The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-09-22
urcnlr ,MPoRrANT.
Mass Meeting OF the Democracy
Of Town aud Illinois at Bur-
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70 conjunction with . aumber Of our demo
cratic frllow c,tr1ens, We have received an in
vitalaon 70 be present It democratic Macs Meet
Ing 70 be held at our sister City Burlington on
The 9Th day Of October next. The Hon. Stephen
Douglas and other distinguished public speak.
ess are 70 Be present. We return our thanks to
ths Committee Of invitation, Messrs. Lowe,
Clark and Frink, and trust that our duties will
be such a. 70 allow a. to be present on the oc-
easiou We trust our democratic citizens gene
orally will turn out, and that the meeting will be
one, which will tell powerfully for Pierce and
King in November. II we would arouse our
democratic friends to proper degree Of interest
and enthusiasm, We must not be backward in
leading our countenance and presence 4. these
msstings. They sre good for the democratic
herrt; they revive old and happy recollections;
they reproduce and bring directly before the
minds eye. the effect Of democratic policy upon
the prosperity and Advancement Of the country;
they make the duty Of the citizen plain before
him, % that he that runs, may read.
Goto the meeting every one Who can.
the ARM1sT1cE AT THE o1TY OF MEXICO.
Il has bsen matter OF surprise to NJ, that,
since Gen. Scots nomination for the Presiden.
cy, there has been % little said about the Ar
snistics a the City Of Mexico. No event, In
oar humble opinion, during the whole course Of
The war with Mexico, % completely stamped the
General Ia chief with weakness, ~ that act
Familiar Tor years, with the treacheroas char.
acter 81 Santa Anna-undestanding fully the
aeenaed system Of warfare which had been
adopted and was being practicsd towards our
afmy-havine fought his way up TO the very
gates Of the Capitol City and discovered the
weak points Of The enemy-we viii not say
hat IN srmistice At that critical juncture, dis
played eowardiee, but none can deny that Il
displayed weakness Of no ordinary character -
The shrewdest and most gallant Generals of the
army disapproved Of it At the time; and SUBJ
sequent events proved that they were right and
the General in Chief wrong Hundreds Oval
liable lives and rivers ofblood were sacrificed,
which according to the lamented, Worth. and
suany ofthe sound@st men in both the army and
country. might have been saved. So thoroughly
wss the character Of Santa Anna know here that
almost every country journal was speculating,
mot upon the fact, because that was universally
acknowledged, but upon the extent Of the ras
esi;fy Of Santa Anna, in asking that armistice.
None doubted, from their general knowledge Of
the character Of the Mexican, that he was gov
erned By IN insineers motive in the matter ; and
therefore were Ill engaged in trying to fathom
the extent TO which his policy might prejudice
the safety Of the American army. This was
one Of the main causes which led to the difficulty
between Gen Scott and his oi3icsrs. He had
assunel the rssponsibility, in opposition 70 the
Juasnesftuf many Of the ablest Generals in the |
army. ana he would not brook criticism. The
ofices disappro~ed Of the act in it, inception,
fought Ike tigers to regain an advantage which
they had once possessed, lost the flower Of their
.little army in deadly combat, and determined
that they would not be silent upon . subject,
which had cost the country such sacrifice Of
human life. For this, hey were denounced,
snd some Of thsm, broken Of their command,
By Gen. Scott.
We mike these remarks to show, that a
though Gen. Scott il . distinguished military
man, even he, 10 not free from blunders.
In an other column. will be found an article
bearing upon this subject, from one who served
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