Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-04-13

The battle Of Agncour fought on the 25h Of October
the plains Of Picady in France There were on ,ha
the English forces few in number aguea by march
ing enfeebled by Sickness and surrounded by great and
gallant army 50 confident in victory that its chief previous
giving the signal for the onset herald to the English
leader bargain for his That leaders answer had
been thus given:
q Go tell your master here am
My ransom Is this fral and worthless trunk
My army but weak and sickly guard;
But God before- Tell him will come onn
And on went King Henry and his gallant band They con-
quered 1t great victory, and won on ST. Crispins
day. Well, in ls47 fought another remarkable battle
in valley in Mexico and this time the descendants Of those
who had fought and conquered four previous
their ancestors bad been the occasion alluded to- few
in numbers agued by marching enfeebIed by sickness and
encompassed by foes who felt Of success in the ap.
preaching contest that their commander to the American
commander, summonng him to surrender discretion Did
gentlemen remember the that returned to this
summons They ought to do 1t should live in their
history. If he (sr H. Balwer) remembered rightly it ran
thus
"HEADaUARTERs NEAR BUEsA VrsrA FEB g.
Sir In reply of this date, summoning me to
surrender my forces discretion beg leave say decline
aceedng to your request am sir with the greatest respect
your obedient servant, ZACHARY TAELoR.o
This not poetry, but it stout and sterling old
Anglo-Saxon prose and it followed up in an Anglo
Saxon Again there great victory, not this
time the day Of St Crspn, but the birthday of Wash
ngon But did the old battle of gncourt resemble the
modern battle of Buena Vista Might not they who were
proud Of their fathers having been one, be proud
they themselves had been the other He said yes and
many the gentlemen who had slept quietly ia their beds
at Baltimore the night Of the 22d Of February who would
at that moment give half their fortunes to have passed il by
the side Of the gallant who then the head
the American camp, and who presided Americas
counsels
He should resist the temptation pursue subject which,
notwithstanding would give him the opportunity Of speaking
Of many friends Of his distinguished in letters and arms
But this much he would say, that in letters
arms, adding the fame Of the people of the United States
could be matter of Indifference the English people, and
he could not but hope that England would always feel
interest in all that added glory to the history of America,
so America would feel interest in all that Justly added
to the historical glory of England. Of this he sure,
that if it should prove eternally true that time first
reaped unto destruction those whom age and honor first RI
Pened into matury if the beautiful idea of the great father of
poetry should become applicable mer common ances-
trail land
"Like leaves on trees the race Of man is found,
Now green in youth, now whitening in the ground
THUS generations, in their turn decay;
Ever SO flourish these-when those past away:''
the arsenals which then joyous with the busy hum
Of mariners should be silent and shpess if the
houses which were then repete with the countless wealth Of
merchants should ever be empty and decayed if the proud
march OF England should to be upon the
tain waves and the flag which for thousand years
had braved the battle and the breeze become but the winding
sheet OF past renown of then would the historical muse of
America quit the broad rivers Of those gander regions for the
silent banks OF the deserted Thames there ponder the
tombs and draw inspiration from the memories Of the
great in politics, in eoquence and song, whose blood
circulated through the veins Of those who heard him. and
whose genius attended them the cabinet the council
chamber, and the field But these gloomy and idle
thoughts which be had only introduced because he knew that
men rarely discovered how much they loved friend until
they contemplated the possibility Of losing him.
brighter and more real picture offered to his eye. The
glorious spectacle Of two great States both powerful and
foushng, the in the prime Of YOUTH the other in the
vigor Of manhood two States the in origin, in Ian
guage, and above all in characters standing side by side
hand in hand in the Of all mankind the first whereon
true glory to be gained justice and mercy be vnd
Gated commerce. civilization, and religion be spread
The past haowed their union the future smiled it. and
Heaven could not but bless t-or the union of
family, and had for its object the benefit Of the whole world
Mr.. BuLwER having taken his seat, amidst pro-
longed cheering, with which he had been frequent
ly interrupted during his address, Mr.. CHARLES F.
MAYER offered the following volunteer sentiment:
EseLASD AND THE UNITED STATES: Congenal in
moral and Intellectual habude in the love of civil liberty,
and in of national dignity and dutywhat better bond
need we have of our enduring harmony,
Mr.. z. COLLINS LEE, after some appropriate
offered:
QUEEN VIcToRIA Admired sovereign, beloved as
woman. .,",
This drew forth short acknowledgment from
Mr.. BULwER, who concluded his remarks Of thanks
with the following:
Gen. ZAcHARr TAILOR The gallant soldier the victor
OF Buena Vista the President of the United States.