Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1847-08-11
The Fourth Of July in Mexico.

AZ 1"o"'S'ot -'Ae~"o, ot1e"uSu ny Ucu. dyiOr,
and his officers. We have room only for the fol-
lowing toasts, which with all the proceeding
create good spirit:
The day we celebrate: AS dear to us in a
strange cline and the midst of war as when
welcomed at our peaceful homes.
The President Of the United States.
The memory Of Washington: Frightening
with time, all nations will at last behold and ad
mire its lustre. S aph sta q
The Army and the Volunteers of the United
States: They have conquered all but peace.
The Navy of the United States: With am
phibiour facility, finding no enemy on the wa
tors, it has constantly sought and successfully
encountered him on the land.
The Constitution: May it ever be admins
tered in the spirit which controlled its first for
nation.
The Surviving Heroes of the Revolutions
Length of days has been vouchsafed to them
that they might behold the marvellous results
oftheir youthful tot all honor to their vener-
able names.
Our Bre lhren in Arms at the South: They
have lighted their paths with blase OF victo-
ries.
Mexico: Blessed with genial cline and the
physical elements of greatness and power. she
is prey to civil strife and bad government !:
may the influence of wise rulers and institutions
restore her to her proper rank among the ma
tioi.s of the earth.
The Spirit of '76: 1t burns as brightly among
the mountains of Mexico as of old at Trenton.
''Skies, not souls, they change who cross the
sea-
The Mexican War: Waged to secure an
honorable and lasting peace, may such be its
early consummation.
The Ilnstr.us Dead: From Palo Alto to Ger
no Gordo every field is consecrated by the sac
rifce of gallant spirits: sympathizing country
yields spontaneous and grateful homage to their
memory.
The American Fair: Worthy descendants OF
the women of the Revolution: their hearts and
prayers are with those who uphold their coun-
trp's cause in foreign land.
These sentiments having been all drank with
the strongest testimonials of admiration, volun-
teer toasts being called for, 1t. Crowuinshield,
of the Massachusetts regiment, gave
Andrew jackson: Sacred lie his memory.
Drank standing in silence.
Lieut.. Fuller, of the Massachusetts Volun-
teers, gave
Is Gen. Taylor: We hail him as the next
President: may his civil be as brilliant as his
military career" [Ths sentiment was drank
with three times three.
BY Gen. TAYLOR:
THE State of Massachusetts and the CITY
of Boston: The place where cur liberties were
Graded: whose sors have borne so conspicous
part in the establishment and maintenance OF
the principles of our independence and the con-
stitution, and have gaIantly maintained the
same by sea and land"
By Col Wright:
"Ihe Past and Present-Palo Alto, Resaca,
Monterey, and Buena Vista, the Bunker Hill,
Princeton, and Yorktown of the present centu-
ry."
b. Capt. MONTGOMERY, U. S. A.
The Orator of the Day, Scholar, Statesman,
and Soldier: An ornament to his country at
home and abroad We doubt not that his sword
will prove as irresistible as his eloquence.
By Gen. CUSHING:
"Tke United Statcs-Baptized in the blood
of the Revolution, consecrated by the sacrifice
of our fathers, rendered glorious by the courage
and glory OF their sons, may her future prosper
rity correspond with her present grandeur
BY Capt. MONTGOMERY, A. q. Nj. s. A.
Henry Clay: He has devoted life to BIZ
country and son TO his coantry's glory.
BY Capt. Horn, A. Commissary U. 5. A
Mass. Reg.
Peace: Wheneverit comes may IL be a per
manent one, which shall result in the nationa
prosperity of both the United States and Mex
leo; peace which shall bring to the people o
the United States union and all the blessings o
free and united nation.
BY Capt. r. a. ARNOLD, Cd Regiment ORA
goons:
The square Of ID: circle: The discovery o
perpetual motion and the ''conquered peace
By Lieutenant STURGIs, I'd Dragons:
Henry Clay: He brought to the altar OF hi
country the highest talents that ever adorned
it, and cracrificed his favorte son upon the plail
of Buena Vista.