Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-05-11
A HIST TRIBUTE.

While the whole country Is pouring out its &C.
nerons thanks 10 The skiiul officers and indomi
table troops that have borne our flag in triumph
| in every portion of Mexico, The proper tribute
should not be withheld from the Administration
which, surrounded By difficulties and lhwarted by
political opponents, has conducted the war with
such uniform Judgment, energy and success
The Athens (Ga.) Banner pays an eloquent and
we'll meriIed compliment, not only 10 The officers
| who have conferred new glory on their country
| but upon the Administration which has managed
| war forced upon Us By an arrogant foe. In re-
publishing This tribute, We regret that The Banner
should have forgotten 10 allude 10 The heroic
achievements o! Col. Doniphan at Sacramento
and Col. Price at Pueblo Taos. Their xplots
are among the nosl memorable OF The campaign.
The Banner says:
"Nevcr before, we venture TO affirm, in the his
| tory OF our race has such magnificent results been
| accomplished in so short time and BY such Ii
| mied means! Success mas cr0tcned erery enter
prise Of The administration The military forces
| nave been distributed with an exact and uneT-
ring judgment as 10 their capabilities oil answer
| ing the ends for which they we're designed-one
| company the less, or one squadron The more
! would have been either TOO little or too much Tor
| the end to be attained.
| And above all This, there has been most ju-
| dicious selection OF the Officers necessary 10 ex-
ecute the plans OF The administration, and 10 sus-
la lin the glory and invincibility OF our arms Gen.
| Iauor has proven TO be Just The man Tor the the
are Tor which he was selected by the adminisra-
lion. His fame must ever carry with il The pene-
| ralion Of the President in selecting him Tor The
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| y shone!
Gen. Kearny has proved TO be exactly adapted
| 10 lead his small army through wilderness TO
Santa Fe, and after conquering New Mexico and
| leaving there The remainder OF his forces with
only three hundred dragons 10 cross over noun
| tain and desert through hostile country, 10 reach
! The shores of the Pacific. and with only seventy
| five oil his number 10 hew his way through three
| times as many OF the enemy 10 the American tort
| al San Diego, after march in six months Of
| three thousand mics!
Gen. Wool has performed equally as great
campaign from San Antonio in Texas to his
junction with Taylor al Aqua Nuera, distance
OF twenty-five hundred miles without scarcely
disaster Of any kind, with an army OF three thou
sand men, and finally covered himself with glory
on the immortal field OF Buena Vista !!
Commodore Stockton and Capt. Fremont have
been equally successful in conquering and hold
ing in subsection with small number oil troops
the vast region OF The CALIFORNIA;.
Gen. Scott has but added fresh laurels 10 his
chapiet acquired at Chippewa and Lundy's Lane,
in The reduction by the most consummale skill
with 10000 troops and the cooperation OF the
squadron. OF the most impregnable fortress and
civ OF the enemy, and is now bearing The vicIo.
rious eagles OF the Republic 10 the very walls OF
the city OF Mexico!
tha inv Iorh oan dry n Sh ne n
retreat from our soil, The moment he polluted il BY
his foctsleps-his blood has flowed in torrents, al.
though il can never alone for The blood OF our own
citizens shed by him,-his provinces have been
wIested from him, until al last the centre OF his
power is trembling al the advance OF our irwin
chile armies.
Amidst all these successes and triumphs-these
wonderful results, unparalleled IN The annals OF
war, The rejecting mind will naturally look 10 the
moving power which produced them. Sleepless
nights, anxious vigiis, wasting solicitudes-lhe
wear and Tear OF physical and mental powers
plans laid with wisdom, executed with energy
and dispatch, and in fine, the eternal and ever re-
curing buuhen Of conducting The country sue
csnf,lly and elorioasiy through The most difficult
OF all political operations public rar, enltle
the administration, upon the principles Of the
most rigorous justice, 10 the encouraging plaudils
from the millions for whom il has so faithfully
labored-" HeR DONE thou COED and FAITHFUL
servant" Verify, II is mered, and will as GER
tainly be rendered by he great body Of the people,
whilst politicians who have charged the admins
,raton with 'imbse,iity' will stand a monument
Of their own folly and injustice"
When General Scott was sent 10 the command
of The army in Mexico We pledged ourselves 10
Judge him fairly, and give him all due credh