Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-05-29
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With a discrimination which seeYYs en,ife|>
Jn" and free from invidious reflections, the New
York Courier speaks OF the battles Tough, in
Mex'co within the past year. I. reference tc
INC brilliant ssait Il Cero Gordo the Courie,
saye=-
Zen. ScoTs accomplished oil that NAroi. .soN
OF WELLINGTON could have accom- plished under
similar circumstances; snd 50 at Nero C,ur -
but those affairs csu.ot oe compared to Bueno
V'sfo. That was. altogether. a very diff. rem,
concern, and offered an opportunity Tor dis.iue.
ton which very rarely occurs in whole een,u
ries Of war. Monterey. Vera Grub and rerro
Gordo. are Of the same class OF oatt,es-whese
the vic'ors did all that men could accomplish
tM that circumstances would permit. Bu,
buend Visfo 10 another MCrnthon; il is sui
gener''--it stands alone among the many wo,.
| oerful de'ences which history records; and in
all hunan probability. centuries may elspse
without an opportunity Offering for such sno.
ther signal triumph. We look in vain for .nv.
thing of the kind in the Asm4es of the RpvoIu.
tion or the war of lsl2; and even European
history offers nothing superior, ifthere be any.
Thing to r3cal il.
Gen. TAIloR's determination to keh, the
battle of Burna Vn,a. instead Of re,re.,inp to
Monterey. ss advised by Gen. Scorr, demon.
strates in itself the highest order Of military
genius; It shows a compsp phensive and clear
intellect tho heroic reliance Of courage on its
own capacity TO do and dssp. and ,het promo,
boldnrss Of decision which marks the faculty o,
command.
Tire Courier in;i.nasrs ,hat the p.eM,ee OF
the gallant achievements of Pslo Alto, kereca
and Monterey, was powerful elemen, in TAr.
loR's success a: Buens VISTA. No doub,-in
| SO far ss those battles mad shown the quality and
temper Of the man. And this we presume "a
the meaning intended, since the s.tseQucn, re.
marks take that turn. vile possesses" says
the Conrie-. "the extraordinary power, 20 sci.
dom bestowed on man, Of inspiring his army
with tho conviction that where re rs, defeat in
impossible. The veteran and gallant Wool did
oil thst Scotr or any man could have cone in
| the carly part D: the day, and yet when TAS.
ioa came on the field. his troops were actually
giving way to the overwhelming number Of The
foe. The mere presence Of Gen. TAYLOR, how.
ever, turned the current Of events. and gave Us
| victoty instead Of defeat. The Little Corpo.
raj was on the ground. and bis soldiers Trough.
| no ft,nse OF retfeat."
When the news of Santa AssAs advance
reached SaItillo. with the intalliR ence of the
capture Of Major BoRLASp's cusnmen md, the tu.
'nors which came thrunRing into the town Of
the great force Of the enemy 6llec our little Or.
my Of Volunteers with alarm. Gen. TAYLOR,
returning from tour Of observation, arrived q,
this time, and as he entered S.ltillu, SAYS pti
sate letter, "eSery hat was lifted, and fear and
apprehension He'd Rom every eouh.ensure," "
The last remnant Of dis,rust gave way 10 conf.
dence and ba'ysncy when TAYLOR gave the
memorable order to rstch to Aqua Nuevs,
twenty mi'es Menrrr the enemy. One would
almost think that the hero-spirit Of Jvh,vs Ck.
SAN had prompted ,his. And through the
whole OF an csdeal 90 terrible that thnse who
passed through il 20 manfnlly cannot hunk back
upon now. perhaps. with cslmness--,hs spir.
its nf our men were high and confident snG.
when the Mexican lines depl..yed upon the feld
in glittering array and III Countless numbets, 4
shout went up from, our little host that made
the gorges OF Buena Vista ring sg.in.
Our mii,sry critic whom We have been u,,o.
ting tees pitulales his discriminating eulogy Of
TAstoR by saying. .... -.-..a ,g
| We repeat, therefore. that his success N Due
na Vista, is mainly attributable to tn. fact oI
his possessing the extraordinary quality Of i'm.
pressing his men with condolences OF 81 rresa
which admi,a Of no defeat. and which his 50
rarely been poesessed by man and We ii,end
no disfespect to others when we say. that he ia
the only man living who roud have won ths,
bauls,--wbch is certainly without any parallel
in modern history, and which. in oil human pro.
babilhy. vii. stand Isolated and alone on the
page uf hisiofy Tor centuries 10 come.
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The New York Journal Of Commcrcs s.ys:
"lmmense orders for -four have been sent by
telegraph TO Buffalo within the last week. One
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