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instead Of friendly UluscsIans and feeble Aztecs
the American General must encounter an Armss
and powerful nlrmpiTe, 9 country imPTegnsble b
asIure, skiliulIy fortified, and ably and obsli
nuIely defended. Tho difficulties seemed 10
superable, aod bis project was denounced ss 70
mantle madness. Napoleon oncs disclosed &
military plan 10 one Of his sIaH; it is impossible
said his friend. i see no means ofiu achieve
ment' Napoleon led him 10 window. and
pointed to the glowing mid-dSy sky. asked. do
you see that START No was the reply. i
do '::said the emperor, and il was bis only sn
swer. Gen. Scott thus Saw The sGaI. hidden
from feeble visions, which vas 10 light snd
guide him on his path Of yory. The admins.
ITaIion long withheld their sRUcIiOR; but they
had no other hope; Scou alone could save Ihem;
sSd al length they grOsliBglY acceded. For
that plan, so full Of genius and wisdom, now
The glory Of our history and The wonder Of The
world, and for lis sole author, Winfield Scott,
do ask your RrnIiIude and support.
| will not charscterizs that campsign-l can.
not: but you have I-lhe, world has II by heart.
Never was the prescienI and comprehensive
weight Of human genius more wonderfully dis.
played Ihon by Scott 10 its preparation and exc.
cuIon. Every difficulty was foreseen. every
contingency provided for. This plan Was work.
ed out like problem in Euclid. But we can.
not follow him 10 his eagle fight from The surf
Of The bowed towers Of Vera Cruz and the
startled cliffs Of Cerro Gordo, from miracle 10
miracle. from victory to victory, over conquer
ed impossibilnes and crushed thousands. TO the
captured capital. But you will remember the
universal anxiety fell here at home, when he
descended into the valley Of Mexico; when, his
communications deslro, ed, his army disappear
ed among enemies ten,fod its superior 10 all
save courage and conduct. Weeks and weeks
elapsed and not word was heard Of them
The suspense grew agon'zIng, we waIched--as
friends witch The dark waves 10 which darling
diver has plunged, but from which hs does not
emerge. White lips whispered, lis he lost I
Has he persisted ~ And the response was how
can il be otherwise, with force go inadequate,
against foe s, formidable I" At length when
oyerwroughl terror became despair, Ihe lidings
burst upon us--a torrent of glory.
Conueras, Churubusco. MOlinu del R.y were
won. and how fIueTed our flags, how blhz ID
our bon fires, and how uproSe our shouis, again
and again, when we learned that our noble ar
my bvouacked in the plaza of The capital; and
beneath the stars and stripes, as they waved
above The trumphs Of Corez, stood Winfield
Scott, the laurelled conqueror Of Mexico. |
stand beneath that battery now--a brighter glory
has ever since cleaned from It's stars and
pointing 10 those fields Of fame, ask, in the
name and 5y The authority Of those achieve
meu,s, unequalled in grandeur and glory, ask
your votes lor Gen. Scott.
1t is impossible briefly to sketch that cam.
pagn. lis battles are so many aud glorious,
that they mingle their light, as the stars which
from The galaxy melt together anil cast a stream
of glory across the heavens. But this is Chur.
ubusco's day; and The nation in all time,
Twill stand on lip.toe when this day is named"
Instead Of one battle. us achievements com.
prise five dislnct batles and five illuslrious vic.
tories. Time itself louks back upon no such
one day OR army was buI $500 strong, and
was eugnged holly, on foot and in the open field
and before the strongest forI6calions, with 32.'
600 men, we'll disciplined, armed and command.
ed. Il made 1900 prisoners. and killed and
wounded 4000 of the enemy. Any one Of
these five victories brilauts glorio1sly strung
together and daI iantly bound upon the fair brow
Of our country--suy one would have struck the
world with wonder; together they sIegger Gre
duluy, and raise a monument Of American he
rosm that will s.nnd till our mountains melt in
10 The plain. We meet 10 celebrate that victory
of victories, and we cannot forget the patTOI he.
70 to whom we owe it--who never doubted and
never erred--who never stumbled and never
fainted--"lhe noble nature,"--Q quote the po.
ct liIerOlly)
"Whom passions could not shake, whose SOL
ID virtue
The shot of accident, or dart Of chance,
Could neither grazo nor Pierce. "
Had The life Of Scott known but that one d y
Of glory, for that alone would ask, and you
could not, 10 justice aud gratitude, deny, your
suhfrages.
And how vera those services. countless and
inestmuble, rewarded Who does not blush
over that page of his.pryl The vetran vicIor
was stripped of the command Of that army he
he had led in trumph--was accused and treat
I'D as maIelaclor, and was dragged to shame.
iul nial for the high offencp--I was his only
one--of having covered his country with glory.
And what did The hero--at the head Of vicIo.
rious army--under this unprecedented ovwage
and wrong? Lion like TO The foe, he was meek
and Iowly to The laws and authorities of his
country. The magnanimily Of Agesilaus, of
Hannibal and Of BeIisarius 10 bowing TO harsh
authority and resigning career Of glory, has
been applauded TO the echo; but even more H.
lusIrious was The noble submission Of our own
great. hearted patriot, for his was deeper and
a darker wrong. His example Of deierance TO
% The law is more glorious and Of more sub.
stan,ial value than even his vicIores-and ii
i. Cor you to reward it. The cruelty of 'ha.
deliberate wrong to proud and lofty innocence,
i. is yours 10 redress the reproach of that base
inRra,itude TO a national beDeiActor, it Is 'urs
to wipe away. And therefore do ask your
votes for Winfield Scon.
Pending .ha. persecution, Scott was visited BY