the sword, how many by disease, aud
how many in the various v~icissitudes incl
dent to the soldiers life. We have found
worse foes ia Mexico than Mexican men
and Mexican bayonets. and it is in the
great charnal house of disease that our
countrymen have fallen. The banks of
the Rio Bravo, from its mouth to Cainar-
go. are strewed with the bodies of our
brave soldiers. A hand more heavily
than death by blood and battle, has been
laid upon those who have, from a sense
of public DUTY, or a love OF adventure,
gone from among us. II is not alone up
on the fields of Palo Alto and Resaca de
In Palma, nor alone at Monterey and
Bueno Vista, that the dead have fallen.
Wherever our arms have been carried 1t
is all consecrated ground. Ii there were
grave stones to point out where brave men
have fallen, they would more than whiten
the ground now covered with SO many
sad memorials Of the slam. The
try sincerely mourns the loss OF these
her sons,-and such of US as believe this
an unholv and unnecessary war, have oc-
casion for a double share of sorrow, in
eur strong CONVICTIONS, from the first, that
we might have been saved ali this sacri-
fee OF life. Oace hopelessly involved
in the WARRIOR which the Wing party
was in no way responsible, and which
they sought to avoid, by removing the
causes OF the war,-they have stood by
the country's honor and interest with a
courage that has never wayered. But
when we see wives made widows, chill
dren orphans, and IONS and brothers bur-
RED to an untimely grave,-and desolate
homes, and more desolate hearts, we are
weary and heart sick Of this war. Some,
who have been the brightest ornaments
of the country, sleep beneath the green
turf Of an enemy's soil. II, In this chris
tan age, there must be war. we commend
the example Of those who die the SOL
dier's death to their Successors. Dalce
est mort pro pafria. is the fayorite mot
to. though in our poor Judgment, it were
far better TO LIVE for ones country. We
grieye deeply that so many Of our brave
men have fallen, whether by battle or by
disease. Bel 1t the consolation Of suryi-
wing friends TO know, that now and for all
time to come, it shall by a grateful people
be said and sung OF these:
show sleep the brave, who sink to rest
With all their country's wishes blest!
When Spring, with dewy fingers cold.
Returns-to deck their hsllow'd mould,
She there shall dress a sweeter sod,
Than Fancy's feet have ever trcd.
By Fairy hands-their kncll is rung,
BY forms unscen-their dirge is sung;
There-Honor comes, a pilgrim gray,
To bless the turf hat wraps their clay;
And Ereedom-shall awhile repair
To dwell, a weeping hermit there.
We extend not we tear ''the area Of
freedom By our war Of conquest IN Mex
leo, but it will be no fault of those who
cbeyel the Of their country
and who died IN lis service, il we do not
do our duty. A fearful contest is to come
of this war OF conquest long after Peace
shall have been made between US and
Mexico, and it is this we dread more even
than the most deadly battles and the
scourge OF disease.-PIrTsB. GAZETTE.