Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-10-28

iiairispurH, L u. answers the queston;
CONCLUDED.
| have no time to follow Scott up 10 the
period of tho Mexican war. Forty years of
service in camp and council have passed over
him but the vow of tho youthful enthusiast
is still the rule of the hoary patrot-ho is still
and ever all his country's. Glorious deeds had
been done on tho Rio Grande and in Northern
Mexico but the nation had advanced not
step towards the achievement of peace. Gen.
Scott proposed renewal Of the adventurous
march of Cortez but the scene had changed.
and where the Spanish vessels had moved
peaceably. the castle of San Juan now frown-
ed defiance, and instead of friendly Tascalans
and feeble Az.ecs, the American General must
encounter an armed and powerful cmpire,-a
country, impregnable by nature, skllfully for
tilted, ard ably and obstinately defended The
difficulties seemed insuperable, and his project
was denounced as romantic madness. Napo-
leon once disclosed military plan to one of
his staff ut is impossible" said his friend.
Il soc no means of its achievement" Napo-
leon lead him.to a window. and pointing to the
glowing midday sky, asked :-"Do you SEQ
that star |" Mo- was the reply. L Ido,' said
the Emperor, and it was his only answer. Gen.
Scott thus saw tho star. hidden from feebler
visions, which was to light and guide him on
his path of glory. The Administration long
withhold their sanction, but they had no other
hope; Scott alone could save them, and at
length they growlingly acceded. For that
plan. so full of genius and wisdom, now the
glory of our history and the wonder Of the
world, and for its sole author, Wingfeld Scott,
do ask your gratitode and support
will not characterize that campaign,-I
cannot, but you have 1.-THE world has it by
heart. Never was the president and compre-
hensve weight Of human genius moro won
derlully displayed than by Scott in its prepara.
ton and execution Every difficulty was fore
seen,-every contingency provided for. This
plan was worked out like a problem in Euclid.
But we cannot follow him in his eagle flight
from the surf to the Gulf, TO the bowed towers
OF Vera Cruz, and the startled cliffs of Cerro
Gordo, from miracle to miracle, from victory,
over conquered impossbllllies and crushed
thousands. to the captured capital But you
will remember The universal anxiety felt here,
at home, when he descended into the valley Of
Mexico; when, his communications destroyed,
his army disappeared among the enemies, ten
fold its superior in all, save courage and con-
duct. Weeks and weeks elapsed, and not n
word was heard Of them. The suspense grew
agonizing We watched, as friends watched
the dark waves in which a darling diver has
plunged but from which he does not emerge.
White lips whisper ed, "Is he lost ?--has no
perished p And tho response was "How
can il be otherwise, with force so inadequate,
against q foe so formidable! At length when
overwrought terror became despair, the tdings
burst upon us--a torrent Of glory Contreras,
Churubusco, Molino del Rey were won, and
now nuttered our flags, how blazed our bon
nd hoW oh
again, when we learned that our noble little
army bvouacked in the plaza of the Capital
and beneath the Stars and Stripes. as they
waved above the triumpha of Cortez, stood
Winfield Scott, the laurelled conqueror of
Mexico? | stand beaneath that banner now
brighter glory has ever since cleaned from
its stars and pointing to those fields of fame.
ask, in the name and by the authority Of
those achievements, unequaled in grandeur
and glory, ask your votes for Gen. Scott.
1t is impossible briefly to sketch that cam
paign. Its battles are so many and glorious.
that they mngle theirlight, as the stars which
form the galaxy melt together and cast stream
of glory across the heavens. But this is Che
rubusco's day, and the Nation, in all time,
"Will stand tip-toe when this day is named"
Instead of ono battle, its achievements COM
prise five distinct battles and five illustrions
victories. Time looks back upon no such one
day. Our army was but $500 strong and
was engaged hoty on foot and horseback In
the open field, and before the strongest fortii-
cations, with $4,000 men, well disciplined,
armed and commanded. 1t made 5000 prso-
ners, and killed and wounded 1000 Of the enc
my Any one Of those five victories-brilli-
ants gloriously strung together and radiantly
bound upon the fair brow Of our country-any
one wonld have struck the world with won
der; together. they stagger credulity. and raise
a monument Of American heroism that will
stand till our mountains melt into plain We
meet to celebrate that victory Of victories, and
we cannot forget the patriot hero TO whom we
owe it-who never doubted and never erred
who never stumbled and never fainted-
"the noble nature,"-Q quote the poet literal
ly)
"Whom passion could not shake whose solid virtue
The shot of accident nor dart of chance,
Could neither Craze nor Pierce
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