Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-11-22

lit Mas. When all hocs u victory bad vanished still
raiuntdfu ilbt.it +. RE. hut -r tlrt '.,l.i, III
the rsn ranks Of the Chnsiians tI#t VIE
hat iulhllH9 Their own destiny. and rushing ui-tu
ds'n thai WAS inevitable. The altars # their ruds
demanded scaty aud evtn d,lly sacrifice. lun9 hl1re
The advent u the strangers Tho ,.nan * we mn IN
freisad. Yet the vriius were EVER rrad, Irur I'll
lp"et "ithe rrss aclsonally tl b ,rae sa 6Y 3#ne
a'hanciie ii pagan watfrp~; hut ir every drip Il mrs
ian bisoda river would f,w, aid we'll did Gfrs hn1s
that ~ the cad he must conquer Iii. caleol1lilfs
ased uppn mathematics, and IN the rrdlaIn Of . aud
death, he urr,aw thai The result wmlJ be- IA b44 ffYar
peieh'" severe "Nciphr, siraugc animal, t-. e bs
powerful men. mvuncralr armor ~ The apI anel.s
which make war terrible. love ul cd aud hind r,l4ns
LfaI-tcse all 'hcSc were plttcd snas u1d,s.pliur,
'nnailtd, aad cnmparlilvcl, unatned mas.r,-t II :
results 81 such enrpuncls were known even baf5f tn.
eyes otthc sllre~d and calculating Ca,l4n rested un5n
Tia rck valleys Of Anahuac
But widely dii rent IT when sh, ri Two months
since, The ser' nd con7norufs first IN sl3l al the
dn1,s and iufTes uf MEXICO ~ sun, rserl, the ca
- may have been pafall' The Annln stAous werr
cni oil from al succo md support from home and had
hangi but Their own stout hearts and strong arms de
pond upon bat tcy had coat, Of .ng aud fire arm.
III lie da,so TIE first cnnqurfors Terrible with wirf
10 olrsr cotton shirts and bIss and arrows. On tn ann
tary They had l"coutend With proud aud Inplaclhle
em} provided Nlh the ucans 81 atiark < resistance
as themselves. strongly fffed immensely su car IN
niml"rs pretending IN he ghrsr adyancenrl of evil
izaiinn, clsary and ya"f, fighting lr home and r side
an n7nlent III hN Incird sirrgh and security Bras
"rk aud larrcade Ia be assalrd from rlnsenae
and open fold and auXdflcs the American, has nom,
as vas he ease with tho early Spanlards The Yank=
pc invaders found the valley br~tliua with bayonets
agans which layuncls were 10 lie o,p sed nj every
avenue They lIund heavy cannon IN position 10 check helf
aiYhnr'' and at dSldvanag" ,us points only could the,
pant their guns lur the attach THE, had Def c Them
ely 1t two hundred Thousand uhabtant.-a cit, IN
winch every hou'e Was Vt'rSs they la paula ION
united against thcm BY hou.and and one IDLE tabs aud
ealn nnissby series OF brutaIllrs and c1ces,rs they
were said 10 have committed and which they were nj
v1ucing tu repeat population which had learnel lht
slegc~ If Sagun'un and Naraeossl b, heart and IN fhrr
exceeding pride OF yaur doubles, thought the, were Ia
oval # not excel tIa dccds enacted bv the defenders
Of ,ltr-r ,alIin cities. NIh tho lrast r,yrrsclt WIS
understood that the American were IL bc n1,sat red
the brutal murder OF our wounded at FL VI dino
proves the savage intention and thus army bad EN-
p1aucally nnjii = hut 'ylcory " dcth before it
| result, every one Knows yiclory- mo com
Pile The entire poslrlon u an enemy al rowftll IN
numbers aud position, not in prowess Ihe eytdrtce
Is thai "" are here, AMI Santa tnnas proud amy
Gathered and destroy ed yet sll all Appeals like draaln
10 'ong roll may sound Tor an hour and scarce 1000
able bo, men viii II ck Ia the alarm cali Yer they are
tiers II the heart If the Republic The pare thai
records the history Il this canIaga viii be deemed
doubtful On" in after nHs. ltwIl be- i III .n t. credit
that handful Of men. nuDb'rIng ouly 10000. vi II mol
lhHs pieces Of artillery all told. dIscomfed and drove
9dTlnen protected bl all the sup 'irs # engineering
aud with three tunes their number of bsvy guns yet
he proofs Of Hoy VIM are not stronger The rosurof
lhe two campaigns against NcAco-thai ofihe early
SplnarIs and the Yankees has been the samc.-tfp
,agugatmn und occupation Of the capital II nov re-
mains Il he seen h, the world viii cumpare the ioo
achievements
Yours, Sc, GW.k.