Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-01-07
VOL. XXV....NO. Ad,

un sriakc there o In volunteer rep linents
twill about seveu tn yusand additional men. When
will they gc, thcrel And When they get there, how
many men will h,y he able to concentrate and advance
towards the city Of MeN,eol ldfsynate il 20 whether
Yum 90 by Vera Cruz 10 HE south by san Luis Pot,s
the north | undo rs,and from reliable adv'ccs tlat
Santa Anna has nearly twenty FIVE thousand men in
a state Of high discipline and military pr, partition They
the dizzy. the andIodels, the # The old reyo
luton Even the Mexican women are Lintlnt inio
zeal and burn with sire To rel 81 the awes invaders
of their territory Sir, there another thing 10 be con-
sldercd. Wherever the advance is he, il is To 10
made Tins winter and for which be olvils
every member If This House. Less than six months
aeo You sent into the field twenty six rep ments
flied vi h high hopc, ready 10 peril wealth and Iernia-
ton, aud HE MT in defensive NJ in an invasive VIII
for tlsir homes and VI cir own hearlhs lut FIR
the hor,r r the American name, and the glory sf tie
American Ahs, how many of these Who never
sawa latlc--who EVER cast stern glance upon any
ioeman in tie feld-how many If these are SIC, pinv
their la sleep the banks II the Rio Grandfather
bosoms hcavcd with hope-ligh' was their m,asured
footsteps when they went on 10 seek the foe But
They did not fall in oager silile
pom well tupht field
Not from the red wound poured their lie,
Where covering toemen ynld
III archangcls shade Was slowly east
pom each pald hr,W,
hut, calm aud fearless 10 the last,
They sleep securely nov "
Thee nro Tie bn's # nearly Two thousand men, with
the hest bic, OF this uhnrv, nov resting On the tanks
OF The Ro Gr ndc who never saw cncmy-neyer had
nm opportunity tslrihe that low which they desired for
their country and their For this am inclined at
this momt nj nj ast, 10 Lame nobody II is alm 81 i'm
p ssbe to appreciate properly The dfculits Of any cam
IA On Al ast IL an,s impossible for TIL Who sill at
IN their own homes 10 de- SO VI 4, all is il n
poss he 10 appreciate the difficulties Il campaign in an
unknown country, with scky 81 nac. and IN an ,Inpr.
pared condition The regiment with which lhaye been
associated wenl 10 the field with eight hundred and thirty
mcn. young hearty, gallant adventurous young men
Five honuicd OF ta.m, nj least, were young men wlo
either lived IN ,r own homes acquired by their labor
resided N Tie domestic circle Of cir ahcis In tho
sane condition OF f. Seven hundred ofthem could have
earned nj lone more than three Tine, such the gov
crnmont could promise them Sroi these eight hundred
nearly one hundred sc' upon the lanhs Of that du Fl
river whilst more than Two hundred have returned 81 I'D
owo aud skeletons 10 lind II Providence wills II, IN the
cmbnc o their friends and ihe kindness # the donts
tic circle. that noyann Whch shattered frames and bro
ken spirits much require. What is tue uf that u
ment Is true ,tolhers II is true Of tie 9TH Illinois ie
glu cnt-l true # The Ttines rcgmen,-ts true
Of the Kentucky regime nit is true Of the Alabama re-
glmct is true d the Indiana regiment Sir, ii IS true
o every regiment that has spread It's tents the ianks
h the Kio Grandc. They le wet the diseases in-
cdcnt 10 the climate the water the change Of f,od and
hundmd other things whch Cypress and d,press the
brave men who have sought glory in that field ! mcni
these things moi by way a nproach--not by way ofcom
plant Sir, should be unworthy to he the representa-
tive the brave men who requested 10 raise my voice
have done, they have done for love Of country fr
gory-ior such Immortality as Worth. Davis
Campbell, McC lung, and hundred others have
acquired. Thy have done ii that .hey might
be Lonord whilst they lived, lamented when t6.y
died. and remembered alter But as a representative II
the people, may he permitted to say-and speak no,
now asLlunieor ,ctrthat II is Id Hooded cru
ty, If means prevent IT, 10 expose gallant soldiers l..
such penis lhose which have described when inmo-
date and united action could cyade them ! I'm Lot
LODI, Al tL.1 A., IL.
tona roups shall lie raised. ain moi called upon N
To discuss egucSon how the ,Dorcy s sui pEed
the question asked, all SIDE # tins Hail would
be- hard the exclamation, The med States can ralc
all the men ani all the money llai needed" ua-
dcrsiaad that Pennsylvania u read with mere r.on. IL
inis has already sent three Thousand ,orng men Ia. she
can s,nd thee thousand more and if any gen
tl,man hesitaes, ask, wha, is to be gained
by delay Is the war to end at all Is there
ever obe Il peace How peace to be made
Is 10 be made by Advancing, by r,,cding1 Are We
10 20 iorwad OF veto retire In God's name, ii
ret re, let ret re But IL We to IN
quer peace, why not roM pr rather tlan x Ssr,cm-
Der w III II rcqu re mere money 10 send out thirty
thousand men Ii 10 send out twice Gte II houald
men To wiihcr beneath tina, burning sam ask, then,
with all tie earnestness Of my nature, whatever else YOU
do-uponw hatevor sublcctyou may dffc.-whethcr w
blame the Via for not supporting the u dem
rats iir rushing into war VI nee ssa and
eiy-hoW ever you may differ these points, tsk y,u
the name o III Sc who have sulered-ih.se W no are
willing 10 fight-ihse fighting your fregn battles
in a reign land--in their name ask you send them
id-conlforsubs sience-s upport-mnniihns # w;r
supplies Let Il EN- lie enabled To make the advance
and keep TIL they spread your banner the citadel
Of Mexico. And II were 10 venture prediction at all.
would say thai the is to be ended VI riolsy o the
American and To the American name by the end of
April ,Xt il is to be nternnable For Inystlf ca
/, IS that am not Of those ho suppose that nati
We easily cen uerod | thhk il was Madame de
Steel who said-tie distinguished gentleman from S,,h
Carolina, Mr.. Rhcti. who knows everything IN such
subjects, set me right if am mistaken--lt think II
she who sa "a nation to itself was c,
qucred.' Mexico claims population If eigh, millions
scattered country difficult 10 advance in and
easily defended than any Try know of in the
world. he havea climate, that fights for them. f.
the very scanness If the pr,ducis of he soil is in
their favor. Mexican soldier gets TT upon that viii
an American soldier W vi saive. Their horses want
Ocd. Every bushel Of oais that our horses consume
must be at least thousand miles, beg gentlemen
not understand me iospeakeray when say that Mex
lean horses do not noedany fad l:ugh. Ii nect saiy
| will make porsyna explanation On that SUBJECT
Laughter. But tLey used 10 the scanty for;-
gng oitat country, that they can live upon rang "
lis we cit III the western c,untry-whcIe- lmerlcsn
h4rscs would die. Mr. Chairman the Mexican national
feeling is kidding up confess, sir, am v'ry d. sb-
full To the result fthat untry be defended .uht
te and may be defended, unless that an adj
equate force and ullsupples lie sent into the fh Bus
am Of one thing that the sent ment ofihe Amer
lean people, and the American v, is r short, sudde
brilliant WARRIOR adyance--c1nsiant triumphant unce $