Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-09-30

RANSOM led. where Pierce ought 60 have led
RANSOM won the laurcls, commanding tcmpora
Inly, which il was Pierce's right 20 win ass supc
rior officer and RANSOM neither fen from h.
horse, nor tainted, nor became ana invalid mon
failed Of coming up in time yet jeff kddcr
Eastman g. Co. have the brass TO tell Vernon
tiers that Pierce was IN the blaze of every bat
tie from the National Bridge TO the Halls of tho
Montezumas % No,-gentlcmcn! no! Ransom
tcas Mve-and you are robbing Ransom Of bis
dear-bought glories We submit whether every
Vermonter's heart should not'bleed with anguish
at the outrageous injustice Of giving to Pirncr
r the honors TINT belong to Ransom.
We hayo said that the battle Of Controras, Aug.
90, was the first great battle after Pierce joined
the army, which was on the 9Th Of August
So he fell from his horse, Aug 10. Aug. 20
he marched awhile, and tainted as the fight be-
gan and then on the night of September l3,
through the slorming of Mexico, he "remained
an invalid" At daylight on the morning of the
| Nth Sept, Gen. Scott marched into the city of
Mexico with the army and it is said that Gen
Pierce was well enough to march in with them
Here we believe Gen. Perce's actire military
services ended, the next important feat being
his resignaiion. Now for the Journal;
The first attempt of General Pierce at fight
ing was m the preliminary movements for the
battle of Contreras, that extraordinary uchicyc-
meut of General Pcrsfer f. Smith. During the
/ prclminares, on August 18th, Gcncwl Picrce's
horse fell with him and hurt his leg. That night
at / O'Clock. the leading spirits of the American
army were actively engaged in the arrange
ulents for the battle of Conrcms. Cen Pierce
was waited upon, but he pleaded dat hs bg
would not permit him TO take part n that bril-
liant deed OF arms which was destined 60 cover
all engaged Ia 1t with glory II was well for the
] American army that Persfer +. Smith, Riley.
CadWallader Shields, and such men. were n5t
Incumhly given to sudden attacks Of sickness.
They broke through all Instructions and gained
a splendid victory. Tho battle was over ycrv
early IN the morning lasting about twenty or
/ thirty minutes, and the defeat was SD thorough
/ that General Pierce may be pardoned for suppos-
/ ing that the MeXlcans would not fight any more
/ that day. Under this dclusion, although he was
| too much iRdisposei before to command b brig
AIDE, as soon as The bdiio Of ConircrGs iras Orer
he reported himself ready for duty. But, unfor-
tunately for him, the MeXcans were quite as
enterpnslng as his conyalescence The battle
of Churubusco doomed up very Unexpectedly to
HIM on the day OF Contreras, and surprised him
IN the field on duty Caught in this unucky
nligbt no co,IJ moi hmm, M, bis lam, 1, ~, ~
Ind done lev honrs 5oC5re 'Th1s ,'I' io
the tolls, General Pierce seemed unable TO lind
a retreat ana in a fit OF desperation, prepared to
stand the brush If possible
The batteries Of the enemy looked formidable.
mako an indei,bIo impression or C,i,or,l PIN
and instead of TAKING Dnrt in the olorior,s a,,in
he was L,Ic1 ,r,tb n fgiDgiDo III TIe so,-.. 81
fell a few Yards from the soyeyee fire. ot,6e ono.
INV" Before f,iutino he soetns to ba,,. ,,,,,s-
urod the ranpo of The fire with mathematical
precision. lie must have felt while living ga
few wards from the fire of the enemy 80 ms Fails
taft did al Shrewsbury ",rboucb conId .s.
cane shot free AT Concord. fcsr the shot Lor,. .
/ here's no scoriup Inf unon the patc
/ | am as hot MS molten lead. and MS Le,v, t,,
/ God keen lead ont of mo mood nn r,or,
weipft than nv own bowels k,ye Ifm
rqgq,apfiHs ,rLcrc TtfEy m, Ucyi,,,J1
We can almost marine We can see General
Pierce as we have seen Hacle,t. In FalstoH. AZ
ter the fail of lotspur. peopino cautiously n,rr
the field TO see If the storm, nf strit,, was ,,
Iup. when the battle was loud I'm M. tut,,nlt
and terrible in its carnage. General Pierce nn,sl
have felt that his sickness was lastinr an ar,
and he must have lonoed for the norocrt who,
II would be sfl, to be IN health oo,in
Whether Grror,l pi.rcc .,f..r,.l ,.,,,. 10, ,f.,
way of swoonino ON the tof An~nst tba
day after the battle of Cburnbn.co we r',no,
Itel. On The 22d he formed ono ~ The bo,rl ~
arranging an ar,nislicc. nud wont tbro,,,h ,bcs,
labors. for three continuous DAYS v,l,o7t fio,-
! inr once.
! General Pierce eniovcd v,oa bc,ln, @,,,+..
| the nr,nistice. Onthe latb of Ssf,to,nbor M. ,s
airain IN the field. ON tbat dH bis b,s,,,o.s
WINS one of nanpnvorin,, rn,rol, a,l es, 49,
was no fqhtino there was mo G,i1ting Gc,,rsl
| Pierce kent mn nh d,v. put al,s ,boro ,.,.,o
an order 10 him to move his brio,Je anon l,rl
under the cover Of "A larrc r,nSe of bnIdin,,l
known ms Moline del Rey - Which Mao, - ..,.-
/ General Pierce most cxnressiy,Iv. b, -9,,,,j,
qfely under The runs Of ('heptlf,,c,n Tbis ,y,s
enough for General Pierce for notv,itbstand,,,,
he cnioved line health fre.n tbe pGtb of hu,,,,ss
throughout the arlnistice nm IN tho lo,b ~ So,
TENDER and was well enougb 10 ,aonol,,r,e bfs
byigade ain of The A,n, he last d,tc ,c5;J. ,lD,
,eas no fghfinp. vel when The br,o,G. hi ~,
move ofisr dtrF nndor ,be rms ~ EI. - -
the stomach of General pisrce CAM, a., 80.
and he ,nos s,,dI,,I,, t,te,, IN 49, IL -,
alluding IN the or6Sr A. m,,o ~ bri,,sl ,, =,
the runs of Chen,tenec . nrc,io,,. -, IL.
menf however yras co,,ncll,d -, -. az
field IN con,,o,,,uce Of ss,,ert
confined me N mn, he'd J~;,,, he I.f - a.,
/, must be o6ser,,od h., C,,',,aI' - De-,
not attempt IN lead the mind, ,,h,' ~ /. 1'1
it had To take position ounJer tlo ~ ,,'