The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-05-24
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The muskets OF soldiers in Mexico carry long
distance They are aimed with extraordinary precision
1t is said that the cadets at West Point practise in the
OF gunnery until they become expert that they can
drive in the head OF barrel the other side of the
Hudson, nine times out of ten. The accuracy with
which the naval battery Vera Cruz was served during
the bombarnent OF that place told with startling effect
upon the fort and the town But the guns OF the soldiers
do still greater execution. Aimed from the capital of
Mse ney convey s r corw the n aa % Sst
is literally rdded with their bullets re Is dead man,
10 all nents and purposes Nj Clay has recently been
very severely HIT and Mr. Webster is AFRAID TO expose
himself lest he too may be cut down by the indignant
sharp-s shooters IN the army.
The Ohio Statesman gives letter from ''a wounded
soldier" Columbus, with whom the editor OF the
Statesman has conyersed, which strikes shot d.
recy into the court of federasma perfect bomb shell
the midst of the porcelain patriots, who are so hlled
with horror of that they have little time to care about
the national honor:
CoLumBus. April 10th, 1913
In looking over columns of the Ohio State Journal
the base, cowardy and eacherou course pursued by the
wing party OF this and other States IN regard 10 me war
now existing between the United States and Mexico.
In looking the proceedings OF the Stark county wing
convention, noticed the following resolution;
in the Senate of the United States, and particularly by his
speech in opposition the Mexican has exhibited tai
ter days of the republc-such merit and receive our
wamest dmration, pru-e ninenty entle him the high
him out as the Wing candidate for Pre- siden 1852"
Nov, sir, what would become OF our beloved country Il
forbid that such should be the case Now, sir am re-
turned volunteer. went Mexico saunch whig, as
did all the battalion that went with, excepting five vol
uneered in Baltimore, Maryland, in the second battalion,
under Col George W. Hughes consisting OF lZ75 men, oil
whom 1870 saunch wings. During our stay in the
army lost 42 leaving 1862 and just before we left
the seat of war; vote was taken to see how many Tom
Corwin wings thsre were among us The vote stood as
follows wings l; democrats SOL Now, sir what can be
the of ouch great change Why 1t the course OF
man. who in the Senate chamber of the United States
denounced volunteers robbers and muderers
and told the Mexcans to welcome us WIN bloody hands
to nj and who said that he would
bones bleaching the sands OF Mexico before he would
vote supplies to the army.
Not content sir with denouncng us as robbers &c, he
maintain the dignity of the sars panged banner, In the
heart of the country that for years had been insulting that
fathers pledged their ve their fortunes, and their sacred
honos," the glorious Fourth OF July, l776 and for
& they uE bed a%d Sed at % So,a
Thomas Cown had lived and spoken as he has In regard
the present war; he would have died the gnoniniouS
death Of traitor But sir have our constitution and laws
lost their Are rights be thus lramped upon
with impuni'y! God forbid! clause in conslitu-
ton says that Treason against the United States shall
comfort to their enemies" Now, SIR did not Tom Cor
win give aid and comfort to enemes9 The Mexican
papers held out to their the nope that the wing
party would get into power next year, and then the army
would be Withdrawn, indemnity asked OF benz and the
territory between the Neuces and the Rio Grande would be
given up them. Such men as Tom Corwin. l5ebb
Schenck and Others would not have done half the harm
they DONE had they rallied their myrmdons and
went 10 Mexico and fought under the Mexican ii1g We
should then have known what do with them What sir
be the feelings OF those gallant volunteers who alter
they been vindcang and defending their couny's
laons Of their countrymen to have the hnger OF scorh
pointed them and hear themselves denounced as rob
bers and mrerers Can it be wondered at ten that the
volunteers under these causes have thrown OIL the shackles
of Mexican whigery, and joined the democratic ranks
Yours in the country's cause,
R +. S-H,
A wounded Soldier