Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-07-16

,.omposcd the "Dcmocratc state unN'luo"
Mt their mcctin in Burlington on lbHfs"Ay'
,rcucd that Gen. SCorr is Il mere cipher 'N-
cent As yodicr-and as Gen. y Pierce never
made a mark in public life cNccp, as "dTo'
IN NErco. we invite the atton' II OF f-7if' IN
l,ncham and those who listened 10 INN, to the
following article which we copy from inc Dos
ION .yourual of yesterday. They will see that
General Pierce was always "iudisposed' on en-
,er;ur into the battles which Gen. 'Ncorr
fought in Mexico lnlispositon arises from
two causes from sickness or od""'Sc' u
unfortunately happens that Mr.. Pierce was
uniformly "ndisposcd, just before 6d"c The
circumstance was well calculated to preserve
his valuable Hfc-his honor, of course, he can
take care of himself.
Gen. Piercc's Military Career.
OrrIocoToco opponents are making dcspc-
rate efforts to ret up steam on hen fierce
military career but find stern array OF facts
s,arint them in the face, which ought-although
if does motto put them to silence upon inns
subject Far be it from us to ilnpugn the mo-
t;vcs or to cast n shade of suspicion upon the
personal courage of the Democratic candidate
for we have no doubt but he would make nc
70 in fact, as well as Oh paper, y ne ohiy h'd Wf
cbnncc but sickness, personal casualty, ana
other untoward events, seem to lave deprived
him of the privilege of winning those lalIcIS
which under other circumstances, might nave
been expected. Cover up the facts as thcy
1nav-wrltc around the subject as they will
exercise their powers OF rhetoric to the utmost
spread the wings of their imaglnatonS until
they bear up the subject OF their CuoTy TO the
stars-the truth will stand out to meet the eyes
of his culoglzers and " the rest OF fhaHhlII"'
that BROADER General Pierce was not person.
ally engaged in single one of the great bat
ties in Mexico .,.
A letter writer of the Post has been filing
column after column with this kind Of romance,
IN order to mctanorphosc a carpet knight Il
sort of an amateur General, into an iron hero
of the camp and field. Such pulling and ha-
tion NAV send him up, but wien the explosion
comes, as come it will, the whole concern Will
vanish into thin air. The victories OF Contre-
ras. Churubusco, Moline del Rey, and Chapul-
tcpcc, might perhaps have been materially and
ed bv the presence of General Pierce, II ms
own nersonal misfortuncs had not prevented
his attendance. As it is on these battles the
friends of General Pierce would build up his
military reputation we sincerely symp''llSc
with them at the violent and dsIocatln- length
they are obliged to stretch their lm1Enn'lonS
" hat say they to the extracts below, copied by
writer in the Rcpubjc, from Official papers,
some of which arc under General Plcrce,s own
hand? These 90 to prove that General Fierce
was never actually IN battle.
"Was Gen. Pierce at Contrcras on the 2Oth
of August: lie says, in his own report, lScc
ncssarc and documents for lcl7-le, pages
l0j-6:)
AT one O'Clock on the following morning
Chc 10Th Aug,Istl Genera! TwiggS. with Cap
tam Lee. &c. came to my bvouac, with orders
from 1.-THE Geucral-in-chIct to assemble all the
forces, Pc. Beng mysclf nnob'c to keep my
sadde or 10 Wtk, IN Consequence q Setcrc an
juyv from the fall Of my horse tie tug bJorc, H'
command Of tie force dcrOlpe o" Co'ond tar
som, &c.
Was Gen Pierce at Churuhusco on the ai-
ternoon Of the Doth August:
In the same report he says:
1T was my misfortune. as before stated, tC
receive serious injury from the fall of my
horse en- the AFTERNOON OF the lSlh This accl
dent rendered me unable to struggle with the
difficulties Of the ground over which We were
obliged to pass, &c. and, in the effort 10 do So
fell ,taint from exhaustion and PAIN Il fer grrd
from the scvcrcSt fire Of the enemrS Inc.
Gen. Shields in his report. confirms the fac
that Pierce was not with MS Brigade, Tor n
says:
;piegcc's brg1dr ,md,r my cammaod in hi
.ncto, los, u considerable uumhor oi men
(>ee Shields report, same y'.um'l
Wa Gen Pierce at Moline del Rcy on tn
Sth Srpten.bcr